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[puss_nd_boots]

So thanks to ldybastet, I found out the new Kink Bingo prompt list was out. She wasn't happy about it. I took a look at it, and I wasn't happy about it either.

My biggest problem with KB last year was there were far too many Vague Prompts Are Vague. Well, this year they just put in more of them, and took out some very specific and very write-able kinks - like Collars and Oral Fixation. (I have a Byou muse now. I kind of was hoping to get that square). But the worst thing of all is they said they took out any kinks that were "too penis-y" - like Double Penetration (another one I was hoping to get, dammit!) - and yet, they kept Pegging/Strap-Ons, which is a kink specifically geared to f/f and f/m pairings.

Too penis-y? Really? On a community that claims to be open and tolerant of all forms of sexuality and all kinks? Sounds to me like they're kink-shaming penises. Not a very good thing for those of us who write exclusively yaoi.

So, yeah, I am very strongly considering giving this thing a miss this year. I had a lot of fun with it last year - the prompts inspired me to write a lot of things I wouldn't have otherwise (like a fractured fairy tale take on Cinderella). But this year? If I have to struggle to come up with things to fit a lot of vague and "not my bag" kinks, that's not really FUN, is it?

Hopefully, some alternate kink/porn challenge community will come along that would be more along the lines of what I'm looking for.

(Also, I've started a new fic tonight, and it will be released on a specific day next week. I would have started it last night, except I kind of had a slight adware problem with my laptop. Took something like five programs to remove all the junk. Word to the wise, never download HJSplit from anywhere but its own web site).

Comments

[misumaru.livejournal.com]

I'm also bowing out kink bingo this year because I'm unhappy with the changes. Oral Fixation was one of my faves, and so versatile! Why did they take that out and leave in things like Fucking Machines and Enemas, which have a VERY specific appeal??? :( Don't get me started on the Double Penetration fiasco, I'm still incredibly angry about how they presented that. You're right that the whole sense of fun has been lost.

At least we have the kink meme? :(

[ldybastet.livejournal.com]

If they'd hadn't added double penetration being a "fairly penisy" kink as a reason for removing it, I wouldn't have commented and stated my dissatisfaction. But that did come across as "fairly penis-shaming" to me, so... Like you said, especially considering they kept pegging and added queening (albeit broadening the term to allow cocks being sucked in that position), and it seems they didn't even notice the gendered connotations of the term "queening"! They argued that in their kink circles it's gender-neutral!

I'm making a kink list of my own now, with the help of misu, so you can look forward to another kink thing hosted on my journal soon! LOL I'm pretty sure you'll like this list better! *g*

I am so happy to be a Mac user and not having to use software to put split files together! \o/ Terminal rocks!

[ruruu.livejournal.com]

Hahahahaha too penis-y xD I have learned new vocabulary.

[ayame-hadouken.livejournal.com]

augh, i was disappointed with no more dp as well; i mean, there's only so many ways to do it, but still.

i'm still participating, though, even though the cards i've gotten have been just okay. that might just have something to do with how much i did last year.