To twink or not to twink

I've been keeping up with Victor's Men of Color Blog for a long time now and I'm fully aware of the racial biases of the porn industry, which means it is with some wariness that I'm working on introducing a character who, if you had to use a label, would be a whitebread twink.

In chapter 4 'The Missionary' I'm introducing Raoul, a naive young missionary who is going to be quite challenged by the Ix lifestyle and world view.  It's going to be a full 22 pages and its going to include a bit of backstory as the Ix nation is explained to poor perplexed Raoul.  Oh yeah, and there's an orgy in the Stately Pleasure Dome so don't worry that will be all talk, you can look at the pictures.

So when designing Raoul I wanted someone young (not too young, I live in Australia and have to be so damn careful, he'll have to have a drivers license!!!!) kind of naive but also able to turn around all the racist moral bullshit that he has been taught.

I hope you can forgive me, I've also indulged in a bit of melodrama and he's the twin brother of the scheming crown prince of Weare who has been shunted off to the monastery to get him out of the way.  Yeah, yeah, it's an oldie...

Anyway because the Men of Weare represent Tolkien's Aryan ideals I made him blond, also a nod to those kind of lanky young guys who are just growing into their bodies and have a puppy dog sweetness. (Shannon Boh, take a bow).   So there is a process to all this, but at the end of the day I'm back in twink territory.  And I've already had an elf boy in part 2.  I don't have much time to draw this and I don't want to waste my time doing more of the same.

One thing that has occurred to me in the process of writing is that I don't have any disabled characters.  Not wanting to go down any creepy fetish alleys, but disabled folks are left out of everything, especially porn, so why not?

I'll have to have a think about this and figure out what exactly could be the cause (polio maybe?) and whether this would be a turnoff for people.  I don't want to be PC or anything, but I'd like this series to explore some different body shapes and sizes.

It could also be a good way to talk about the fantasy body fascism issue again.  So, do I do it to poor Raoul?