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Originally Posted by JSWolf
The sex scene in the In Death books do not cover up the lack of a plot nor do they advance the plot. They just are.
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I'm not sure that's a lot better. That's like the ubiquitous "lecture" scenes, or conversation scenes, where the author forgets that we're there to be entertained and instead, has a character go off on some tangent, talking bout this disaster, or that one, or this cause, this thing to which they want to draw your attention--and it's almost never done well. It's always a big load of Fatberg, sitting in the middle of the plot/story.
With exceedingly few exceptions, sex scenes NEVER advance the plot. I mean, let's not kid ourselves, how could they? You could move the plot ahead with the old-fashioned "fade to black" and then open with them in bed, or whatever. Which says "yes, characters A and B have had sex." There you go, that's the plot moved. All the sweaty body parts do nothing except for pure prurience.
Hitch