tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post4602921191725162400..comments2023-10-25T05:30:54.507-04:00Comments on Oh Get A Grip!: Sketch: In a RoomAshe Barkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03390519279886657608noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-22673726296141273342011-07-01T00:13:09.866-04:002011-07-01T00:13:09.866-04:00Women don't usually have power trips in their ...Women don't usually have power trips in their fantasies. For me, at least, sex is not about power. It's about carnal pleasure. The allure of someone of a lower class would be that they would presumably be less "civilized", less apt to treat you like a lady. More apt to be totally down and dirty, and make you enjoy it, while you have never been able to enjoy it with your upper class husband...think poor Lady Diana, with that horse-faced twerp lusting to be a tampon in that other horse-faced female, then dutifully "performing the deed" with Diana "for God and England". I'd have expected her to be doing half of the castle staff, in her frustration!<br />Besides, the nature of the act is such that the man almost HAS to be a willing partner, or his parts don't work. Females can be forced to submit even when they don't want to, and nature will usually make sure they are not torn apart. They still won't like it, but the power-mad male won't care.Fiona McGierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13495707848048468428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-1660252749313876472011-06-30T19:25:51.239-04:002011-06-30T19:25:51.239-04:00Hi Lisabet!
I always doubt myself. I think most ...Hi Lisabet!<br /><br />I always doubt myself. I think most writer's are like that to a degree. We're all probably lucky here we don;t try to do this for a living, imagine what the preassure would be like then. I just want to write better and I never write on the level I want to write. Sometimes it makes me gloomy. I think the reason I haven;t coughed up that Nixie story is because I'm too serious about making it good, the very best possible, and I can;t expect that on the first draft. It blocks me up.<br /><br />Its an interesting fantasy isn;t it, the elevator boy? It seems like something women would fantasize about because it represents a kind of power, or a reversal of power. Its a common male fantasy to have a subordinate woman who can;t refuse you such as a slave or harem girl. Or to be the white knight who rescues some impoverished abused woman from the gutter who ever after lavishes him with grateful passion. So I would imagine women would have some power fantasy, having some young man of low status and enjoying him that way too. I don't see this often in books but I'm sure its out there, and in the cable TV sword and sandal series "Spartacus" rich Roman women regularly compelled the male gladiator slaves to pleasure them. So I have to figure its out there.<br /><br />GArceGarceushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11160407485298015371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-91519283442247199282011-06-30T16:13:23.680-04:002011-06-30T16:13:23.680-04:00Hi Fiona
That's an interesting observation, t...Hi Fiona<br /><br />That's an interesting observation, that if she had married the man it might have gone any kind of way. MAybe all relationships are like that, because we all change so much. <br /><br />GarceGarceushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11160407485298015371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-38905984219320235992011-06-30T03:16:45.691-04:002011-06-30T03:16:45.691-04:00Absolutely gorgeous, Garce! Richly sensual and emo...Absolutely gorgeous, Garce! Richly sensual and emotionally complex. And yes, I think it is eminently publishable. <br /><br />How can you doubt yourself when you can write like this?<br /><br />I love the elevator boy conversation, and I wonder where that came from. It _is_ the sort of fantasy a woman would harbor. Did someone confess this to you once, long ago?<br /><br />Hugs,<br />LisabetLisabet Saraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05162514190572269660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-84687698066167889512011-06-29T23:47:02.598-04:002011-06-29T23:47:02.598-04:00I didn't think of the ending as a downer, as m...I didn't think of the ending as a downer, as much as an acknowledgment that she realizes this relationship is ephemeral...but then, any relationship with the long-ago Jew guy would probably not have ended well, so there you are. Times change and so do people. She has lived to have great sex again, and now with a younger man! Back in her day she never would have had sex just for fun...and now she is here, doing just that. I thought her asking him what he is good for, was a way for him to interject himself into her thoughts and let her know exactly what he does so well. <br /><br />And good use of the word "unctuous": smug, ingratiating and false earnestness. I really like being able to use words that no one has ever heard of!Fiona McGierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13495707848048468428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-18883887195381535762011-06-29T22:30:01.436-04:002011-06-29T22:30:01.436-04:00Hi Jean!
I'm not sure who would publish such ...Hi Jean!<br /><br />I'm not sure who would publish such a thing. I wrote it as a kind of writing exercise. I think I just wanted to find a way to use the word "unctuous". But that's very encouraging, what you say. Maybe i'll keep my eye out.<br /><br />GarceGarceushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11160407485298015371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-5994592318879749092011-06-29T22:28:28.313-04:002011-06-29T22:28:28.313-04:00Hi Fiona!
I've often thought, and occasionall...Hi Fiona!<br /><br />I've often thought, and occasionally said, that I was born thirty years too early. Things have changed a lot. When i was a young man, if an older experienced woman - i can think of one in particular - had hit on me, I think I would have jumped on it. But it was such a forbidden thing then. It still is a little bit, though things are changing. <br /><br />I don;t know if the woman's frustration shows through at the end the way i meant it to. I don;t know where that came from, but the ending is supposed to be kind of sad. Like she's looking at herself and wondering what she's doing with this young man and thinking about the past and what could have been. Kind of a downer I guess.<br /><br />GarceGarceushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11160407485298015371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-6762390775774896032011-06-29T22:24:36.801-04:002011-06-29T22:24:36.801-04:00Renee! Renee! Renee!
Oh - i haven't heard f...Renee! Renee! Renee!<br /><br />Oh - i haven't heard from you in ages. I'm at the end of my day, but what a nice way to end my day. Say hi to me.<br /><br />GarceGarceushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11160407485298015371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-74702404171778094842011-06-29T14:43:22.511-04:002011-06-29T14:43:22.511-04:00This contains so much, Garce - the sights, smells,...This contains so much, Garce - the sights, smells, sounds, touch, feel, the culture gap between genders and generations, and the intense pleasure despite the obstacles. This should definitely get published somewhere.Jean Robertahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08805088081675965859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-67950044710896288512011-06-29T12:14:44.537-04:002011-06-29T12:14:44.537-04:00What a powerful and moving vignette. I really enj...What a powerful and moving vignette. I really enjoyed this one. Too many in our society view older women as disposable trash, especially young men who have been conditioned to think of only preternaturally-thin young women as being sexy. My boys are in their twenties and they despise bony women. I hope someday their more normally-shaped future wives thank me.<br />And how enlightened, almost "European" of you, to depict a sexual relationship that exists only for the good sex. Sometimes that is enough.Fiona McGierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13495707848048468428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-15818094861591039462011-06-29T07:33:13.854-04:002011-06-29T07:33:13.854-04:00Genuine affection lifts off these words like a fra...Genuine affection lifts off these words like a fragrance. Thank you. Nice way to start the day. <br />WIsh it did not end quite where it did.<br /><br />ReneeReneehttp://reneeink.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-40082848183733448472011-06-29T05:22:20.517-04:002011-06-29T05:22:20.517-04:00Hi Wyeth!
Thanks for coming by and reading my stu...Hi Wyeth!<br /><br />Thanks for coming by and reading my stuff! <br /><br />GarceGarceushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11160407485298015371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-90212748332891506262011-06-29T01:07:01.059-04:002011-06-29T01:07:01.059-04:00incredible; vivid writing; I need a bath; truly ex...incredible; vivid writing; I need a bath; truly excellentWyeth Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14362260758559640980noreply@blogger.com