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The most important part is to write, it’s like a muscle. If you wait until the story is perfect in your mind, it’ll likely never get written.

Chapter 5, “Cover” is now posted, have fun! - DP

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Thanks for the review Dirty Angel, and Magus, and Liz. I’m having fun with how the reality, VR, and dreams are melding together at times All this, the holiday fic and this story, from a little note in Jarred’s file mentioning his boyfriend, Dale… Gotta be careful picking over my database, it’s infested with plot bunnies! Again, thanks for the review, they’re better than gold.

It’s not “finger painting” as DA described it, just a quick matter-of-fact handling of the tampon (with description) from removal to disposal (and a more awkward scene, again non-sexual).

On the story code question, would a used tampon (with blood), w/o sex, qualify as MBP?

Melrick will appreciate your volunteerism on this topic (once his computer woes are fixed).

Chapter 4, “Next Step”, is now posted, enjoy! - DP

They’re even more prolific than Mary Sue.

In my stories, the overarching antagonist is society, with the collective requirement of group thought. Don’t like it? Then, you are the problem, and must be sorted out. So, I’ll typically manifest that through characters in the story (ie, Ernest in Dolbourne Chronicles.) Of course, we all know who the real antagonists are … plot bunnies.

I tend to prefer mine realistic, so that typically means the antagonist isn’t evil-evil, but rather, operating from a different point of view. In my stories, that typically means the more “evil” characters believe they are doing the Lord’s work, believe that they are being righteous in doing so, or believe that they’ve been wronged somehow and it’s justice/revenge being levied out.

And roast some trolls while you’re at it. How much ketchup does it require to smother out the flavor of troll?

I know nothing about the situation, but it’s not like that stopped me from responding before! It’s a shame that those mods aren’t doing a better job at protecting an author from abuse (where they can reasonably do so). Assuming the mods aren’t being malicious in this, I can think of some reasons. 1) the horde replied to the summons, so you’re now one voice vs many on the matter, and they chose to believe the majority. 2) The mods don’t like your pairing either (or one of them has become part of the horde). 3) Way overloaded, and, well you’re one vs many. Trouble with trolls, it’s like weeds in a garden, let one stay, and you’re soon overran by them; chasing good authors away isn’t a good long term strategy. I second JayDee’s opinion, be the adult. If AO3 isn’t a good fit for you, well, AFF’s archives are open

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Little tidbit, Dale's Game was originally drafted to be my 2016 holiday story, starting with the shower scene in chapter two. However, once I realized it was too much for a oneshot, I decided to make Dale's Game a full story, and moved back a bit in time, to make the holiday fic. Overall, I’m happy I did this, because Dale's Game needed the space/pages that a oneshot couldn’t give it.

In the end, such a tag system would have to factor in intensity/duration/etc, and that’d just be more work for our already overtasked moderators. Also, how often do we stick to our original plans for our stories? Tags grow in scope, or get introduced. In the beginning, I wasn’t planning on Minor1 for any of my stories; however, I’m creating a universe so adding the tag can be far easier than rewriting a character’s age so they're 14 instead of 13.

To me, I was thinking [abortion] is “I heard Mary Sue had an abortion”, [abortion+] being “Mary Sue went to Planned Parenthood”, and [abortion++] is “Fred inserted the coat hanger….” Somebody looking for a gory abortion fic, would look for abortion++. btw, this post has the warning code [abortion] on it!