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I read this story ages ago, and I don't remember most of it. Just bits of scenes, really. I remember there being a tiger tribe threatening Koga's clan that they were constantly fighting with. At some point (for whatever reason, i don't remember) Kagome ends up with Koga's clan and they fall for each other (I remember he sleeping in a bed of furs). Then, the tiger tribe kidnaps Kagome while trying to hurt Koga & he rushes after her to save him.
That's all I have in my brain. Sorry. I hope someone recognizes it.
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I think it all depends on the effort you want to put into it. I post at a lot of places (um...6 places w/ general interests, and then a handful of ones with specific themes/fandoms/etc) and it takes me close to 30 minutes to format my fics/chapters as each site specifies. And while I often have to post on the fly given my current schedule, I can't bring myself to stop posting to all those sites because I have people who follow my fics only on certain sites.
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even though I have two other fics on AFF that I'm also working on for other fandoms, I haven't heard a peep out of them.
I've been writing in lots of other fandoms between my updates, b/c those are usually short stories that I can pop out in a day two. UE is something that takes a lot more to it, and the fact that I'm (now) putting a lot of research into it--which is kind of what I"m doing for all my works that I"m basing in Japan now. I"m noticing that a lot of people don't cross fandoms though. They kind of stick to one or two at the most, and for that, I'm possibly happy.
I'm thinking a lot of this drama is completely unique to the IY fandom. A friend of mine listened to vent and then told me that other drama has been happening in the fandom similar or a lot worse. I'm kind of wondering if the fandom will slow down and thin out now that the series is over with; or perhaps it already has and the drama is caused by the people left.
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Fortunately, I'm not one of those bitchy writers that holds back fics because of what my reviewers say, but I'm not going to stop writing new stuff for my old stuff, either.
As frustrated as I get at times, I don't think I could ever hold my own fic for hostage. I have gotten to the point where I've wanted to quit writing (though that was mostly for my own self-depreciation more than outside forces) or stop publishing on certain sites. As much as I love AFF and many of the people here (especially you, DemonGoddess061, who has become one of my dearest friends), sometimes the way people act make me just want to pull my stories. I don't b/c there are a lot of people here who aren't so self-absorbed and that would be unfair to them.
Okay, there is the other side of the story and I'm an example:when a fiction is not updated for a couple of months, I just give up on it. I forget what happened before and I have no wish to read it all again
So it's good to keep it in mind - not updating means loss of some readers
I find it's pretty rare for people to not update for a long time w/o a reason. They don't always share it with readers, but there is usually something foregrounding the lapse. So while I'm sure readers may lose interest after a while, sometimes it just can't be helped. As quirkyslayer pointed out, most writers aren't "writing robots" we don't all have the expendable time, budget, energy, resources or even creativity to pound out 10-20 page chapters every couple of days.
And with that said, I do want to say that I'm on both sides of this situation. I'm a reader just as much as a writer and I get just as frustrated when people don't update. But the big difference is I know when to walk away and be mature about it. If I see the author wrote a new story, I wouldn't immediately flame it b/c it isn't the story s/he wants. I'm not always very proud of my stories (again, self-depreciation queen, right here!) but the one that was flamed I am very much in love with. To see it not even get a chance kind of hit my buttons, which caused this thread.
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"I Blame Ron Jeremy" Unfortunately, I don't think enough people know who Ron Jeremy is these days.
I had a professor in undergrad who looked like Ron Jeremy. That is, his outside, fully clothed, appearance. I wasn't going to see if all of him matched. *gags just thinking about it*
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So basically, from what I'm reading, there is a general consensus that sex scenes need to avoid clinical words that make it seem impersonal and well, unsexy. At the same time, writers should avoid using cliches and definitely think very carefully when applying their own metaphors to anatomy and sexual acts.
I think sometimes what happens is that people who aren't as well...versed...in the material they are writing about take the 2nd+ hand experience of others and morph that into their fiction writing. Then we get these sloppy, unsexy scenes which we all cringe over (or most of us since a lot of it still does well on this site).
Oh...and I still think "man-meat" is one of the funniest things I've heard all week.
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Lots of good examples there. What a great endeavor too!
I think too often we assume things are common sense, but I think some people, especially people who grew up immersed in certain aspects of culture, don't have the distance to see why some things should and shouldn't be done.
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I'm hoping that some of the people angry at me for not updating my IY fic Unexpected Endeavors will come to the forums instead of acting like twats through the reviewing/rating system on the archives. That system, btw, is not meant to be a way to act out your personal vendettas.
