Happy New Year! This is your yearly reminder that being obsessed with “top/bottom” in fics to the point you ask the author to spoon feed you details about who takes it up the arse is inherently heteronormative and it’s only made worse when you try to apply those notions to fics that are heavy on BDSM (my fics. I’m talking about my fics literally never ask me who tops/bottoms in my bdsm fics you will not like the dynamics if that’s what you’re obsessed with I promise)
Top doesn’t mean dominant! Bottom doesn’t mean submissive! Who tops or bottoms doesn’t tell you anything except who is getting the dick shoved where. And a reminder that for a lot of gay men penetrative sex is not the end all be all. Some gay men will go their entire relationships never having penetrative sex! And that’s okay! There are plenty of ways to get off that do not involve penetrative sex!! This goes DOUBLE for my cishet women who have been convinced that the only way to get off is having a penis shoved inside you.
Let’s take the new year as a chance to change our heteronormative behaviors, learn more about non-penetrative sex, and maybe we can explore fics that aren’t for us!