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2010-01-21, 06:33 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Crack Pairings VI - We've Finally Stooped to Shipping Ourselves
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2010-01-21, 06:34 PM (ISO 8601)
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2010-01-21, 06:37 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Crack Pairings VI - We've Finally Stooped to Shipping Ourselves
Last edited by Aaron; 2010-01-21 at 06:37 PM.
Your local Cleric.
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(yes, that is possible)
"Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines."
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2010-01-21, 06:39 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Crack Pairings VI - We've Finally Stooped to Shipping Ourselves
My webcomic!
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2010-01-21, 06:39 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Crack Pairings VI - We've Finally Stooped to Shipping Ourselves
And... we're getting off topic again. My fault, really.
(I don't REALLY count them. If somebody asked all the girlfriend I've had, I'd probably mention them, but they don't count towards first kiss or first date or anything.)It's been a bit, GitP. If you're reading this, you're either digging through old stuff, or I've posted for the first time in forever.
If you want to stay in touch, reach out to me on twitter (same username).
The best answer is always to ask your DM.
Unless you're the DM, in which case you should talk to your players.
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2010-01-21, 06:44 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Crack Pairings VI - We've Finally Stooped to Shipping Ourselves
Last edited by Aaron; 2010-01-21 at 06:49 PM.
Your local Cleric.
Cleric of the Murphy's Law Thread
(yes, that is possible)
"Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines."
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2010-01-21, 06:49 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Crack Pairings VI - We've Finally Stooped to Shipping Ourselves
My webcomic!
Currently DMing:
Tales of Aequar: Runite's Rise IC
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Playing Natalia Bolts,Jadeite Nocrius, and Soren Lowell
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2010-01-21, 06:52 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Crack Pairings VI - We've Finally Stooped to Shipping Ourselves
Your local Cleric.
Cleric of the Murphy's Law Thread
(yes, that is possible)
"Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines."
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2010-01-21, 06:55 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Crack Pairings VI - We've Finally Stooped to Shipping Ourselves
Last edited by CoffeeIncluded; 2010-01-21 at 06:55 PM.
My webcomic!
Currently DMing:
Tales of Aequar: Runite's Rise IC
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Playing Natalia Bolts,Jadeite Nocrius, and Soren Lowell
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2010-01-21, 07:03 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Crack Pairings VI - We've Finally Stooped to Shipping Ourselves
Aaaargh! I must admit, that groan-inducing pun warning was completely necessary, Sereg. I still laughed, though. Nice idea.
Congrats, CoffeeIncluded.
That was really great for your first roll, EvilRoeSlade! I must ask: Will there be a second roll?That's what she said.Susan Sto Helit avatar by Felyndiira.
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2010-01-21, 07:25 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Crack Pairings VI - We've Finally Stooped to Shipping Ourselves
Oh Shiny, I forgot to say thanks for your comments on my fic. As usual, I wasn't confident in that fic.
And Female Julio x Julia Greenhilt is going pretty well so
far.
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2010-01-21, 07:39 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Crack Pairings VI - We've Finally Stooped to Shipping Ourselves
In terms of 'family friendly' and 'PG-13'...it depends on the mod reading it and who reads the thread. The original 'Alien' movie would have been rated 'R' on violence alone. Ten years ago it wouldn't have gotten that label for violence, it would have been 'R' for dropping the F-bomb more than once and what is now considered a borderline scene where Ripley strips. Current PG-13 romantic comedies have more sex/nudity than many older 'R' rated movies. Hell, many of them sell on that very (unspoken) premise so-as to attract a male audience. The smoking is no longer an issue. So it's generally better to play it conservatively: if would have made an 'R' rating back in the seventies, it probably won't fly in the end.
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2010-01-21, 08:26 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Crack Pairings VI - We've Finally Stooped to Shipping Ourselves
But... it's that, not only do I have very little sense of what's PG-13 or not, but I have difficulty maintaining interest in a story if it doesn't go in dark directions. Writing is something I love, partially because it's an outlet for me to put my thoughts on paper (or Internet...). If I don't have that outlet, I start having nervous breakdowns and dangerous fits where I think I'll hurt myself. It's like having a garbage disposal plugged up somewhere along the line--it looks fine for a bit, then all hell breaks loose. I like writing fluffy, family-friendly things once in a while, but I can't carry whole multi-chapter stories.
...What happened? (Not to be rude.)
In a nutshell, blame it on weird wiring in my brain that blocked me off.
Seriously? What tipped you off?
And I don't know about you, but I had too much fun writing the 'glass in face' scene...
That actually surprises me. While the subject matter was certainly not family friendly, there wasn't anything explicit. Or is there a general frowning on posting to anything questionable off-site?
It could just be that we're under particularly close scrutiny at present.
Can't you just post any new stories on DeviantArt and mention you've posted them?
Don't stop writing (please!), but equally don't feel you have to rein it in to concede to the rules just so you can post here. I think it's gotten to the point where enough people like your stories that they'd look out for them somewhere off-site.
