Mariole, it would appear you exhaust your taste for the graphic in sex to what can be painted with words. I would agree with you that it rarely gets me "hot" to look at pictures of hobbits having sex. Or anyone else, really, if the focus is on the mechanics, as you say. But if the mood and atmosphere is there, and the rendering is good, and the characters look close to what I already have pictured, I can find the pics very pleasing to look at. As I said in a comment to Este, above, it is the faces and expressions on them that most appeal to me in an illustration that features characters (rather than ones that mostly illustrate a place, or a set-piece event in the story). But, if the bodies show, dressed or nude, sexually charged or not, I want them to be capably rendered.
I clicked open your Fennelseed drawing. No, I have never seen it.
Nice drapery. I see Fennelseed is firmly rooted in the history of western painting, at least in so far as the lengths (*snort*) to which it has gone to veil the genitals of male subjects.
At first I was going to ask if the subjects in this drawing were supposed to be hobbits or Elves, but, looking more closely, I can see fur on the instep of the one who must be Frodo. I know he must be Frodo because a) he has very dark hair and pale skin and b) he is tied up. Frodo spends a lot of his time tied up in fan fics. It's not just in comedy pieces, either. In just the last week or so, I've read at least three (short fics or chapters of longer fics) that feature Frodo being restrained in sex. He alwaysloves it. And it's never the other party who gets restrained, only Frodo. I haven't read of him tied to railroad tracks yet, but I'm sure it's been done.
Is it just a feeling fans have about Frodo, about his inner workings, psycho-sexually, that he spends so much time in bondage? Or do fans simply want to tie him up because the mental picture of him is so exciting to readers?
I was wondering who the rather butch-looking woman was on the bed with Frodo. Not Goldberry, surely! Her hair was too short and she would be a lot prettier. Maybe even prettier than Frodo. On further observation, I have decided it is supposed to be Sam, but wearing some sort of dress or slip along with a crown of leaves. That Sam! -- who would have guessed it? I suppose having to wear rough homespuns and gardening gear all day long, day in, day out makes him go for the silks and satins once he gets into a bedroom. Rosie better lock up her stuff.
This picture has a very interesting look, art-wise. It's quite stylized, enough to give it a strong "story-book" feel, but not a cartoonish one, and definitely not a contemporary one. I really like that. The art reminds me of illustrations from a previous eras, which goes well with the "feel" of LotR.
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Date: 2006-03-19 06:46 pm (UTC)Mariole, it would appear you exhaust your taste for the graphic in sex to what can be painted with words. I would agree with you that it rarely gets me "hot" to look at pictures of hobbits having sex. Or anyone else, really, if the focus is on the mechanics, as you say. But if the mood and atmosphere is there, and the rendering is good, and the characters look close to what I already have pictured, I can find the pics very pleasing to look at. As I said in a comment to Este, above, it is the faces and expressions on them that most appeal to me in an illustration that features characters (rather than ones that mostly illustrate a place, or a set-piece event in the story). But, if the bodies show, dressed or nude, sexually charged or not, I want them to be capably rendered.
I clicked open your Fennelseed drawing. No, I have never seen it.
Nice drapery. I see Fennelseed is firmly rooted in the history of western painting, at least in so far as the lengths (*snort*) to which it has gone to veil the genitals of male subjects.
At first I was going to ask if the subjects in this drawing were supposed to be hobbits or Elves, but, looking more closely, I can see fur on the instep of the one who must be Frodo. I know he must be Frodo because a) he has very dark hair and pale skin and b) he is tied up. Frodo spends a lot of his time tied up in fan fics. It's not just in comedy pieces, either. In just the last week or so, I've read at least three (short fics or chapters of longer fics) that feature Frodo being restrained in sex. He alwaysloves it. And it's never the other party who gets restrained, only Frodo. I haven't read of him tied to railroad tracks yet, but I'm sure it's been done.
Is it just a feeling fans have about Frodo, about his inner workings, psycho-sexually, that he spends so much time in bondage? Or do fans simply want to tie him up because the mental picture of him is so exciting to readers?
I was wondering who the rather butch-looking woman was on the bed with Frodo. Not Goldberry, surely! Her hair was too short and she would be a lot prettier. Maybe even prettier than Frodo. On further observation, I have decided it is supposed to be Sam, but wearing some sort of dress or slip along with a crown of leaves. That Sam! -- who would have guessed it? I suppose having to wear rough homespuns and gardening gear all day long, day in, day out makes him go for the silks and satins once he gets into a bedroom. Rosie better lock up her stuff.
This picture has a very interesting look, art-wise. It's quite stylized, enough to give it a strong "story-book" feel, but not a cartoonish one, and definitely not a contemporary one. I really like that. The art reminds me of illustrations from a previous eras, which goes well with the "feel" of LotR.
Has Fennelseed done anything less kinky?