hanyou-elf

is it just me, or is there a sudden influx of stories that revolve solely around sex? i understand that sex is an enjoyable activity that many people enjoy, but seriously? its as if its all people seem to think about anymore. yes, sex is necessary. yes, sex is important. and yes, sex is fun. but what happened to the stories where sex isn't the main theme? just because sex is so much fun, doesn't mean that it's the main topic that everyone should write about. now, don't get me wrong. i do, on occasion, enjoy a lovely smutty story devoid of any and all plot. however, more often than not, even when i'm looking for a story with a plot that doesn't revolve around the main characters sexual appetite, i come up pretty close to empty handed. there are stories where sex isn't the main topic, isn't even brought into the story, but they are steadily becoming fewer and further between. and most of them have actually been abandoned. why is it so hard to read a story about a relationship between two characters that doesn't involve sex? why is it so hard to find a story that deals with emotions, rather than sex? and yes, before people start to get up in arms about it, i know that sex is a factor in both relationships and emotions, but damnit. there's more to them than just sex. there's making somebody fall in love, there's convincing somebody that you love them. there's the desperate yearning for the other person when the lovers are separated. why don't people focus on those things more often? and i have a general idea. if people have noticed, the general intelligence of the first page of stories on a lot of boards has dropped. you get stories that have the main character magically falling in love with their rapist; mpreg; complete out of character characterizations. and my favorite stories (and i mean this in the nastiest, most sarcastic way possible) the stories that have wonderfully deep summaries and interesting titles and horrendous chapters. has the intelligence of writers diminished? has the desire to read a truly interesting story vanished? but again, the old saying goes: 'sex sales.' and even in writing, sex sales. unfortunately, the readers want sex. so sex is what the authors give them. no matter how horribly the story suffers for it. and it drives me crazy. i like to enjoy a story where sex isn't the final deciding factor on whether two characters are going to finally get together or not. i like to enjoy a story where relationships, the feelings between the two characters involved, and the way they approach their budding relationship are explored. give me a story with a heart. not a story that's rushed and hurried to get to an anti-climatic sex scene. but, that's enough about what i think. what's your opinion?

this is an interesting topic, but one that could continue to be debated long into the future. my opinion on if there is subject matter that isn't acceptable in a story? no, no there is no such thing as a subject that can't be fictionalized and shared with others. the main topic of discussion in this thread has been pedophilia, and while i'll agree that it's one of the more disgusting fetishes that are out there, it's also not going to suddenly disappear because fanfictions don't feature them anymore. there are several things that i, as a reader, would choose to not read. but i'm also not going to intentionally find a story that doesn't sit well with my personal preferences and tell the author(s) what a crappy story because of the single reasoning that it doesn't go along with what i like the most. the fetish is too... out there for me. now that doesn't mean that i think they shouldn't be allowed to write what they want, it just means that i don't agree with the fetish they are portraying. there are several things that i, as a writer, would chose to not write about. but i'm not going to stand here today and say that i would never consider writing in one of the topics that i'm leery of. i don't like child molestation, and yet i've written about it. i don't like rape, but i've written about it. i don't like suicide, but i've written about that too. it's a matter of perspective and what the writer is trying to accomplish in writing the story. there are too many ways to portray a single topic that it would be impossible to limit somebody's choice of writing. besides, if we limit one thing, we have to limit everything. and limits are relative. what i consider a limit, wouldn't be a limit to somebody else. (as can be seen here: i don't care if there are stories that include pedophilia, but monsterking is adamantly against it.) yes, it's true that there are definite trends when it comes to things like fetishes, but it's also true that beliefs change. and as beliefs change, so does the idea of acceptable and unacceptable things. by the way, i'm not justifying pedophilia, which is what this thread seems to be focused solely on. there are a lot of wonderful things being said here, and when playing on this site, when perusing the archives, one must remember to always, always respect the first amendment. the freedom of speech. and if you have issues with pedophilia specifically, you can always read on skyehawke.

it's something that can be done effectively. the thing you want to make sure that you avoid is an excessive use of song lyrics. you don't want to inundate the story with lyrics. too many lyrics and you lose the quality of the story, you make it so that the reader can't focus on what's important in the story: and that's your characters and plots. other than that, there are some very successful stories that use lyrics in them. the important thing to remember is discretion. and to remember to properly acknowledge the song and it's artist. good luck!

