classification

[voluptuary_manque]

If a mother-in-law is getting it on with either son or daughter-in-law is that Incest? No blood relation, just one big happy family.

 

[lovecraft68]

Technically no, its not. But something tells me the site might put it there as its a form of "pseudo incest"

Personally I would think mature would be the place for that, but as I said the site may disagree. Only way to know is to try.

 

[RejectReality]

If a mother-in-law is getting it on with either son or daughter-in-law is that Incest? No blood relation, just one big happy family.

It's not going to go over well with the bulk of the incest readership, because it's not "real".

In-law seems to provoke less harsh reaction than any other sort of pseudo-incest outside of incest. It seems to come off less creepy to most readers ( which is exactly why the incest readers don't like it )

For the purposes of categorizing it for Lit, I'd say you're best choosing an appropriate category other than incest.

I don't think most people consider this incest even outside the microcosm of erotica/porn.

I had no problem with "Labor Day" posting in Fetish with the two characters being brother and sister-in-law ( Fetish because it heavily focused on pregnancy sex ) It actually outperformed my expectations.

 

[patientlee]

It's not going to go over well with the bulk of the incest readership, because it's not "real".

In-law seems to provoke less harsh reaction than any other sort of pseudo-incest outside of incest. It seems to come off less creepy to most readers ( which is exactly why the incest readers don't like it )

For the purposes of categorizing it for Lit, I'd say you're best choosing an appropriate category other than incest.

I don't think most people consider this incest even outside the microcosm of erotica/porn.

I had no problem with "Labor Day" posting in Fetish with the two characters being brother and sister-in-law ( Fetish because it heavily focused on pregnancy sex ) It actually outperformed my expectations.

So let me ask your opinion. My FAWC3 is a pregnancy thing. What do you think? Should I move it to fetish or leave it in chain stories?

 

[RejectReality]

So let me ask your opinion. My FAWC3 is a pregnancy thing. What do you think? Should I move it to fetish or leave it in chain stories?

Gimme a link and I'll read through it.

For the most part, you're going to get more reads in about any other category, but I can give you my opinion on what category might best fit.

 

[Handley_Page]

If a mother-in-law is getting it on with either son or daughter-in-law is that Incest? No blood relation, just one big happy family.

Sounds to me like "spring & Autumn"

 

[voluptuary_manque]

Well, the whole story is sort of Autumn and Spring but that isn't a category so I guess it will go into Group, being a "Happy Graduation . . . Now Strip and Lay Down" orgy sort of story.

 

[patientlee]

Gimme a link and I'll read through it.

For the most part, you're going to get more reads in about any other category, but I can give you my opinion on what category might best fit.

Saw this after I responded. Thanks again.

 

[carlieplum]

Can you let us know what you decide and what category the site puts it into. I have a story I'm working on with the same situation, and I'm curious to know how it plays out.

 

[CeasarBoobage]

If a mother-in-law is getting it on with either son or daughter-in-law is that Incest? No blood relation, just one big happy family.

It isn't technically incest, but it is close enough in my mind. It is a taboo though, so it would fit that way. I have seen a number of "----in-law" stories in that category so one more would be fine

 

[lovecraft68]

It isn't technically incest, but it is close enough in my mind. It is a taboo though, so it would fit that way. I have seen a number of "----in-law" stories in that category so one more would be fine

Going to have to be. My money says the site puts it there anyway.

Which is really too bad because the incest "purists" are going to kill it and where it would really do well is mature.

 

[oggbashan]

I agree that it should probably go in Incest, but because it is not between close relations it could fail to make an impression there. If it was EX-mother in law, then it could go in Romance or Mature.

Literotica categories can be a minefield for authors, and the readers can be unforgiving if they think you aren't writing what they expect for that category.

I think I've made a classification mistake with my latest Winter Holiday Contest entry. http://www.literotica.com/s/christmas-truce I put it in Humor and Satire, but I was thinking more on the lines of Shakespeare's Comedies - where painful things happen as well as the humor but Alls Well That Ends Well.

One PC has suggested that it should have been in Romance. They could be right. But I'll leave it for the duration of the contest.

 

[Darkniciad]

There are also a fair number of MIL stories in mature. There are actually more with that phrase at the beginning of the title in Mature than in Incest. ( 20 vs. 16 )

In-law seems to be the happy medium of taboo that doesn't repulse a large number of readers, while still pushing buttons with its naughty factor.

It's hardly an automatic "goes into incest" as numerous titles that explicitly mention an in-law are present in several categories.

 

[voluptuary_manque]

Really. Well, I guess I'll just keep writing but as the tale unfolds it seems more like Mature where the parental generation is having great fun 'topping' the kids and the kids are loving every minute of it once they get over the squick factor.

 

[ishtat]

Technically no, its not. But something tells me the site might put it there as its a form of "pseudo incest"

Personally I would think mature would be the place for that, but as I said the site may disagree. Only way to know is to try.

Technically, yes it is. "A table of Kindred and affinity, wherein whosoever are related, are forbidden in scripture and in our laws to marry together." says so . It is printed usually on the back page of the Book of Common Prayer and was the law in UK (and much of the USA) as it stood, from 1563 until 1907 when some exceptions were made, in particular a widower was then permitted to marry his deceased wife's sister. The table is in Wiki too.

This table included half a dozen prohibitions between people who had no blood relationship at all.

The table never, however, included a ban on first cousins though particular states in the USA did not allow it. Two of my own great grandfathers married first cousins. They were farmers in England and did so to retain property within the family.

If Bear made his characters 'God fearin' bible thumpers that would perhaps re-import some of the cultural taboo which has been eroded by modern legislative changes to marriage prohibitions.

 

[handysr]

Going to have to be. My money says the site puts it there anyway.

Which is really too bad because the incest "purists" are going to kill it and where it would really do well is mature.

I agree a lot with LC, but in this case I think you will be alright. I posted this in incest/taboo and while it is featuring a sis-in-law, it did pretty good in the ratings and comments. I think SIL isn't that far removed from a MIL as far as that goes.

There is no guarantee for any story, and there are plenty of examples in each direction, I think the odds are on it doing well as long as the story is a good one. Have you tried an editor to make sure all the small reasons for complaints are removed?

 

[voluptuary_manque]

I've gotten pretty good at avoiding Laural's worries.