Thank god I'm not alone on the fisting thing. And especially the "fisting his cock" thing; I seriously wondered, about the 100th time I read that, if I was the only one who was simultaneously horrified and mystified by that phrase.
And I do see the utility of blending words in dialog. I may not exactly love it, but there are places where it works. (Although I think I'm slightly hampered here. Who is Miss Emily Litella? And what is SNL? Is there a fandom I - gasp! - don't know about?) But when people do it in narrative, or do it because they think that's the right way to write those words, I get all frothy at the mouth. That isn't a pretty thing. Not at all.
(Hey, "ghosted" is descriptive. And I've got nothing against the use of the word in moderation. It's just - some stories give me the impression that there's a list of rules out there for FF sex scenes, and one of those rules is that at least one character must ghost on every page.)
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And I do see the utility of blending words in dialog. I may not exactly love it, but there are places where it works. (Although I think I'm slightly hampered here. Who is Miss Emily Litella? And what is SNL? Is there a fandom I - gasp! - don't know about?) But when people do it in narrative, or do it because they think that's the right way to write those words, I get all frothy at the mouth. That isn't a pretty thing. Not at all.
(Hey, "ghosted" is descriptive. And I've got nothing against the use of the word in moderation. It's just - some stories give me the impression that there's a list of rules out there for FF sex scenes, and one of those rules is that at least one character must ghost on every page.)