New Zaylor Community!

[breathe_abreath]

Hey guys!

imreadytojump and I got to talking lately, and we decided to start a new Zaylor community. It's for fanfics, fanart, videos, and just general squeeing over our favorite, unnaturally touchy-feely-starey brothers. But the thing that makes it kind of different from other Hancest-centric communities is... we don't care about the sex. Or it's one of the least important factors, at least. I realize some of you just completely lost any and all interest you had in joining after reading that, and that's totally fine. But if you're still interested in sharing fanfics/art/vids/ideas about Zaylor that have less sex in them, we'd love to have you! You can find out more by visiting the community and reading the info and rules.

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I've been doing a lot of thinking about what I loved about Zaylor, and what drew me into writing fics, and which fics of mine I'm most proud of, and which fics by other people are most special to me. I don't know if I've just been in this writing community of ours for long enough now to have seen the less "innocent" side of it, but I really miss how I used to feel about it. I know that imreadytojump feels something very similar, and I'm not sure if this new comm will help us to get back some of what we feel we've lost, but we're hoping it will. And if not... well, we'll deal with that later. lol We just want something of a fresh start, I guess.

Hope to see some of you there! Please spread the word if you think you know anyone who might be interested in joining!

Comments

[hear-myself.livejournal.com]

Maybe this will inspire a bit of writing on my part... it's because of the sex that I stay completely away from writing any Zaylor fics.

I really like the idea of the community :)

[breathe-abreath.livejournal.com]

:) I hope it does inspire you to write! :) What is it about the sex that has kept you away from writing? Because you don't want to write it or feel you can't, or something else?

[hear-myself.livejournal.com]

I just never felt capable of writing it to be honest. I feel incredibly awkward trying to describe anything sex-related. I can write about a kiss here and there, but anything more just feels very weird when I try and write about it.

[breathe-abreath.livejournal.com]

I hear ya! I still get like that. I never used to be able to write sex scenes, and I still feel really awkward doing it. I read over stuff I've written and just cringe and think it's awful. I still can't use "smut" words. lmao I just really hate writing sex scenes most of the time. If it feels like it's important to the story somehow, I'll try, but it usually doesn't feel all that vital anymore. I used to care whether or not people wanted me to write sex into my stories, but now I don't. I'll be sad if I lose readers because I write less sex, but... *shrugs*

I don't think you should write anything you're uncomfortable with. It is good to push yourself a little sometimes and try new things, but if you're happy to write stories without smut, I know at least a few people who will be happy to read them. ;)