Liquid Heat
Jan. 13th, 2009 11:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
morrigirlI know I promised a series of posts detailing my opinion of the romance genre, like, two or three months ago. I do plan to write them, I just took so many notes and have so much I want to say it's taking way longer to organize my thoughts than I thought it would.
Tonight, though, I'd like to discuss a particular phrase that, I swear to God, I saw at least five times in just about every romance novel I read during those two months of brain cell slaughter...I mean "research." The phrase, usually used to describe the heroine's physical reaction to the hero, is...
...liquid heat pooled in her belly.
What the hell does THAT mean? I have leafed through every sensual and erotic memory I have (and we all know I have enough to fill the reference section in Seymour Library) and I cannot for the life of me come up with any sensation that comes close to matching that description. I've felt butterflies in my tummy, my heart in my throat, floods in my panties, but I've never had "liquid heat" pool anywhere in my body.
What the fuck is "liquid heat" anyway? If it were mentioned in relation to a lady's genitalia than, yeah, okay, maybe I could understand what the authors were talking about. I'd think it was a really lame euphemism, but I'd get it. I can see how something called "liquid heat" might pool between a girl's thighs, even on someone's tongue if you wanna get really graphic. But...in her belly? I can't speak for anyone else, but when someone is getting me hot and bothered the LAST place I feel it is in my belly. I feel it on my skin, in my toes, under my severely bitten down finger nails, but rarely in my belly.
I'm tempted to write each and every offending writer a letter specifically asking what they meant by this phrase, because I can't wrap my head around it.
Tonight, though, I'd like to discuss a particular phrase that, I swear to God, I saw at least five times in just about every romance novel I read during those two months of brain cell slaughter...I mean "research." The phrase, usually used to describe the heroine's physical reaction to the hero, is...
...liquid heat pooled in her belly.
What the hell does THAT mean? I have leafed through every sensual and erotic memory I have (and we all know I have enough to fill the reference section in Seymour Library) and I cannot for the life of me come up with any sensation that comes close to matching that description. I've felt butterflies in my tummy, my heart in my throat, floods in my panties, but I've never had "liquid heat" pool anywhere in my body.
What the fuck is "liquid heat" anyway? If it were mentioned in relation to a lady's genitalia than, yeah, okay, maybe I could understand what the authors were talking about. I'd think it was a really lame euphemism, but I'd get it. I can see how something called "liquid heat" might pool between a girl's thighs, even on someone's tongue if you wanna get really graphic. But...in her belly? I can't speak for anyone else, but when someone is getting me hot and bothered the LAST place I feel it is in my belly. I feel it on my skin, in my toes, under my severely bitten down finger nails, but rarely in my belly.
I'm tempted to write each and every offending writer a letter specifically asking what they meant by this phrase, because I can't wrap my head around it.
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Date: 2009-01-14 12:41 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-01-14 02:01 pm (UTC)...yeah, that's all I can come up with, other than the girl actually being a volcano or something.
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Date: 2009-01-14 02:17 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-01-14 04:54 pm (UTC)Or the volcano people, for that matter.
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Date: 2009-01-14 07:39 pm (UTC)Seriously, you simply must check this out before going any further: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBhSTbQaCHg
Long time
Date: 2009-01-15 07:53 am (UTC)