Okay, so people are angry at me because I posted a Koga-centric one-shot called And They Cried... today. They are angry specifically b/c I haven't been able to update my other IY story "Unexpected Endeavors" in a couple months. Why? Oh there are many reasons. I'm working on it, for one, inspiration is slow, for seconds, and of course, the fact that I had to stop writing all fanfiction for a while so I wouldn't have to drop out of grad school. And that's just the beginning.
I don't know how many people who may read this are writers and how many are only readers, but the writing process (which is different for everyone) is something that doesn't always work how you mean it. As I was trying to hunt down the origin of my lost mobile (still not found, btw) I got inspiration for a story that has been on my "To Write" list for over 2 years now. Inspiration struck and I ran with it. Hell, that's how UE started to begin with. It was a one-shot, as it was supposed to be, and I posted it after a few redrafts.
Honestly, if anyone is going to rate or review a fic without actually reading it, then I probably don't want their readership to begin with. I appreciate support, but it's hard to know what life is like to each individual author and until I get paid for churning out those chapters, I have to put them aside when necessary for things that are important to "real life."
And so this doesn't become just a personal rant in the forums, is anyone else having problems like this too? People who are being increasingly pushy about updates without consideration that the authors too have lives outside of fanfiction that they need to interact with? Has anyone had success bringing their readership to the forums to discuss these types of things?
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1) if you don't like it we can always swap to the dewy decimal system for the archive.
I vote for the Dewy Decimal System!
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What is your favorite cultural festival episode in anime? The ones most commonly seen in anime/manga are bunkasai, which are specific to schools. Classes and clubs come together to either put on plays, set up booths, or change their classrooms into something that will attract students, parents, visitors, to their display.
Also--if you have experience with real ones and like to share that, feel free!
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Now Scottish, don't be a git. I love anime. And Manga too. And I never said it wasn't anything special.
I'm just saying that it's just a different style of drawing. And it's all cartoons.
Anime is just JAPANESE cartoons. From Japan. You know.
We had a style of animation in the 80s. We had a style of animation in the 90s. Now in the 00s we seem to be moving around to ripping off Japan's style of ten years ago.
Anybody with a brain should know that Anime is the same thing as cartoons. I don't put cartoons from the USA in a different category to cartoons from the UK. I don't class computer animated cartoons in a different area to drawn cartoons. They may not be the same but why make things MORE difficult?
Oh nos! I'm making the world EXPLODE!
Good job at belittling a whole country's art form! To pass off anime as cartoons is not just an insult to people who are fans but it is literally taking it for something that it isn't. A cartoon, as we know it now, is a form of animation. Anime (or Japanime, as some people have termed it) is also a form of animation. Cartoons and anime are two separate things--there is cultural significance to them both. Yes, styles of animation change--you can see that within anime through the decades just as much as you can through cartoons--so argument invalid that they're one in the same. By using the word cartoon as something that is the same as anime you are supplanting one country's animation styling over another's. And yes, this may seem like a trivial thing, but it comes down to the old arguments of colonialism and superiority. Why must you lump them together? Why must you assume that everything must be the same? I'm not saying that every form of animation has to be classified in and of itself, b/c many show very many of the same qualities. European/American animation tend to mimic each other more often than not, and Asian animation does the same; however, you simply cannot say one thing is all the same without looking at the finer qualities. If you must make things non-complicated for your own feelings of self-worth or whatever, call everything animation--not cartoons. That is, I will repeat for the last time in this reply, a culturally dependent term and should not be used as an universal term.
And you argue that "anyone with a brain should know that anime is the same as cartoons"--and yet, you've not proved your own brain's worth. All I see is random sentences without any valid points to back up your argument. You have no knowledge of the history of anime or cartoons, no outlook of the cultural impacts each have, you just see that they're moving drawings and assume that everything is the same. Over generalizations are one of the banes of humanity, and that, in itself, is an over generalization.
And no the world doesn't end over something like this, but you should think about cultural aspects and origins of things before you simply conclude that everything is the same. Too often people think only of themselves and their own views of the world and that leads to more problems. We live in a world that is becoming more connected daily but we're not opening our minds through this connection to see that everyone's values don't always meet. We need to see this, our future is dependent on this acknowledgment that what we think or what mean isn't going to be the same as everyone else--and that no one person's ideals are better than another, no one country's is better than another's.
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Now it's time to discuss... do we really need Anime AND Cartoons? Aren't they the same thing? Really Anime is just Japanese cartoons. And even then it doesn't have to be. Not that I have a big problem diferentiating, but they can be the same thing and it will confuse you guys as to where to put things.
