JayDee

I do want people to read my stuff! Just, not all people. It's aimed at a niche audience of people who have un-normal fantasies/like specific... I don't want to say kinks because it's beyond kinky... extreme perversions? Hence my warning about paying attention to the codes at the start of each one, and by inferance title and summary
So, to take an example from one of my original stories:
Title: Whore of Heaven
Summary: The beautiful Archangel Luzurial is all that stands between humanity and the demon Eparlegna. Earth is screwed, and so is she.
Codes: Anal,Angst,Bond,COMPLETE,Contro,Dom,F/F,Humil,Language,MCD,MiCD,M/F,OC,Other,Preg,PWP,Rapefic,SoloM,Tent,Tort,Violence,Xeno
Firstly I'd hope a reader would consider the title.
"Hmmm... Whore. Sounds degrading. I will avoid this story"
or
"Hmmm... Whore. It's a job title. I'll give it a try."
or even
"Yum! Whore! Heaven!"
So Reader one would hopefully go no further.
Then with the summary,
"...Sounds like stereotypical angel/demon pr0ns. Meh." or "yeah!"
Then the codes, and now I will put myself into the mind of a perceived average user rather than both sides
Anal,Angst,Bond,COMPLETE,Contro,Dom,F/F,Humil,Language,MCD, MiCD,M/F,OC,Other,Preg,PWP,Rapefic,SoloM,Tent,Tort,Violence,Xeno
Anal
"Well, gawsh, I'm on AFF. You better damn well believe I like anal. It's not in the Harry/Draco cat, but it's probably much the same. Anuses self lubricate, right?"
Angst
"YES! I love angst! You can't have a relationship without it!"
Bond
"I liked that one where that guy tied that other guy up!"
COMPLETE
"....oh well. Maybe I can review and ask for an update?"
Contro
"I like a little bit of controversy, but not too much. Like, Dumbles could be partly redeemable while still maniupulative and evil?"
Dom
"Still my kind of thing! Every story I have ever read displays the characters immediately in a sub/dom relationship."
F/F
"Yuri? Ewww. I can skip those bits."
Humil
"As long as it isn't the yuri bit!"
Language
"Swearing? In my sex? Oh no."
At this point, most would move onto a different story. This is why the Language code is very important. Those who continue,
MCD
"Death? of a main character? I only really approve of that if it's to give the angst that gets the guys together... What does this have to do with angel/demon sex anyway?"
MiCD
"Who cares about minor characters? It's original fic, they're all minor!"
M/F
"...you sick fuck. But I'm slightly curious."
OC
"There's no M/M tag? Goddamn it, this is AFF! Does it need an OC tag in the original section? Seems kind of anal. Mmmm anal..."
Other
"Is that an old code? Is there still an Other code? What other?"
Preg
"That's gross! Unless it's a typo and supposed to be mpreg... but, no, there's no m/m tag. I'm not too sure about this story."
PWP
"You got me back."
Rapefic
A very important tag (as was the NC tag it replaced). Most people understandably don't like this kind of content and it's better for them and me if they don't read it. In this case our imaginary reader would hopefully realise that the angel/demon screwing going on is M/F rapefic and stop reading if they don't enjoy that sort of thing. Rather more do seem to enjoy m/m rapefic, but in quite a lot of those cases it seems to lead immediately to true love. Huh.
SoloM
"I wonder if I can just get an extract of that scene?"
Tent
"They go camping?" *checks codes "in Japan?"
Tort
"I don't mind it in the right context but based on the codes I have already seen I do not want to see this."
Violence
"...or this."
Xeno
"Although paradoxically I do like bearded Greek men who... what? it's non-human crittera/alien fucking? M/F at that?"
"No, on balance this is not my kind of thing at all. I will find a story I want to read with codes/summary/title I like."
So that's kind of my perfect ideal, with people who'd like it reading it, and people who don't, not. Instead I get people seeing the codes, title, and summary and responding with this stuff.
But I also recognised that it is published on the internet, where despite the warnings and codes anybody can see it. If I really wanted to make sure other people didn't read it, I could probably make the effort to set up some subscription only mailing group of diehard weirdos, but I didn't. I posted to AFF and hoped people would only have time to read stories that hit their fetish
I have published and I am damned.
Does this make sense?

