Comment on Gentle Hands

  1. Stardancer74 Sat 09 Dec 2023 10:39AM UTC

    I'm going to try very hard to put *incoherent brain noises* into words because you wrote so many nice things and they deserve a response other than !!!! (not that that's not a valid response).
    I love you for giving background on the fic writing <3 I have never written fanfic but I do write and hearing people's thoughts behind a story makes my brain go whoosh (in a positive way). And yes, freedom is such an important theme in the story and I love the way you incorporated it. As someone who is both asexual and polyamorous and more intrigued by voyeurism than actually participating it is so very valuable to find that in stories. Also just, to the side, I love threesomes or orgies or anything that involves multiple people, like it allows you to see that it's possible to be involved without being the main focus or without being physically involved in ways you don't want to be (am I making sense?), I'm just very asexual but also very intrigued by the concept of sex.
    Okay yes, I feel you so much. I loved Sanji's positioning in this (I mean I loved everyone's positioning in this, Luffy just wandering, looking and touching and Robin being in control and getting Sanji to submit and Brook, my love, and Zoro being so rough but also somehow gentle? Idk there was something and it was great. -also the touch of sadism, I am in love- Just everyone okay, this point got away from me). But yes, Sanji getting to explore all this in a way that is safe with people he loves has my heart <3

    You're not sounding weird at all, that's the most normal take anyone should have. And you wrote it lovely <3

    (no I get you, I'm generally very open about things like this but it's important to know all parties involved are comfortable with that)

    On a totally different note that art has killed me and I will stare at it forever (I really thought I did not care much for visual media, the aphantasia just kinda fucks it up but the entire idea of this image is just killing me). Also this moment has been stuck in my head and I felt like sharing that:

    "Robin likes the control, Jinbe decides. It's not the holding him down she likes, or his rare struggles. It's his submission that she loves.

    When Nami and Usopp are done with him and Sanji does not immediately part his legs for Franky to take his place, Robin takes her satisfaction from coaxing him open again.

    "You must share, Cook," she tuts. She advances from her spot like a panther, like a spider from her web. Her black heels clack and her tight dress glistens like oil on her body, covering everything yet leaving nothing unseen."

    I just love Robin so much and Sanji's submission is beautiful and like "It's his submission that she loves." same

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    1. DeezyDoze Mon 11 Dec 2023 11:30PM UTC

      I know what you mean about the writing process & hearing other ppl's thoughts about it -- we all have these worlds stuck up in our brains & the different ways we try to share them with others is really fascinating!

      For me the /idea/ of sex is often better than the actual thing and you're right, it's really difficult to find that in fics. I wasn't really thinking about that while writing tbh...

      I would definitely say I am/was asexual (I met the only partner I ever wanted in my adult years, but before that and outside of them I was entirely uninterested in sex as anything other than fantasy -- and never in relation to myself, which is still true) so this fic probably had a lot to do with that; trying to project pleasure without the explicitness, maybe?
      Like, being asexual but also hyper-sensual 🌹 (dunno if there's a word for that). Robin might be the best projection of that, in this fic!

      Thanks again for such nice comments 🥰

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      1. Stardancer74 Mon 25 Dec 2023 04:48PM UTC

        Regardless of whether you were thinking about that while writing you still wrote it beautifully <3
        As an asexual person who is way too curious about anything sexual (anything other than actually having sex, I'm interested) I related to both Robin and Luffy, but I really loved your portrayal of Robin in this fic.

        I am literally incapable of shutting the fuck up so you don't have to reply to this, but I just felt bad leaving your response with no reply plus I never do not have more to say. That aside, thank you for writing this beautiful fic <3

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