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Juliebird - Sep 07, 2012 3:19:15 pm PDT #8066 of 10434

I am the fly who dreams of the spider

Cross-posting from the SPN thread: just stumbled across an announcement for an mpreg BB. And I am simply baffled.

Is it a kink to see a man preggers, or is it more a fifteen year olds (/iz mean) fantasy to have bebbies and mpreg is the stylish solution when slashing men?

Typo Boy - Sep 07, 2012 5:39:13 pm PDT #8067 of 10434

Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.

>now she's complaining about how long my chapters are

I've had that one! Another commenter said, "No, they're not long enough!"

How long should a chapter be? It should be long enough to immediately precede the next one.

brenda m - Sep 07, 2012 7:04:05 pm PDT #8068 of 10434

If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Is it a kink to see a man preggers, or is it more a fifteen year olds (/iz mean) fantasy to have bebbies and mpreg is the stylish solution when slashing men?

More the first, I think.

shrift - Sep 07, 2012 7:42:11 pm PDT #8069 of 10434

"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

Is it a kink to see a man preggers, or is it more a fifteen year olds (/iz mean) fantasy to have bebbies and mpreg is the stylish solution when slashing men?

I think that's an unnecessarily reductionist interpretation. Mpreg has a long history in fandom, and there probably are as many reasons for writing it as anything else. From kink to exploring alien biology to subconsciously applying a heteronormative framework on a gay relationship to actively fucking with the gender binary.

Connie Neil - Sep 07, 2012 7:54:53 pm PDT #8070 of 10434

brillig

Plus the "let's force the tough guy to be nurturing" thing.

§ ita § - Sep 07, 2012 8:02:55 pm PDT #8071 of 10434

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Don't forget the body horror--that's the most cited factor of appeal that I've read in discussions of the topic.

shrift - Sep 07, 2012 8:35:06 pm PDT #8072 of 10434

"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

Don't forget the body horror

Yep.

With mpreg, sometimes you get charming Good Omens fic... and sometimes you get assbabies. There's a lot of range.

P.M. Marc - Sep 08, 2012 8:17:39 am PDT #8073 of 10434

So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

I think that's an unnecessarily reductionist interpretation. Mpreg has a long history in fandom, and there probably are as many reasons for writing it as anything else. From kink to exploring alien biology to subconsciously applying a heteronormative framework on a gay relationship to actively fucking with the gender binary.

Hi, I think I strongly desire to run away to Chicago and marry you right now.

(Your spicy brain explanation was actually hotter than most of the MPreg I've read.)

Dana - Sep 09, 2012 1:02:57 pm PDT #8074 of 10434

I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

David Hewlett just tweeted:

"How can the Ultimate Slash Madness Tourney NOT be going McShep's way!?"

With a link to the voting. There's an emoticon I'm looking for, what is it...

o_O

Connie Neil - Sep 09, 2012 1:22:05 pm PDT #8075 of 10434

brillig

Hewlett has an interesting brain.

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