"Angst" is not a genre! But neither is "character study," and that is how I do think of some of my stories -- perhaps most of them. "Spider Bites" is porn/character study, where the genre is porn and character study is ... I don't know? the form? the intent? I confuse myself!
In re warnings, I was at work and completely ignored your stated warning in "Spider Bites", skipped right on past it, went blind for the NC-17 rating, and failed to click on the Author Note, and that was a Mistake.
Eee! Yes. I'm sorry to have been the occasion of sin, or possibly just the occasion of the violation of company internet policies. It is the least work-safe thing I have ever posted, I am pretty sure.
(It was eagerness, you know, to read your writing. I went back at home and read the rest.)
Thank you! I am always so pleased when you like something I have written. I always feel sure I am too sentimental and melodramatic for you.
I probably should have put the detailed warnings in the Warnings instead of the Author's Note, but, um, that was comment-whoring, honestly. I was afraid more people would skip it because of their squicks or simply because they'd assume something that crowded such a laundry list of kinks into a short piece must suck, as I am often prey to this prejudice myself. Well, comment-whoring and the feeling that, Okay, it's not *much* of a plot, but suspense about the demon will do next is about all the suspense the story's got going, and it would be a shame to spoil it.
My head is full of conflicting opinions, even before other people's opinions get there.
You're confused about ratings, like PG, PG-13, R, NC-17 ratings?
Initially, I rated "Truly and Forever" PG-13. Later I upped it to R. I guess I tend to default to R now, except a lot of the time I do gen without sex or violence, so it might as well be G, although it's gen without sex or violence but with themes I tend to expect only adults are interested in. The R/NC-17 line often confuses me, too. "Spider Bites," problematic as it was in other respects, was the easiest rating decision I've made in a long time.
I like astolat's breakdown of explicit vs. inexplicit, but feel bound to do movie ratings for comms that ask for them.
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In re warnings, I was at work and completely ignored your stated warning in "Spider Bites", skipped right on past it, went blind for the NC-17 rating, and failed to click on the Author Note, and that was a Mistake.
Eee! Yes. I'm sorry to have been the occasion of sin, or possibly just the occasion of the violation of company internet policies. It is the least work-safe thing I have ever posted, I am pretty sure.
(It was eagerness, you know, to read your writing. I went back at home and read the rest.)
Thank you! I am always so pleased when you like something I have written. I always feel sure I am too sentimental and melodramatic for you.
I probably should have put the detailed warnings in the Warnings instead of the Author's Note, but, um, that was comment-whoring, honestly. I was afraid more people would skip it because of their squicks or simply because they'd assume something that crowded such a laundry list of kinks into a short piece must suck, as I am often prey to this prejudice myself. Well, comment-whoring and the feeling that, Okay, it's not *much* of a plot, but suspense about the demon will do next is about all the suspense the story's got going, and it would be a shame to spoil it.
My head is full of conflicting opinions, even before other people's opinions get there.
You're confused about ratings, like PG, PG-13, R, NC-17 ratings?
Initially, I rated "Truly and Forever" PG-13. Later I upped it to R. I guess I tend to default to R now, except a lot of the time I do gen without sex or violence, so it might as well be G, although it's gen without sex or violence but with themes I tend to expect only adults are interested in. The R/NC-17 line often confuses me, too. "Spider Bites," problematic as it was in other respects, was the easiest rating decision I've made in a long time.
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