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EVERYBODY READ AND APPLY:
Sep. 11th, 2012 05:38 pmI'm getting sick of fics being rated wrong. I'm not PERSONALLY offended, but there are some people who DONT want to read certain things in certain situations and ratings say a lot (ie, I doubt any of us want to read NC-17 smut while sitting across from a table full of 4 year olds in public).
I have seen SO many fics rated PG-13 that were chock full of sex (some that even have 'smut' and 'porn without plot' as their tags!) and then today I hit the straw that broke the camels back and left me PISSED OFF! I saw a fic that was rated G and warned for suicide and major character death...
SUICIDE IS NOT G-RATED AUTHORS!
So, in case somebody needs help, I'll give a brief summary of what SHOULD be rated appropriately:
G: This generally mean NO cursing, NO serious/dark themes, and NO sexual content of ANY SORT. Probably not even innuendo. Pretty much G-rated is only appropriate for fluffy happy innocent fic.
PG: PG would encompass VERY minor cursing, minor innuendo/suggestive content, crude humor, maybe a little 'harsher' content (ie, arguments that dont involve violence) than G. STILL no dark themes and/or sexual content.
PG-13/Teen and Up: This is where you get moderate cursing, actual innuendo/suggestive content/crude humor, action-related violence, mentioned sexual content (ie: talking about all the sex they had last week) and/or implied sexual content (off-screen sex). Light/suggested drug use. STILL no dark themes/heavy cursing.
R/Mature: Here is where you get heavy cursing (LOTS OF FUCKS basically), derogatory language (racial slurts, homophobic content, ect), non-descriptive sexual content (very vague sex, kinda like the flowery language but not detailed kind), dark themes such as (non-graphic)sexual abuse, physical abuse, graphic violence, MENTIONS of past sexual/physical abuse, suicide, attempted suicide, contemplation of suicide, and character death OF ANY KIND. Heavy drug use/addiction. You DO NOT rate a fic that includes any of these dark themes BELOW R/Mature even if they have ZERO anything else.
NC-17/Explicit: ANY graphic sexual content, descriptive sexual content, ect should be rated NC-17/Explicit (or whatever the hell the highest rating on the site is). No this isn't a 'that's making sex more taboo than suicide!' thing, it's just a matter of the word EXPLICIT. Generally, R/Mature and NC-17/Explicit aren't on different levels of extreme, it's just more of an indicator of what KIND of extreme. It's basically like R/Mature+ descriptive sex= NC-17/Explicit. It's mainly an indicator for those who dont want to read sex in the middle of a crowded public place or something, you know?
SO FUCKING STOP RATING SUICIDE FICS G AND SMUT PG-13!!!!!
I have seen SO many fics rated PG-13 that were chock full of sex (some that even have 'smut' and 'porn without plot' as their tags!) and then today I hit the straw that broke the camels back and left me PISSED OFF! I saw a fic that was rated G and warned for suicide and major character death...
SUICIDE IS NOT G-RATED AUTHORS!
So, in case somebody needs help, I'll give a brief summary of what SHOULD be rated appropriately:
G: This generally mean NO cursing, NO serious/dark themes, and NO sexual content of ANY SORT. Probably not even innuendo. Pretty much G-rated is only appropriate for fluffy happy innocent fic.
PG: PG would encompass VERY minor cursing, minor innuendo/suggestive content, crude humor, maybe a little 'harsher' content (ie, arguments that dont involve violence) than G. STILL no dark themes and/or sexual content.
PG-13/Teen and Up: This is where you get moderate cursing, actual innuendo/suggestive content/crude humor, action-related violence, mentioned sexual content (ie: talking about all the sex they had last week) and/or implied sexual content (off-screen sex). Light/suggested drug use. STILL no dark themes/heavy cursing.
R/Mature: Here is where you get heavy cursing (LOTS OF FUCKS basically), derogatory language (racial slurts, homophobic content, ect), non-descriptive sexual content (very vague sex, kinda like the flowery language but not detailed kind), dark themes such as (non-graphic)sexual abuse, physical abuse, graphic violence, MENTIONS of past sexual/physical abuse, suicide, attempted suicide, contemplation of suicide, and character death OF ANY KIND. Heavy drug use/addiction. You DO NOT rate a fic that includes any of these dark themes BELOW R/Mature even if they have ZERO anything else.
NC-17/Explicit: ANY graphic sexual content, descriptive sexual content, ect should be rated NC-17/Explicit (or whatever the hell the highest rating on the site is). No this isn't a 'that's making sex more taboo than suicide!' thing, it's just a matter of the word EXPLICIT. Generally, R/Mature and NC-17/Explicit aren't on different levels of extreme, it's just more of an indicator of what KIND of extreme. It's basically like R/Mature+ descriptive sex= NC-17/Explicit. It's mainly an indicator for those who dont want to read sex in the middle of a crowded public place or something, you know?
SO FUCKING STOP RATING SUICIDE FICS G AND SMUT PG-13!!!!!
