Romance

I’m planning to write a love scene very soon, and because of this I want to get my principles towards such a topic straight. Firstly, I don’t believe in hentai, lemons, citruses, and so on. Actually, I don’t do them PERIOD. A love scene and a sex scene are two very different, and yet very similar things- they’re practically a paradox.

Hentai scenes are served straight out of the fridge, not cooked or seasoned with care. I’m sorry to say, but while these scenes momentarily turn the reader on, the reader typically is left unsatisfied because that was all he or she has read- a quick on and off. Building on plot and THEN a love scene, however, works differently. Before love, the tension between two characters should mount. The reader should be acquainted with the characters and develop a sense of empathy of them. No feeling for characters plainly equals no impact on the love scene.

Furthermore, I’ve read some pretty bad trash before. As I’ve said, a quick on and off, and I’m left disgusted. Some stories, however, genuinely touch me and I’m quite close to kissing the author for making such a good plot. Well thought-out love stories are so much rich than hentais and are thus so much more meaningful. It stays with you, like any good book.

As for explicitly, well, I really cannot put a measure on that. The thing I believe the writer should avoid is vulgarity (as in cursing during love and all-out pornography).
This caution does not cancel out the other ‘ways’ of showing love (you know what I mean right? Oral… etc…). It’s simply the way the scene is written that truly affects the scene’s own value.

As for the justification of even WRITING a love scene, here it is: Love is unavoidable, but if a scene is to take place- let it have worth. Writers are liars and storytellers, but they are also truth-givers. Writing should always, ALWAYS have a moral fiber to support it; if not that, then some sort of lesson coming out of the IMMORALITY in the story. Finally, a writer cannot avoid causing trouble and being dangerous to public opinion. A writer cannot be afraid to tell what he or she thinks nor can he or she prosper without versatility. That’s how it is. Otherwise, this world would consequently be one-dimensioned, unchanged, and uniform in idea.