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I've just binge-watched all 5 seasons of Bojack Horseman on Netflix, and I have a thing or two to say. Cutting for spoilers....
( Spoilers! )
( Spoilers! )
So, having come out as asexual in my previous post, I want to talk about the experience of putting an explicitly asexual character in my fic for the first time.
But actually before that, I think I need to talk a little bit about the experience of writing fics about sexual characters, as an asexual writer. ( Read more... )
But actually before that, I think I need to talk a little bit about the experience of writing fics about sexual characters, as an asexual writer. ( Read more... )
Asexuality, part 1: my coming-out post
May. 26th, 2019 05:05 pmUsually on this journal I talk about my fannish interests or my fanfic writing, but not about my self. I have a different, friends-locked journal for sharing personal stuff. (Not that "usually" is an entirely applicable concept, since I've barely posted in the past seven-ish years. But back in the distant past when I did post, that was the division!)
But I have a post in mind that I'd like to make about the experience of putting an asexual character into the fic I've been writing. And before making that post, I want to give some context.
The context is: I'm asexual. I've identified as such ever since I first came across the term, which was in a sex-and-sexuality themed advice column in a free urban weekly newspaper approximately twenty years ago.
More specifically, I'm asexual, biromantic, heterosexually married, and polyamorous. It was a bit of a journey, getting here, but now I'm in my 40s and happily comfortable in my own skin, and very content with the life that I'm living.( Read more... )
Now available: part 2, in which I talk about the intersection of my asexuality and my fanfic-writing, and about my experience of writing an explicitly asexual character for the first time!
But I have a post in mind that I'd like to make about the experience of putting an asexual character into the fic I've been writing. And before making that post, I want to give some context.
The context is: I'm asexual. I've identified as such ever since I first came across the term, which was in a sex-and-sexuality themed advice column in a free urban weekly newspaper approximately twenty years ago.
More specifically, I'm asexual, biromantic, heterosexually married, and polyamorous. It was a bit of a journey, getting here, but now I'm in my 40s and happily comfortable in my own skin, and very content with the life that I'm living.( Read more... )
Now available: part 2, in which I talk about the intersection of my asexuality and my fanfic-writing, and about my experience of writing an explicitly asexual character for the first time!