these aren't my own reviews... but a friend of mine posted a team seven fic. and by team seven it means that naruto was with both sakura and sasuke, and it was very clearly stated in the summary that naruto was with them both. one review said, and i quote: "ewwww gros. this is disgusting. ur gross." and the other said, and again i quote: "whoa so sasuke sakura and naruto r 3some?" what's wrong with the intelligence of some of the readers these days? are they not paying attention to what's being listed in the summary? >_<

well, it's been my personal experience that if you voluntarily admit yourself, you can voluntarily discharge yourself. and you can do it ama (against medical advice). and in all honesty, if she's not mentally ready, and willing to get help, she's not going to do anything in there but waste time. and when you don't want to be in those quiet, quiet halls, there's nothing else you can do. if you're not ready, it'll be worse for you. she'll do what she needs to do when she's calmed down enough to take that step. the only people that need any hopes or prayers are her children and her family that have to suffer through this period of insanity with her. bipolar disorder isn't an easy disorder, and when she learns to control it, to have a better handle on it, she'll be doing much better.

my clothes have to be organized in just the right way. my socks are all matched, my shirts all folded, and my pants folded in half, and folded in half again. my candies have to be organized in just the perfect order. my m&m's have to be seperated and eaten in two's. the same with skittles and kisses and any other kind of candy in general that's color coordinated. and it's worse when there are easter m&m's. they have to be seperated by color and design. when i do dishes, they have to be done in a very specific order. plates, bowls, cups, silverware, pots, pans. if they aren't done in order, i can't do them. i have to have all the doors in my home closed. for no reason in particular other than i need them to be closed. i have to have all of my things organized into folders within folders. i have to have my blankets at the same end every time. the part of the blanket that goes at my head, i tore a hole in so that i would be able to distinguish it from the foot-end. there's not really any particular reasons behind the ocd-ness, it's just getting progressively worse as i get older. i'm afraid of what it's going to develop into....

if you find that there are other sites out there that cater to your specific needs, than by all means, play there. if, while this site is undergoing work you find it hard to continue to read here, then leave. nobody's stopping you. seriously. you have a fandom you prefer to read in, and now that it's been moved around, you can't dally there and it's pissed you off. well, that's great. you're allowed to be pissed off, but don't come on here and insult the techies, don't assume they are attacking a single fandom when everything that they've been doing is for the better of the site. now, when jaxxy sent you that email in response to your bitching and complaining, she said to start a discussion, not a bitch fest, which this quickly progressed into because of the first post you made. correct me if i'm wrong, but this is the first post on this discussion, is it not: With the way they've changed the Harry Potter category, and particularly Snape/OFC (my favorite too and the only one I read here) it looks to me that they are not part of the Potter fandom, care less about Snape than Rowling does, and that our needs don't matter at all.? in your first response to this, before hearing out what the techies had to say, you insulted them, accused them of not caring, and then proceeded to try to pull the originating poster away from aff. why shouldn't somebody step up and attack you for your presumptuous behavior? now, you claim to be an adult, that you've weathered many a storm and this is nothing, however your behavior would indicate otherwise. good for you for having a marriage that lasted that long. good for you for making it through a lot of hard times that many others wouldn't be able to handle. but just because you've managed to do that does not excuse you from the rules of polite society. you, as an adult, have the responsibility to behave like an adult, regardless of the situation. again, like i said before, the site's changing, but they are changing it for the better. things are going to be different, that means you have to learn to use a new system, well that's really too bad. you are an adult, handle it like an adult would. suck it up, and learn to scroll through posts looking for the tag, or just go somewhere else. you can use the search function for snape/ofc, it's really not that hard. if you want to search, look in the member tools. search is perfectly obvious right there. if you want to use search, its the same as always. it hasn't changed. because i went there and did a search for snape/ofc and got a nice long page of suggestions. the site's going to look different. it's on the front page of all the archives on the site, and it's in several prominent locations on the forum. if you are too lazy to look into subjects that would be relevant to your concern, then please don't voice your own opinions and concerns. you're not being responsible enough to look into the updates of the site. don't be pissy and childish because you don't want to do the extra work that it's going to require while the site undergoes it's facelift. get off of the damned high horse you're riding and enjoy the site as it is at the moment. if you can't do that, drop using the title adult and go back to being a child. i don't care if you've suffered heavily during life, because so have i. the more you suffer doesn't make you more of an adult. adulthood is rite of passage, not a gathering of trials. you've suffered, so have i. so has everyone else here. we've all suffered different pains and injustices, nobody will ever suffer the same thing as another. so that, in and of itself, is no way to measure adulthood. and if you must know, i'm old enough to collect ssi, old enough to maintain a career, a family life, and a social life. if you find that working and playing on this site is too difficult for you, that you don't want to do this anymore, then you are more than welcome to leave the site. you aren't being held hostage to stay here. the admins are all thrilled that you are here, that you enjoy the site. but at the same time, while its undergoing this change, you have to have some patience. you have to wait for things to settle down again so that they can find where they need more work, where they need some special attention. the techies are doing their best. they can't please everyone. they do the best they can, and we have to let them do their work. now, i apologize if this offends you, but understand that i'm defending myself, and my opinion, and my right to say that.

