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5-Questions with Valentin Braun

Before all this, The Male Scene was not meant to be a blog or a website or whatever the fuck I am doing right now. It was meant for one sole purpose: to quench the thirst of all people.

I was doing great work, (with 400+ followers) and I wasn't going to push through. Then one day, I stumbled upon the hot video entitled, Trivial. I decided to watch and blew a load at the end. (It was that hot!)

And then, my curiosity was piqued. "Hey, these stars can be found on Instagram so I am gonna add them. Make a three-picture weekly feature of them."

So I DM'd Val on Instagram, saying:

"Valentin, hi! I would like to feature you in my page [Instagram], would it be okay? Don't worry, I won't forget to tag you and mention you."

He answered with a modest:

"Oh yeah sure. Thanks for choosing me! [Insert heart thingy you can send only in DM's]"

And thus began the concept of the interview. I thought, I want to know what a guy like him thinks. Someone hot, handsome, and has been in a steamy adult film. (I refuse to call it porn because it seems vulgar that way.)

And so: Here it is! I released the first three questions as captions on my weekly feature on Instagram. Now this is for the other two. But the interview won't be complete if the three wasn't-well, fuck! Let's just do this, aye?

Credits: Valentin Braun/@aubergine.diaries

Of course: I started with a very obvious question.

What makes Trivial special?

I asked this because I want to know how he feels about the film. It has a unique feel to it. Intimate. It didn't really dive quick into the sex, unlike much of the mainstream porn nowadays. This... It's art. Sex is art. So, what does Val think?

"For one, I think it is special because the three of us had a really good connection. When this film was shot, I was dating Thomas, one of the actors. We didn't [know] Yann yet before the shoot but as we went along with the sex scenes, which we started first, both Thomas and I quickly realized that Yann [was] a good match Therefore, we were very comfortable with each other and were able to be very intimate and passionate, despite it being a porn shoot with people running around on set. I also really love how Noel captured the light of this beautiful winter day in film. You might not notice it at first, but this sort of dimmed, slightly hazy and soft light adds a lot to the mood that was in the room already. Both of these things are luxurious details. You can shoot a good sex scene without the performers being a good match, and the mainstream porn industry of today will for sure not take care of the light situation like Noel does (because it takes a lot of time to prepare and time is money.) I think the result speaks for itself."

I think Val has a hidden poet in him somewhere, but hey! All of what he said is true! Try watching the movie and see for yourself how this is different from your usual wankathon movie selection. This is art. An erotic and sexy art, indeed.

The next question I asked is more for myself than anyone else, and I think it's kinda lame but Val's answer made me smile.

What is your spirit animal?

"In the Harry Potter world, my patronus would be a black panther. I like them because they are dark, elegant, predatory, dangerous, intelligent, but they seem so [cuddly] and soft."

I am not a fan of Harry Potter but this guy sure is! Makes me wonder what his other favorites are.

Credits: Valentin Braun/@aubergine.diaries

Before all this, The Male Scene was not meant to be a blog or a website or whatever the fuck I am doing right now. It was meant for one sole purpose: to quench the thirst of all people.

I was doing great work, (with 400+ followers) and I wasn't going to push through. Then one day, I stumbled upon the hot video entitled, Trivial. I decided to watch and blew a load at the end. (It was that hot!)

And then, my curiosity was piqued. "Hey, these stars can be found on Instagram so I am gonna add them. Make a three-picture weekly feature of them."

So I DM'd Val on Instagram, saying:

"Valentin, hi! I would like to feature you in my page [Instagram], would it be okay? Don't worry, I won't forget to tag you and mention you."

He answered with a modest:

"Oh yeah sure. Thanks for choosing me! [Insert heart thingy you can send only in DM's]"

And thus began the concept of the interview. I thought, I want to know what a guy like him thinks. Someone hot, handsome, and has been in a steamy adult film. (I refuse to call it porn because it seems vulgar that way.)

And so: Here it is! I released the first three questions as captions on my weekly feature on Instagram. Now this is for the other two. But the interview won't be complete if the three wasn't-well, fuck! Let's just do this, aye?

The next question is also [very] lame, but Val has a way of answering the most dumb of questions with a coupling of words that will just make you, "That man is an amazing interviewee."

What is your favorite color?

"It's a dark green, because I am from the country side in Bavaria and my parents' house isn't very far from a forest where I used to go a lot. I like forests a lot, they make me feel calm, and the color dark green reminds me of that."

See what I told you? He really does give the ANSWERS. The following two questions had veered off from the light to the profound.

Valentin Braun is a wise man. I learned a lot from this interview, and these last questions proved that. Let's hear 'em, shall we?

What is a man?

