Does a supernatural element of a setting preventing injuries and death make weapon play and fistfighting during sex okay via TOS?

[CaryJanJunior]

My story takes place in an area of my setting where injury and death are impossible. Swords leave thin pink lines that are erogenous but do not hurt nor bleed, punches to the face just leave someone cowed, hurting no more than a slap across the face, drowning is impossible and the person just becomes unconscious and eventually rescued by mermaids or a ship passing by or washing up on an island.

I have taken advantage of the cartoonishness inherent to the violence to play out all kinds of things, like sword fights as foreplay where the blades actually hit, punching tits, using daggers as improvised dildos or even shooting a flintlock pistol into the pussy of an opponent in a sexfight.

The story was turned away for the following reason:

"Literotica is dedicated to healthy fantasy exploration in fiction. While we do accept submissions with graphic violence, we don't accept "snuff" or "vore" - i.e. death & extreme torture with the aim of titillation and gratification, sexual or otherwise. We generally do not accept submissions of nonconsensual sex in which the "victim" gets absolutely no sort of thrill or enjoyment from the acts, or is seriously and /or permanently physically harmed/abused/maimed/killed and the death is eroticized."

The acts mentioned above (dagger as dildo etc.) were in the context of mutually agreed upon sexfights.

I put the following author's note at the beginning of the story:

"Also, there are many things I could not tag due to a limit of tags that could be off-putting. These are:

Inhumanity - the creatures they face in this chapter are mostly human beautiful women, but they have some notable inhuman features. The main one to worry about is a prehensile, tentacle-like tongue, which is used for a kiss and cunnilingus.

Violence & weapon play - the part of the setting the story takes place in explicitly prevents pain and injuries, and characters will abuse this to use guns and swords and knives to fight, culminating in two scenes - one which ends with a knife stuck into someone's vagina, and one with a gun being fired into it. Neither cause injury, and while some characters marvel at blows not hurting like they should, this narration is absent in these two specific scenes. In addition, one of the fights devolves into a brawl, and another into a vicious catfight.

Humiliation - a lot of characters use humiliation as a psychological weapon against their opponent. This is especially prevalent in the last fight.

There are other, less prevalent things as well, such as spitting into someone's mouth, choking, and so on.

Reader discretion is very much advised. I do not expect at least the next chapter to delve into such subjects again, but the series as a whole will return to some of if not most of them at some point."

I have sent the story to a volunteer editor a week ago, but since that was a day after my usual posting time and I have a biweekly posting schedule, I am considering noting this author's note and the fact none of the acts described actually leave injury or cause excessive pain or take place without consent.

Would this put me at risk of a ban or something for repeatedly sending stories that are in violation of the submission rules, or is more likely that the reviewer just skimmed it and missed the author's note or the in-universe explanations?

 

[lovecraft68]

If no one is actually getting hurt and its consensual, I think it can get through, but you're going to have to write it carefully.

 

[CaryJanJunior]

Oh, I will clarify. I sent the story already and had it rejected about a week ago. I am just considering what are the chances they just missed the part that prevents injury and thus the story would go through once I pointed them out vs the risk of them deciding I am spamming and banning me from Literotica entirely.

I would be annoyed if I had to completely move the series to a different site while I keep just my more usual series on Literotica or even abandon Literotica entirely, but it would be possible, especially if the odds of it getting allowed would be low and the odds of another attempt getting me banned would be high. On second thought, unless it becomes clear that the setting absolves it entirely, some future chapters could be problematic as well.

My main frustration is with having to tell readers after a fairly well liked prologue chapter that 'sorry, since Literotica does not allow referring to other sites and some chapters break TOS, you don't actually get to read this series I hyped you up for.' That, and this meaning my 'once every other week' Literotica posting schedule would turn into 'once a month' as every other chapter/story becomes unpublishable.

A third alternative I am considering would be theoretically to replace those sections (either just the sections or the whole fights) with an author's note vaguely describing the important plot beats and who won the sexfight (fe. 'this section could not be published. Amanda found that she really likes sexfights, but lost the duel.') but I feel this would be unsatisfying for the readers.

 

[lovecraft68]

In that case resubmit it and in the notes field call out that detail so the owner will see it and possibly reconsider.

 

[Bramblethorn]

You're unlikely to get banned for an honest resubmission, and you could use the "note to moderator" field (or whatever it's called) to flag those things. But even if Laurel's aware of the "nobody gets injured" mechanic, it's possible she'd decide that "stabbed/shot in the vagina" crosses a line.

 

[ElectricBlue]

Would this put me at risk of a ban or something for repeatedly sending stories that are in violation of the submission rules, or is more likely that the reviewer just skimmed it and missed the author's note or the in-universe explanations?

You won't get banned, but your stories might get repeated rejections.

If you address the rejection questions, you should be able to get the story over the line. Don't try to be clever, just change the text that contravenes the Lit content rules.

 

[Bamagan]

From your examples, it sounds rather more violent than whips and chains and the kind of sadomasochism that can coexist with the rules of the site. Whatever your intent, it may seem like you're trying to appeal to people who get off on extreme violence by magically hand-waving away the consequences of it. It also sounds like the story is incomplete, and I know of at least one case where a vampire story was rejected because the author ended one chapter with a character being drained of blood and possibly dying before waking up as a vampire later; it was considered too close to snuff (we think), but was approved when the chapter break was moved and no longer presented it as a cliffhanger.
I doubt you'll be black-balled for resubmitting, and doing so with a note about the lack of actual harm is probably all you can do. I think there's a good chance that swordfights as foreplay will still be a bridge too far for the site, but good luck to you.

 

[M_K_Babalon]

Ah dunno. I wrote a short story that started with a car chase to a motel, where they fought and it turned into sex. It was sent back.

 

[Five_Inch_Heels]

Think of The A-Team TV show. Literally thousands of rounds of ammunition fired, muzzle flashes and sparks everywhere. Never so much as a busted window let alone a human bullet wound.

 

[CaryJanJunior]

Upon highlighting these supernatural elements in the note to moderator, the chapter was approved. Thank you, everyone, for your feedback.