May I suggest that you never repeat such an absurd and utterly incorrect observation about anime in front of any anime fan? Honestly, you will be ripped a new one by fans because they are absolutely not the same things!
Why? Well cartoons, for one, is a specific style of animation on it's own and it's most typical within the US (and other European or former European-colonized countries). Anime is a specific form of animation style unique to Japan--but also seen in other Asian countries (Korean has a huge manhwa industry and is breaking into anime, as well). Granted, anime can be traced back to roots in the cartoon style--the Japanese based a lot of earlier animation off of Walt Disney, whom there was a very curious obsession with during Walt's hay-day. But they have taken these early inspirations and created a style of animation that is so uniquely their own that, now, other countries--including the Americans--are trying to mimic it (i.e. Avatar, which is still a cartoon, imo, b/c it is still American-made).
Besides just the obvious, cartoons also have a very different connotation than anime. Even with the popularity of [adult swim] growing, cartoons are still primarily thought of as "children's shows." Again, shows like The Simpsons, Family Guy, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, and a handful of others have been challenging this concept, it still remains that most Americans think all cartoons should be for kids. Anime, however, is not. Anime is an art form in and of itself. The people who make anime--the industry itself--still place heavily on the aesthetic value of how the animation looks and feels. Look at series like Seirei no Moribito and just be amazed at the high quality of work that no American Cartoon company would ever put into their series. Anime is also for all ages, from things like Pokemon (which still has a lot of sexual innuendos that has to be edited out for American audiences--stupid 4Kids) to things like Hellsing, which contains lots of blood, gore, sexual references, and just plain violence. And I'm not going into the thousands upon thousands of hentai, yaoi, and yuri anime out there--all of which show explicit sexual situations.
And of course, there is also the fact that by lumping anime into just the generalized "cartoon" category (and this is beyond just AFF), you are basically telling an entire nation that one of their main forms of entertainment--an art form they prize so much on they are making it one of their country's marketing forces for tourism, something that has been quite successful in its first few years--that it isn't anything special. That it's just like what everyone else in the world, just the same as American cartoons, and it shouldn't be separated and treasured as something different--and it's very obvious that it is different. No offense to some American cartoons, which are great in their own right, but stories, art style, and animation quality of cartoons are rarely, if ever, anything to be compared to most anime (though there will alway be exceptions). Anime (and manga, really) are matters of national pride, and a huge economic force, and to just decide that it shouldn't be something free-standing as it is is a travesty to the art (and to the country).
Oh--and of course one more obvious thing, anime/manga caters to fandom a lot more than other mediums/forms of entertainment. And what is fanfiction, but a tool of fandom? Why would you insult one of your bigger fandoms by combining it with another source of fandom that it's not entirely like? Doesn't make much sense.
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Hmmm... I have 6 chapters up, no lemons, and 26 reviews! *does a little dance* Yeah, I'm bragging a little here, but I think I have a right seeing as how I put so much in my stories.
But yes, I undesrtand what the rest of you are saying. People on AFF seem to only be looking for sex. You are not the first to bring up this topic, and probably not the last. Adult situations include language, violence, drugs, and other things thought to not be suitable for minors. That is what the creatures of the site had in mind from what I've heard. But apparently people seem to have smex on the brain.
I have not put smut in to please a reader, and I never will. I'm going to add a lemon soon, but when I feel like it's a good place.
I love your use of the words "creatures." It's so great. And congrats on the 26 reviews. It's so hard to get people to review on AFF--I usually go with hit count to judge if people are at least looking at my story. For chapter 19 I had...4 reviews on AFF but 400 hits--so, not so even; but whatever. So if you get any reviews at all, then you're a step up in the ballgame. (Yes, yes--I mixed imagery there, it was great!)
I'm really big about leaving big reviews. The last review that I posted to this thread, while aggravating, was nice because it very clearly spelled out what they thought.
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I have such a note in my profile:
"FOR YOUR INFORMATION:
I am aware that some of you are really eager to read erotic scenes... I understand. I like them too
They will be here.
However, I am a supporter of a 'wide context'. Before sex happens, I like the story swinging into action, characters developing their feelings and so on...
So - patience, please
"I guess it explains everything and will hopefully save me such comments...
Good luck with your writing
That's a very smart idea!
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That was goooood...!
I'd suggest you to put a disclaimer at the beginning (and the story description) that there is no explicit sex within. I guess it will discourage people who are looking for sex only and encourage those who are looking for some other adult content
Why I haven't done that is because I haven't decided if it'll remain that way. I honestly am trying to become a better writer in all counts, which includes lemon scenes, but haven't gotten to that point thus far. I do want to go through and do some formatting changes though, so it wouldn't hurt to explain that.
