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If you have stories for those, or if there are stories in the archive for those that can be moved, by all means, request a category here.

I'd prefer it specific to the character, simply to avoid any future confusion. It's always best to be overly cautious. And I've learned not to sip my Starbucks while reading your stories, but frankly, the Happy Meal is best stuffed anywhere but one's mouth.

Okay, those links help hugely! I think you can do this as an original, and call it a request by the creator of the OC. He seems to love having people write using his characters, and you can certainly tell that he's aware of us over here. The safest thing all around from our point of view here is to keep a record of his permission. I can take that via an email from him, a quick one liner referencing your pen name, the character name, and his okay for you to use them. If he's more comfortable doing it via comments on H-F, link me and I can take a screenshot to show that he was aware of you using his character and approved of it. The "Thans for the story, I'll go read it" sort of thing certainly shows that he's aware and approves. The fake brands and such comes only if the usage is a central feature. Obviously, if you mention a person grabbing a cup of coffee at Starbucks, and then don't talk about Starbucks again, it's not disclaimer-worthy, and for the most part, constitutes a bit of free advertising for that chain. What gets touchier is if you have an ongoing reference, such as a character like Superman making an actual appearance. Saying someone is "...acting like Superman, for fuck's sake!" is not something you should need to disclaim, though. If that makes it clearer than the usual mud I toss out there.

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I ask only because we normally use this thread for duplicate postings which are old and discovered by readers. It's very simple for an author to delete a duplicate from the Control Panel: Go to the subdomain, click "Delete", use the dropdown field to find the story title, and click the Delete buton next to that dropdown field once you have the right story title. Of course, I can also delete that duplicate for you. You need only ask.

My opinion of the above highlighted sentence is that it's not graphic. That's the reader in me speaking. The moderator in me would be happiest if there was a Rape tag on the story if it goes beyond that mere mention of an act that did not exactly occur. Rape is a trigger issue that can greatly upset readers who encounter it unprepared. Unless there was sexual content beyond that mention of a contemplated assault on a twelve year old, I would not ask for a Minor1 tag on the story. However, again, if there was any consummation of that bad act with an underage individual, we do have to have either Minor1 or Minor2 as story codes, which you do already, so no complaints there,

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Okay. Question 1. I'm going to assume the artworks portion might be commissioned artworks that the creator of the character paid for, which is fine from our standpoint. The slightly dodgy bit comes with the writers using the character. I would actually have to see what's been done as far as other works using the character, but it might very well become a fanwork. Certainly we treat webcomic fictions as fanworks. Feel free to link me, and I'll look. Question 2 is easier. If you mention a widely known pop culture reference, that doesn't need to be disclaimed or cited in an original work. The resemblance portion of the disclaimer does cover that, along with the acknowledgement that the story is fictional. Otherwise, no one could ever go to McDonald's or have a Starbucks, and fiction would cease to exist as we know it.

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Hi, You can use your Control Panel to delete the duplicate story. Just select the "Delete" option from that subdomain, and you'll be taken to a page where you can select the story title. Click the Delete button next to that dropdown field, and it'll be removed.

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You can request a category here.

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I'm holding out for the next gen, or else I'll have to master Linux. My tablet is an older Acer running Android, which is wonderful.

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According to BlueOrchid's profile, she took it down to revise and rewrite it. So, in this case, it's just a matter of when the author decides to repost that story.