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Q&A At what point can a story be considered "erotic"?

I'd say it's erotic if: 1) the sex is a major part of the action (not necessarily the plot) AND 2) the text is explicit enough that if it were a movie, minors couldn't see it. So something whi...

posted 11y ago by Lauren Ipsum‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#2: Initial revision by (deleted user) · 2019-12-08T03:00:28Z (almost 5 years ago)
I'd say it's erotic if:

1) the sex is a major part of the action (not necessarily the plot)

AND

2) the text is explicit enough that if it were a movie, minors couldn't see it.

So something which has a lot of sexual contact but the "camera" always cuts away before the deed starts wouldn't be erotic. Something which describes sex in gauzy or vague terms ("they melted into one another's arms and twined their limbs together until they fell through the clouds and rain into bliss") wouldn't be erotic either.

Something which reads like a transcript of an adult film with lots of _tab A into slot B_ is erotic.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2013-07-28T13:23:29Z (over 11 years ago)
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