Dana said -
In the original discussion, "sense" meant something like "emotion,"
Oh, I misunderstood the post before I accidentally deleted it then. I thought that whoever-it-was was using MBTI and talking about feeling and sense as separate things. However I might have been projecting my own stuff onto the discussion in that case.
Anyway, I'm talking about sense as in physical sensory acuity. Not really 'sex' which seems to cover all aspects of self: thought, emotion, sense and imagination. I mean you can derive pleasure on any of those vectors, so nobody is left out :-)
It is also entirely possible for someone to be highly sensual (in a sexual context or otherwise) without simultaneously being kind, warm-hearted, nice, etc.
Absolutely. At least as likely as the alternative I'd say.
The situation does offer some limited options for having a good time, and IMO Avon takes full advantage of them.
Also 'life is sweet' as they say, when it is most endangered. But what constitutes 'enjoyment' as far as Avon is concerned? How much evidence is there on screen of Avon enjoying sensual stuff? Ice cream on freedom city. But I may be ignoring obvious examples just because they don't fit my mental picture.
I think it can be a fault of intellectual types, to concentrate on the pleasure of triumphing, and not the enjoyment of the prize. 'Getting and spending we lay waste our powers' - some on getting, some on spending.
My main fannish activity is writing fanfic
Yes, sorry, I didn't mean to put anyone on the spot about fanfiction.
Alison