What do you like in a transformation story?

[Jake T Catt]

I'm working on the very beginning of a new story, and I was wondering what people want most in a tf story. A transformation scene, obviously. But what else?

Please be honest and help me out here. I'm trying to make something the most possible people enjoy, so your answers will directly affect this new story.

[morwalugi]

Originally Posted by Jake T Catt

.. A transformation scene, obviously....

Actually not obviouslly.
A lot of traditional stories with a transformation in them(pre 1900)
were cousins and daughters of earlier non-transformation stories
because they had a plot and elements derived from the earlier
non-transformation tales
(eg Lambes transformation narrative "The laidley Worm o'
Spindleston Heughs(about 1768) borrowed lines from
the non transformation ballad The
Lambton Worm( lets say 1550)
and its possible Kempion (lets say 1550 again) borrowed stuff from the
hagiographies of St Margaret of Antioch and St Thaneu and her son
St Mungo(Kentigern)(maybe 1000)

So its not much of a leap to take the plot from a transformation narrative
such as (oh lets say) Morris's "Lady of the Land" poem(~1860) and turn it into
the non-transformative novel "Dragon's Keep" (2007) with its love cursed
young woman in a castle on a island.

[TF-Viewer]

Originally Posted by morwalugi

Actually not obviouslly.
A lot of traditional stories with a transformation in them(pre 1900)
were cousins and daughters of earlier non-transformation stories
because they had a plot and elements derived from the earlier
non-transformation tales
(eg Lambes transformation narrative "The laidley Worm o'
Spindleston Heughs(about 1768) borrowed lines from
the non transformation ballad The
Lambton Worm( lets say 1550)
and its possible Kempion (lets say 1550 again) borrowed stuff from the
hagiographies of St Margaret of Antioch and St Thaneu and her son
St Mungo(Kentigern)(maybe 1000)

So its not much of a leap to take the plot from a transformation narrative
such as (oh lets say) Morris's "Lady of the Land" poem(~1860) and turn it into
the non-transformative novel "Dragon's Keep" (2007) with its love cursed
young woman in a castle on a island.

What?

[cpt soban]

oddly enough, even though I dont fap to this stuff, I like sexual content.

Is it weird to go to /d/ and not fap?

edit: also agreeing with Apsm

[sodacat]

Originally Posted by cpt soban

Is it weird to go to /d/ and not fap?

While I can't say it's normal (normal /d/. ha!), I can say you're not alone in doing this. I visit /d/ and gurochan's /f/ for laughs.

As far as plot goes, if this is just a one shot then nothing more than enough to set up the tf should be necessary. It might be nice to have some sort of resolution though; even if it's just a few paragraphs. I'd say 80% of the tf stories I've read end with 'and then she ran off into the night. The end.' Something else I haven't seen so often is where a tf is drawn out over multiple scenes instead of happening all at once. Maybe it has false starts and relapses, maybe it's a lenghy thing, whatever.

[Apsm]

I suppose a TF scene thats sexually suggestive, as long as the story doesn't become OVER saturated with sex (ie the victim becomes a sex crazed whore), and ends on a happy romantic note.

[No-Man]

I like me some sex over saturation. This is a fetish forum and if I'm going to indulge in my fetish, I like sexual content. Now I do think there's a point when too much sex can actually detract from the sexiness of the piece. But I like sex. Sex is good. Plot is good too. I'd rather have both, but I can find pleasure in one or the other as well.

[Snowglare]

I mainly look for process and sex in TF stories, with process being far more important. Plot can be good, but I generally look elsewhere for plot-based stories. For TF, about all I'd want is a reversion or some sort of balance at the end; either the changes stop or they become controllable.

It'd be something if you created characters I could care about and engaged me in the ups and downs of their story while still providing sexy process. The problem there is, if bad things happen to those characters, I'll regard them as bad things, whereas in most TF stories I can let a fair bit slide if it's presented the right way. Mind control/mental TF gets a whole lot creepier when it happens to someone you like.

[Amahain]

Okay, I'll admit it. I'm a pervert, and I like sexual content in TF stories. I also like some sort of plot, though it doesn't necessarily have to be complex or original. Hell, I still like clich?d "woman gets bitten by a were(something), woman turns into a were(something)" plots.

[Cursebearer]

Originally Posted by Amahain

Okay, I'll admit it. I'm a pervert, and I like sexual content in TF stories. I also like some sort of plot, though it doesn't necessarily have to be complex or original. Hell, I still like clich?d "woman gets bitten by a were(something), woman turns into a were(something)" plots.

Even if I don't agree on the sex part, I totally agree on the plot part. :P The old woman gets bitten thing never gets old for me.

[cpt soban]

Originally Posted by Magugag

Even if I don't agree on the sex part, I totally agree on the plot part. :P The old woman gets bitten thing never gets old for me.

Old women werewolves? Thats a unique fetish :P

[morwalugi]

Originally Posted by cpt soban

Old women werewolves? Thats a unique fetish :P

Perhaps,but there are a few old european folktales out there with
old women werewolves in them.Usually centered around the east
european ethnic groups of transylvania