Aww, come on, you should go hands on.
Well, there were some serious problems writing that story, and I'm not talking about the distractions of an impending event in real life, either.
The creativity and imagination are influenced by one's feelings.
It's as easy as strawberries-and-cream to write about franksolich hopping around in the sack with a primitive
femme whom I have some feelings, either positive or negative.
I'm not saying I
like the BainsBane primitive, but I am indifferent about her, having nothing against her either. The best I could do was an utterly neutral portrait of her, and commandeer someone else to service her; she's not my type.