"I don't think I have an answer to that one. If I say men are people with a penis, then I disregard my belief that transgender people can become another sex. If I say men do certain things and act certain ways, then I ignore my [belief] that everybody can do everything. I don't think defining people through their sex or gender makes sense, because you will always find its exceptions that disprove this assumption. Gender is a spectrum, because the social construct of feminine and masculine are man-made. The sex of people is also a spectrum, because there are a lot of people born into this world who cannot be biologically defined as a man or a woman, because they have both parts. By the way, the number of intersexual [hermaphrodites] people that are born every year is slightly higher [than] the number of people with red hair. There are more intersexual people than gingers in this world, yet [they] are not socially accepted. Often, they are forced by law to choose a sex and undergo surgery. So I really don't know how to answer your question."

See there, he said he didn't know the answer and yet, that was the answer I was looking for! This wisdom prompted me into thinking, "Am I unconsciously offending LGBTQI+ people with the way I act, or say?"

Final question, and I asked it for posterity's sake!

"If I say men do certain things and act certain ways, then I ignore my [belief] that everybody can do everything."

What is Valentin Braun's definition of Love?

This question has been around longer than the question "How to masturbate?" but still, a few people find the real meaning of love. Here, let's see what Val has to say.

"I think love starts with yourself. In the westernized world, which was dominated by Christianity for a very long time, we think that love begins when we meet somebody. 'Love thy neighbor' they say. This is only half of the truth. Love begins with mere existing. There are a lot of images and stories about love in this world that we grow up with and which naturally influence our perception of it. But only a few of them start at the beginning of the journey, which is why we often expect too much from it. One of the first [types of] love we experience is the parental love. It is a protecting and nourishing one. And hopefully it will plant the seed for self-love in you. Growing up during our childhood, we are hopefully able to develop this self love. However, it is a very fragile thing and get's hurt easily. There are many forces in our world that can hurt it, and often these forces are man-made, unfortunately. The older we get and the more we become perceptive to our surroundings, the higher the chance become of having our self-love compromised and harmed. There are so many ways that that can happen, because we live in a world where many things are going wrong. During our [adolescence], we have to develop a completely new part of our personality: our sexuality. For me, sexuality is like a next level of love. Now I get to express my love and appreciation for somebody through physical actions of my body. Broken self-love will result in a broken sexuality. Broken self-love will result in an unhealthy approach to the co-existence with your family, your friends and everybody else. Existing in this world starts with the individual. The manifestation of your mind in your body and the input of information through your body into your mind."

He continues:

"By expressing your mind and personality through your body and by gathering experience and educating yourself by using our body as an absorbing and perceptive tool, we become part of the world and part of the society. But it starts with you as an individual entity. In a perfect world we only absorb and express healthy ideas and concepts. But let's assume a healthy individual is exposed to racism and homophobia, all of a sudden, the system is compromised. Because we are hurt. We doubt our body, which is our tool, or doubt our mind, which is our source. Racism, for example, tells you that your body, your tool, is less worthy than others. And just like that, you turn self-love into self-hate. You start doubting and if you are exposed to it long enough eventually hating one of the two things that enable us to connect to the world. All of a sudden, you can't share love anymore. Just self-hate."

In conclusion, he says:

"My definition of loving other people would be something like this: The mutual appreciation, sharing, respect and support of each other's self-love. I like this definition because it fits the different kinds of love I have for my family, friends, and my boyfriend. It unifies all of them, even though they are different. Love can aim for different things and therefore can have different qualities: it can be caring, protecting, endearing, encouraging, accompanying, sexual, freeing, and many other things. I think you get the idea. Love is always different, it depends on the lovers."

Credits: Valentin Braun/@aubergine.diaries

He continues:

"By expressing your mind and personality through your body and by gathering experience and educating yourself by using our body as an absorbing and perceptive tool, we become part of the world and part of the society. But it starts with you as an individual entity. In a perfect world we only absorb and express healthy ideas and concepts. But let's assume a healthy individual is exposed to racism and homophobia, all of a sudden, the system is compromised. Because we are hurt. We doubt our body, which is our tool, or doubt our mind, which is our source. Racism, for example, tells you that your body, your tool, is less worthy than others. And just like that, you turn self-love into self-hate. You start doubting and if you are exposed to it long enough eventually hating one of the two things that enable us to connect to the world. All of a sudden, you can't share love anymore. Just self-hate."

In conclusion, he says:

"My definition of loving other people would be something like this: The mutual appreciation, sharing, respect and support of each other's self-love. I like this definition because it fits the different kinds of love I have for my family, friends, and my boyfriend. It unifies all of them, even though they are different. Love can aim for different things and therefore can have different qualities: it can be caring, protecting, endearing, encouraging, accompanying, sexual, freeing, and many other things. I think you get the idea. Love is always different, it depends on the lovers."

This article was made last October 22, 2017.