Subject: Being serious
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Posted on: 2008-08-23 07:47:00 UTC

I'd welcome it. As I said in my letter, I started as a ficcer and I'm not opposed to the idea of fanfic. I do have issues with crapfic, though. Mary Sues will forever and always be a reality in fanfic and very few writers start out producing something that's not full of errors and weaknesses, so I'd tolerate the 'Sues and try to help the n00bs better themselves. I love to hear what people think of what I write so unless the fans gave me a reason not to, I'd definitely go to forums and talk to fans.


I'd limit slash and have zero tollerance for rape!fic and incest!fic.

Slash, unless it involves one of my GLBT characters, is off-limits for two reasons: 1) I don't like slash and 2) it would be totally OOC for the het characters of significance, on par with my posting I'd converted to Buddhism and was moving to Tibet to live a life of solitude and prayer. Like I said, I do have GLBT characters so as long as that slash isn't getting into anything like furries, scatplay, or serious BDSM and the writer isn't twisting them OOC it would be stupid to the nth degree to say something, now wouldn't it?

Rape and incest, I'd drop a note to the author telling them the story is being pulled and then to the site admin instructing them to have it gone w/in twenty-four hours or they'll talk to my lawyers. That does not, I hope, need any explanation. If anyone does wonder why I'd have a problem, you need help.



-There are fics out there that involve rape that are well written, in character, and treat the subject with the sensitivity it deserves. Those, I'd likely leave alone, or if it was a particularly dark fic I'd ask them to move it to an archive for more mature/adult fics.

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