If I can't ask about this here, I probably can't anywhere...

[HentaiHenryHan]

Excuse me if I find this amazing: a site for erotica that's open minded and permissive? How is this possible? With all the hate, prejudice and requirement in our world hitting an all time high, Literotica is more than unexpected.

Let's say I have an idea for a story involving a 15yr old who's grandmother trains him to be a sex athlete... as a metaphor for:

1) Seniors have sexual desire too and can be sexy
2) Our elders can teach us things others can't
and
3) How sexual desire and the need for gratification is beyond conditions

If I were to publish a story like this, here... are you saying that would be perfectly fine? Hatred? Anger? Legal issues?
But would a story like this, involving a 15yr old, ever be able to get published?

 

[EmilyMiller]

But would a story like this, involving a 15yr old, ever be able to get published?

No.

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[Kelliezgirl]

Make him 18 and you are fine, 15 and it's completely verboten.

 

[EmilyMiller]

This feels like one of the phishing simulations IT send out at work, and which you get a pat on the head for detecting.

 

[HentaiHenryHan]

This feels like one of the phishing simulations IT send out at work, and which you get a pat on the head for detecting.

I didn't mean for it to come across that way.

All my questions are honest ones.

 

[EmilyMiller]

I didn't mean for it to come across that way.

All my questions are honest ones.

The site has a strict over 18s only rule. If you take your idea and age the guy up, you might still have a problem given you have described him as 15 here. The submission reviewer is known to read the forums.

 

[gunhilltrain]

Excuse me if I find this amazing: a site for erotica that's open minded and permissive? How is this possible? With all the hate, prejudice and requirement in our world hitting an all time high, Literotica is more than unexpected.

Let's say I have an idea for a story involving a 15yr old who's grandmother trains him to be a sex athlete... as a metaphor for:

1) Seniors have sexual desire too and can be sexy
2) Our elders can teach us things others can't
and
3) How sexual desire and the need for gratification is beyond conditions

If I were to publish a story like this, here... are you saying that would be perfectly fine? Hatred? Anger? Legal issues?
But would a story like this, involving a 15yr old, ever be able to get published?

If it has to be fifteen, I know a site that will take it. And no, it's not the pedophilia-accepting ASSTR.org, although they may have cleaned up their act. I have used this other site myself. I think we all know about it here.

 

[alohadave]

But would a story like this, involving a 15yr old, ever be able to get published?

Not here. There are other sites you could post this at.

 

[lovecraft68]

Ignore the post saying you might have an issue just for asking the question. If the character is called out at 18-consistently-throughout the story, you'll be fine.

 

[KittyOfSteele]

"Open minded and permissive." Yeah, I don't think that's how I would describe AH here considering there are things I don't like to read about, let alone to write about them, but I will defend the right of other authors to writing about those things to my last breath, even if those same authors are adamant on censoring me because they disagree with my preferred themes... but this is a tangent.

Anyway, as for a story involving a 15-year-old... See the Content Guidelines; it's literally the first rule:

Sexual activity involving characters under the age of 18 (including but not limited to explicit sexual discussion, voyeurism, exhibitionism, fantasizing, masturbation, and graphic sexualized descriptions, in addition to actual sexual intercourse). Literotica has always had a strict policy against any under-18 content, and any attempt to violate that policy is grounds for account termination.

 

[HentaiHenryHan]

The site has a strict over 18s only rule. If you take your idea and age the guy up, you might still have a problem given you have described him as 15 here. The submission reviewer is known to read the forums.

That's fine.

Erotica is a very diverse genre, and Romantasy is in its heyday now. Who would've thought making love to massive, gigantic mythical creatures would sell in the millions? That, coupled with the rise of stories like Manacled, where Hermione is raped, makes my question not only apt but timely.

I am a writer and I am a reader, and I appreciate anyone's feedback. Thanks for the replies.

Edit: I'll go read the instructions and rules now. There's a lot and I'll have to get some coffee.

 

[EmilyMiller]

That's fine.

Erotica is a very diverse genre, and Romantasy is in its heyday now. Who would've thought making love to massive, gigantic mythical creatures would sell in the millions? That, coupled with the rise of stories like Manacled, where Hermione is raped, makes my question not only apt but timely.

I am a writer and I am a reader, and I appreciate anyone's feedback.

To be clear. If you rewrite your story so that the protagonist behaves and talks like an 18 yo, you are fine. But you can’t have him behave how you originally intended and just say, ‘He’s 18.’ That won’t work for you. The character has to be believably 18, not just aged up.

 

[Kelliezgirl]

Remember, the rule is underage characters can't engage in sexy time, or be around it.
But if you start him off under 18 and there is no sex until he is of age you are within the rules.
If the "training" is non-sexual in nature until he's 18 you are fine.
Think Karate Kid. Mister Miyagi had Daniel waxing cars and painting fences. Then, lo and behold, that stuff is useful for karate.

 

[HentaiHenryHan]

Remember, the rule is underage characters can't engage in sexy time, or be around it.
But if you start him off under 18 and there is no sex until he is of age you are within the rules.
If the "training" is non-sexual in nature until he's 18 you are fine.
Think Karate Kid. Mister Miyagi had Daniel waxing cars and painting fences. Then, lo and behold, that stuff is useful for karate.

Thank you!

 

[ChuckWolf]

To be clear. If you rewrite your story so that the protagonist behaves and talks like an 18 yo, you are fine. But you can’t have him behave how you originally intended and just say, ‘He’s 18.’ That won’t work for you. The character has to be believably 18, not just aged up.

When I have young characters in a sex story, they're ALWAYS college students or college-aged; that's a shorthand way of telling the reader, yes these characters are AT LEAST 18 and are more likely in their early 20's.

Also, I think you can portray sexually naive/inexperienced characters in a story and have it be made clear that they, again, are at least 18 years of age.

 

[ElectricBlue]

Also, I think you can portray sexually naive/inexperienced characters in a story and have it be made clear that they, again, are at least 18 years of age.

A disclaimer or text narrative doesn't always cover it. If you write the character as too child like, naive or inexperienced, that's likely to get push back. It's context that always matters, not the artificial ways of establishing the character's "age" that some writers resort to.

 

[Kelliezgirl]

A disclaimer or text narrative doesn't always cover it. If you write the character as too child like, naive or inexperienced, that's likely to get push back. It's context that always matters, not the artificial ways of establishing the character's "age" that some writers resort to.

Child like absolutely, but to OPs original question, you'd be hard pressed to differentiate a mature 15 year old from an immature 18 year old in the real world, let alone in fiction.

 

[ElectricBlue]

Child like absolutely, but to OPs original question, you'd be hard pressed to differentiate a mature 15 year old from an immature 18 year old in the real world, let alone in fiction.

That's not the point. To get through Lit's age policy requirement, you can't argue mature fifteen year old versus immature eighteen year old, you have to avoid the sexual scenario entirely. It's not a question of parsing the requirements, it's about avoiding the subtleties entirely.

Get the child or teen out of the room and at least five-hundred words away from the sex, and there's not a problem. Blur the lines, or argue from reality, an author is heading for an avoidable rejection.