The cliffhangers you've got us hooked on currently are sufficient alone...
*points up at other responses*
*sighs wistfully* My first girlfriend was online.
(My first boyfriend was IRL, though, but back on topic...)
I've never really been good at keeping to censors. No wonder! Look at how much they change! But I think that I'd prefer to pull out of the forum than to screw things up for the mods or the Giant. If I were them, I'd be pretty annoyed if someone was going against the rules and scaring the possible kids who stumbled on it. It's their playground, their rules, and if I can't abide, I should take my stuff elsewhere. I'll just post on FF.net. It has it's own alert system so anyone who wants to follow can sign up and be emailed when I update, so no linking or mentioning or what have you will turn up here.
I don't want to step on anyone's toes, especially in their own place.Last edited by Water-Smurf; 2010-01-21 at 08:27 PM.
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The April Squickies Award for Best Crack Pairing Story
Thank you so much to Kaytara for the avatar! It's of Redcloak's and Vaarsuvius's love child.
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2010-01-21, 08:33 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Crack Pairings VI - We've Finally Stooped to Shipping Ourselves
That sounds like it sucks.
Though if you need help with censorship, we'll all be glad to give you a hand.
You're bisexual? Huh. Okay.
*Sigh* If you really want to. But some of us (Including me) don't have FF accounts.
It may be for the best, but how about trying to see if you can stick within the rules first too.
And in any case, oftentimes allusion and implication can be so much creepier and squick-inducing than saying it outright.Last edited by CoffeeIncluded; 2010-01-21 at 08:35 PM.
My webcomic!
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2010-01-21, 08:36 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Crack Pairings VI - We've Finally Stooped to Shipping Ourselves
To help clarify the lines a little, based on a few quick google searches, a PG-13 movie can have the following:
- Brief, generally non-sexual nudity.
- Few or no instances of strong, sexually derived curse words.
- Violence, though generally not excessive or very realistic violence.
- Any drug use requires at LEAST a PG-13 rating, and possibly R.
With that in mind, I'd say you can get away with the following:
- Mentioning nudity, but not describing the characters' figures and/or genitals in detail.
- Sexual situations between adult members of the OotS cast or original characters, provided they are not based in any way on yourself or people you know, with the understanding that anything beyond "Second Base" deserves a fade-to-black.
- Mild profanity, generally including terms that have appeared in the comic, or words with both a mild and profane meaning (Taken directly from the rules of posting)
- References to alcohol. The rules of posting suggest that any discussion of illegal drugs is worth an infraction, however.
- Violence, but not excessive or graphic violence. Feel free to say someone got thrashed pretty bad, maybe even to the point that they're dying. Don't go describing how external someone's internal organs have suddenly become.
I think that's a pretty accurate list of what is acceptable, after reviewing the rules of posting and the MPAA movie ratings guide. If you're not sure, I'd suggest PMing your story to a mod before posting. Of course, Roland may get sick of reading our stories and close the thread out of spite in that case.
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2010-01-21, 08:51 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Crack Pairings VI - We've Finally Stooped to Shipping Ourselves
Ah, I see. Well, that's been my personal issue with the lack of an acceptable means to post adult content (as it actually limits my own further crack-writing), but I understand perfectly why there isn't. I think a compromise like you mention is probably the best way. This of course leads to a specific question, which I'll start with:
1) we shouldn't link offsite to circumvent forum rules (which is expressly breaking them, in fact)
2) explicitly adult material falls under this clause
3) we can mention that we have a DA account, are an author with another hosting site, etc.
3b) we shouldn't directly link to said places
So: Can we mention the writer stuff and where to find it obliquely, knowing there is some content that falls under 'adult content' under board rules? I specifically ask for my own benefit as well, as I have multiple such locations, some which have such material and some which don't. Am I allowed to link to all of them? Only the non-adult ones? None of them because the non-adult ones have ways to find said other writing?
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2010-01-21, 08:54 PM (ISO 8601)
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It's your decision. So long as you keep writing, I'll keep reading, because I love your stuff, and I totally understand what you mean about needing an outlet.
Just take care, Water-Smurf, and don't let yourself be too bothered by this. Look at it instead as opening up the door for whatever you wish to write. Now you're no longer limited. You can go anywhere your mind takes you.
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2010-01-21, 09:17 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Crack Pairings VI - We've Finally Stooped to Shipping Ourselves
So some one else has faced the horror that I faced. Though I didn't get a warning from Roland, I did become creeped out enough to not write for a while. (And it's still in effect.)
Sorry about that Water-Smurf.Last edited by Silverraptor; 2010-01-21 at 09:17 PM.
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2010-01-21, 10:23 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Crack Pairings VI - We've Finally Stooped to Shipping Ourselves
...so, I've just been catching up on these threads, and... yeah, my brain is currently running out of my ears...
