In a lot of science fiction, 'science' is just another word for magic.
Oh, absolutely. And I don't mind if the reason a male character ends up pregnant is because they inadvertently picked up the Magickal Talisman of Fertility, or the reason a straight character develops an attraction for someone of the same sex is because someone used a love potion on them. Magic is okay if it's well written. My point (which I might not have made well) is that there has to be a reason (for why characters fall in love, or why they get preg-o).
The stories I have a problem with are the ones where the writer is clearly doing it just to see Snape or Mulder or whoever get cuddly and weepy
Agreed. And for the same reason. If the writer takes the time to explain *why* Snape would lust after, say, Hagrid, or *why* Mulder developed a huge crush on Skinner, it might be understandable. What I don't like is Lazy Writer Syndrome, where they write the naughty sex parts without explaining anything about why the characters fell in love (or lust as the case may be). Otherwise it's just out-of-character writing.
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Oh, absolutely. And I don't mind if the reason a male character ends up pregnant is because they inadvertently picked up the Magickal Talisman of Fertility, or the reason a straight character develops an attraction for someone of the same sex is because someone used a love potion on them. Magic is okay if it's well written. My point (which I might not have made well) is that there has to be a reason (for why characters fall in love, or why they get preg-o).
The stories I have a problem with are the ones where the writer is clearly doing it just to see Snape or Mulder or whoever get cuddly and weepy
Agreed. And for the same reason. If the writer takes the time to explain *why* Snape would lust after, say, Hagrid, or *why* Mulder developed a huge crush on Skinner, it might be understandable. What I don't like is Lazy Writer Syndrome, where they write the naughty sex parts without explaining anything about why the characters fell in love (or lust as the case may be). Otherwise it's just out-of-character writing.