OK, just the fact that they're asking high schoolers to write sex scenes is a full stop from me. There's a billion zillion other damn things to write about (never mind "642", is there something special about that number? Anyone into weird-ass numerology as a hobby? Such a specific, non-rounded number always raises red flags ...)

Now, if a teenager wrote such a thing on his or her own for a Creative Writing course, that's one thing. But asking them to should be left for college students of film and writing. And even then ... would the student be allowed to be offended? Or what would happen to someone like me, who would hate such an assignment, and bork it by describing two gopher characters going at it or something just to be passive-aggressive?

Oh, and if the kids aren't teenagers yet, asking them to write sex scenes ought to be instant CPS bait. ... like that grody comic ought to be.

OK, just the fact that they're asking high schoolers to write sex scenes is a full stop from me. There's a billion zillion other damn things to write about (never mind "642", is there something special about that number? Anyone into weird-ass numerology as a hobby? Such a specific, non-rounded number always raises red flags ...)

Now, if a teenager wrote such a thing on his or her own for a Creative Writing course, that's one thing. But asking them to should be left for college students of film and writing. And even then ... would the student be allowed to be offended? Or what would happen to someone like me, who would hate such an assignment, and bork it by describing two gopher characters going at it or something just to be passive-aggressive?

Oh, and if the kids aren't teenagers yet, asking them to write sex scenes ought to be instant CPS bait.