But wow, who'd have thought such good storytelling could come from crack pairings, of all things?
*reads more*
Yeah, pass the brain bleach. And the tissues. Somehow.
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2010-01-21, 11:35 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Crack Pairings VI - We've Finally Stooped to Shipping Ourselves
Oh dear, now you've gone and encouraged me. I might try again sooner or later, I might even try something more serious, though truth be told I'm satisfied with the canonical pairings (and the asexual characters) enough that I'm not particularly inspired to change anything.
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2010-01-22, 12:15 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Crack Pairings VI - We've Finally Stooped to Shipping Ourselves
Dare i ask if Banjo and or Slapstick have been paired up with tusiko's stuffed xykon yet?
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2010-01-22, 12:17 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Crack Pairings VI - We've Finally Stooped to Shipping Ourselves
This is a reasonable summary. I would just add that unlike in a film, a story or picture here isn't fleeting or in the context of a whole work.
We're not going to define it any further. That's intentional. Rather than have a detailed description that can then be evaded or avoided, we have a standard which, if you have any doubts about whether it's met, we'd prefer you don't post. This is primarily a gaming and comic site. We allow general discussion and artistic endeavors like fan art and fanfic, but only to the extent that it's within the Forum Rules.
Honestly, there is no way I have time to pre-approve your work. Instead, I'd refer you to the, "when in doubt, don't post it," guideline. Although I will offer the slightly more helpful, "when in doubt, forward it to one of the fine folks who feel they have a better feel for the appropriate standard here and see what they say," guideline.
This, too, seems generally accurate.
Don't link to or advertise material here that violates our Forum Rules. If you have a location of material within the Forum Rules, it's fine to link there when you update it.
Now, if you have an off-site location of content not appropriate for here, can you advertise it here? As I told WaterSmurf, we'd prefer that you don't. A simple, "I added a story to my blog" is likely to fly under the radar, but technically...we'd really prefer that you don't.
That seems like an elegant solution to me.
No one gets banhammered in the manner this post suggests except spammers and people who commit Instant Banning offenses. If you have a question about a Warning/Infraction/banning/other moderation, please PM me rather than making a public issue of it.
Now,
Sheriff of Moddingham: Please leave the rules discussion aside and return to the topic of the thread, within the Forum Rules, of course.
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2010-01-22, 12:46 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Crack Pairings VI - We've Finally Stooped to Shipping Ourselves
With the above in mind, I'll offer my services as a proofreader if anyone is unsure about the content of their fic. I tend to check the forums at least once a day, even if I don't always post.
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2010-01-22, 12:46 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Crack Pairings VI - We've Finally Stooped to Shipping Ourselves
It's Giggles, not Slapstick. As for the question, not yet, but it's a good idea that needs to be done.
@EvilRoeSlade I enjoyed your first piece as well. Remember that just because you're happy with the in-comic pairings, doesn't mean that you can't have fun with ridiculous pairings as well.
On my pun: Yeah, it was bad, but I got the idea and needed to run with it.
On Durkon's accent: Yes, I find it difficult to portray accurately, so I just exagerate it a little.The Good Cat Mistress shall show mercy to her servants
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2010-01-22, 01:11 AM (ISO 8601)
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2010-01-22, 01:43 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Crack Pairings VI - We've Finally Stooped to Shipping Ourselves
No, it was just very sweet but didn't go too far. Kind of emphasised Deirdre's madness and how, deep down, there was still some of Tia left.
On a related note crack pairings had invaded my dreams! Dreamed about cross between "Dumped on the Rooster" and "Of All the Ways to Lose Someone" (hmm... both W-S fics). Deidre was at the assembly and recognises Redcloak (dunno how she got there). She panics, wonders if she really killed him and so goes after him to kill him. Felt like a good story at the time and I actually dreamed I had woken up and wrote the idea down. Then actually woke up and said "Did I just dream I wrote that? Crap."
Tell me, is that a bad sign?Avatar by me...yup that's how good my drawing is. As in not very good.
Crack-Pairings, Not Dead Just Moved. Someone Hasn't Been Looking In The Right Places.
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2010-01-22, 06:37 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Crack Pairings VI - We've Finally Stooped to Shipping Ourselves
My webcomic!
Currently DMing:
Tales of Aequar: Runite's Rise IC
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Playing Natalia Bolts,Jadeite Nocrius, and Soren Lowell
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2010-01-22, 06:41 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Crack Pairings VI - We've Finally Stooped to Shipping Ourselves
Avatar by me...yup that's how good my drawing is. As in not very good.
Crack-Pairings, Not Dead Just Moved. Someone Hasn't Been Looking In The Right Places.
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2010-01-22, 07:45 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Crack Pairings VI - We've Finally Stooped to Shipping Ourselves
You are not the only one who dreams like that.
I have dreams about the ABD going humpy on random male characters all the time.
It makes me worry a bit about the state of my sanity.
...Also, congratulations Coffee.