Sex

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Sex changes everything.

That statement is neither a condemnation of what can be a wonderful act shared between two people, nor is it an attempt to absolve the way we treat sex with such contempt in our society, having made it into something either dirty or something inconsequential.

It merely is a statement of fact. Almost everyone on this earth is affected in some way, usually in many ways, by sex. Sex changes lives, changes world-views; sex is or can be both a blessing and a curse, sometimes at the same time. It can be our greatest need, or our greatest fear.

It very seldom is what it was intended to be, which is most of the problem with it. At its core, it was intended to be a pleasurable sharing between two people, one male and female, who were (wedded) attached for life in a significant and lifelong relationship, with the secondary purpose of the passing on of genetic material to give life to future generations.

Nowadays, sex is everywhere. Sex is on television, in print ads, on the internet, in books and magazines, in clothes, in cars…is there much of anything you can buy, without being influenced by an advertisement that in some way uses sex to sell its product? Sex is in the mall, at the hairdresser, at the car dealership, in the workplace, in the churches. Stop and think of this; like God’s love, where can you run and hide from sex?

Sex has become our greatest salesman. Add a dash of sex appeal, mix with humour or lust, and you have got a buyer’s frenzy.

Some people cannot get enough sex. Some people have had sex forced on them, and fear it (or misunderstand it, and misuse it in turn). But the truth is, none of us can escape its pull.

From (unfortunately too often) young children to senior citizens, almost not a day goes by where sex does not affect us in some way, like the moon affects the ocean’s tide.

Whether your thoughts on sex are pure as the new-fallen snow, or full of deviant desires not to be mentioned in the light of day, the plain fact is, sex rules our world, and it is here to stay.

The more I write of my online story, the more I find that I have to delve into the back-stories of the characters I am dealing with. And the more that I do that, the more that I find that the one driving and compelling force that shapes our lives right under our very noses, is indeed sex. As I’ve said, it affects us all. One little mishap, whether it be a good one or a not-so-good one, can affect the way we think, feel, and see for eternity. Journeying into some of these featurettes, gives my characters more strength and more 3-dimenionalism, as it shows the deep underlying roots of why they are and act the way they are and do.

It is…interesting…to me, if nothing else.

On another note completely, I am playing Baldur’s Gate through again, this time as an evilly-bent Fighter/Thief named Zezper Narttikulus. I have assembled a group of miscreants who see the world the same as I do, mainly Minsc (with the help of the helmet of alignment reversal) the Ranger, and Edwin the Conjurer, and Shar-Teel the Fighter, and Kivan the Ranger, and Viconia the Drow-Elf Cleric. Fun, fun, FUN!