A thread to discuss My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic and the tie-in media.
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Edited by Mrph1 on Aug 26th 2024 at 10:24:26 AM
Heh, ear fetish. Funny you should mention that. I've been reading A Wild Sheep Chase by Murakami lately, where one of the characters is a female ear model, whose ears are so ridiculously beautiful they make sex ten times better when exposed.
Lum: Yeah, I realize that, but I'd rather settle for porn than deal with sex with someone who wants to half-ass the relationship—which to me, is the same as just treating it as a means to get off.
FE: New Mystery Only Feet 7PM PT Sun, Mon, Fri; Umamusume Haru Arima 7PM PT Wed, Thurs: http://www.twitch.tv/kuroitsubasatenshi
Eh, depends on the kind of half-assing, really. Nothing wrong with a Friends with Benefits kinda deal.
Now, taking your partner for granted and not putting in effort to maintain the relationship? That kind of defeats the purpose of having a relationship in the first place.
@Kuroi Yeah, that is true. Then again, someone who is half-assing the relationship will half-ass the sex as well. Trust to share on what your kinks are without pretense or shame, willingness to please the partner even if it involves things you personally don't like, and so on. It takes a strong relationship. Not nessesarily romantic, as pointed out above, friends with benefits exist. But they have to be good friends too.
edited 24th Oct '14 2:01:57 PM by Luminosity
Pretty much this. I don't consider Friends with Benefits healthy, but it's not my business if someone wants to do that.
Also, apparently I need to check out A Wild Sheep Chase ...
Kayeka: Okay, yeah, but that's a different breed of relationship and a special agreement that, if all parties are being truthful, are aware of from the start and okay with. I suppose I should have specified that I was talking specifically about the romantic kind of relationship. Friends with benefits implies they want to avoid the romantic portion and it's probably not the kind of agreement I'd ever enter into, for personal reasons. I have no problem with people who do do that, though.
Lum: Yeah, I guess that's usually true, when said trust needs to be built elsewhere before it can be applied to a more vulnerable state like that. I suppose that from my personal experience, what I'd like is essentially a case of "I want a good step 1 so that if/when we get to step 3, it actually works out".
FE: New Mystery Only Feet 7PM PT Sun, Mon, Fri; Umamusume Haru Arima 7PM PT Wed, Thurs: http://www.twitch.tv/kuroitsubasatenshipersonally I like the idea of 'friends with benefits' and just, think overall people put to much emphasis on sex, put it on to high a pedastool. Rather then just, it simply being something fun, enjoyable, and perfectly natural. Only limit should be that all parties involved are consenting, reasoning adults.
Also, more into boobs then butts here.
edited 24th Oct '14 2:29:38 PM by Seraphem
@Seraphem: I see where you're coming from, but at the same time I also think that reducing sex to something that's merely done for fun or enjoyment sells it short. Like I said before, it's a matter of physical intimacy that I like to keep tied to emotional intimacy. I view it primarily as an aspect of a relationship with someone more than just an end in itself. Even if I had the chance for a "friends with benefits" setup, I don't think I'd take it because I want more out of it than that. But again, that's just my take on it.
edited 24th Oct '14 2:58:48 PM by JapaneseTeeth
Reaction Image RepositoryAnd then suddenly, foals.
FE: New Mystery Only Feet 7PM PT Sun, Mon, Fri; Umamusume Haru Arima 7PM PT Wed, Thurs: http://www.twitch.tv/kuroitsubasatenshi

@Kuroi I'm with you on the "not an obligation" part. Treating it like a chore is the fastest way to ruin it for me. Which again leaves me frustrated on how the mainstream media implies a "desirable" woman does treat it like a chore.
P.S. Porn is nothing like a real partner. Porn can't hold a single atom of a candle to that.
edited 24th Oct '14 1:50:39 PM by Luminosity