wow. first of all, just wow. so, the admins are purposefully targeting all the snape/ofc fan-girls/-boys out there because they have some personal vendetta against them all? all of the site improvements have targeted snape/ofc's to maliciously remove that fandom completely from aff? do you realize how ridiculous that sounds? how utterly childish and borderline retarded that makes you appear to be? the techies are doing as much work as they can possibly do to make the site easier to access, easier to navigate, and at the end of the day, a much more enjoyable foray into fanfiction for each reader and author. now in doing so, it means that things are going to have to change. the unorganized chaos that was the old aff is no more. now there is organization, now there is order. things are easier to navigate. and when things are sorted out and made that much more easier, it makes for an overall enjoyable reading experience. i know that i have yet to find anything to complain about with the new organizing. it looks better, it's easier to navigate. the pages don't appear inundated with crap as they used to. the site moves much quicker. if that's horrible to you, or if you think they the techies are separating you from everyone else, please, burst the damn ego and get a grip. while realistically nobody can please everybody and somebody's bound to be hurt in the end, the thing to remember about everything that's going on, is that in the end, the site will be that much more enjoyable. it will be a much nicer place to play and enjoy all of the fandoms you so choose, no matter what they happen to be. so, get over yourself, both of you, and be grateful the techies care enough to even attempt to make it a nicer place to be. that they are trying everything they know how to keep us from being swamped with pop-ups. just be grateful they even care. period. if changes, for the better i might add, are going to offend you, or upset you, then what the hell? how old are you really to be so immaturely hurt? i could almost guarantee you if you actually utilized the 'search' feature while things are being moved to their new homes, you'd find what you wanted. as you can't seem to grasp the use of helpful tools like that, how are you going to learn to run on another site?

yeah, just when i finally decided i could get some sleep and accomplish something, i get woken up at five-thirty because of a freaking earthquake. and as i had never felt anything like it before, i rationalized it all away and put it in the back of my mind until i turned the news on in the morning and realized, it was an earthquake. and i was getting ready for work when the aftershock rolled through. wierdest thing in the world, and i've dealt with some wierd things.

i got started writing yaoi when somebody challenged me to write yaoi (slash). my best friend told me she wanted me to write something with kouga and inuyasha. and me, being the kind of person that i am, i couldn't turn down the challenge. i had to take it and i had to do it. that's how i got started. because before i could write the story, i had to do research. and with the research came a fascination. and i found i prefer writing yaoi. nothing fancy, nothing spectacular. just... a challenge i couldn't turn down.

my first ever flame was from somebody who called themselves the "The Spelling Nazi Flamer Bitch" and was given to me like this: Dear [X] Fanpoodle [_] Pervert [_] Teeny Bopper [_] Poser [_] Wanker [_] Underage Brat Who Shouldn't Be Using Mommy's Computer [_] Snob [_] Pseudo-Literary Snob [_] Dilettante [X] Obsessed Maniac [X] Waste of Life [_] Self-righteous Git [_] Idiot [_] ** [X] Other: Unoriginal and generally pathetic human being [_] All of the above Your fic is being flamed because: [_] YoU tYpEd iT lIkE tHiS. [_] You don't know where your capslock/shift keys are [_] You can't spell more than 3 words right. [_] There are monkeys who have a better handle on english grammar than you do [_] You can't string one coherent sentence together [X] You need to buy a thesaurus [_] You used bizarre euphemisms for characters and/or their body parts [_] You've ripped off a book/movie unrelated to the fandom you were writing in [_] You've ripped off another fanfic that sucked in the first place [many, in fact] [_] You've ripped off another fanfic that was actually good [X] Without managing to rip anyone off directly, you still wrote nothing but cliches [_] Your grasp of the material you are fanficcing for is based solely on fannon [_] Everyone is OOC without a discernable reason to be OOC [_] You keep injecting another language into your fic with no explanation or need [_] This fanfic is an obvious Mary Sue/Gary Stu [X] You obviously put no thought into any of the characters' motivations [X] You obviously put no thought into the plot/actions [_] You have no grasp of human anatomy [_] Your fic is obviously a sad attempt to foist your mental problems on others [_] Your fic is obviously a sad attempt to introduce others to your way-out and wrong kinks [X] Your fic is just plain wrong [_] Other: [_] All of the above To repent, you must: [X] Buy a thesaurus [_] Buy a dictionary [_] Learn to use your spellchecker [_] Take an anatomy course [_] Take a rudimentary english class [_] Take a classic course [_] Stop masturbating in front of the computer [X] Go to therapy [X] Tell mommy what you've done [X] Tell your mommy to up your medication. [X] Send fruit baskets to anyone and everyone who came into contact with this garbage [X] Send an apology letter to the person or persons whose work(s) you bastardized [X] Give up the series which you fanficced for- it's obviously bad for you [X] Never again associate with online "cliques" regarding fanfiction or what you fanficced for [X] Leave your computer for more than 40 seconds a day [X] Print off all the tripe you've inflicted on the world so far and consume it page by page [_] Beat yourself to death with some Proust [_] Give your fanfic to a more competent person to MST [_] Stop writing. Now. [_] Other: [_] All of the above In Closing, I'd Like to Say: [_] Blow me [X] Get a life [X] I'll never be able to look at [insert what was fanficced for here] again because of you (And others like you) [_] I'm tempted to sue you for punitive damages [_] Your IQ must be 7 [X] You're one of those people who makes the internet look bad [_] There are monkeys who write better than you [X] Take your obsession somewhere else [_] Go jump into some industrial equipment [_] You suck [_] The writing of sex is best left to people who know the difference between a ** and a ** [_] Other: [_] All of the above = The preceding Fanfiction Flame was constructed for use on people not worthy of actual thought or effort in being flamed. Original idea by BlackLightning. Fanfiction version by The Queen of Blueberry Toast. far from making me upset, i ended up writing another chapter to the story she flamed and then proceeded to having her reported. now, if the site has done anything about her, i don't know. i don't care enough to look her up and find out. she was good for a laugh, and that was it. flames, while they can hurt your feelings, can also give you drive to write more, to write faster, and to update much quicker than you had intended before. but, they can hurt too. i've had reviews that have hurt my feelings, but i have people around me who are sweet enough to help me keep going. that's all.

