623 wrote...
Also, this is me completely. The plots in vanilla are so boring that I don't care and the only way I would is if it's an artist I like or the writing is good like Ikuhana Niiro or Fujimaru. Other than that, give me my futa, shota, loli, sluts, big tits, gangbangs, orgies, deepthroat hentai. If I'm gonna masturbate, I'm gonna go hard.
AMEN TO EVERYTHING YOU SAID! PREACH!!!
This is me as well. Most generic vanilla stories are just a lot of cute fluff with sex scenes. The problem is that from most artists the fluff doesn't build towards or amplify the sex in a meaningful, engaging way. It's almost as if the artist put the sex scene there just to categorize the release as a hentai instead of a shoujo and expects the reader to get off on the cute fluff. Only the really good artists consistently put good enough plot, characters, and interactions in their releases to make the fluff interact with the sex in an truly erotic way. And when one of those artists hits, it is hentai nirvana.
With other genres, the fluff is no longer there so there is no crutch for the artist to lean on. They have to embed the eroticism into their stories by taking it in different, and sometimes extreme, directions. Yes, there are bland non-vanilla hentai but you're way more likely to find bland vanilla hentai.
I still find some generic vanilla to be enjoyable to read but as 623 said, if I'm gonna masterbate I'm gonna go hard, so that's why I'm into non-vanilla genres more.