I do want people to read my stuff! Just, not all people. It's aimed at a niche audience of people who have un-normal fantasies/like specific... I don't want to say kinks because it's beyond kinky... extreme perversions? Hence my warning about paying attention to the codes at the start of each one, and by inferance title and summary
So, to take an example from one of my original stories:
Title: Whore of Heaven
Summary: The beautiful Archangel Luzurial is all that stands between humanity and the demon Eparlegna. Earth is screwed, and so is she.
Codes: Anal,Angst,Bond,COMPLETE,Contro,Dom,F/F,Humil,Language,MCD,MiCD,M/F,OC,Other,Preg,PWP,Rapefic,SoloM,Tent,Tort,Violence,Xeno
Firstly I'd hope a reader would consider the title.
"Hmmm... Whore. Sounds degrading. I will avoid this story"
or
"Hmmm... Whore. It's a job title. I'll give it a try."
or even
"Yum! Whore! Heaven!"
So Reader one would hopefully go no further.
Then with the summary,
"...Sounds like stereotypical angel/demon pr0ns. Meh." or "yeah!"
Then the codes, and now I will put myself into the mind of a perceived average user rather than both sides
Anal,Angst,Bond,COMPLETE,Contro,Dom,F/F,Humil,Language,MCD, MiCD,M/F,OC,Other,Preg,PWP,Rapefic,SoloM,Tent,Tort,Violence,Xeno
Anal
"Well, gawsh, I'm on AFF. You better damn well believe I like anal. It's not in the Harry/Draco cat, but it's probably much the same. Anuses self lubricate, right?"
Angst
"YES! I love angst! You can't have a relationship without it!"
Bond
"I liked that one where that guy tied that other guy up!"
COMPLETE
"....oh well. Maybe I can review and ask for an update?"
Contro
"I like a little bit of controversy, but not too much. Like, Dumbles could be partly redeemable while still maniupulative and evil?"
Dom
"Still my kind of thing! Every story I have ever read displays the characters immediately in a sub/dom relationship."
F/F
"Yuri? Ewww. I can skip those bits."
Humil
"As long as it isn't the yuri bit!"
Language
"Swearing? In my sex? Oh no."
At this point, most would move onto a different story. This is why the Language code is very important. Those who continue,
MCD
"Death? of a main character? I only really approve of that if it's to give the angst that gets the guys together... What does this have to do with angel/demon sex anyway?"
MiCD
"Who cares about minor characters? It's original fic, they're all minor!"
M/F
"...you sick fuck. But I'm slightly curious."
OC
"There's no M/M tag? Goddamn it, this is AFF! Does it need an OC tag in the original section? Seems kind of anal. Mmmm anal..."
Other
"Is that an old code? Is there still an Other code? What other?"
Preg
"That's gross! Unless it's a typo and supposed to be mpreg... but, no, there's no m/m tag. I'm not too sure about this story."
PWP
"You got me back."
Rapefic
A very important tag (as was the NC tag it replaced). Most people understandably don't like this kind of content and it's better for them and me if they don't read it. In this case our imaginary reader would hopefully realise that the angel/demon screwing going on is M/F rapefic and stop reading if they don't enjoy that sort of thing. Rather more do seem to enjoy m/m rapefic, but in quite a lot of those cases it seems to lead immediately to true love. Huh.
SoloM
"I wonder if I can just get an extract of that scene?"
Tent
"They go camping?" *checks codes "in Japan?"
Tort
"I don't mind it in the right context but based on the codes I have already seen I do not want to see this."
Violence
"...or this."
Xeno
"Although paradoxically I do like bearded Greek men who... what? it's non-human crittera/alien fucking? M/F at that?"
"No, on balance this is not my kind of thing at all. I will find a story I want to read with codes/summary/title I like."
So that's kind of my perfect ideal, with people who'd like it reading it, and people who don't, not. Instead I get people seeing the codes, title, and summary and responding with this stuff.
But I also recognised that it is published on the internet, where despite the warnings and codes anybody can see it. If I really wanted to make sure other people didn't read it, I could probably make the effort to set up some subscription only mailing group of diehard weirdos, but I didn't. I posted to AFF and hoped people would only have time to read stories that hit their fetish
I have published and I am damned.
Does this make sense?

