VLVL DL & Frenesi

[Terrance]

Ghetta Life wrote:
> 
> Yep.  Strong lesbian implications, but no explicit sex.  Frenesi would
> probably be open to it, and DL is almost a stereotypical "butch" (but also
> "lipstick") lesbian.  As we know, fetishes are a big thing in Pynchon's
> writing (not a "good" thing), so it's a pretty big deal that DL becomes,
> literally, a Frenesi-fetish intended for Brock.

What kind of explicit sex scene can we expect in a novel by Thomas
Pynchon? 
In this story, and in every Pynchon story, explicit sex scenes are
perverse and political. Most times sex & death are mixed up with labors
of love/death. For example, in the short story "Small Rain" Lardass
Levine Plows Little Buttercup. The subjunctive dialogue on page 260
exposes the perverse nature of their sexual relationship and/or
fantasy.  

"... you saw me do stuff he'll never see," 

"... I made you do stuff, bitch,"

This stuff reminds us that this novel is mostly retread.