That girl who wrote that fic.

So I was watching some gay porn for fic research (no, really) and while it's occasionally fairly interesting, I usually seem to find it incredibly boring and really not erotic at all. It always seems so fake, with the actors glancing at the camera occasionally like they're in an episode of "The Office" and making these incredibly cheesy groans while looking stoned. And it takes forEVER for them to finish, and they're never actually that hard and the whole thing is just incredibly awkward to watch.

And when it comes down to it, watching two people have sex just isn't what does it for me. I know that 80% of the people reading this probably feel the same way, and we've had these discussions hundreds of times online and in person, but every time I click over to pornotube to see the various ways a certain sex act can be done, it always leaves me feeling kind of disappointed, you know?

So I watch gay porn in a fairly clinical way, looking for details to use in a written sex scene. What it feels like or makes the character think is something I have to come up with entirely on my own, LOL.

Edit: On an unrelated note, I love Paul Avril's porny 19th century art.

Edit 2: And you know, reading threads where actual guys talk about the sex they have (in real, honest ways, not in that Penthouse letter way) is seriously hotter to me than any video porn.

Here are some fun things to check out:

• serpentinelion's Second Annual Secrets and Wishes Fest (Harry/Draco)

• oxoniensis is hosting a porn battle! (multifandom; het, slash, whatever)

• pornish_pixies has issued a Public (or semi-public) sex, voyeurism, and exhibitionism challenge (HP slash)