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Naomi is the Erogamer
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"I mean, that's true, but assuming we're in a narrative, the guy who says there's definitely no chance they'll lose is significantly more likely to lose than the guy who has contingency plans in case of defeat."

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"I'm not saying that, though, I'm saying I intend to win."

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"Okay but once you're acknowledging the possibility of defeat, you can evaluate the aesthetics of defeat, and I find them to be greater than the aesthetics of getting got by a dedicated serial killer."

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"No, no, that's exactly what I'm saying - being defeated in a climactic battle is unacceptably unaesthetic."

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"Probably because of my arrogant and competitive nature."

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"I like it better because...the serial killer scenario implies--a lack of agency? You die every time. A climactic battle lost implies the possibility of a climactic battle won."

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"Mm... the serial killer scenario is something I couldn't reasonably have expected or prepared for; the climactic battle is a failure. Also, getting kidnapped by a serial killer is hot, losing climactic battles much less so."

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"Well, there's the difference, then. I'd rather fail than never have had the opportunity to try and don't find being kidnapped hot."

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"Fair enough, I guess!"

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"Hooray! We are both sufficiently Adult Human to respect the fact that we have different preferences!"

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"It's nice being an adult human!"

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"It is! Some people never manage it. I feel sorry for them."

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The waiter returns with Naomi's spaghetti and Emily's tortellini. 

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"Have you ever noticed," Emily muses, poking at her noodles with her fork, "that tortellini looks a lot like a clitoris?"

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"You know, I can't say that I have." She peers at the pasta. "I can see it, kinda. The comparison is a bit of a stretch."

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"Mm." She spears one, pops it in her mouth, chews, and swallows. "It just seems obvious to me but maybe that says more about what kinds of depictions of clitorises I've seen than about tortellini."

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Naomi giggles.

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"So the question is," she says lightly, "between your food's name and mine's dubious resemblance to genitalia--which of our dishes is sexier?"

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"Oh, definitely mine."

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"I have no justification, I'm just being pointlessly arrogant."

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"Hm."

She spears another piece of tortellini, and lifts it to her mouth, but instead of popping it in immediately her tongue darts out to lick at it suggestively. 

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Naomi giggles. "I will note that you had to stab it first, and most people find that to be a turn-off."

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She eats the piece of tortellini and picks up another one with her spoon and begins licking the sauce off of that one. 

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