Taking the Sky from Kaylee: The story that comes in around second or third for most repulsively nasty story I ever wrote. Certainly had the most flames, as recorded in the old flames thread.... I'm pretty sure Flaying Solo is the worst, and Bart the Ripper made the dude from toplessrobot drink. It's still pretty awful though - In fact, compared to this Kaylee story, that Harry Potter necro story is positively upbeat and cheerful, and in character. Well, for the prof anyway. The prof sleeps with dead people. The subtext is all there in the books. He's a dwarf on a mission. Ahem. In short, if somebody who didn't know my writing wanted to check it out, I would say avoid it at all costs. I'd say Read 'The Slumber Party of Evil Doom' which is kinda amusing and was absolutely not based on a true story. Nu-uh, not a bit. So, um, whoops. A review
Thank you for your review. While I wouldn't disagree that it's nasty, and badly characterised, and has atrocious dialogue (which you didn't mention, but it's true) and I have found out that a lot of people will read the story despite the codes, I want to disagree with one point. I think that the tale not being told doesn't make her killing the one guy any less gutsy and heroic! She's a heroine she just doesn't get the glory. The Unknown Engineer!
If she had become a reaver she'd have had to take the time to rape him to death, learn to sew to make clothes from his skin and then cook! Assuming Zoe wasn't exaggerating what they do, those reavers put a lot of effort into their nastiness... I planned a follow up with Zoe at one point, which was going to be a revenge-on-surviving-thug story. With cheese wire. That would have needed a strong warning too....
Anyway, thanks again for the review and joking aside I am sorry you suffered through this story.

Overview: I had to take my son's lizard to the vet.
Here's what happened:
Just after dinner one night, my son came up to tell me there was "something wrong" with one of the two lizards he holds prisoner in his room. "He's just lying there looking sick," he told me. "I'm serious, Dad. Can you help?"
I put my best lizard-healer statement on my face and followed him into his bedroom. One of the little lizards was indeed lying on his back, looking stressed. I immediately knew what to do. "Honey," I called, "come look at the lizard!"
Oh my gosh," my wife diagnosed after a minute. "She's having babies."
"What?" my son demanded. "But their names are Bert and Ernie, Mom!" I was equally outraged.
"Hey, how can that be? I thought we said we didn't want them to reproduce," I accused my wife.
"Well, what do you want me to do, post a sign in their cage?" she inquired. (I actually think she said this sarcastically!)
"No, but you were supposed to get two boys!" I reminded her, (in my most loving, calm, sweet voice, while gritting my teeth together).
"Yeah, Bert and Ernie!" my son agreed.
"Well, it's just a little hard to tell on some guys, you know," she informed me. (Again with the sarcasm, you think?)
By now the rest of the family had gathered to see what was going on. I shrugged, deciding to make the best of it. "Kids, this is going to be a wondrous experience, I announced. "We're about to witness the miracle of birth."
"OH, gross!", they shrieked.
"Well, isn't THAT just great! What are we going to do with a litter of tiny little lizard babies?" my wife wanted to know. (I really do think she was being snotty here, too. don't you?)
We peered at the patient. After much struggling, what looked like a tiny foot would appear briefly, vanishing a scant second later. "We don't appear to be making much progress," I noted.
"It's breech," my wife whispered, horrified.
"Do something, Dad!" my son urged.
"Okay, okay." Squeamishly, I reached in and grabbed the foot when it next appeared, giving it a gingerly tug. It disappeared. I tried several more times with the same results.
"Should I call 911?" my eldest daughter wanted to know. "Maybe they could talk us through the trauma." (You see a pattern here with the females in my house?)
"Let's get Ernie to the vet," I said grimly.
We drove to the vet with my son holding the cage in his lap. "Breathe, Ernie, breathe," he urged.
"I don't think lizards do Lamaze," his mother noted to him. (Women can be so cruel to their own young. I mean what she does to me is one thing, but this boy is of her womb, for God's sake.)
The vet took Ernie back to the examining room and peered at the little animal through a magnifying glass.
"What do you think, Doc, a C-section?" I suggested scientifically.
"Oh, very interesting," he murmured. "Mr. and Mrs. Cameron, may I speak to you privately for a moment?"
I gulped, nodding for my son to step outside. "Is Ernie going to be okay?" my wife asked.
"Oh, perfectly," the vet assured us. "This lizard is not in labor. In fact, that isn't EVER going to happen... Ernie is a boy. You see, Ernie is a young male. And occasionally, as they come into maturity, like most male species, they um....um....masturbate. Just the way he did, lying on his back." He blushed, glancing at my wife. "Well, you know what I'm saying, Mr.Cameron."
We were silent, absorbing this. "So Ernie's just...just...excited," my wife offered.
"Exactly," the vet replied, relieved that we understood.
More silence.
Then my vicious, cruel wife started to giggle. And giggle. And then even laugh loudly.
"What's so funny?" I demanded, knowing, but not believing that the woman I married would commit the upcoming affront to my flawless manliness.
Tears were now running down her face. "It's just...that... I'm picturing you pulling on its...its...teeny little..." She gasped for more air to bellow in laughter once more.
"That's enough," I warned. We thanked the veterinarian and hurriedly bundled the lizards and our son back into the car. He was glad everything was going to be okay.
"I know Ernie's really thankful for what you've done, Dad," he told me.
"Oh, you have NO idea," my wife agreed, collapsing with laughter.
2 - lizards - $140...
1 - Cage - $50...
Trip to the Vet - $30...
Memory of your husband pulling on a lizard's wacker -.....Priceless...