yeah. i got to play in it once. and then i had to work the rest of the time. i had to get off of work and then get drunk to play in the snow... it was gratifying until we got in trouble... <__<

lets see... last week i went around like it was spring. then it snowed on thursday. then it all froze over thursday night and got too cold to snow until friday. then it warmed up on saturday. and now, on tuesday, it's like spring in kentucky. yay for whacked out weather!

i mostly write and read yaoi/shounen-ai. however, most of the stories that i've been writing and reading lately haven't had full blown smut in them. i've been enjoying the more tamer stories with giving hints to the smut without it being completely written out, so much stuff being written lately is just recycled. you can only have sex so many ways when you have two men together. i don't know what it is about the stories with two men together, but it's attractive to me. if it's well done, it can be incredible. so, i play with it and i write it more often than not. but, that applies to both heterosexual stories and yuri/shoujo-ai stories. no matter what the pairing is, if it's well done, i'll read it. but it has to be written well. but my preference is yaoi/shounen-ai.

unfortunately, i write in the naruto fandom the most at the moment, and that's also where i happen to do most of my reading, and the fangirls and boys in that fandom are insanely obsessive over their otp's. i don't know what it is about the series that makes fans so obsessive, why they can't open their minds to reading new things, but they are insane. if you don't write something that somebody else wants, you're going to get flamed. a while ago, the ff vii fangirls and boys were so particular, they wouldn't give any author a break. if they didn't like something, the author was run out of town. in naruto, the reviewers are working on doing that as well, for the things that they don't like. it's crazy. there's no need for a person who reviews to become a basher. there's no need for an author to become a basher either. there's no need for bashing in a story. there are blogs everywhere that you can use to express your opinion, that you can use to make your hatred of a character known and share it with other bashers. but, no matter what, there's never really a call to bash in a fanfiction. ever. yes, you're writing fanfiction, but you're also sharing with the world at large what you perceive to be a talent you could possibly pursue. by bashing in a story, you invite bashing in a review. it's an endless cycle. and it's really stupid sometimes. and if somebody chooses to read a story that's been tagged as a certain pairing, and they review with a bashing and a flame just because of the pairing, that person is called a troll, should be reported, and would be deleted for it. bashing is a childish, immature way of trying to attract attention. it's disgusting to see people who think they are a good author simply because they can incite enough otp's to rally behind them. a good author should be able to mold their least favorite character into their story without bashing them needlessly. but, that's my opinion, if it counts for much.

'yours to hold' in my pants

my avi is a picture one of my favorite authors sent to me just recently to inspire angst writing. a fantasy ending for naruto and sasuke, naruto returning the victorious champion with his dead friend in his arms.

i'm new! i've been kind of floating in silence for a while, but i thought i would just... pop in and start up over here. i'm a yaoi fanfic writer, mostly in the naruto section. but i haven't written anything new for a long time... so...