Link to a gif within a story?

[Lydra]

I've received skeptical feedback from previous parts of a story about whether something is possible in reality or not. It relates to the next segment I'm looking to post, so I'm considering whether to address that skepticism in the author's note section. If so, there is a gif that proves pretty concretely that it is realistic.

I don't think I've ever seen external links in stories on Lit before. Is it allowed? Are there reasons I wouldn't have thought of that I shouldn't? Should I ignore the whole thing and just let the story stand as fantasy for the reader to believe or not?

Thanks for your thoughts,
Lydra

 

[NotWise]

I've received skeptical feedback from previous parts of a story about whether something is possible in reality or not. It relates to the next segment I'm looking to post, so I'm considering whether to address that skepticism in the author's note section. If so, there is a gif that proves pretty concretely that it is realistic.

I don't think I've ever seen external links in stories on Lit before. Is it allowed? Are there reasons I wouldn't have thought of that I shouldn't? Should I ignore the whole thing and just let the story stand as fantasy for the reader to believe or not?

Thanks for your thoughts,
Lydra

No external hyperlinks or even things that look like actual hyperlinks are allowed. Your best solution might be to ignore what your readers complain about.

 

[Lydra]

Thanks a lot for the fast reply, NotWise!

 

[Hypoxia]

You can link to other stories on LIT. I have done so. The LIT Illustrated Stories category may contain images that you created -- art or photos. You might try posting a piece there (750 word minimum) containing your image IF YOU CREATED IT, then link from your current story. I've not tried that but I can't see why it wouldn't work.

 

[ElectricBlue]

Ignore the doubters. Your story has excellent commentary, each chapter with a good solid rating; it doesn't look like you need to defend yourself at all. I wouldn't worry about justifying yourself to anyone.

It sounds to me that you've just encountered some category police. Besides, if you know it's really possible, then what the hell would they know?

 

[KeithD]

I always laugh about the comments that something couldn't happen, because these invariable were the parts of the story that did happen. One example is a story I wrote of an Amish couple honeymooning on an ocean cruise (the kicker being that they changed into sexy casual clothes and had a ball during the cruise and changed back when the boat was docking) and had commenters say that the Amish don't go on ocean cruises--when the whole inspiration for the story was seeing a young Amish couple (and I know what Amish people look like) did all of that on a cruise I was on.

 

[Bramblethorn]

I don't think I've ever seen external links in stories on Lit before. Is it allowed?

No. It's effectively impossible to control where external links go. A spammer can submit a story with a link to something that seems perfectly innocuous, and then change the content at the link after the story's been approved.

 

[Hypoxia]

I've received skeptical feedback from previous parts of a story about whether something is possible in reality or not.

YOU are the author. YOU created or inhabited the story universe. What YOU can imagine is probably less outré that what does happen in our odd universe. A truism: Fiction must make sense but reality needn't. Wave your hands, add phlebotinum as needed to smooth things out, and proceed.

Some truths are greater than reality. I've written of rampant druggie Keith Richards visiting the Jefferson Starship ranch north of San Francisco and, whilst groggily pissing on a bush, a rattlesnake struck his cock. Medical help was called, but no use... within 1/2 hour, that snake was DEAD. Don't tell me it's impossible; Keith was often blamed for major drug shortages.

We can judge better if you post a link to your story. Cheers!

 

[LupusDei]

Create forum topic beforehand, link to that forum topic in author comment before/after the story, include or link the outside content in the forum topic. It's rather contrived and number of readers willing to hop two links to learn their beliefs are false may be minuscule, but it should work.

 

[ThisNameIsntTakenYet]

You could provide some search keywords that can get you to this gif or similar info, like:

"I'd suggest you Google for 'xxx' and 'yyy' and see for yourself."

Most likely, the person who has given you the critics won't see it, but you might convince others, who started to doubt your story after reading that comment.

I think this is the most elegant solution proposed yet.

That said, I agree with the whole "you got nothing to prove" mentality too. It's your story, you decide what can happen in it. I bet no one comments on a story about someone getting abducted by aliens and probed that it's not possible. Judging by your first post I am guessing this is about a particular sex position or act. A gif to illustrate might help, but if it is definitely possible to pull this off, I don't see the need to prove it. And even if it wasn't, if it was hot and not completely ridiculous, who cares?

 

[LupusDei]

Judging by your first post I am guessing this is about a particular sex position or act. A gif to illustrate might help, but if it is definitely possible to pull this off, I don't see the need to prove it.