We don't need folks with knowlege! We have google!
http://www.stephenking.com/darktower/connections/
So, yeah... not just to The Stand, but to a whole lot of other things. Including 11/22/63, so if you look scroll down real fast past that bit to avoid spoilers.
I had a search for Zombie stories - apparantly 'Home Delivery' is a Zombie story in the Nightmares and Dreamscapes collection, can't specifically recall any in the collections I've read. They're probably too scared to show up in a lot of his stuff. It's not as if being dead is the worst that can happen in Mr King's Maine!
Zombieland was hilarious! Man, that was a good movie. I don't see a film like that as in the horror catagory really, it's such an out-and-out comedy. Shaun of the Dead was pretty good but I didn't find it as funny as Zombieland - maybe I am not subtle enough.
Robert Kirkman did a Marvel Zombies comic in full color, which is probably better if you know the Marvel characters. Lines such as "In fact Thor's leaning over to eat some of that" relating to half-eaten Magneto bursting from another zombie's stomach. Yeah, I am really not subtle!

Fucked in the head, I except. Some sorta severe serotonin deficiency perhaps. Looks out into bright happy smiling hot sunny days in the world and sees desolation and a race bent on self destruction and the fucking up of the poor majority by the obscenly rich majority. Messed up loser scumfuck who oughta be exterminated. Get some kinda sick pleasure from trying to engender visceral reactions of disgust and revulsion in their audience, maybe even enjoy the flames. Exposed to horror stories at a young age and had 'em imprinted on the psyche. Watership Down's rabbits had it tough. No desire to hurt anybody else, but find writing helps feel better sometimes, whether gory splatterbang or just warm and fuzzy.
That's just me, of course. Only me. You with the pen and the hatchet quit getting all offended. I'm sure the others who've dabbled in dismemberment fiction are all lovely well balanced people you'd be quite happy to take home to Mother. Stephen King, I think it was, did a very good essay on the nature of writing and reading horror and such. Undoubtedly there's a few other things on it as well.

Never expected this to turn into a hot topic!
And was never suggesting a good proportion of authors on here were bloody thirsty socio-paths
Maybe a bit tapped in the head, but I think that goes for a good 99.9% of Authors anyway (I know I am)

Well, I wanted in so I guess I'll just have to suck it up, buttercup. I don't suppose there is a way to undo a foolish decision?

Review on Corinthian Knot, a oneshot with 13097 hits and now seven reviews! Yay!
Thanks for your review, glad you liked it!

I reported too. I'm not holding my breath though, with these people

I reported it as well, for what it's worth! But maybe if they get a few, they might actually notice.

I reported too, JayDee. This is terrible that it's happened twice now!
Edit:
Recognize any of the other stories? (author's profile) Be happy to report them for each and every one.

