Category etiquette

[Senor_Smut]

Hi all,

I was wondering if there was some sort of informal etiquette about which category "trumps" another when stories cross genres. I'm writing a story that is both 100% incest and 100% magic/mind control. I kind of have the vague feeling that it ought to go in Incest/Taboo because...triggers for people not looking for incest stories? Or something? Is there an art to it, or do you just put it up wherever you please?

 

[Brutal_One]

Hi all,

I was wondering if there was some sort of informal etiquette about which category "trumps" another when stories cross genres. I'm writing a story that is both 100% incest and 100% magic/mind control. I kind of have the vague feeling that it ought to go in Incest/Taboo because...triggers for people not looking for incest stories? Or something? Is there an art to it, or do you just put it up wherever you please?

There are probably writers here with more experience to advise. My own take would be to submit in incest category as that should interest what the main interest is. The mind control just seems to be your ‘device’ from a literary perspective to enable the incest relationship. I think if written well readers with an incest will enjoy it and worry less about how the incestuous relationship happens.

I assume too you have some good interaction about the reluctance of one of the parties and hence the need for mind control.

Hope that helps!

Brutal One

{for reference I have one Incest story that also relies on a similar mind control device but in that story it is a third party that uses the mind control to play with the incestuous relationship which erotically excites him.}

 

[Senor_Smut]

There are probably writers here with more experience to advise. My own take would be to submit in incest category as that should interest what the main interest is. The mind control just seems to be your ‘device’ from a literary perspective to enable the incest relationship. I think if written well readers with an incest will enjoy it and worry less about how the incestuous relationship happens.

I assume too you have some good interaction about the reluctance of one of the parties and hence the need for mind control.

Hope that helps!

Brutal One

{for reference I have one Incest story that also relies on a similar mind control device but in that story it is a third party that uses the mind control to play with the incestuous relationship which erotically excites him.}

That's a really good way of looking at it. I will go with Incest, thanks!

 

[NotWise]

Hi all,

I was wondering if there was some sort of informal etiquette about which category "trumps" another when stories cross genres. I'm writing a story that is both 100% incest and 100% magic/mind control. I kind of have the vague feeling that it ought to go in Incest/Taboo because...triggers for people not looking for incest stories? Or something? Is there an art to it, or do you just put it up wherever you please?

This How-To by Tx Tall Tales is the bible on category selection. Read it carefully.

I/T content normally trumps everything else.

 

[Rustyoznail]

This How-To by Tx Tall Tales is the bible on category selection. Read it carefully.

I/T content normally trumps everything else.

Beat me to it. I was rummaging around for the link.

This is also useful. It describes the categories a bit more.

https://www.literotica.com/beta/s/how-to-break-the-literotica-toplist

 

[ElectricBlue]

Hi all,

I was wondering if there was some sort of informal etiquette about which category "trumps" another when stories cross genres. I'm writing a story that is both 100% incest and 100% magic/mind control. I kind of have the vague feeling that it ought to go in Incest/Taboo because...triggers for people not looking for incest stories? Or something? Is there an art to it, or do you just put it up wherever you please?

You can ask for your category choice, but Laurel will often over-ride your preference. Incest is a trump category, generally speaking - although I have seen stories in other categories where Laurel will add an editorial note.

I've got a novel length thing in Sci-Fi and Fantasy with an incest sub-theme, and she let it stay there. But it had a range of sub-themes, with no single stand-out.

 

[SimonDoom]

This How-To by Tx Tall Tales is the bible on category selection. Read it carefully.

I/T content normally trumps everything else.

Every Literotica author should read this article carefully. It is the best word on the subject.

 

[AlinaX]

There's a tonne of incest in Mind Control, not sure about the other way around.

 

[RejectReality]

I think it depends on how the story plays out. The Incest readership is not friendly to non-con, to say the least.

The only sure bet is the end of the story revealing that the mind-controlled family member secretly wanted the controller from the beginning. Even if the person being controlled never knows what happened, that's pushing the line. It's going to have detractors. Any disgust or regret on the part of the controlled person, and it's likely to be eviscerated.

Absent the happy ending where the mind-control wasn't really necessary, you might be better off going with Mind Control and an Incest warning at the beginning. There's no guarantee it won't get moved, but Mind Control is a specific genre, and there's precedent for a warning getting added while the story stays in the selected category. ( when the warning isn't already applied by the author )

 

[Senor_Smut]

This How-To by Tx Tall Tales is the bible on category selection. Read it carefully.

I/T content normally trumps everything else.

I will, thanks!

 

[Senor_Smut]

This How-To by Tx Tall Tales is the bible on category selection. Read it carefully.

I/T content normally trumps everything else.

I think it depends on how the story plays out. The Incest readership is not friendly to non-con, to say the least.

The only sure bet is the end of the story revealing that the mind-controlled family member secretly wanted the controller from the beginning. Even if the person being controlled never knows what happened, that's pushing the line. It's going to have detractors. Any disgust or regret on the part of the controlled person, and it's likely to be eviscerated.

Absent the happy ending where the mind-control wasn't really necessary, you might be better off going with Mind Control and an Incest warning at the beginning. There's no guarantee it won't get moved, but Mind Control is a specific genre, and there's precedent for a warning getting added while the story stays in the selected category. ( when the warning isn't already applied by the author )

In this case, neither side is the controller. The controller is an outside agency or force, but even then it's more complicate than that. Neither party want the control or what it leads to.

 

[RejectReality]

In this case, neither side is the controller. The controller is an outside agency or force, but even then it's more complicate than that. Neither party want the control or what it leads to.

That's a serious landmine in the Incest category. From that description, I'd say it's absolutely Mind Control.

The line with non-con is always murky, but that sounds like the sort of emotional abuse that could get it kicked back to you, regardless of the category. You're walking on the razor's edge, and the incest angle only makes it all the more dicey.

You might want to prepare yourself for either major modifications, or posting this one on a different venue. No way of knowing for sure how Laurel will adjudicate it, but I'd certainly have that consideration in your head when you hit submit.

 

[Senor_Smut]

That's a serious landmine in the Incest category. From that description, I'd say it's absolutely Mind Control.

The line with non-con is always murky, but that sounds like the sort of emotional abuse that could get it kicked back to you, regardless of the category. You're walking on the razor's edge, and the incest angle only makes it all the more dicey.

You might want to prepare yourself for either major modifications, or posting this one on a different venue. No way of knowing for sure how Laurel will adjudicate it, but I'd certainly have that consideration in your head when you hit submit.

Hmm. Subjectively I don't think it's any more abusive than, say, one of Rawlyrawls' stories where mom and son get sucked into something that changes them, but I'm the one who wrote it so my perspective is necessarily skewed. Maybe it's all kinds of worse. I guess we'll see whether it stays where it is, gets moved, or goes to a different site.

ETA: It got approved without a hitch. Looks like Incest/Taboo was the right category after all.