Rant. I have issues
Aug. 21st, 2008 09:19 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dysonrulesMost of which I will not get into today. Also, I did not comment on anyone's Anonymous Meme. If you're on my f-list, I adore you. End of commentary. Okay, I did comment on bryoneybrynn's just so she knows I don't really hate her when I tell her I do. It's just a defensive reaction from fic-inflicted pain. (Anyone reading Summer Boys knows what I'm talking about.)
Soooooo, on to the the question. I received this interesting comment from someone on fanfiction.net this morning. And I'm completely at a loss as to what to do about it.
It was well-written, friendly, concise, "I enjoyed your stories and now I'm going to fuck you over." Frankly, if I had to remove the explicit sex from my stories on ff.net there would be very little left on there. Granted, I'm breaking their "no explicit content" rules, but what the hell is the Mature rating for if not to warn people? I admit to having issues with what I consider to be freedom of speech and I have even bigger issues with people expecting me to censor myself so that their precious offspring can be sheltered from reality as long as possible. I police my own children, thank you very much, and I do not expect anyone else to do it for me. I know what they watch, I know what they read, and I know what they see. If they don't understand it, they ask me about it. I know there are millions of people out there that don't agree with that, which is fine for them. I'll be damned if I will send them an email suggesting they do otherwise. Why is it always the "too moral for my own good" assholes that have to ram their ideologies down your throat? *end soapbox*
Anyway, I don't think I will remove or change anything I have posted on ff.net. If she wants to report me, fine. Report me. It's not like my fics aren't posted all over the universe. I just really like the notification feature of ff.net. And yeah, the reviews, because I'm a comment whore. And because it's easy. I'm too lazy to bother posting at most of the other sites.
Have any of you ever been reported on ff.net? I'm actually surprised that I haven't been, because 90% of my fics are pure porn. Will they demand that I remove them or just ban me? I'm not even sure if I should reply to this chick because in my current state of annoyance it would most likely be like tossing gasoline on a fire.
*is perturbed and confused*
Soooooo, on to the the question. I received this interesting comment from someone on fanfiction.net this morning. And I'm completely at a loss as to what to do about it.
I've spent the evening enjoying your stories, especially your Albus/Scorpio one, and I was delighted to discover its companion. You have a wonderfully enjoyable writing style. I think my favorite part of both fics was how little they actually intersected: the world of children and the world of adults is very different, and you did a great job showing that. It actually wasn't a bother to read the same scene from two different points of view, which is amazing and I certainly couldn't do. Well done!
I was, however, disappointed when I reached the NC-17 portion of both fics. I have no objection to reading NC-17 material, but I appreciate being warned first. Although I don't agree with fanfiction.net's decision to ban such material, I felt sort of betrayed when I reached the sex scenes in your stories. By that point I was invested in both the characters and the story, so I didn't want to give up on them--but the fact that I didn't know they were there beforehand was upsetting. I'm way over 18, but I might not have been.
I would appreciate it if you would remove the sex scenes from the versions posted on fanfiction.net. I know you probably hate/resent me by this point, and if you weren't such a good author I wouldn't care. But you ARE a good author, and that's why I feel so strongly about this. NC-17 is not the same as M, and the stories stand quite well without being that explicit.
There's no nice way to say this, and I'm sorry. I'm both emailing this to you and leaving it in a review. If you choose not to remove the explicit sex from fanfiction.net, I will report you. I don't want your stories to be removed! They're too good for that. Maybe I'm too moral for my own good.
I really did love your stories, and will continue to read them. I'm sorry for causing you trouble.
I was, however, disappointed when I reached the NC-17 portion of both fics. I have no objection to reading NC-17 material, but I appreciate being warned first. Although I don't agree with fanfiction.net's decision to ban such material, I felt sort of betrayed when I reached the sex scenes in your stories. By that point I was invested in both the characters and the story, so I didn't want to give up on them--but the fact that I didn't know they were there beforehand was upsetting. I'm way over 18, but I might not have been.
I would appreciate it if you would remove the sex scenes from the versions posted on fanfiction.net. I know you probably hate/resent me by this point, and if you weren't such a good author I wouldn't care. But you ARE a good author, and that's why I feel so strongly about this. NC-17 is not the same as M, and the stories stand quite well without being that explicit.
There's no nice way to say this, and I'm sorry. I'm both emailing this to you and leaving it in a review. If you choose not to remove the explicit sex from fanfiction.net, I will report you. I don't want your stories to be removed! They're too good for that. Maybe I'm too moral for my own good.
I really did love your stories, and will continue to read them. I'm sorry for causing you trouble.
It was well-written, friendly, concise, "I enjoyed your stories and now I'm going to fuck you over." Frankly, if I had to remove the explicit sex from my stories on ff.net there would be very little left on there. Granted, I'm breaking their "no explicit content" rules, but what the hell is the Mature rating for if not to warn people? I admit to having issues with what I consider to be freedom of speech and I have even bigger issues with people expecting me to censor myself so that their precious offspring can be sheltered from reality as long as possible. I police my own children, thank you very much, and I do not expect anyone else to do it for me. I know what they watch, I know what they read, and I know what they see. If they don't understand it, they ask me about it. I know there are millions of people out there that don't agree with that, which is fine for them. I'll be damned if I will send them an email suggesting they do otherwise. Why is it always the "too moral for my own good" assholes that have to ram their ideologies down your throat? *end soapbox*
Anyway, I don't think I will remove or change anything I have posted on ff.net. If she wants to report me, fine. Report me. It's not like my fics aren't posted all over the universe. I just really like the notification feature of ff.net. And yeah, the reviews, because I'm a comment whore. And because it's easy. I'm too lazy to bother posting at most of the other sites.
Have any of you ever been reported on ff.net? I'm actually surprised that I haven't been, because 90% of my fics are pure porn. Will they demand that I remove them or just ban me? I'm not even sure if I should reply to this chick because in my current state of annoyance it would most likely be like tossing gasoline on a fire.
*is perturbed and confused*