Fucked in the head, I except. Some sorta severe serotonin deficiency perhaps. Looks out into bright happy smiling hot sunny days in the world and sees desolation and a race bent on self destruction and the fucking up of the poor majority by the obscenly rich majority. Messed up loser scumfuck who oughta be exterminated. Get some kinda sick pleasure from trying to engender visceral reactions of disgust and revulsion in their audience, maybe even enjoy the flames. Exposed to horror stories at a young age and had 'em imprinted on the psyche. Watership Down's rabbits had it tough. No desire to hurt anybody else, but find writing helps feel better sometimes, whether gory splatterbang or just warm and fuzzy.
That's just me, of course. Only me. You with the pen and the hatchet quit getting all offended. I'm sure the others who've dabbled in dismemberment fiction are all lovely well balanced people you'd be quite happy to take home to Mother. Stephen King, I think it was, did a very good essay on the nature of writing and reading horror and such. Undoubtedly there's a few other things on it as well.

I've written some few things without any thought at all - that was the best stuff.

For me, writing about the darker side of things - emotions, state of mind, violence, gore, etc. - is a way of sharing my personal experience with those in need. (Not to say I'm a war veteran or anything; I can't enlist because I can't take orders, I know that much about myself. It's just that my family hunts, so I know a decent bit about violence, bloodshed and gore anyway, and I've got a fair bit of experience with mental issues, my mom's after-rape trauma and behaviors, and whatnot, too.)
Mostly when I write dark things, it's because either I'm trying to work through something or I know someone who is. Sharing experience helps. A lot.
Sexual kinks.... I write those because I'm into bondage, I have a visceral need to be made to submit by someone I trust - my bf - because I flat can't fully relax and just go with the flow otherwise, and toys and unresolved sexual tension are wonderful ways to up the ante in an intimate situation. Exhibitionism I might write about, but frankly that's on my strictly-fantasies list because while the risk might be thrilling, getting caught...wouldn't be. And if/when I write a story with exhibitionism, I will throw that into the tale because it's something that should be thought of.
I thoroughly agree and/or understand where Attackegg and JayDee are coming from. If only there were more out there so willing to be themselves, with no limits. If society won't accept you as you are, at the very least here online where we can be relatively anonymous and share the things that really matter to us, then there's something wrong with society. And if those of us who are writing about dark things can't do so here and be accepted, then what are we supposed to do? Suppressing the need to express these - urges, cravings, whatever you want to call them - that only makes them worse.
Make sense? Not trying to call anyone unaccepting or a bigot or anything, I just am a brutally honest person and this site is somewhat of a haven for we oddballs and outcasts and deviants, and I both applaud and am grateful to you for trying to understand (a mind as open as yours is a wonderful thing). Just trying to point out where I'm coming from. And anyway, there's always the search, and you never have to click on any links except the ones required by the mods and admins, so really this place is for everybody. *frown* Perhaps a better way for me to put the above bit is: this is a place where we can go and not have to hide, where we can be one of the crowd even if not all of the crowd is okay with our particular tastes, and we treasure that.

I in fact carry a small towel at all times.

I'm going to put my 2 cents in here. Something that absolutely SLAYS me is I'll see (and this is on ANY SITE I've visited) absolute and utter hacks getting a ton of reviews. Why? Because it's done by the fanpoodling minions, that's why. Whereas I'll see a helluva story get nothing at all, for a long time, because the author either writes in an obscure fandom, or an old fandom. Yet, when they finally get noticed as they should, they will get some nice reviews.
Going back to the flame problem when one gives actual concrit:
Again, this is supposed to be a site for adults, not children. That means that as adults, we shouldn't stoop to sending people after someone who takes the time and makes a real effort to give you what you ask for. You don't want concrit, don't ask for it. Don't waste a reviewer's time that way.

