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RatCreature ([personal profile] ratcreature) wrote2004-03-16 10:40 pm
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Smallville fanfic

In that recent meme round where people listed LJ communities I came across a link to [livejournal.com profile] alien_desires a community to point out stories with alien sex, in which Clark's sexuality is different. Now that isn't one of my particular kinks, so I have never specifically looked for stories like that before. I was browsing around that community, following some links, and reading AlienSex!Clark, but most of the stories were surprisingly little SF-like. I mean, surely there are more ways you can make Clark alien than giving him a mating urge? (Or, occasionally, a self-lubricating ass.)

I didn't read all the stories that were linked, but somehow that seemed very prevalent. Don't get me wrong, when handled well, that plot-device can be hot, or even lead to interesting, or funny, character interaction, but I kind of had expected more variety. I don't know whether I expected tentacles or what, but somehow I'm disillusioned.

[identity profile] mecurtin.livejournal.com 2004-03-21 02:36 pm (UTC)(link)
To my mind the "prehensile penis story" is a *better* exploration of Alien!Clark than the "golden glow story" exactly because the former freaked you (and a lot of other people) out, while the latter is mostly cute and beautiful. Sex with an alien *should* be a freak-out, it should be deeply disturbing and different. "Good Questions" has an especially nice turn because Lex himself has had genital body mods, emphasizing that not all humans are alike in this regard, either.