and I found it hard to explain it without giving the impression that I
had something against other people writing high-rated, explicit sex
scenes.
Exactly! Not liking something doesn't mean you judge.
(For instance, I used to feel that very few people who cared about my
favourite pair of protagonists, Remus and Sirius, were interested in fics
without sex,
I can see why you'd think that, but I imagine a lot of R/S shippers are
perfectly content with them just being together but doing other things.
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Date: 2020-01-28 10:24 pm (UTC)and I found it hard to explain it without giving the impression that I had something against other people writing high-rated, explicit sex scenes.
Exactly! Not liking something doesn't mean you judge.
(For instance, I used to feel that very few people who cared about my favourite pair of protagonists, Remus and Sirius, were interested in fics without sex,
I can see why you'd think that, but I imagine a lot of R/S shippers are perfectly content with them just being together but doing other things.