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So would this be objectional content if used?

Now we are here, We know its too late!
Hoping only to find some closure,
Silently waiting, Hear the calling!
Look into the wanting eyes, My Cherished!

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I would think no. At least I wouldn't object to it. I mean reading it...I do not want to sleep with my sister...yuck....

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It really depends on the context.

Is it culturally okay?

Did the two end up exploring their sexuality together as they grew up becuase their parents were ignorant, but also insisted they share a bedroom and they either didn't know any better or were too horny to care?

What kind of incest are we talking here?

Why are they having sex? Love, horniness, keeping property/money/royalty in the family? Consensual sex, but didn't know they were related? Something else entirely?

Just having two siblings knock boots, or mom and son have sex for author's shits and giggles doesn't really work. But it happens, and for many reasons. Some version of plausibility would make this a lot more palatable (unless you're just writing porn).

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POSSIBLE GAME OF THRONES SPOILER BELOW:

It was mentioned in Game of Thrones, as in, Dani (I can't remember how her name is spelled) felt betrayal at being married off to another man because the tradition in their culture was to marry your brother or something like that. And he did touch her inappropriately. ( I have not seen the TV series and only read the first part of the first book. I have a weak stomach. sweatdrop )

It was a contributing factor to me personally not continuing the series but its wildly popular despite, so I guess it really depends on how much other appeal your story has and the context of the actions as well.

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POSSIBLE GAME OF THRONES SPOILER BELOW:

It was mentioned in Game of Thrones, as in, Dani (I can't remember how her name is spelled) felt betrayal at being married off to another man because the tradition in their culture was to marry your brother or something like that. And he did touch her inappropriately. ( I have not seen the TV series and only read the first part of the first book. I have a weak stomach. sweatdrop )

It was a contributing factor to me personally not continuing the series but its wildly popular despite, so I guess it really depends on how much other appeal your story has and the context of the actions as well.


Her father said he's never give her the throne because she didn't know what to do with power. This prompted her, from a very young age, to seek it out secretly, as well as only by those she knew she could control (she knew she couldn't change her dad's idea of her). She had sex with her brother before her marriage, as a way to string him a long and make him do what she wanted and later as a way to get back at her husband for sleeping around.

She also slept with her cousin to get him to do what she wanted, but called it off as she felt he was incompetent and hard to fully control.

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*Shrugs* Hey, some people will find it taboo, but I'd say go for it. I mean, it's not like you're right off the bat advocating something by writing about it. Or I doubt Lolita would've been as popular, right?

...Then again, I don't know too much about Lolita, so I shouldn't have said that....

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POSSIBLE GAME OF THRONES SPOILER BELOW:

It was mentioned in Game of Thrones, as in, Dani (I can't remember how her name is spelled) felt betrayal at being married off to another man because the tradition in their culture was to marry your brother or something like that. And he did touch her inappropriately. ( I have not seen the TV series and only read the first part of the first book. I have a weak stomach. sweatdrop )

It was a contributing factor to me personally not continuing the series but its wildly popular despite, so I guess it really depends on how much other appeal your story has and the context of the actions as well.


Her father said he's never give her the throne because she didn't know what to do with power. This prompted her, from a very young age, to seek it out secretly, as well as only by those she knew she could control (she knew she couldn't change her dad's idea of her). She had sex with her brother before her marriage, as a way to string him a long and make him do what she wanted and later as a way to get back at her husband for sleeping around.

She also slept with her cousin to get him to do what she wanted, but called it off as she felt he was incompetent and hard to fully control.

Wait, are you talking about Dani or Cersei?

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POSSIBLE GAME OF THRONES SPOILER BELOW:

It was mentioned in Game of Thrones, as in, Dani (I can't remember how her name is spelled) felt betrayal at being married off to another man because the tradition in their culture was to marry your brother or something like that. And he did touch her inappropriately. ( I have not seen the TV series and only read the first part of the first book. I have a weak stomach. sweatdrop )

It was a contributing factor to me personally not continuing the series but its wildly popular despite, so I guess it really depends on how much other appeal your story has and the context of the actions as well.


Her father said he's never give her the throne because she didn't know what to do with power. This prompted her, from a very young age, to seek it out secretly, as well as only by those she knew she could control (she knew she couldn't change her dad's idea of her). She had sex with her brother before her marriage, as a way to string him a long and make him do what she wanted and later as a way to get back at her husband for sleeping around.

She also slept with her cousin to get him to do what she wanted, but called it off as she felt he was incompetent and hard to fully control.

Wait, are you talking about Dani or Cersei?

Probably the latter. Danyannywhatever's dad died before she was born, I think. She also doesn't really have any cousins to have sex with.

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POSSIBLE GAME OF THRONES SPOILER BELOW:

It was mentioned in Game of Thrones, as in, Dani (I can't remember how her name is spelled) felt betrayal at being married off to another man because the tradition in their culture was to marry your brother or something like that. And he did touch her inappropriately. ( I have not seen the TV series and only read the first part of the first book. I have a weak stomach. sweatdrop )

It was a contributing factor to me personally not continuing the series but its wildly popular despite, so I guess it really depends on how much other appeal your story has and the context of the actions as well.


Her father said he's never give her the throne because she didn't know what to do with power. This prompted her, from a very young age, to seek it out secretly, as well as only by those she knew she could control (she knew she couldn't change her dad's idea of her). She had sex with her brother before her marriage, as a way to string him a long and make him do what she wanted and later as a way to get back at her husband for sleeping around.

