Ashamed

[sombrefan]

I was unaware of the fanfic term "lemon".

http://www.theyorker.co.uk/news/culture/5388/1

Comments

[iphi1.livejournal.com]

Me too, and I'm not ashamed to admit I read a lot of fanfic.

[menomegirl.livejournal.com]

I've never seen anyone use that term for a PWP.

[me-llamo-nic.livejournal.com]

I think it's more common in anime fandoms and the like. I used to see it all the time in when I read Final Fantasy fics, but not so much in Buffy.

[kuzibah.livejournal.com]

AFAIK, it's kind of an older term, possibly pre-internet. PWP (Porn without plot) is the term I usually see, if anything.

[zenkitty-714.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I never saw that term used for a PWP either.

[ladybrick.livejournal.com]

I actually haven't heard it much for almost then years. And back then, it was entirely within anime fandom.

[wondersheep.livejournal.com]

Never heard it. And I spend many, many hours reading fanfic. Although, never on FF.N, so that might be it.

[gillo]

I've never heard that term. Presumably it means PWP.

[rleyser.livejournal.com]

I have mostly seen it in relation to Harry/Draco slash where the writer has obviously never actually had sex themselves.

Or, sometimes, as a warning, i.e. 'This next bit is lemony, feel free to skip it', within a longer fic with a a plot.