In regards to pacing, that really is up to the scope of the story. Sometimes they go on for multiple chapters, but are structured to where the changes are appropriately paced. Other times its a near instant change ment for shock factor on the character.

As for personal taste... Herms are always my favorite. Cock, balls, breasts, pussy, everything. Add in a hyper hourglass figure, and you've gotten my bee good. Plus some good hard sex... maybe some bondage~

Fast or slow I like a well written TF. Before after or during sex doesn't matter, nor the speed but if you can get a sense of the changes the individuals sensations and feelings during everything. Is it erotic/ pleasurable or is it agonizing. If this can be conveyed it really draws me in and gets me rock hard. He I just got a TF piece where my cyborg unicorn got metamophed via magic into a Space canine cyborg

M2F fast or slow
No dicks - never made sense to me on girls and the point of a M2F is to go all the way! ;)
No sex necessary, but up to you.

I like slow, gradual changes. My preference gender wise tends to be "whatever into a girl plus," typically girl plus a dick for hot hermy action.

My brain just stubbornly does not want to make male characters. It goes "Well, if we need a penis in this story, we can just attach it to a girl, and that way we can have somebody prettier!"

It's probably my innate "STICK AN ITEM IN EVERY SLOT ON THE CHARACTER COSTUME CREATOR!" thing that I noticed I do in pro wrestling games or MMO's, where I will do just that. If there's an open space, I'll put something in there.

And gals have a lot more fashion options than guys do in our culture. Makeup, jewlery, skirts/dresses, purses, etc. Men are expected to have fewer "cosmetic slots" than women are and fewer options.

Also I like the round, curvy nature of everything. Chest? Round. Hips? Round. Butt? Round. Genitals? Round shaft, round balls, etc etc. The herm aesthetic just seems "right" to me.

Sex if fun before, after, during, whenever, though because I've been reading this stuff for approaching 25 years the actual mechanics of the sex scene are something I just tend to skip over as if they were instructions on how to assemble a table.

"Stick tab A into slot B and tighten nut C to attach the left leg to the undersize of the table..."

The sexiness is fine, but it's more interesting for me as what it means to the characters involved.

I want my porn to have plot more than I want my plot to have porn.

But TF and sex and pretty intricately linked in my mind.

I tend to prefer fantasy of some sort for my settings, either classical medieval or modern urban fantasy.

I like having the setting be something where the TF is explained and has reasons, or is suddenly introduced and is something that's affecting the world.

I absolutely loathe the whole "and suddenly Billy has discovered the first ever magical artifact in the world, making him the only hermphroditic, multibreasted, dragon centauress on Planet Earth, and no one else TF's ever, just him." type of thing.

I feel it doesn't make the protagonist seem unique or special, but instead seems more like a cop-out to avoid changing the base setting to deviate from the norm.

I had an RP partner once that would insist on being the only TFee in a setting, and I hated it.

Fetishes, corruption, lactation, preg, eggs, those sort of things tend to be my favorites.

Wow, this is actually super helpful. Thanks VK.

As for the rest of you, more of this please. Don't be afraid to go more into detail of what you like.

Definitely slow, sexy TF, with herms a big plus. I love to watch the process happen, and if the process is mixed in with sex so much the better.

The biggest thing is that things make sense. Magic (even super-technology SCIENCE! stuff) needs a set of rules that makes sense and is consistent. I'm fine with fast changes, slow changes, but not instant changes. Sometimes the draw is the description of the visceral sensations of the change. Sometimes the draw is in the person's mind coping with everything. Sometimes the draw is in the person trying to deal with what's happened in the world around him (which depends on the setting established first).

As for fetishes, I can't get enough M2F or sometimes M2H. Pet-play/feral stuff is great, impregnation, mixing the two and getting knocked up by a feral stud... Inanimate/inorganic is a lot of fun, too. Rubber sex dolls, plush toys, clockwork/robotic servants... And sometimes immobile things like trees and statues, but I generally have to be in the right mood for that. ^.^;;

A guy being turned into the perfect sexy plaything for someone, changed bit by bit, perhaps trying to hide each change until it becomes impossible, dealing with people who eventually come to see him as nothing but a pet plaything... Eventually people won't even know he was once human, and by that time, he'll probably be well-trained enough that he wouldn't want anyone to know... Or really, she, by that time. *giggles* That's probably my biggest fantasy.

Another very helpful post. Thank you Ms Skunk. It actually gives me a few ideas...hmmm.

I should update my icon, I've been (usually) a hoofbun for around a year now. Just not sure how to make an icon that shows that without looking like a regular bunny... ^.^;;

A bunny with hooves, eh? Goes together like peanut butter and me tied up.

Don't worry, I'll buy the good peanut butter. Not sure what we'll be presenting a tied up bun to, yet...