Mpreg

[dreamer_easy]

Serious defences of / praise for the genre welcome in response to this message - no flames or teasing, please, folks, I'm honestly interested. Anonymous posts OK for this one.

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[drox.livejournal.com]

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.

[drox.livejournal.com]

...or why they get preg-o.

Of course, it's normally because mommy and daddy love each other verrrry muuuuch, but I was thinking specifically of why *male* characters get preg-o.

BTW has anyone else read Rudy Rucker's "Rapture In Space"? It's a neat little (mpreg) short story that actually does a decent job of explaining how/why. And the protagonist *doesn't* get all weepy/cuddly. He *does* get emotional, but it's more along the lines of "It's giga ouch" and "I want an abortion" (both actual quotes from the story). Panic, IOW.