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It's the same reason I almost never flip over to the N-fic folder. The few things I've read there appear to be cheap attempts at soft porn, and I frankly don't care for it.
Not that I'd ever want anyone to read nfic if they have any kind of aversion to it, but I do feel compelled to respond to this one, Terry. laugh

Just like any other genre, nfic covers a wide range of themes. Some are what we tend to term 'nfic romps' lightweight, mind candy, PWP, nothing but the characters indulging in a bit of sexual slap and tickle. Others are more serious-minded and integrated into a story about other themes. In some the sexual element is used as a springboad to explore other areas of the relationship between the characters.

Certainly, there are many nfic authors out there who put as much hard work into their nfic stories as any other author here and who would be deeply offended to hear their stories labelled as 'cheap attempts at soft porn'.

As with any genre - hold fast to your opinions on it, if you don't like it, don't read it, but please treat those who don't share that opinion and their work with respect.

I should probably point out, too, that the nfic folder isn't only for stories of a sexually explicit nature, but for stories which contain adult themes. Granted, the sexually explicit ones make up the greatest chunk of stories posted over there. But you will find some which contain no sex at all, or very little of it, but which are posted there because they breach the PG13 barrier in other ways.

Now returning you to your previous debate. <G>

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