Thanks.
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Wow--so now I think I'm going to take my story down from AFF. I didn't expect many reviews from this site b/c I let my story go fallow for so long, but the three I have are all criticizing me for not putting in a lemon and, for me, that's just incredibly absurd. They are as follows:
The first one (the one that started this thread):
cant u give a good lemon because ur story is good but there is no lemon it is quite dull so plz repost the chapter no19 and give some lemon or in future chapters give lots of lemon because it make ur story very good and very enchaintingThe news ones I saw this morning after I finished up here in the forums:
As Kagome was poisoned she received her first kiss from Sesshoumaru. Yet now she behaves as if the kiss in this chapter was her first kiss, as if she didn´t know the feeling of another tongue in her mouth.And this is Adultfanfiction.net. Why do you put this story here if there are no adult themes like lemons or violence? You cut the lemon as if your story was rated T, so there´s no need to post it here.
This is no flame, so don´t get me wrong. I love your story, otherwise I would have stopped reading it at the latest by chapter two, but I did read the whole story. It is beautifully written, soulful as well as humorous. I didn´t detect many misspellings either, if any at all. A sex scene doesn´t make a story better in any way, it isn´t needed at all for a good plot, but on Adultfanfiction.net the readers expect to see at least one lemon in a story that long, I think.Maybe it wouldn´t even have stood out that there is no lemon in this story if you hadn´t somehow suggested it in chapter 19, but you did, and even if you suggested it, it wasn´t even "suggestive" enaugh to fit to a simple "Adult" rating.
You posted this story under the "Adult+" rating and it doesn´t fit there, so you leave me (and some other readers too, as I can see) a bit disappointed. If I read a story at Adultfanfiction.net (under the rating of "Adult+) I read it because there are lemons, as they are illegal and therefore censured in the other fanfiction- archives.
If you aren´t good at lemons, at least change the rating to "Adult" (even if the PG13 rating fits better to your story) or leave any sexual situations out, but please don´t cut the lemon when it´s finally getting really hot like you did and leave your readers high and dry.
Sometimes I really hate posting my fanfiction. What's the point if all that matters if you can write pr0n or not.
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I know we're all eighteen here and there's 'adult' in the title, but I like to think that both readers and writers alike have more class than that
I've always assumed the construct of 'adult' in AFF also picked up the importance of the writing being more mature than the sites that allow tweens. Not smut wise, but the quality and depth of a story too. Now granted, I know there are some adults out there who can't write for crap either, but maturity as a concept should not be applied only to including pr0n.
I just hit chapter 19 in my story Unexpected Endeavors. The premise of the story is that one of the characters has (accidentally) agreed to bear a son for another character. In the 19th chapter the deal is consummated, but I chose to just leave off as they were getting into it and discuss the consequences after the scene. That's why this person isn't so happy. It's frustrating--I'm sure, but I'm simply not very good at writing smut (especially non-cliched smut) and thus don't want to drag my story down.
Sometimes I think I take to heart too much of what reviewers say.
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I got a review for one of my stories telling me to rewrite the my most current chapter to include a lemon. The exact review was that without lemons, my story was dull--of course five guild awards tends to disagree, but whatever. Maybe everyone is just humouring me.
Does anyone else have this problem with readers demanding lemons/smex scenes? I personally rarely write full out lemons, mostly because I'm simply not very good at writing them and I refuse to lower the quality of my story by adding a bit of badly written smex here or there.
I can't help, as I look around fandoms, but think that a majority of people could care less about good stories. If it's an overused plot, poor grammar, and terrible OOCness, it's all excused if it's riddled with smut--or at least that is what it keeps appearing to me. I mean, yes, this is AFF and that its name indicates in its very nature to be inclusive of "adult content," but does it demand it? Must every single one of my stories include full out sex scenes to even be considered good? I mean, call my stories bad all you want, but please don't tell me it is because I'm not including lemons.
/rant
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Ok, I've been thinking about something. As of today I now have 2 people who want me to email them when I update. Is it really an authors job to sit and send out a bunch of emails so the readers can convienently know when to come read again?
I'm not really bitching here... I'm glad they like it that much. I'm just interested in what the rest of you feel about the subject.
Some sites do that for the author. AFF obviously doesn't, but if you post your fiction on other sites that do email updates, perhaps funneling people over to those sites for emailed updates is more probable.
