LemonAide
Lemonaide?, you ask. Isn't she spelling that wrong?, you ask.
The answer is, No, I'm not spelling this wrong. Yaeko has not gone off her rocker. Here's the deal:
I've seen a LOT of really bad lemon fics in my short time as an anime fan. Katsu No Miko has said of lemon fics, "I've met less people than I have fingers (as in ten) that can actually manage to write lemon scenes that don't cause brain damage." It's not even like I can claim mine are any good, because they probably aren't. So this page, LemonAide, is not only to help other people write better lemon fics, but also to improve myself as a potential cirtus author.
So what are you getting (er, going to get) on this page? Quotes and insights from yaoi, yuri, lemon, lime, and shonen-ai authors and readers on how to write a good lemon. Lord knows most of us could use a little help.
And now, the Lemon Aide:
LemonAide from Spooks! Author of the Gundam fic Asylum, among others, expounds on importance of making sex fit with the plot, and the beauty of details.
LemonAide from Hex! Hex explains why it's important to treat lemon fics with equality.
LemonAide from Katsu no Miko! Katsu no Miko, author of numerous remarkable Gundam fics, including Acherontia Atropos, and Pyractomena Borealis, was kind enough to allow me to link to her on-site essay regarding lemon fics. Here she explains the hentai world, the inherent depressingness of the genre, and the reasons that lemon fics fall flat.
The Slash Page Database Project. Check out this webpage for slashy-type stuff... Also has tips for safe sex, and anatomical information... Thanks to Star of the Gundam Yaoi ML for sending out a link to this place.
LemonAide from Kaeru! Kaeru, aka Kit, explains her three top pet peeves in Gundam lemons. Includes Yaeko's related rantings.
LemonAide from Yaeko! Yaeko finally lets it all hang out (pun intended), ranting about... well, what else? Her pet peeves regarding lemons, yaoi, yuri, realism, and pornography.
So, you have some advice? Submit your opinions on what makes a good 'citrus' fic. Maybe you just have some insight, or pet peeve, regarding male-male fics, and you'd like to enlighten the rest of us. Do so now! Yay! Send you LemonAide to Yaeko!
Virgin mind! I don't want to know how to write a lemon!!!!
