Is it still 'mature' if the character got de-aged but was previously elderly?

[taytay4eva]

So I'm working on the next Rebb and Silus story, and one of the characters used to work for Silus before the world got altered (it's an ongoing, overarching part of my stories on here, none of the characters I've introduced thus far know how it happened, only when and that it happened).

Silus's memories of before are spotty at best, and he only knows that he used to hate his job. The new character worked for him, but she was in her mid-seventies before the change. Now she's in her mid-twenties. She still has reasonably solid memories of before, but in the way that all the decades bleed together we all have. In any case, she remembers more of her old life than Silus does. She also is running into the problem that her 'new' self and 'its' 'new' memories are a lot hornier than she remembers her 'old' self ever being*.

ANYWAY.

Like I asked, is this mature? I feel like it counts more than it doesn't, but I figured it'd be better to ask.

*Nobody who was young got years added. One of the things that "the change" confirmed to the characters is that whatever handles the universe (superficially, but not entirely, my author insert) is a bit of a dick and certainly a trickster, but it isn't a complete dick or an absolute monster.

 

[THBGato]

Sounds like Sci Fi to me.

 

[Bamagan]

That's an interesting question. I haven't read extensively in that category, but most of it seems to involve either two people who are past the age when most people have kids, or else a pairing between a young person and someone who is more-or-less old enough to be their parent, sometimes even older. Depending on the specifics, I could see your story going either route: the one with more memories of before takes on the 'mature' role and leads the dance, so to speak, or else they both have enough memory of being old that their sex is qualitatively different than it probably would be between two natural twenty-somethings. I'd hazard a guess that if you don't include a fair bit of reflection or dialogue from the characters that is relevant to their actual ages, i.e., their sex is what you would expect from any young adults and doesn't deal with any 'mature' themes or details, then it probably shouldn't be in Mature.

 

[ElectricBlue]

Like I asked, is this mature? I feel like it counts more than it doesn't, but I figured it'd be better to ask.

If you're playing around with time streams, I'd have thought Sci-Fi, because presumably you're setting up some kind of "not this world" premise.

 

[taytay4eva]

That's an interesting question. I haven't read extensively in that category, but most of it seems to involve either two people who are past the age when most people have kids, or else a pairing between a young person and someone who is more-or-less old enough to be their parent, sometimes even older. Depending on the specifics, I could see your story going either route: the one with more memories of before takes on the 'mature' role and leads the dance, so to speak, or else they both have enough memory of being old that their sex is qualitatively different than it probably would be between two natural twenty-somethings. I'd hazard a guess that if you don't include a fair bit of reflection or dialogue from the characters that is relevant to their actual ages, i.e., their sex is what you would expect from any young adults and doesn't deal with any 'mature' themes or details, then it probably shouldn't be in Mature.

I was already planning to include a fair bit of reflection from the characters, so this confirms it for me. Thanks!

 

[taytay4eva]

Sounds like Sci Fi to me.

If you're playing around with time streams, I'd have thought Sci-Fi, because presume you're setting up some kind of "not this world" premise.

Everything I write takes place in this "revised" universe. Everything I write is supernatural. That's just ... what I write. The setting is supernatural. The characters, however, are experiencing something more normal than that. I figure if the sex is supernatural or sci-fi, I'll put it in that category, but just because the setting is supernatural doesn't mean that the arc the characters are going through is. Like, mostly I figure that the category was to indicate the flavor of the plot.

 

[MelissaBaby]

I've not posted in Mature, but my impression is that a story should only be placed there if the age of at least one character is a primary focus of the narrative.

 

[Five_Inch_Heels]

If you're playing around with time streams, I'd have thought Sci-Fi, because presume you're setting up some kind of "not this world" premise.

Was "Somewhere in Time" (Jane Seymour, Christopher Reeve) SciFi?

Edit; .... or even better, would it be under Mature since it involves an older woman who appears as a younger woman for most of the film?

 

[ElectricBlue]

Was "Somewhere in Time" (Jane Seymour, Christopher Reeve) SciFi?

I'm not debating anything. The OP asked for advice for a story on Literotica, not a movie. I suggested Sci-Fi because the theme sounded like that category might be best for the story, rather than Mature.

Everything I write takes place in this "revised" universe. Everything I write is supernatural. That's just ... what I write. The setting is supernatural. The characters, however, are experiencing something more normal than that. I figure if the sex is supernatural or sci-fi, I'll put it in that category, but just because the setting is supernatural doesn't mean that the arc the characters are going through is. Like, mostly I figure that the category was to indicate the flavor of the plot.

I think you've answered your own question. Categories on Lit reflect the primary theme that sits behind a story, which you've said is supernatural.

You asked a question, I gave you a suggestion, as have others. What you do with the input is up to you. In any event, Laurel will often change the category to where she thinks a story will run best, so ultimately it's her call.

 

[MelissaBaby]

Was "Somewhere in Time" (Jane Seymour, Christopher Reeve) SciFi?

Edit; .... or even better, would it be under Mature since it involves an older woman who appears as a younger woman for most of the film?

Moot point. The category is "SciFi & Fantasy".

 

[iwatchus]

Everything I write takes place in this "revised" universe. Everything I write is supernatural. That's just ... what I write. The setting is supernatural. The characters, however, are experiencing something more normal than that. I figure if the sex is supernatural or sci-fi, I'll put it in that category, but just because the setting is supernatural doesn't mean that the arc the characters are going through is. Like, mostly I figure that the category was to indicate the flavor of the plot.

I think put everything in SFF -- I think they fit there.