Possible is extremely relative. I grew up among artistic gymnasts. So I knew a teenage girl who could take a finger, any one of them, and fold it back against the top of her palm. Some may probably puke confronted by that sight unprepared, but she insisted there's no pain. As soon she released it, it went back into place and was functional immediately. Actually her grip was very strong; her muscles liquid steel. Her joints were just that loose. Another very nice girl and equally trained gymnast permanently damaged her spine trying to emulate some of her poses. So, yes, a lot of things came with 'do not try at home' labels, but...

And even if it wasn't, if it was hot and not completely ridiculous, who cares?

Recently I read something and it was hot enough that for a change I did try to follow a sex act closely. I stumbled upon an "um what?" action, backtracked a paragraph and decided the guy forgot to mention flipping the girl around. Then, in the next few perhaps I just had to assume the girl somehow was supposed to be in superposition on her spine and belly at the same time, or maybe I misread guy's position or something else, but indeed, at that point I didn't really care.

 

[Lydra]

Thanks for the thoughts, everybody. I think you've convinced me to leave the whole thing alone. I'm working my way through my first story, so I guess I'm still reacting a bit too defensively to Category Police, as electricblue66 called them.

 

[ElectricBlue]

Thanks for the thoughts, everybody. I think you've convinced me to leave the whole thing alone. I'm working my way through my first story, so I guess I'm still reacting a bit too defensively to Category Police, as electricblue66 called them.

They're a ton of fun, the first time you encounter them.

My first encounter was in Erotic Horror (you'd think they'd be a tough bunch there) when I was writing a long shaggy dog story about shape-shifters. In one chapter I dropped in some father/son sodomy which did not go down well, and I was taken to task. I couldn't see the problem, frankly - the previous chapter had a hetero anal sex encounter, so I just changed the gender, what the fuck, right? I'm sure if it had been mom getting boffed by the son, it would have been just fine, but gay male, oh no!

Anyway, because I was writing fast, and releasing a chapter every week or so (how I managed that I really don't know), I decided to fuck with the CP's head (it's my story, I'll write what I damn well like), so I wrote the next chapter where the male protagonist gets ass-fucked by a black trans woman. Oddly, there was not much of a reaction to that one, go figure. Then I wrote a nice "straight" chapter, and got a very sweet comment (from some one else) saying, "Oh good, you're back on track now."

That chapter has pride of place as my lowest score (my only sub 4 score), even though I subsequently added a squick warning into the comments of the proceeding chapter. So yeah, the Category Police. Gotta love 'em .

 

[8letters]

I've received skeptical feedback from previous parts of a story about whether something is possible in reality or not. It relates to the next segment I'm looking to post, so I'm considering whether to address that skepticism in the author's note section. If so, there is a gif that proves pretty concretely that it is realistic.

I don't think I've ever seen external links in stories on Lit before. Is it allowed? Are there reasons I wouldn't have thought of that I shouldn't? Should I ignore the whole thing and just let the story stand as fantasy for the reader to believe or not?

Thanks for your thoughts,
Lydra

What you can do is post a request for feedback for your story in the Story Feedback forum. In that post, you can include a link to the gif. And then you can include a link to that post in the author's note section of your next story (or edit your current story to include the link).

 

[yukonnights]

You can simply put the GIF into a post, then a link to said post.
Step 1) Create your story Thread—probably in Story Feedback Forum.
Step 2) In your first post you can talk about your story, etc. Then bring up the unusual "whatever you want to explain". In that post you can insert an image or GIF. In the 'new post' workspace, open the link of the small yellow picture of a mountain and circle from the tool bar at the top of workspace. Then from another tab, right click the image you want to copy and select 'copy image location'. Then go back to your draft post, paste into the waiting pop-up. (It should go without saying; that the GIF needs to meet Literotica's image posting rules.)
Step 3) Put a link in the story Intro or Afterword to the Literotica Forum Post. (A note in the submission page saying the link goes to Literotica Forum may be worth doing.)

This should provide a one click solution for any such need.

That's how this one below showed up here.

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/98/90/a4/9890a47d4f96324ab8096943c6872b18.gif

 

[Hypoxia]

You can simply put the GIF into a post, then a link to said post.

Have you done this? I've not tried linking to the forum side from a story submission.

 

[yukonnights]

Have you done this? I've not tried linking to the forum side from a story submission.

No. I'm assuming a link to the Lit Forum would be accepted...could be dead wrong though.

 

[8letters]

Have you done this? I've not tried linking to the forum side from a story submission.

I do it in most of my stories.

 

[yukonnights]

I do it in most of my stories.

I have seen that, but didn't think about it...I'm glad you cleared the question up