Categorization: Loving Wives vs. NC/Reluctance

[wxpprnpprnt]

I have a question about story categorization. I'm not exactly sure if this is the best place for such question, please forgive me if there is a more appropriate place.

So, I have a story (it would be my first) I've had in draft mode for a while which seems just about finished. It involves many categories despite being just 6,500 words. It's about a married Muslim arab woman who is blackmailed and seduced by her white agnostic neighbor, with whom she'd shared an unspoken mutual attraction for a long time which had remained partly suppressed on her part until the neighbor forces things forward. So it could be considered "Loving Wives", "Nonconsent/Reluctance", or "Interracial".

I currently think categorizing it as "Nonconsent/Reluctance" is the best choice as the act of blackmail and overcoming her initial reluctance is the main event that sets everything off.

"Loving Wives" would be my second choice, because the wife has a hand in doing some things subconsciously that set herself up for blackmail, it's not clear exactly how intentional it was. It's obviously a stretch, but she could be considered to be willfully cheating from the start, although this remains a little ambiguous.

I've looked at examples from these 2 categories and I see similar stories in both, both categories seem appropriate.

I guess it could also be considered "interracial" as the characters are based on racial stereotypes to a degree and this is part of the tension I guess. It seems like a minor element to me and a bad choice for a category, but maybe there's something great about using that category I'm not aware of.

I'd like to ask anyone kind enough to take the time to tell me if my thoughts seem right about categorization, and if I should indeed file it under "Nonconsent/Reluctance".

 

[Shelly2inme]

Maybe more categories would help

Without reading your entire story and how it ends up it is hard to weigh in on where the shoe fits best. But at times I have thought that it would be nice to have the 'loving wives' category broken into a few categories. For example, many blur the concept of a "hotwife" a "shared wife" a couple that swap and the cuckhold concept. There are wives involved in all of those lifestyles but in many ways they are driven by very different erotic fuels.

 

[wxpprnpprnt]

Thanks. Yeah, I'm struggling with the categories, a lot of them could use subcategories, or maybe allowing multiple categorization would be an easy fix.

I could send the story by email if you feel like reading it. Otherwise, the ending is that after things go off the rails a bit and they end up having sex, the neighbor feels guilty but remains obsessed and perhaps even in love, the wife sort of admits she enjoyed and wanted the attention, but she decides to go back to her normal life. It ends ambiguously with her resigned to stay on the "straight and narrow" but facing a long struggle with her feelings for the neighbor.

 

[John988]

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[wxpprnpprnt]

Thanks for the tips, the welcome, and info on how categories work. In that case I may lean towards "Loving Wives" and let the administrators decide if it's too much in the "NC" direction for that category. I'll just add a note explaining I was torn between the two so they'll be sure to categorize it correctly according to their standards. I'll make sure to use the tags to reference all alternative categories.

 

[Hypoxia]

...I may lean towards "Loving Wives" and let the administrators decide if it's too much in the "NC" direction for that category.

"The administrators" are one person, Laurel: the owner, publisher, and editor here. She decides where iffy stories go. And be aware that LW readers tend to be very critical, even hostile, even insane. Read some comments on LW stories and expect to be treated even worse yourself. Thick skin will be your salvation.

Have fun!

 

[ElectricBlue]

Thanks for the tips, the welcome, and info on how categories work. In that case I may lean towards "Loving Wives" and let the administrators decide if it's too much in the "NC" direction for that category. I'll just add a note explaining I was torn between the two so they'll be sure to categorize it correctly according to their standards. I'll make sure to use the tags to reference all alternative categories.

Based on what you are saying, I'd be dropping it into Non Con and Reluctance.

Loving Wives is a bear pit, and for a first-time poster the comments you might get are likely to polarised and potentially hostile, because there's no pleasing everyone there. Whereas in Non Con and Reluctance, you might get a less volatile reaction.

Also, you say that "overcoming her initial reluctance is the main event that sets everything off" - so that defines the core of your story = Non Con & Reluctance.

 

[blozo]

Thick skin? Want maximum eyeballs on it? Loving wives.
Don't like insults and abuse? Post it anywhere else you possibly can.
Simple as that.

 

[yukonnights]

Based on what you are saying, I'd be dropping it into Non Con and Reluctance.

Loving Wives is a bear pit, and for a first-time poster the comments you might get are likely to polarised and potentially hostile, because there's no pleasing everyone there. Whereas in Non Con and Reluctance, you might get a less volatile reaction.

Also, you say that "overcoming her initial reluctance is the main event that sets everything off" - so that defines the core of your story = Non Con & Reluctance.

wxpprnpprnt; I currently think categorizing it as "Nonconsent/Reluctance" is the best choice as the act of blackmail and overcoming her initial reluctance is the main event that sets everything off.

I concur with electricblue. Actually, I think your own sense is that non-con is the "main event". Save yourself some heartache and forget the Loving Wives category. Just a thought; If you make the decision to go non-con, you would also have the opportunity to enhance that aspect of the story even more and then submit it w/o much concern about it.

Note; We're all assuming you are aware of the site's non-con criteria. From what you posted, it sounds like your okay. But just make sure the woman being "forced or coerced" ends up enjoying it at some point.

 

[wxpprnpprnt]

Yes, thanks for all who commented, I've just submitted it under "nonconsent/reluctance". I think it meets the criteria, it's a pretty complicated story with both characters changing and trying to deal with their mutual attraction. I tried to let both characters have some agency and feelings.

 

[Voboy]

NC/R is the right place to go here. That element trumps the rest. Nearly all my stories involve infidelity and only one is in LW.

The main point of your story isn’t the infidelity. It’s the psychological dominance.