Honey wake up, an other novel by EdenGenesis just dropped
Hold my bear.
I completely agree with you, @seifukulover. Generally, I don't have anything against adultery in games, and I actually enjoy Netori games like My Neighbor’s Lonely Wife 1 & 2. However, what bothers me about most NTR stories is how the women are often seduced by sleazy, unattractive, and morally questionable men who, realistically, wouldn’t even have a chance to interact with them. It makes the story feel less believable.
Star Wars's space battles are not realistic or believable.
They are entertaining.
There's a reason that NTR antagonists are often horrible, disgusting individuals.
It's contrast.
Let's say you have 2 stories:
1) A boyfriend that mistreats his gf. And an antagonist who's handsome, funny, and treats her very well.
Now in this story, it is 'believable' and 'realistic' for the GF to leave her BF and go to the other guy. In fact, the reader would probably even cheer for it. "You go, girl. Find your happiness."
2) A great family life with a loving boyfriend, that GF loves very very much (and that is established throughout the whole story, that their relationship is deep and real). And an antagonist - "the lowest of the low", the disgusting piece of shit - the only redeeming quality of whom is his sex skills.
Now's the question:
In which story sex scenes would be more impactful?
In the 1-st story boyfriend is bad - antagonist is good. And the GF - 'realistically' - goes to the antagonist.
This story is narratively impotent.
Every decision is realistic, understandable, predictable. So anyone would do it. Means we can't say shit about what the girl was feeling at any point of the story. Means it may as well not be there. That choice - to have sex with our 'great' antagonist instead of the 'piece of shit' boyfriend - does nothing.
It does not make the story more emotional.
It does not tell us anything about the character.
It does not improve the emotional charge of the sex scenes in any way.
Now the 2-nd story: where everything is
against the antagonist -
except his sex skills.
Every time you show the couple's love for each other - the inevitable sex scene with the antagonist will have more weight.
Every time you show how disgusting and horrible the antagonist is - the following sex scene with him will have more emotion.
Every time you show how the strong-willed and kind girl submits to a horrible person - because the sex is that good - it is completely 'unrealistic' and should never happen - and precisely because of that we can feel the sex that the girl experiences so much better. We are not psykers, we can't feel emotions of the pixels on the screen. But our brain can infer it.
It is stronger than the love that we were shown.
It is stronger than the guilt that we were shown.
It is stronger than the disgust that we were shown.
It is stronger than the convictions and kindness that we were shown.
And the sex with that 'disgusting' antagonist is always inevitable - because... well, it's a sex game.
You need sex. Sex game.
What would’ve really appealed to me is a scenario where Asuna leaves Kirito or chooses Inoda, only to discover she was being manipulated all along. Then, she could turn against Inoda, team up with the other women he’s corrupted, and take revenge on him. Meanwhile, Kirito could move on, find someone else, and refuse to take Asuna back, making her truly feel the consequences of her betrayal.
Ok, what type of story are you even describing here? Is it about sex?
Cos I can't see anything sex-related.
Asuna teaming up with the rest of the 'harem'
IS an entertaining thought - but how they will take 'revenge' on Inoda?
Cucking him? With who?
Leaving him in the dust? Where's sex in here?
How can they take revenge on him through sex?
And how Kirito moving on and not caring about Asuna's sex life supposed to make Asuna's sex scenes hotter?
If you specifically show the character on the screen not caring, the reader would not care too. Or at the very least it would be a detriment.
And you kinda need the opposite.
For a - you know - sex game.
//The same goes for the GF, by the way. If she 'falls' and doesn't care about her BF anymore - and there's still half of the game left - you CAN feel how the emotional charge of her sex scenes just falls off a cliff.
//Even though it seems like a 'logical' and 'realistic' progression for the plot and character.
//"You don't care, I don't care - no one cares."