Writing What makes a good smut scene?

CheertheSecond

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I am curious since I heard people said a lot of smut on SH aren’t good.

Thus, I want to go into details. What makes a good smut scene? And why some are bad?
 

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so elf/some nonhuman fictional species with a human-like to some extent appearance boobs without clothes covering them is fair game?
I am not against experiencing different versions of The Boobs as long as it involves a female who is humanoid. Half-humanoid. Somewhere in between. I am an open person to new ideas and views.
 

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I am not against experiencing different versions of The Boobs as long as it involves a female who is humanoid. Half-humanoid. Somewhere in between. I am an open person to new ideas and views.
But boobs aren’t smut.
 

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But boobs aren’t smut.
Not with that attitude.

Describing a perky, bouncy pair of buns, hopping and jiggling as the girls run around, leaning forward and their erect, cherry colored nipples rub against each other in a greeting when meeting with another... Then a hand comes along, gently caressing them before the strong fingers start grabbing onto them. They let those fingers slowly sink into their soft flesh, before rebounding as it lets them go, jumping up and down from the sudden move and settling back to calmness, waiting to do it again. Only for a lip to appear, coming close, gently kissing the tip of it, pressing a hot breath against the naked skin, letting it run along the body of hers...

You get the gist of it.
 

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Not with that attitude.

Describing a perky, bouncy pair of buns, hopping and jiggling as the girls run around, leaning forward and their erect, cherry colored nipples rub against each other in a greeting when meeting with another... Then a hand comes along, gently caressing them before the strong fingers start grabbing onto them. They let those fingers slowly sink into their soft flesh, before rebounding as it lets them go, jumping up and down from the sudden move and settling back to calmness, waiting to do it again. Only for a lip to appear, coming close, gently kissing the tip of it, pressing a hot breath against the naked skin, letting it run along the body of hers...

You get the gist of it.
Only that much? Hmm. Weird. Then why don’t we have a lot of good smut on SH?
 

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Only that much? Hmm. Weird. Then why don’t we have a lot of good smut on SH?
Because it is subjective, what is good for someone is shit for others. And vice versa. That is why kink-shaming is wrong. Everyone should enjoy their own niche things as long as they don't go forcing it onto others.

One "shit" smut novel maybe someone else's favorite. So it is a moot point, in my opinion.
 

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Weight. The weight of the scene, either by forbidden tension, longing, or vanilla.

If you don’t feel something for the characters, you won’t really get into it as much. Sometimes frustrating characters having sex works.

One of the reasons why NTR is so popular is because it provokes strong emotions, negative or positive there will be a large group of people reacting to it.
 

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Legibility beyond that of a 3rd grader is a good start.
 

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As others have said, good and bad are subjective, and to each their own, but it does make for some pretty bad smut scenes when it's obvious that the author is inexperienced themselves and just fantasizing what things *might* be like, and often copying from other equally inexperienced authors. So you get people in physically impossible positions, doing things that can't possibly be pleasant, and a lot of WTF anatomy. And I'm sure these scenes are hot to other inexperienced readers, but if you've been around the block this stuff becomes comedy at best, cringe at worst.
 
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