Aether here, need some help

[Aether]

:'(I wonder if harlequin style writing is pornographic since there are sex scenes in them... Anyone can answer this question for me cause I might not be an appropriate writer then...

[Dorian Walsh]

Can you give an example of said writing style?

[Aether]

what should I use? I dont want to break the rules, doing XXX stuff in a polite romantic notion is that allowed or should the players keep that to pms?

[Dysin Hexfire]

No XXX stuff is what I would imagine. Here's my advice. Keep everything in your writing pg-13, anything R rated to X rated should be taken to pm with whatever character you're rping with and with their consent. Look around at the way other people have posted on the forum and trying to write like them. If you want to do a romantic scene, do so without using foul language. There are ways to write about things without actually being flat out nasty about it. However, I don't see why you need to ask such a question because there is no need to write smut on these forums. So I think this answers your question. Anything else?

[Dorian Walsh]

I agree, keep the really bad stuff in pm. everything on the forums should be pg-13. And if you feel it's questionable then mark the thread but putting a rating in brackets next to the title.

Example:

title [R]

Then that warns readers that the thread is mature. But I would say you shouldn't be posting anything too dirty on the forums.

Good question there, but keep your writing clean, this isn't a smut forum. And again if you were going to do an X rated thread with someone, pm them first and do it all in pm. But a good way to do it on the forum would be a "fade to black" scene where you build up to a point and then say something like,

"And then he lead her through a night she would never forget, his touches sweeter than every caress until morning's light."

That way you give the hint that something happened, but you don't go through all the gross details.

If you wanted to go though said details then it would be more like,

"He laid her down on the bed, his eyes finding hers and feeling his lust fill in him until he felt he would burst, his hands found her skin and caressed it. Tonight would be unforgettable...(continued in pm)"

And that would be the end of it.

Sorry if my examples are lacking in luster, but that's my advice.

[Zephyr]

Exactly. Don't post anything you wouldn't want a thirteen year old to see. This is a fairy site and because of that we may end up with underage members, it is a good idea to rate posts in the title if you think they are a bit "off-color". I agree with everyone else, anything too dirty should be in pm, and talk to whomever you want to have a mature rp with before hand so they aren't surprised by a raunchy post in their pms.

I've been on several sites where mature role-playing like that was allowed as long as the writes didn't get too disgusting with the details or too foul with their language. However I don't think Rachel would condone it here.

So I think the general consensus points to one pretty straight answer. We'll let Rachel have the final say, since she is head admin and all.

[Aether]

Just making sure cause i wasn't trying to make anything wrong by it just that in order to respect the rules I needed to know my options. like unless a member is also above the majority like I am I wouldn't bother to write stuff that's inappropriate, even in a pm, lastly, i think that the fast forward censorship would work for me.

So I guess If anything gets too close for comfort ill do the: "...And then it was the next morning..." but more appropriate for the situation that warrants it.

Like I said mature stuff ain't for kids under 20, so I would love to avoid the stuff altogether...

[Rachel Gavial]

You guys have it down. I'm so proud ha. Aether, definately no XXX stuff in the forums. You may do so in pms but the other person must be of age(18) and consenting. If there is any trouble in that case there will be sever punishment, banned membership. Anyways, if rated R please add that in the title. Just nothing too crazy cause the young ones can still look into those forums. At least they would be warned though.

Sorry for the terrible delay. We finally have dial-up, blahh! It is better than nothing though. I won't have my own comter until Christmas unfortunately. Santa is being kinda cruel this year. Anyways, I will get to fixing and rping again.

Oh and the writing style will Never be script. I despise script rps. It will always be in proper writing format. It doesn't always have to be proper grammer because I know there is slang and some characters have accents. I would like for you all to be very imaginative. It looks like most of my members do. I am very glad for that.

[Aether]

thanks for all the help... so can we keep this thread as refferral material then?