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on the first <20 pages of the Dresden Files
Okay. So there are works of fiction/art/film/etc. that make the deliberate artistic choice of linking the concepts of sexuality/eroticism and violence in ways that are very creepy and effective. Or at least, I assume there are - I am sure I have even read/seen some! - I just can't remember them off the top of my head.
And then there are authors who digress in the middle of describing an appallingly grisly murder scene (in a 'love suite') to comment on the lovely outline of the curves of the (naked, mid-coitus) female victim's breasts, the fabulous condition of her body, and the way her discarded underwear, '[a] pair of black-satin panties, a tiny triangle with lace coming off the points, lay there, one strap snapped as though the thong had simply been torn off. Kinky.'
OH JIM BUTCHER NO.
And then there are authors who digress in the middle of describing an appallingly grisly murder scene (in a 'love suite') to comment on the lovely outline of the curves of the (naked, mid-coitus) female victim's breasts, the fabulous condition of her body, and the way her discarded underwear, '[a] pair of black-satin panties, a tiny triangle with lace coming off the points, lay there, one strap snapped as though the thong had simply been torn off. Kinky.'
OH JIM BUTCHER NO.