The FIRST year the MEFA's were up, I joined up. I was writing a longish piece of tripe - the Empty Vessel - and being new to writing, I really wanted soemthing that would help me, rather than the ZOMGILOVETHISSOMUCH that I was getting.
I was quickly informed that the group did not accept NC17. Romance was okay, but NO SEX.
I left, with my tail between my legs. My Bronny-poo is QUITE the horny bitch. I mean, can you blame her? She's married to Haldir.! GO HER!
So I didn't think to much about them for a few years.
Then in 2004, a beautiful piece of Fanfiction, named Elanor's Revenge by Julie and Fiana, took 1st place at the MEFAs. It was openly rated NC17 and rightly so. When one finishes with the sex scenes, you need a mop.
I had just started writing Rider of the Mark - a Rohirrim fic with the main character - of all people - Gamling. I rated it from the beginning as Mature for the simple reason as there was going to be sex. Thing is, the sex at the time wasn't as graphic (at the the one scene that was written at the time), was tastefully done, was NOT the sole purpose of the fic (the fic is 47 chapters completed this past December and the initial sex scene is not until chapter 13 - and the chapters are good sized. The sex again, is not gratutious. It takes place at Dunharrow, the night before the Rohirrim leave for Gondor. And Gamling didn't pick some random wench... this was someone he loved. (and married when he came back). Considering the scene and what was going on, it fit the fic in that place. It's up in original form at ffnet, so you know it's not that awful graphic. (it's also at OEAM and Fairie and somedays when Zhie gets the bugs out of Parasambe, I'll finish loading it there too!) The fic FOCUSES on the relationship itself and the forces surrounding the relationship... NOT the sex.
Rider was nominated for the MEFA's by Ghettoelleth in 2005 - I believe I had about 20 chapters completed. We linked it to openscrolls and I rerated it to R so anyone could read it without having to sign up... not to mention I didn't think that initial scene warrented the Mature rating I knew it would earn on the wedding night.
IT was excepted, I was given the links to give out and a banner to post at my LJ and my blog. I was looking forward to some true CC - as I do like to improve my craft - and perhaps gain some new readers and find stuff to read I normally don't find.
A few weeks later, a yahoo group member contacted me and told me the link was bad. I went to the site to find my fic gone. I emailed the powers that be to see where it had been moved to.
I received a VERY TERSE and ugly email from someone informing me they 'were not amused' and 'I needed to learn how to properly rate my fic as someone 'brought it to their attention.'
Fine. Fuck you.
About a year later, I'm whining on GhettoElleths journal about it and someone responds (and I can't go back to see who because GhettoElleth has deleted her blog and I didn't save copies of it) who was a moderator - I don't remember that. Removing a fic takes a committee and I don't remember seeing Rider come through the comittee. let me go look.
She comes back a few days later and says... this is weird. There is NO chatter, no discusion, no record, no nothing. One day your fic is there and the next it was removed from the website. ONE person made the decision without discussing it. There isn't even a papertrail as to who possibly complained and the STRANGER thing is normally we don't check ratings. If a writer says it's R - as far as we are concerned where it's linked, it's R. It might have a harder rating ELSEWHERE because of what a website will allow. (Ffnet at the time didn't allow NC17, so you HAD to water or reword.)
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Date: 2012-07-03 11:05 pm (UTC)*cracks knuckles*
The FIRST year the MEFA's were up, I joined up. I was writing a longish piece of tripe - the Empty Vessel - and being new to writing, I really wanted soemthing that would help me, rather than the ZOMGILOVETHISSOMUCH that I was getting.
I was quickly informed that the group did not accept NC17. Romance was okay, but NO SEX.
I left, with my tail between my legs. My Bronny-poo is QUITE the horny bitch. I mean, can you blame her? She's married to Haldir.! GO HER!
So I didn't think to much about them for a few years.
Then in 2004, a beautiful piece of Fanfiction, named Elanor's Revenge by Julie and Fiana, took 1st place at the MEFAs. It was openly rated NC17 and rightly so. When one finishes with the sex scenes, you need a mop.
I had just started writing Rider of the Mark - a Rohirrim fic with the main character - of all people - Gamling. I rated it from the beginning as Mature for the simple reason as there was going to be sex. Thing is, the sex at the time wasn't as graphic (at the the one scene that was written at the time), was tastefully done, was NOT the sole purpose of the fic (the fic is 47 chapters completed this past December and the initial sex scene is not until chapter 13 - and the chapters are good sized. The sex again, is not gratutious. It takes place at Dunharrow, the night before the Rohirrim leave for Gondor. And Gamling didn't pick some random wench... this was someone he loved. (and married when he came back). Considering the scene and what was going on, it fit the fic in that place. It's up in original form at ffnet, so you know it's not that awful graphic. (it's also at OEAM and Fairie and somedays when Zhie gets the bugs out of Parasambe, I'll finish loading it there too!) The fic FOCUSES on the relationship itself and the forces surrounding the relationship... NOT the sex.
Rider was nominated for the MEFA's by Ghettoelleth in 2005 - I believe I had about 20 chapters completed. We linked it to openscrolls and I rerated it to R so anyone could read it without having to sign up... not to mention I didn't think that initial scene warrented the Mature rating I knew it would earn on the wedding night.
IT was excepted, I was given the links to give out and a banner to post at my LJ and my blog. I was looking forward to some true CC - as I do like to improve my craft - and perhaps gain some new readers and find stuff to read I normally don't find.
A few weeks later, a yahoo group member contacted me and told me the link was bad. I went to the site to find my fic gone. I emailed the powers that be to see where it had been moved to.
I received a VERY TERSE and ugly email from someone informing me they 'were not amused' and 'I needed to learn how to properly rate my fic as someone 'brought it to their attention.'
Fine. Fuck you.
About a year later, I'm whining on GhettoElleths journal about it and someone responds (and I can't go back to see who because GhettoElleth has deleted her blog and I didn't save copies of it) who was a moderator - I don't remember that. Removing a fic takes a committee and I don't remember seeing Rider come through the comittee. let me go look.
She comes back a few days later and says... this is weird. There is NO chatter, no discusion, no record, no nothing. One day your fic is there and the next it was removed from the website. ONE person made the decision without discussing it. There isn't even a papertrail as to who possibly complained and the STRANGER thing is normally we don't check ratings. If a writer says it's R - as far as we are concerned where it's linked, it's R. It might have a harder rating ELSEWHERE because of what a website will allow. (Ffnet at the time didn't allow NC17, so you HAD to water or reword.)
so this leaves me with the quandry...