Sexual or not? I'd say it depends on the *nature* of the h and the c. Speaking from a fanfic-writer perspective, I think h/c is a useful device for easily ramping up character identification and emotional content, getting inside your characters heads' and really rooting around for the deep stuff, etc.,etc. It can be done in an entirely non-sexual way -- as in, say 42, to use a DW example given above -- but since the c half of the equation usually involves emotional opening up/release, it's also a fab way to introduce sex into a story if you're so inclined. *Shrugs*
Is liking h/c sexually based? Jeez, I dunno -- for me, not particularly (I seem to respond on a "root for the underdog" basis more than anything), though there's nothing stopping me from liking a good solid h/c sex story, either. But sexuality is such a wide open playing field, I couldn't even begin to judge how it works for others. I have been known to describe the really extreme versions as "victimhood pr0n," which is how they read to me (whether or not there's actual pr0n involved).
It *does* seem to be more of a "girly" thing, based strictly on my own informal observations, but that may be partly because women are more open about liking and using the trope.
As a random DW comment, is it just me or is RTD starting to overplay the "hurt" card with the current Doctor? I was watching VotD, and thinking, "Dude, you're gonna have to get to the comfort pretty soon, or you're gonna start hacking off your viewership . . .!" 'Course, he's a pro and I'm not, so I hope he knows what he's doin'!
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Is liking h/c sexually based? Jeez, I dunno -- for me, not particularly (I seem to respond on a "root for the underdog" basis more than anything), though there's nothing stopping me from liking a good solid h/c sex story, either. But sexuality is such a wide open playing field, I couldn't even begin to judge how it works for others. I have been known to describe the really extreme versions as "victimhood pr0n," which is how they read to me (whether or not there's actual pr0n involved).
It *does* seem to be more of a "girly" thing, based strictly on my own informal observations, but that may be partly because women are more open about liking and using the trope.
As a random DW comment, is it just me or is RTD starting to overplay the "hurt" card with the current Doctor? I was watching VotD, and thinking, "Dude, you're gonna have to get to the comfort pretty soon, or you're gonna start hacking off your viewership . . .!" 'Course, he's a pro and I'm not, so I hope he knows what he's doin'!