All Comments on 'I Volunteer for Peak Erotic Fantasy'

One of the worst I have read here.

DON’T WASTE YOUR TIME!

People are truly diverse in what "gets them off." Undeniably, though, for centuries Christian art and commentary have acknowledged that the naked crucifixion of Jesus has inescapable erotic appeal--especially in those eras when women were expected to have no erotic feelings, no interest in the naked human male. Critics have tried to deal with the artworks that portray the crucifixion in an obviously erotic way. Some, at least, have simply conceded that the "prurience," as well as the "piety," simply is there.

Some of us at least know that each year around Easter there are re-enacted crucifixions around the world, some using real nails, and women are featured more than men. They usually are not nude but definitely "exposed." And the crowded gather---why? Probably "prurience and piety."

On question and answer Web site, there always are many questions about "Was Jesus naked?" "Was Jesus crucified completely naked?" "Were women crucified by the Romans?" "Were they naked?" "Were the raped, first?" Mostly "yes," to all these.

What surprises me are the number of women--see them on dozens and dozens of porn sites--who volunteer for a crucifixion fantasy. In every possible setting from the woods to shipboard, cellar to the photo studio, women let themselves be tied in poses, filmed writhing and squirming, stretched and exposed, whipped. What is shown on the internet STILL shocks me, I must admit. I mean this is PUBLIC. But, then, I never thought I routinely would see fucking on television and comedy shows where every other word is "fuck."

None of this argues, of course, that Anon is wrong. But the number of people who have "favorited" the story and "followed" me because of it, suggests that this was not brand new, breakthrough blasphemy for many.

The only problem with Anon, for ME, is that he rates the story a "1" and, with few ratings, that pulls down the score so the story no longer is rated "hot." If not rated in some way, it because harder to "discover" in the gigantic Literotica archives.

Something like one out of two thousand readers who open the story bother to rate it, giving inordinate power to one or two who rate it a "1." The only incentive to write these stories is to be read, after all, so it matters to me if people who like my stories go through and rate them highly.

Ellen, I didn't care for the subject, but had to give you 5*'s for creating a new and original story.

Now, THAT is sophisticated literary discrimination. The question is whether the ratings given here are on the Erection Scale or are on the Literary Art scale. Is the story rated for the sexual arousal if occasions in the reader or for the effectiveness as fiction? I can see either one, but I am guessing most readers rate the Erection factor--but that, inevitably, that reaction is influenced by how well the story is executed. Obviously, none of us is here as a literary critic first and foremost. We are here to get off. On the other hand, that is very subjective, because one man's cummer is another man's bummer. Whereas, if the rating were a guide to the effectiveness with which the author conveys his or her subject, whatever it may be, readers will know what a powerful experience awaits them thought not whether it will uplift or downcast.

Well done and sexy story!