tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15617001.post6385413420111184708..comments2024-03-20T02:26:46.482-04:00Comments on Joanna Bourne: Technical Topic - Why Are They having Sex on a Cactus?Jo Bournehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13457862962618886252noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15617001.post-2139785766692869282017-02-02T09:09:12.314-05:002017-02-02T09:09:12.314-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07287821785570247118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15617001.post-11186663850632362992017-01-30T03:02:59.298-05:002017-01-30T03:02:59.298-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07287821785570247118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15617001.post-71662184001525613712013-10-08T16:04:52.114-04:002013-10-08T16:04:52.114-04:00Love this.
I didn't remember that quote from ...Love this.<br /><br />I didn't remember that quote from Shards of Honor, but I have that Bujold on my Keeper shelf and will now reread it, anticipating that snippet. <br /><br />Isn't it wonderful to have these writers in our heads? And there are people who don't, poor things.<br /><br />Jo Bournehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13457862962618886252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15617001.post-31704026194261485762013-10-08T03:49:06.078-04:002013-10-08T03:49:06.078-04:00This post reminds me of something the divine Lois ...This post reminds me of something the divine Lois McMaster Bujold wrote in SHARDS OF HONOR: "Youth, it appeared, was full of illusions as to how much sexual energy two people have to spare while hiking forty or so kilometers a day, concussed, stunned, diseased, on poor food and little sleep, alternating caring for a wounded man with avoiding becoming dinner for every carnivore within range--and with a coup to plan for at the end. Old folks, too, of thirty-three and forty plus."<br /><br />Offhand, the Kevin Costner ROBIN HOOD jumps to mind as an example of this trope. Marian's almost been raped. Robin's just been catapulted over a wall, jumped through a window, fought a desperate duel to the death (with Alan Rickman no less!). Robin and Marian both almost get killed by a crazy witch. They're sweaty, bloody, traumatized...so of course they begin to immediately and passionately make love. <br /><br />As you do. ^_^<br /><br />I don't think I've done this in my own stuff yet...but now I sort of want to. ;)Beth Matthewshttp://bethmatthewsbooks.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15617001.post-84936439786256128402013-09-23T20:13:09.125-04:002013-09-23T20:13:09.125-04:00I have to tell you that I am a Sean Connery fangir...I have to tell you that I am a Sean Connery fangirl. Not just a pretty face. I love where he went after "Bond. James Bond." Jo Bournehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13457862962618886252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15617001.post-8242623986105520042013-09-23T18:06:04.418-04:002013-09-23T18:06:04.418-04:00That was always one of my favorite Indy moments. T...That was always one of my favorite Indy moments. The movie with Sean Connery as his father when Indy tells him, "I was the next man dad," made me laugh aloud and it had big ewwwww possibilities.Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14911861208039948707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15617001.post-86471883001680736282013-09-18T15:32:19.069-04:002013-09-18T15:32:19.069-04:00I love that, "enough of kissing her feet.&quo...I love that, "enough of kissing her feet." That's one of the difficult lines to draw ... how much peripatetic around around the place before the set to?<br /><br />I love the physically impossble stuff. Always makes me grin.Jo Bournehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13457862962618886252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15617001.post-47173443781021164352013-09-18T13:11:10.866-04:002013-09-18T13:11:10.866-04:00Loved this post, Jo. I am a very visual person and...Loved this post, Jo. I am a very visual person and sometimes when I'm reading along in one of my historical romances, I come to a sudden halt, thinking, "Wait...that's physically impossible," or "Eewe...that's icky." And, really long drawn out sex scenes have me skipping paragraphs (it's kinda like get to the good stuff already; enough kissing of feet.")Regan Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02977297105533227463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15617001.post-71290022402413034102013-09-16T10:07:47.553-04:002013-09-16T10:07:47.553-04:00*g* Thank you.
I don't know whether that sex...*g* Thank you.<br /><br />I don't know whether that sex+violence exactly works for me or not. Has to be well done, of course. I'll enjoy fairly iffy plot points if they're well done.<br /><br />I was searching my mind -- so often a fruitless expedition -- for examples of this being just magnificently performed in the genre, but I couldn't shake any scene in particular loose. This is an example of dire need for coffee ...Jo Bournehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13457862962618886252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15617001.post-78489928352618004052013-09-16T10:02:30.736-04:002013-09-16T10:02:30.736-04:00There's an old Punch cartoon -- from the Thirt...There's an old Punch cartoon -- from the Thirties maybe -- of the bright young thing pushing an amorous male away from her in the back seat of a car.<br /><br />Saying, "What kind of girl do you think I am? A contortionist?"Jo Bournehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13457862962618886252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15617001.post-64628464950413526882013-09-16T08:08:04.232-04:002013-09-16T08:08:04.232-04:00Jo, thanks for pointing this out! I've always ...Jo, thanks for pointing this out! I've always wondered why writers do this can't-wait-to-get-safe sex. Maybe that's why I only read really good romances like yours. ;-)Zan Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13403563510118660546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15617001.post-92224091088269701602013-09-15T20:29:25.663-04:002013-09-15T20:29:25.663-04:00I've talked to a few guys who swear that a goo...I've talked to a few guys who swear that a good fight does indeed leave them horny, even aroused. Gracious, the evolutionary ramifications of an association between violence and arousal... <br /><br />Another factor at work: We do crazy things when we're young and options are limited. A hay mow is crazy, a sandy beach crazy... the back seat of a Volkswagen Bug is really crazy (I'm here to tell ya). I draw the line at Highland gorse in March. Grace Burroweshttp://graceburrowes.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15617001.post-5324854046477265522013-09-15T15:34:16.886-04:002013-09-15T15:34:16.886-04:00I think these sorts of scenes just would not be us...I think these sorts of scenes just would not be used in books all the time, by really good authors, unless they touched something basic in the reader. <br /><br />They work. Readers like them. I think we can maybe sometimes be just a tad unrealistic ...Jo Bournehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13457862962618886252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15617001.post-42674817900893213292013-09-15T15:32:30.124-04:002013-09-15T15:32:30.124-04:00They use this in thriller and mystery All The Time...They use this in thriller and mystery All The Time. <br /><br />Our intrepid investigator gets conked on the noggin and knocked out. Ten minutes later he's up and raring to go.<br /><br />Admirable, of course, but I have to remind myself to suspend disbelief.Jo Bournehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13457862962618886252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15617001.post-22504392954831697262013-09-15T13:46:04.607-04:002013-09-15T13:46:04.607-04:00Hey Jo,
that are very interesting observations. I...Hey Jo,<br /><br />that are very interesting observations. I hadn´t realized it until now, but I do fall for such unlikely scenes in Romance, too :)<br /><br />Your theories make sense to me. <br />I don´t think the way things work out in books is always likely to happen that way in real life, so I can enjoy these scenes as well :)<br /><br />Great post,<br />SarahSarah Meralhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02830606594477853954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15617001.post-25775273593747514312013-09-15T13:40:04.305-04:002013-09-15T13:40:04.305-04:00I have to admit I've gotten upset at authors f...I have to admit I've gotten upset at authors for the second trope. Sometimes they just take it too far. S.P. Bowershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09746614009206426805noreply@blogger.com