She also slept with her cousin to get him to do what she wanted, but called it off as she felt he was incompetent and hard to fully control.

Wait, are you talking about Dani or Cersei?


Cersai. Not sure who Dani is.

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POSSIBLE GAME OF THRONES SPOILER BELOW:

It was mentioned in Game of Thrones, as in, Dani (I can't remember how her name is spelled) felt betrayal at being married off to another man because the tradition in their culture was to marry your brother or something like that. And he did touch her inappropriately. ( I have not seen the TV series and only read the first part of the first book. I have a weak stomach. sweatdrop )

It was a contributing factor to me personally not continuing the series but its wildly popular despite, so I guess it really depends on how much other appeal your story has and the context of the actions as well.


Her father said he's never give her the throne because she didn't know what to do with power. This prompted her, from a very young age, to seek it out secretly, as well as only by those she knew she could control (she knew she couldn't change her dad's idea of her). She had sex with her brother before her marriage, as a way to string him a long and make him do what she wanted and later as a way to get back at her husband for sleeping around.

She also slept with her cousin to get him to do what she wanted, but called it off as she felt he was incompetent and hard to fully control.

Wait, are you talking about Dani or Cersei?


Cersai. Not sure who Dani is.
Ah, that makes sense then. Dani is the short name used for Daenerys Targaryen. (And yes, I had to look up how to spell that...)

To OP: In A Game of Thrones, it was 'normal' for certain families, but not for the majority. Regardless, it certainly didn't stop me from reading the book. (Haven't gone any farther in the series yet, though.)

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POSSIBLE GAME OF THRONES SPOILER BELOW:

It was mentioned in Game of Thrones, as in, Dani (I can't remember how her name is spelled) felt betrayal at being married off to another man because the tradition in their culture was to marry your brother or something like that. And he did touch her inappropriately. ( I have not seen the TV series and only read the first part of the first book. I have a weak stomach. sweatdrop )

It was a contributing factor to me personally not continuing the series but its wildly popular despite, so I guess it really depends on how much other appeal your story has and the context of the actions as well.


Her father said he's never give her the throne because she didn't know what to do with power. This prompted her, from a very young age, to seek it out secretly, as well as only by those she knew she could control (she knew she couldn't change her dad's idea of her). She had sex with her brother before her marriage, as a way to string him a long and make him do what she wanted and later as a way to get back at her husband for sleeping around.

She also slept with her cousin to get him to do what she wanted, but called it off as she felt he was incompetent and hard to fully control.


Whoa, that's crazy. I only read the very first part of the book, right up till she got married. I might have forgotten something or missed something that was revealed later. All I remember was her feeling betrayed at being married off and him pretty much groping her.

Unless I got her mixed with another character?

Anyway, the story is highly popular despite, goes to show that anything can do well if its presented correctly. 3nodding

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I thought of Ursula Le Guin's The Left Hand of Darkness. It featured an alien culture perfectly okay with incest until children were produced from the union, at which point the relationship had to stop. One of the main characters was in love with their sibling, and it was portrayed as totally normal.

The book had a lot of problems, but being squeamish about the incest wasn't really one of them.

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POSSIBLE GAME OF THRONES SPOILER BELOW:

It was mentioned in Game of Thrones, as in, Dani (I can't remember how her name is spelled) felt betrayal at being married off to another man because the tradition in their culture was to marry your brother or something like that. And he did touch her inappropriately. ( I have not seen the TV series and only read the first part of the first book. I have a weak stomach. sweatdrop )

It was a contributing factor to me personally not continuing the series but its wildly popular despite, so I guess it really depends on how much other appeal your story has and the context of the actions as well.


Her father said he's never give her the throne because she didn't know what to do with power. This prompted her, from a very young age, to seek it out secretly, as well as only by those she knew she could control (she knew she couldn't change her dad's idea of her). She had sex with her brother before her marriage, as a way to string him a long and make him do what she wanted and later as a way to get back at her husband for sleeping around.

She also slept with her cousin to get him to do what she wanted, but called it off as she felt he was incompetent and hard to fully control.

Wait, are you talking about Dani or Cersei?


Cersai. Not sure who Dani is.


Oh, yeah I was talking about Dani. I don't think I ever read far enough to meet Cersai.

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It would depend on the culture you were writing it in, but I wouldn't scratch that topic unless I was VERY sure how to write it. Incest is generally deemed an immoral act and the only way that Game of Thrones got away with it was that it was written exceedingly well and didn't focus on it too much.

One good thing to remember, even if it's acceptable in the society you're writing in, is that there's usually going to be a submissive and a dominant sibling and it isn't going to be a healthy relationship for one or both of the characters. Usually the submissive is doing it out of love for the other sibling and the dominant gets something out of it.
With Cersei and Jamie from GoT, Cersei is with her brother because it's as though being with herself; she wants power and by being with Jamie, she can get that.
Dani and her brother also had a semi-incestual relationship, though it was never culminated. Dani loved him for being her brother but he loved the fact that she was the one female in his life that he could control and abuse as he wished.

Before I would personally write a story that involved such a touchy and difficult subject, I would recommend doing research into the actual lives of people that have had such a thing happen, Stockholm syndrome, and the psychological dependencies and difficulties that they face.

Afterwards, decide if you're story really needs that kind of relationship or if you can go another way.
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