BronxWench

We pinned it back in 2016 so members would see it and hopefully respond. To be quite honest, I’m not the Forum Admin, so I don’t routinely check to see what’s pinned or not. I’m Archive staff, which keeps me busy enough. But I’ve unpinned this thread so it won’t appear on top anymore.

Ah, that’s unfortunate. As I said, it was not run by AFF itself, but was a private venture by a member.

The survey ended in 2016, which would be why you can’t respond to it now.

I don’t believe stories are published on the Discord server but I do think they had prompts to give writers ideas. The Discord server is an independent thing, and not run by AFF itself, but by a member. On the other hand, if you are asking about content AFF permits, you might want to post to the General Staff Questions thread.

We separate fandoms based on where they originate if they aren’t active enough to have merited their own subdomain, like Harry Potter or Naruto. So the first question is what kind of fandom is it? Is it a movie, or a television show, or a cartoon, or a book? Once you know the basic subdomain, you need to search within that subdomain. As I explained in our emails, our subdomains are all separate databases, and one cannot search across all databases. We have a FAQ with images about this here. In this instance, Thumbelina could be based on the book version of the fairy tale, or it could be based on the cartoon version of the fairy tale. At some point, we were asked for and created a category in the Cartoon subdomain, which is still there, although there are no stories in that category at present. If, however, you want to submit a work based on the Book version, we would need to create a new category in the Book section, in the Fairy Tales sub category.

Glad I could help!

Try clearing your browser’s cache and cookies, and restarting your browser. After the migration, you might need that reset.

There is an existing category in the Cartoons subdomain for Thumbelina: http://cartoon.adult-fanfiction.org/index.php?cat=1996 At the moment, it appears there are no stories in the category.

Looking at the AFF profiles, it is most likely a case of a duplicate account. Neither account has been active since 2008, however, so while I can certainly reach out the those email addresses, it’s likely I won’t hear anything back. Thank you for letting me know!

We can always update the email address on your account, and send you a link so you can reset the password. This is your account, yes? http://members.adult-fanfiction.org/profile.php?no=1296902994

We love when one of our members publishes a book, and we’re happy to hear about it. However, we generally expect that such publications, if offered for sale, are original works. We all know you can’t make money from someone else’s copyrighted work because that’s illegal. So, I’ve hidden the entire post because AFF does not countenance the sale of fan fiction, and the theft of copyrighted work. If you want to take the chance that you won’t get sued by the copyright owner, that’s your call, but AFF will not risk being shut down so you can sell fan fiction for money.

I have what I need, so you can delete your copy anytime. Thank you again!

Yes, that is the email address of record.

Indeed it was. We were migrating to a new server, which we believe will provide better service for our site. However, it takes a while to move as much data as we have in our forum and in our archive. We did post a site news announcement both in the archive and on the forum to alert our members and guests, although it took a bit longer than anticipated. But we are back!

I’ve resent the email. It failed again, unfortunately. For some reason, my email to you is being blocked, and I cannot put a password reset link in an open forum.

I’ve emailed you a password reset link that should allow you to reset your password. Keep in mind passwords must be between 8-12 letters and/or numbers long, and are case sensitive. No punctuation, spaces, or special characters are allowed. EDIT: The email address bounced my message. It is an sbcglobal.net address that I have on record. If that is correct, you might need to add our email address to your address book: tos_team@adult-fanfiction.org.

Thank you for your report. We will look into this and take the appropriate action, and we appreciate your vigilance. As far as Wattpad’s content guidelines, it would be up to their moderation staff to take action there.

Bear with us, since at the moment we are mid-migration to our new server. Once I can access the archive again, I’ll be able to check your account for you.

Our Forum admin, @Melrick, needs to approve all forum registrations. He’s actually in Australia, so his active times at AFF are almost the opposite of mine here in the US. Hopefully, he’ll be able to take a look and let you know what’s going on.

The account should be good to go now. Let us know if there’s still any issues.

As you might have seen in an earlier post, we are going to be moving the archive to new server hardware, scheduled at the moment for July 1. Because this is a physical change, there will likely be some unavoidable downtime for the archive. So please, if the archive does become inaccessible, bear with us and we promise, we'll be right back! One of the advantages of our new server will be stronger security measures, and we expect the recent spate of missing validation emails to go away once we've completed the transition. Right now, the registration problem is confined to anyone using a gmail address to register. (Our wonderful coder, manta2g, managed to fix the issues we were having with Microsoft email clients.) For the moment, new registrations are being manually updated, to bypass the need for the validation link. It can take 24 hours or so to process the manual updates, and we thank you for your continued patience.

Haunted bodegas? It’s been done to death. Now, sin eaters… I can work with that, I think. *rubs hands together and ponders*

As long as it’s a fictional character, and the story is tagged, we do allow it. We have one author who uses fictional characters under the age of 6, and he tags appropriately. It is unpleasant for most readers, honestly, but it’s not illegal. I’ll quote the policy set by the site’s owner: So, there you have it. That’s what I go by, until site policy changes.

If they were, you’d have heard about it, so if I haven’t poked you, you're fine. We wrote our Terms and Conditions in plain English, unlike the nearly incomprehensible mess of legalese and general obfuscation that most sites use. (I’m looking at YOU, AO3. It’s sad when I have to explain to the Legal Department the meaning of what they wrote, or copied from somewhere else, more likely.) So, what we expect isn’t a mystery. When it comes to Minor1 content, you tag if there’s even an offstage mention of sexual activity involving a character under 13. Period. And you can never, ever, under any circumstances, write anything about real persons under the age of 18 in the Celebrity subdomain. Aside from that, we are fairly tolerant, and we’ll support the author if a reader complains about content that was properly tagged. And @Desiderius Price? If anything on this site starts blinking like a New York City bodega, I am going to offer someone’s liver on the altar to the Morrigan. NO BLINKING!

*peeks, shudders, and debates fleeing* Some days, there is just not enough brain bleach on the damned planet. But since we’ve decided to necro this dead thread, I’m going to take a moment to thank @Desiderius Price for his diligent application of the Minor1 tag. This prevents a great many upset emails from reaching the site’s email address, and it saves me having to answer, over and over again, accusations that we’re running some sort of fiction archive equivalent of a pedophilia ring. Whether or not you enjoy a certain sexual practice, as authors or as readers, tags are there to alert people who don’t share your tastes to avoid the content. Tags for trigger content, such as Minor1/Minor2, or Rape, are not optional. Your personal take on Minor1 content isn’t going to do a damned thing to help when someone who was abused as a child stumbles across an untagged Minor1 work. That harm is real, even if your character is a cartoon.