tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post8670499781981480558..comments2023-10-25T05:30:54.507-04:00Comments on Oh Get A Grip!: LilithAshe Barkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03390519279886657608noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-81257422621671992442015-09-10T08:25:54.197-04:002015-09-10T08:25:54.197-04:00Gorgeously poetic, Lisabet. Lovely to read.
I hea...Gorgeously poetic, Lisabet. Lovely to read.<br /><br />I heard the religious tones, too. I'm not sure if I agree about why people are drawn to certain religious traditions. Maybe that's true of the ones people are drawn to in adulthood. Often, though, there is deep history, personal and family, that holds people to those traditions. I heard that when the piece draws attention to his youth.Annabeth Leonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07455191827664110878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-20386351090906468532015-09-06T01:26:02.199-04:002015-09-06T01:26:02.199-04:00Well, he might be. But fundamentally, people are d...Well, he might be. But fundamentally, people are drawn to particular religious traditions because the beliefs or constraints fit their personal needs.<br /><br />Personally, I began writing erotica as a mode of seduction. One might argue that's still what I am doing. Lisabet Saraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05162514190572269660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-7572601992236451672015-09-05T02:03:21.379-04:002015-09-05T02:03:21.379-04:00Fascinating pair of characters, Lisabet. Like Sacc...Fascinating pair of characters, Lisabet. Like Sacchi, I thought this man was deeply into some formal religion and was afraid of "falling" from grace through sex. I love what I think of as the Scheherazade move: she decides to seduce him with a story. Jean Robertahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08805088081675965859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-21301430451592257942015-09-04T08:34:04.710-04:002015-09-04T08:34:04.710-04:00This character is based, roughly, on one of my lov...This character is based, roughly, on one of my lovers. We had incredible chemistry as well as a fantastic intellectual connection, but somehow he just couldn't trust his own desire. <br /><br />I have to admit, too, that there's a dash of the young Garceus in this character as well. Not that I knew you back then, Garce, but I've constructed this conception from reading your posts over the years. Lisabet Saraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05162514190572269660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-19837777836099076012015-09-02T14:27:22.255-04:002015-09-02T14:27:22.255-04:00On first reading I thought he might be leaning tow...On first reading I thought he might be leaning toward priesthood, or a monastery, but he seems old enough that if that were his aim he'd already be there. He doesn't seem so much committed to celibacy as to not enjoying sex too much if he does have it.Sacchi Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10801164916418570059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-67823355292040609012015-09-01T00:08:29.881-04:002015-09-01T00:08:29.881-04:00Thanks, Garce!
I can only speak for myself, but I...Thanks, Garce!<br /><br />I can only speak for myself, but I've found nothing is more arousing than intelligence and imagination. <br /><br />The fact that he's out of reach is not part of the allure, at least not for me. Just frustrating.Lisabet Saraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05162514190572269660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-50122126955054756102015-09-01T00:06:57.315-04:002015-09-01T00:06:57.315-04:00I think you're too harsh with my character. He...I think you're too harsh with my character. He's not any more damaged than the next guy. I've known several men like this -- sensitive and questing, worried that their physical desires somehow turned them into beasts. The contrast I'm working on here is with my own personal view (yes, there's a lot of me in her) that sexual connection is one route to spiritual connection. That it's almost always more than "just sex".<br /><br />Not all my stories have this message. But a lot of them do.Lisabet Saraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05162514190572269660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-74150316651908315672015-08-31T22:22:27.347-04:002015-08-31T22:22:27.347-04:00I found it most interesting to read here about wha...I found it most interesting to read here about what she found sexy about him, his intuition and expressiveness with word's and maybe that he was a little out of reach for her. The things we guys expect women to find sexy in men so often are not what's going on. Always amazing to see how women actually think. Sexy too.<br />GarceGarceushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11160407485298015371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-10830778304698377242015-08-31T10:16:02.266-04:002015-08-31T10:16:02.266-04:00Great take on the topic, Lisabet. Seems the story ...Great take on the topic, Lisabet. Seems the story is already written :>)<br /><br />On the big picture, however, one thing does puzzle me: Why are we so often attracted to the most damaged people? Is it a phenomenon relating to protection, or "I can fix this."??<br /><br />It doesn't sound like his 'desperate resolve' here. More like fear.Daddy Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12927663248424944119noreply@blogger.com