ATTN: Slash fic writers!

[ageofalejandro]

I keep seeing people upping ratings for slash fic because it's slash fic. It infuriates me.

“Gay relationships” and “concepts of gay relationships” are not a reason to bump the rating.

Say it with me:
“Gay relationships” and “concepts of gay relationships” are not a reason to bump the rating.
“Gay relationships” and “concepts of gay relationships” are

Comments

[fairyniamh]

All of my stories on FF.net are listed as M even though they are PG and PG-13... reason: I have had a friend banned on ff.net for posting an innocent slash story (the characters were only holding hands and talking about their kids!) However a righteous mother had the author removed due to her not properly rating offensive content (homosexuality)as mature where her sweet innocent child could find it. *rolls eyes* It's sad that there are people like that.

Everywhere else I give it a proper rating... though if the story borderlines 2 ratings I tend to go with the higher rating. But, I just consider that proper cma tactics.

Depending on the type of heavy petting... it may be R. Not because of the nature (homosexuality)... but because of the content... (super descriptive of the act/type of heavy petting.)

[ageofalejandro]

FFN needs to be taken to task for that, end of story, because that is not fucking OK.

You know what I mean, lol. They need to be doing something a M/F pairing would be rated PG-13 or R or whatever for it to be legit.

[pomme_noir]

Preach it, sister. Ahem. I heartily agree.

[pixie_rings]

Hoo boy. Seeing 'yaoi' or 'slash' as a warning is icky too. As if two guys (or girls) is something to warn for. Especially in certain fandoms. It seems even things such as fanfic still can't entirely let go of society's imposition of heteronormativity.
Also, heterosexism is an awesome word and is pertinent to my rants interests. I shall endeavour to use it more often when complaining about idiots making Sweden straight.

[ageofalejandro]

Yeah, that's pretty much what the rant was about, lol.

[yemi_hikari]

I don't write slash or read much of it, but this is weird. I thought kissing was all around a K+ issue, not a T or M rating. This is simply because I know five to eight year old kids who freak out about any sort of kissing. But a nine year old... seriously, by that time they are being introduced to the idea that some of their friend's have parents or siblings who prefer the same sex. That also said, I only have two of my romance stories rated K and that is because the characters only discuss being in relationships.

[ageofalejandro]

I'm glad you think heterosexism is weird. I wish there were ten million more like you on that score.