Animal references (non sexual)

[TonwandNorth]

He grins as he tries to kiss me. I instantly raise a finger in warning for him to stay back. I would kill a kitten if it licked me at the moment. I’m never having sex with him again and I tell him as much. He makes the mistake of telling me I’ll get used to it. I push him out the shower and tell him to fuck off. He’s lucky his expensive shower head is fixed into the ceiling or he would be wearing it.


Is that acceptable or am I setting myself up for target practice if I include that sentence about a kitten? Obviously no kittens would be harmed in the writing of this story. I'm using it to express the discomfort he feels at the moment.

Readers are actually fucking annoying especially when their sensitivities mess with your deviant creativity. I've already offended them. How dare my main force his partner in a public toilet and not woo him with dinner and some vanilla boring bed scene. I'm not writing for Disney for fucks sake!

Is it wise to change it though? I don't want trolled by erotic sex deprived animal activists?

 

[Voboy]

You could always make it even more outrageous to up the sarcasm factor. I’d suggest finding a way to work the word “fricassee” in there someplace.

 

[TarnishedPenny]

I don't think you are breaking any site rules with that. Now, if you are asking if it will upset some of your readers, I'm not so sure. You're not actually describing the offing of some helpless kitten. You're describing a mood so foul that you might do so under certain circumstances.

Mind you, some readers will be offended if you say the sun is warm.

Go for it.

 

[Hypoxia]

Don't over-fret this one. You didn't kill a kitty, pluck a duck, or impale a whale. You didn't even really threaten to -- just showed your character ia quite angry. If you were to vividly described cat-stomping or animal sacrifices, THEN you might get hate mail... unless there's enough comedy, tragedy, or fetish. Better to only murder imaginary cats.

 

[TonwandNorth]

To infinity and beyond

Thank you for your opinions. I will keep as is. If you walk past and see a load of readers circling a story with animal hater banners and shouting abuse. Just shrug and keep walking. You will know I uploaded a new story.

 

[Bramblethorn]

He grins as he tries to kiss me. I instantly raise a finger in warning for him to stay back. I would kill a kitten if it licked me at the moment. I’m never having sex with him again and I tell him as much. He makes the mistake of telling me I’ll get used to it. I push him out the shower and tell him to fuck off. He’s lucky his expensive shower head is fixed into the ceiling or he would be wearing it.

As a confirmed cat person, I don't see any problem with that from the "cruelty to animals" angle. Depending on how it's interpreted, there might be some issue with the no-bestiality rule, if the context suggests that "licking" might be interpreted sexually.

 

[Hypoxia]

As a confirmed cat person, I don't see any problem with that from the "cruelty to animals" angle. Depending on how it's interpreted, there might be some issue with the no-bestiality rule, if the context suggests that "licking" might be interpreted sexually.

Change 'licked' to 'nuzzled' or "mewed at" and the sex mostly goes away. Unless the context goes pervo. How might she sexually use a cat? Don't tell...