As an easier general rule of thumb, if there's scissoring and they're enjoying it, it was written by a dude.
Scissoring where the two partners are practically on their backs with their legs stretched out and entangled at odd angles is designed for a voyeur rather than personal pleasure, yes.
I don't really think there was any of that in this work though. Closest would be p73 in Chapter 5, but they were grinding on a toy held between them rather than each other. And even if there wasn't anything there, the way the position looks on p74 (one partner 'on top' during the act and holding the other one to grind on) absolutely works for many people.
The other two instances of tribbing (Ch1 p90-p91 & Ch7 p14) are also both real and very much possible to get a lot of pleasure from with the right partner.
The whole 'lesbians only scissor in porn / real lesbians don't scissor' thing is a myth. Unless we're talking exclusively about the specific voyeur-focused position I mentioned at the start, in which case it's more truthful. The problem arises when people try and literally deny the possibility of any enjoyment from any 'scissoring-style' position just because they either saw someone say it doesn't work or because they didn't like it personally. Hella lame.
Yeah, you're right. I think I am generalizing a bit too liberally. Thanks for not being a jerk with your reply!
I'll try to clarify how I feel... From my experience with yuri, whenever mangaka I "know" are women mention scissoring, it's usually either a gag about how uncomfortable that "sexy porn position" is, or an educational reminder that what you see in porn isn't necessarily realistic. For example, when Morishima Akiko mentions it in Angelic Girl, she shoots down scissoring initially, but also suggests other more realistic things to do that are more pleasurable (maybe don't use as much force (but maybe do?), trying blanking her blank with your blank, etc). She's not saying that grinding is bad, but that the way it's generally depicted in pornography isn't realistic.
But you're right, it is wrong of me to jump to the conclusion that a mangaka must be male just because characters are enjoying scissoring. I'm still positive that there are a lot of awful lesbian sex tropes that male authors use more than female authors, due to lack of knowledge or experience, or to target a specific audience, but I absolutely do need to check myself and stop going "ugh not again" every time I see characters enjoying scissoring, because sometimes it isn't just a sexy ignorant trope or an imitation of PIV intercourse, but an actual thing that people enjoy.
I think maybe I should stop trying to spout one-liner comments and stick with walls of text, because someone always ends up yelling at me when I don't make myself 100% clear, aha... ; v;
Also, kudos for literally going back through the entire series to see if there was any "bad" scissoring. I appreciate your devotion to the craft.
In any case, this series is a big win in my book simply because of the girls' enthusiasm. There is none of the customary coy "no/stop/don't/that's dirty/it's embarassing" nonsense. These girls all had sex together because they genuinely wanted to, and they genuinely (and mutually) enjoyed it. That's a great and all-too-rare thing to see.
Just wanna thumbs up at this, too. Long live enthusiastic sex!
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