Sex and sexuality in the Mistborn series...missing?

[Cynewulf]

STDs are easy to protect against, do not let anyone tell you otherwise. And, unless visiting a prostitute, your chances of encountering anyone infected are rather low. This is especially true if you actually know the person you are about to get into bed with, which I would wholeheartedly recommend.

And of course, there are "risks" in opening yourself up to any form of intimacy. However, my feeling was that Reaves and others were referring to risks of a more catastrophic variety, viz. Divine Retribution. Please, note the context of "free will", "bad choices", "consequences" and "risks".

[Reaves]

Uh, "divine retribution?" As in lightning bolts? Please don't put words in my mouth.

I fully intend to get married one day. Having sex with another girl is giving away something special that should be my wife's alone.

When I was talking about risks I was not referring specifically to risks of sex, safe or otherwise, just risks of life. As in, actions have consequences.

[Shaggy]

My only point was that I don't think pre-marital sex is immoral–if both persons want to partake in it, then there's nothing wrong with having sex for reasons other than reproduction.

This is getting kind of off-topic, though.

I fully intend to get married one day. Having sex with another girl is giving away something special that should be my wife's alone.

But as you don't yet have a wife, would it be bad if you didn't reserve something 'special' for someone who, as of now, doesn't exist? When you're married, of course. But before?…

[JCHancey]

I'll try to bring it back to topic... Sex is O.K. if it helps move the plot along, I believe someone said that that is how GRRM used it in A Game of Thrones. I disagree. How does describing Daenerys (or whatever her name is) different sexual encounters with her husband in rich detail move the plot along at all? It does not! I feel the same way with Badkind, it's, more or less, completely useless in his books. I've read a bunch of people saying Jordan did it best, and I said this earlier and I stand by it. Writing about sex just to write about is no good, it really distracts from the main plot (I'll correct myself and say GRRM did have a plot in A Game of Thrones ).

[Shaggy]

I personally find it most bearable when they just say a few lines to make sure we know they're having sex and then go on the next scene or 'in the morning.'

[Bookstore Guy]

I feel the same way with Badkind, it's, more or less, completely useless in his books.

I approve of the use of my coined phrase in this sentence.

Sex is O.K. if it helps move the plot along, I believe someone said that that is how GRRM used it in A Game of Thrones. I disagree. How does describing Daenerys (or whatever her name is) different sexual encounters with her husband in rich detail move the plot along at all?

So do you disagree that sex is ok if it is integral to the plot? or do you just disagree with Martin's use of it (specifically the Daenerys...encounters)? I think that Martin tends to go a bit overboard even if i do love his stuff.  They same can be said of R Scott Bakker, though his uses are almost all essential to the plot.  Badkind? He's just terribad...wow, that word perfectly describes him while using his name...

Since im pretty sure our various religions have nothing to do with how Vin and Elend interacted in Mistborn, I say we stop bludgeoning the dead horse. This is worse than asking people to agree on the "best" pizza topping.

[Reaves]

Though really, we all know that sausage and mushrooms is the way to go. Sausage can also be substituted for bacon.

[Bookstore Guy]

Though really, we all know that sausage and mushrooms is the way to go. Sausage can also be substituted for bacon.

bacon is full of win.  Dan Wells would agree.

[TMan]

[...]This is especially true if you actually know the person you are about to get into bed with, which I would wholeheartedly recommend. [...]

I lol'd at that

Oh, and I prefer tuna on my pizza. Or shoarma. Or anything else, just no mushrooms. Mushrooms feel funny in your mouth, really disgusting.

[Shaggy]

I like sausage on my pizza. With a Blueberry IZZE. I love those things.

[Loud_G]

Pink Unicorn Sausage

[Shaggy]

HAHAHA

Wait I think I missed something–what's with the Pink Unicorns??

[Bookstore Guy]

Pink Unicorn Sausage

You are my hero.

HAHAHA

Wait I think I missed something–what's with the Pink Unicorns??

its ok Shaggy, nobody seems to want to respond to my earlier Pink Unicorn comment. im a sad panda.  just scroll back a tad.

[Peter Ahlstrom]

Cynewulf, I see you're ignoring substantive replies to your claims. If you're going to do that, you should just stop posting in the thread. No one here is interested in you using it as a pulpit instead of a discussion thread.

[Shaggy]

Oh I get it! HAHA