Comments on: When the Pieces Fall Together http://www.jackiebarbosa.com/2009/01/30/when-the-pieces-fall-together/ History Made Hot Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:22:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jackie Barbosa http://www.jackiebarbosa.com/2009/01/30/when-the-pieces-fall-together/comment-page-1/#comment-161 Jackie Barbosa Fri, 30 Jan 2009 09:30:00 +0000 http://authorjackiebarbosa.wordpress.com/2009/01/30/when-the-pieces-fall-together/#comment-161 <i>and I mean this from both men and women, because let's face it, in reality, how many men in Regency England would go down on a woman?</i><br /><br />LOL, I have two reactions to that:<br /><br />1) Judging by some of the erotic art I've seen from the period, I'm not sure it was any rarer then than it is today.<br /><br />2) Um, how many men go down on women now? (Not to get into TMI territory, but in my somewhat ancient and slightly limited experience, it's nowhere near 100%, lol. Why do you think I got MARRIED! Okay, that wasn't the only reason but...you get my drift.) and I mean this from both men and women, because let’s face it, in reality, how many men in Regency England would go down on a woman?

LOL, I have two reactions to that:

1) Judging by some of the erotic art I’ve seen from the period, I’m not sure it was any rarer then than it is today.

2) Um, how many men go down on women now? (Not to get into TMI territory, but in my somewhat ancient and slightly limited experience, it’s nowhere near 100%, lol. Why do you think I got MARRIED! Okay, that wasn’t the only reason but…you get my drift.)

]]> By: Courtney Milan http://www.jackiebarbosa.com/2009/01/30/when-the-pieces-fall-together/comment-page-1/#comment-162 Courtney Milan Fri, 30 Jan 2009 08:28:00 +0000 http://authorjackiebarbosa.wordpress.com/2009/01/30/when-the-pieces-fall-together/#comment-162 I am so with you. I love some kinds of research, and historical detail matters to me.<br /><br />But mostly, for me it is a matter of consistency. For instance, I think it's okay to, um, write characters who are perhaps more sexually aware than people in the Regency might have been--and I mean this from both men and women, because let's face it, in reality, how many men in Regency England would go down on a woman?<br /><br />EXACTLY.<br /><br />But that being said, I agree that to me it's all about the consistency of the world building. If you're writing something where everyone is truly Jane Austen, you can't suddenly have people get up and jump in the sack and be completely wild. You have to build a historical world where sack-wildness is believable and consistent. And if you're writing a world where werewolves do not get humans pregnant, you can't just change it without explanation. I am so with you. I love some kinds of research, and historical detail matters to me.

But mostly, for me it is a matter of consistency. For instance, I think it’s okay to, um, write characters who are perhaps more sexually aware than people in the Regency might have been–and I mean this from both men and women, because let’s face it, in reality, how many men in Regency England would go down on a woman?

EXACTLY.

But that being said, I agree that to me it’s all about the consistency of the world building. If you’re writing something where everyone is truly Jane Austen, you can’t suddenly have people get up and jump in the sack and be completely wild. You have to build a historical world where sack-wildness is believable and consistent. And if you’re writing a world where werewolves do not get humans pregnant, you can’t just change it without explanation.

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