u/Patroclus49

Approach to Featuring Kinks that go against personal morals

I usually write in the more extreme side of smut, and have been recently dabbling with a story in a fantasy setting, where the protagonist is a woman abducted by monsters and forced to serve them, both with labor with sex. The plot overarching that action is really interesting to me (the protagonist and a few other captive women trying to plan their escape and outwit the monsters), as well as the characters, but the thing I struggle with is writing scenes that are non-consensual when that is a major appeal. Making art that appeals to fantasies that would be truly horrible in reality is, morally, something I've been struggling with how to approach.

The strategy I'm leaning towards is to heighten the fantasy elements significantly regarding the sexual scenes, to make the delineation between the story and reality more 'in your face'. For example, making the creatures clearly sapient (not beasts) but very distinctly not human (claws, scaly skin, different habits and behaviors, etc), or emphasizing the use of magic spells or elixirs that make the captives insatiably aroused. But it's not a perfect solution and the dilemma continues to stay my enthusiasm somewhat.

So I'm curious to hear from any other authors who have come across this sort of situation, and to know how you approached/thought about it. I'm also interested in ideas for solutions if people have any of those.

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u/Patroclus49 — 12 days ago