Honestly, I used to do the whole "email" thing. I would simply make up a mailing list (pretty easy with hotmail and gmail) and send out a quick message to everyone. It's not hard to do, but I often forget--which mostly is due to the fact that I post my stories on tons of sites to begin with and things get forgotten easily in that process.
I suppose, in the end, it's up to the author if they want to keep up with that responsibility. Readers should definitely never expect it though. Writing in itself is so much of a consuming process and it really is dependent on the author how much they can handle.
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This is the actual design for the American Naruto DVD vol 22. I saw it and cracked up, but alas, I'm not funny enough to come up with good dialogue/thoughts for both Itachi and Sasuke. My challenge to everyone is to add thoughts and/or dialogue to this cover. Have fun!
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Actually, I like simple reviews. It lets me know that there's someone who enjoys it at least. Constructive criticism is always welcome of course... I'm always interested in ways readers think I can improve. But to know my work is enjoyed at least is almost as good.
I think it should be, If one enjoys a story, thou shalt review period. I think most authors appreciate all kinds of encouragenent, and not all readers are experts in writing.
I'll reword it, I'm not saying simple reviews aren't welcome. I'm saying that "update soon" isn't really a review and I haven't met an author yet that appreciates that. I'm also not saying that every reader needs to leave constructive criticism, but it's much preferred over flames (and often just out right criticism).
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There always seems to be some breakdown of communication somewhere that leaves authors and readers frustrated with each other. To open those lines of communication I submit this post, one of two, that will help break down what both writers and readers like to see. These are working guidelines, so feel free to add on your own opinions. I'm only going to post a few that I know of and hope that other people can help feel out the form to its fullest. Remember, don't be unreasonable with your suggestions.
Ten Commandments
o1) Using author's notes is not necessarily a bad thing, but using them excessively is both annoying and hinders reading of the story.
o2) Similarly, making author's notes in the middle of the story should almost never be done. If things need to be noted, make a mark indicating a footnote and explain it at the end.
o3) While the size of each chapter is completely dependent on the author's own opinion of how the story needs to go, it can be exceedingly frustrating to see a one page update.
o4) Do not hold your story hostage for reviews. It's incredibly immature and it is rude to your dedicated readers.
o5) Don't assume that just because you've posted a story that you are entitled to reviews.
o6) While everyone has different schedules and RL to deal with, not updating your fic (without any word to your readers) is frowned upon--sometimes it cannot be helped but it is best to try and avoid it if at all possible.
o7) Authors should always proofread their story before it is posted. Betas are bonus points and can only really help a story and author.*
*There is a whole subtopic in the forums that is dedicated to beta reading. If you're looking for one or would like to volunteer, please go check it out.
- Hypnomaster87 and AnneLea
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There always seems to be some breakdown of communication somewhere that leaves authors and readers frustrated with each other. To open those lines of communication I submit this post, one of two, that will help break down what both writers and readers like to see. These are working guidelines, so feel free to add on your own opinions. I'm only going to post a few that I know of and hope that other people can help feel out the form to its fullest. Remember, don't be unreasonable with your suggestions.
Ten Commandments
o1) Not all stories inspire reviews, but for those that do, reviews help encourage authors and help them grow as writers.
o2) Reviews with only "update soon" are frustrating for authors. A sentence or two explaining what you dis/liked about the story will almost always be more of an encouragement to update.
o3) There is a difference between constructive criticism, criticism, and flaming. Most authors do not mind constructive criticism, some don't mind criticism*, and almost all of them despise flames.
*Recent studies have suggested that criticism is actually counter-productive if there isn't some sort of positive remark attached to it or if suggestions for improvement aren't given.
Note: Not every review has to contain CC, but if you feel you want to give criticism, this is something to remember
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I think the term may be overused by people who simply don't like OCs in their fandom. But I also think Mary Suing can happen inside of characters that do exist in the real universe of fandom. I became aware of this in the Naruto fandom, reading yaoi/shonen-ai stories, and noticing that many times characters in male x male relationships were often taken OOC to fit what I always felt was often more traditionally "female" roles (and yes, I died a little inside. I can't tell you how many times I've gotten sick of reading an overly emotional, melodramatic Naruto in a relationship with Sasuke who is all manly. While I could just be assuming that the author, usually females in the cases I've viewed, is just bad at keeping people IC, it often feels that they're putting themselves into the story as that character, and thus changing the character at the same time.
But that could just be me...and I am aware that I did a poor job of explaining that too.
Sesshoumaru/Kagome fic.
in InuYasha
Posted
It's posted over at MediaMiner.org, I believe in it's complete form.