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30 Days Fic Meme - Days 14 & 15
Sep. 15th, 2011 10:50 pm14 – Ratings – how high are you comfortable with going? Have you ever written higher? If you're comfortable with NC-17, have you ever been shocked by finding that the story you're writing is G-rated instead?
I write everything - from G rated banter and happy fluffy funtimes to graphic sex, violence and swears. (I still take great pride in being the first writer anyone was aware of to use the C word in Dungeons & Dragons Toon fanfic). Sometimes I start building up to something smutty but it just doesn't feel right, though, and I end up cutting to the imaginary fireplace, as I mentioned in an earlier entry.
15 – Warnings – What do you feel it most important to warn for, and what's the strangest thing you've warned for in a fic?
Personally, there's little stuff I don't want to even click on & give a chance to - I won't look at anything that graphically sexualises kids, for example, and I have to be in the right frame of mind to read darker fics, but even then I'll often give it a shot & if I find it a bit strong for my stomach, I'll just backbutton, no harm done. I think it's important, out of common courtesy, to give a rating and warn for sex - especially non-con - violence, gore... and I always warn for strong language. Actually, I've got into a habit of warning for as much as I can, although I don't always think that this is a good thing. I think there's a bit of a culture, especially on LJ, that the reader should be warned for everything that might potentially be distressing, even at the cost of spoiling a punchline or twist to a story. I end up fretting over what I should warn for and what would compromise the narrative if I announced it right from the start.
Don't know about the weirdest thing I ever warned for, but I was once very annoyed at the review to a story where I had warned for strong language, complaining about the use of strong language. I laughed, because she claimed that fuck was 'the worst word in the English language'. I was sorely tempted to reply 'no it cunting well isn't.'
But, I didn't.
I write everything - from G rated banter and happy fluffy funtimes to graphic sex, violence and swears. (I still take great pride in being the first writer anyone was aware of to use the C word in Dungeons & Dragons Toon fanfic). Sometimes I start building up to something smutty but it just doesn't feel right, though, and I end up cutting to the imaginary fireplace, as I mentioned in an earlier entry.
15 – Warnings – What do you feel it most important to warn for, and what's the strangest thing you've warned for in a fic?
Personally, there's little stuff I don't want to even click on & give a chance to - I won't look at anything that graphically sexualises kids, for example, and I have to be in the right frame of mind to read darker fics, but even then I'll often give it a shot & if I find it a bit strong for my stomach, I'll just backbutton, no harm done. I think it's important, out of common courtesy, to give a rating and warn for sex - especially non-con - violence, gore... and I always warn for strong language. Actually, I've got into a habit of warning for as much as I can, although I don't always think that this is a good thing. I think there's a bit of a culture, especially on LJ, that the reader should be warned for everything that might potentially be distressing, even at the cost of spoiling a punchline or twist to a story. I end up fretting over what I should warn for and what would compromise the narrative if I announced it right from the start.
Don't know about the weirdest thing I ever warned for, but I was once very annoyed at the review to a story where I had warned for strong language, complaining about the use of strong language. I laughed, because she claimed that fuck was 'the worst word in the English language'. I was sorely tempted to reply 'no it cunting well isn't.'
But, I didn't.
