I must disagree with this; it was used perfectly fine in KotOR where Bastila says it to a male Revan on the Star Forge, it works for the character and gives great conclusion to the scene. I've used it myself in my fic to keep the style, but I do find myself trying to abstrain from it, because I simply hate repeating myself and using the same phrase over and over and over again.
You know, I didn't even notice it in your fic... but for some reason in others it really pops out. Maybe it's because you don't use it very often. And if Bastila is using that phrase in the game, it makes a lot of sense for it to show up in the fanfiction. However, in some fics, the characters say "my love" to each other over and over and over. But this is probably just a matter of personal taste on my part.
Agreed, but it's a matter of timing. In my own tiny ficcie there's a time for sex and a time for not having sex. The balance is tricky but it's an issue that needs to be thought on.
Oh yeah, characters that are doing the dirty deed when they really ought to be doing something more important at the time (like saving or taking over the galaxy) is almost as annoying. It drives me up the wall when two characters are having sex when there is an immediate threat against them that they really should be taking care of.
Personally Im not a big fan of fics where people just jump into bed together unless there's an established relationship, be it lust, love or whatever. It just seems cheap and uninteresing to me.
Oh I totally agree on this one. I need to be emotionally invested in the characters before I care that they are having sex. The sex doesn't have to be happy!fun!healthy!sex, but it helps if there is an established relationship that is built by the author between those two characters.
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You know, I didn't even notice it in your fic... but for some reason in others it really pops out. Maybe it's because you don't use it very often. And if Bastila is using that phrase in the game, it makes a lot of sense for it to show up in the fanfiction. However, in some fics, the characters say "my love" to each other over and over and over. But this is probably just a matter of personal taste on my part.
Agreed, but it's a matter of timing. In my own tiny ficcie there's a time for sex and a time for not having sex. The balance is tricky but it's an issue that needs to be thought on.
Oh yeah, characters that are doing the dirty deed when they really ought to be doing something more important at the time (like saving or taking over the galaxy) is almost as annoying. It drives me up the wall when two characters are having sex when there is an immediate threat against them that they really should be taking care of.
Personally Im not a big fan of fics where people just jump into bed together unless there's an established relationship, be it lust, love or whatever. It just seems cheap and uninteresing to me.
Oh I totally agree on this one. I need to be emotionally invested in the characters before I care that they are having sex. The sex doesn't have to be happy!fun!healthy!sex, but it helps if there is an established relationship that is built by the author between those two characters.