Anonymous asked:

What would be a tasteful way to give positive feedback on a smut fanfic without coming across as a creep? Some authors are really good at the genre, and still deserve compliments for their writing.

ao3commentoftheday answered:

Some things you can talk about in a smut fic comment that aren’t about the actual smut:

• characterization
• the emotions that were in play
• the way this affected the characters’ relationship
• the writing style / prose

If you want to comment on the smut itself:

• some form of “that was hot!”
• “I’ll be in my bunk” - old fandom reference to Jayne from the show Firefly
  
• *fans self*
• reaction gif
• emojis (😍😳💕👌💯 etc)

And of course, it’s always appreciated just to thank the person for writing and tell them that you liked it.

For more thoughts on this topic, see this ask from a year or so ago. And of course, if you’re a reader or a writer with some additional advice, feel free to add it on :)

[conceptadecency]

As a sometime smut writer myself, we write this stuff to turn people on. It’s a sexual context. You would have to be really, really egregious to come off as creepy. I’ve never had a comment that I considered even close to creepy. Be as graphic or as delicate as you like!