I'm going to say this honestly... if you are here to get reviews, get out now. This isn't the place to do that. Some fandoms, especially those that cater to younger beings, get those no matter what craptastic, unreadable BS you put up but most of the fandoms don't get the kind of thing you are looking for, especially the older ones. Some stories, ones that have gone on forever, do get such things but newer ones from authors people don't know tend to not get the mega-hits or review counts. However, though reviews might be scarce as hen's teeth, that doesn't mean what you do get doesn't mean anything. Hell, I have a multitude of stories on this site that have been up for years that have no reviews. A few even came down to be published, and I don't mean self-published either, though they had no reviews on this site. Lack of reviews means nothing. It means that people aren't reviewing for their own reasons. You also need to take into account the concept of review karma, meaning the more YOU review, the more apt you are to get them in return. It does tend to work that way.
Reviews are an odd thing. As so many have pointed out, many stories that get mega hits, reviews and rates aren't worth it and you wonder if those that did that read the same one you did while really good ones don't get such things. It just goes that way on all sites I've seen.
In closing, I'll say this... if you like what you're doing and do it for your own reason, what difference do reviews make to you anyway?

Hey Guys,
You know you've seen these all over the internet. On pages, on facebook walls, even over at MySpace where the crickets cherp constantly. SO here are some for all of you to enjoy.
Add 'em if you got 'em!!!!

*clicks fingers, sips coffee*

Eenie, meanie, miney, mo,
We catch a minor by the toe,
doesn't matter how long we take,
everything you did must GO!
Stay off the ADULT site.
Don't jeopardize the rest of us.
Don't come here whining that we lost your stories.
YOU did it to YOURself.
GO away.

Fucked in the head, I except. Some sorta severe serotonin deficiency perhaps. Looks out into bright happy smiling hot sunny days in the world and sees desolation and a race bent on self destruction and the fucking up of the poor majority by the obscenly rich majority. Messed up loser scumfuck who oughta be exterminated. Get some kinda sick pleasure from trying to engender visceral reactions of disgust and revulsion in their audience, maybe even enjoy the flames. Exposed to horror stories at a young age and had 'em imprinted on the psyche. Watership Down's rabbits had it tough. No desire to hurt anybody else, but find writing helps feel better sometimes, whether gory splatterbang or just warm and fuzzy.
That's just me, of course. Only me. You with the pen and the hatchet quit getting all offended. I'm sure the others who've dabbled in dismemberment fiction are all lovely well balanced people you'd be quite happy to take home to Mother. Stephen King, I think it was, did a very good essay on the nature of writing and reading horror and such. Undoubtedly there's a few other things on it as well.

Fucked in the head, I except. Some sorta severe serotonin deficiency perhaps. Looks out into bright happy smiling hot sunny days in the world and sees desolation and a race bent on self destruction and the fucking up of the poor majority by the obscenly rich majority. Messed up loser scumfuck who oughta be exterminated. Get some kinda sick pleasure from trying to engender visceral reactions of disgust and revulsion in their audience, maybe even enjoy the flames. Exposed to horror stories at a young age and had 'em imprinted on the psyche. Watership Down's rabbits had it tough. No desire to hurt anybody else, but find writing helps feel better sometimes, whether gory splatterbang or just warm and fuzzy.
That's just me, of course. Only me. You with the pen and the hatchet quit getting all offended. I'm sure the others who've dabbled in dismemberment fiction are all lovely well balanced people you'd be quite happy to take home to Mother. Stephen King, I think it was, did a very good essay on the nature of writing and reading horror and such. Undoubtedly there's a few other things on it as well.

Fucked in the head, I except. Some sorta severe serotonin deficiency perhaps. Looks out into bright happy smiling hot sunny days in the world and sees desolation and a race bent on self destruction and the fucking up of the poor majority by the obscenly rich majority. Messed up loser scumfuck who oughta be exterminated. Get some kinda sick pleasure from trying to engender visceral reactions of disgust and revulsion in their audience, maybe even enjoy the flames. Exposed to horror stories at a young age and had 'em imprinted on the psyche. Watership Down's rabbits had it tough. No desire to hurt anybody else, but find writing helps feel better sometimes, whether gory splatterbang or just warm and fuzzy.
That's just me, of course. Only me. You with the pen and the hatchet quit getting all offended. I'm sure the others who've dabbled in dismemberment fiction are all lovely well balanced people you'd be quite happy to take home to Mother. Stephen King, I think it was, did a very good essay on the nature of writing and reading horror and such. Undoubtedly there's a few other things on it as well.

I'd totally give users $10,000 for a review! OK Folks, review any of my stories that doesn't currently have a review for an extra 10000 utterly worthless totally fun and cool points next to your forum username!