question about celebs+fanfic

[nice90sguy]

Years ago I wrote a patsiche of Sherlock Holmes, and was suprised that it got categorized as a "Celebrities" story (I don't think "fanfic" was a thing back then).

I'm planning a story where a bunch of 1930's and 1940's Hollywood stars appear in the protag's imagination and speak to him, much like the way Humphrey Bogart appears in Woody Allen's "Play it Again, Sam" -- strictly and obviously they're not "real" in the story.

Would a story like that have to be categorized as Celebrities + Fanfic?

 

[AchtungNight]

It depends. Probably. Definitely if the historical figures participate in sex scenes. I’ve gotten away with mentioning celebrities as a character’s crush, past relationship, or acquaintance in a story and not having it in Celebrity, but what you describe probably should be there.

Relax, it’s not a bad category.

 

[SimonDoom]

For me the question is always, what's the erotic focus of the story? Suppose you have an erotic story about a man wooing a woman and he has imaginary conversations with Humphrey Bogart. Is that a Celeb/Fanfic story? I would say not, because the true focus of the story is the relationship between the man and the woman he's wooing.

 

[Bamagan]

Years ago I wrote a patsiche of Sherlock Holmes, and was suprised that it got categorized as a "Celebrities" story (I don't think "fanfic" was a thing back then).

I'm planning a story where a bunch of 1930's and 1940's Hollywood stars appear in the protag's imagination and speak to him, much like the way Humphrey Bogart appears in Woody Allen's "Play it Again, Sam" -- strictly and obviously they're not "real" in the story.

Would a story like that have to be categorized as Celebrities + Fanfic?

I'm guessing it would come down to whether or not the (imaginary) celebs have any sex or sex-adjacent activities going on. If not, it could plausibly go elsewhere, by the same logic that one character talking about sex with their friends wouldn't shift a story from, say, Lesbian to Group Sex if the only action is a FF scene. Although if you spend considerably more time detailing the imaginary interactions to the point that it overshadows the sex, that might swing it back in favor of celebrities/fanfic.

 

[nice90sguy]

Although if you spend considerably more time detailing the imaginary interactions to the point that it overshadows the sex, that might swing it back in favor of celebrities/fanfic.

That's probably how my story will go.

 

[Rob_Royale]

Relax, it’s not a bad category.

With respect, I disagree. Celeb/fanfic is a ghost town.
To the OP I advise doing anything to keep from having your story there, and unless Bogart is the central focus of the story I don't think it belongs there.

 

[nice90sguy]

With respect, I disagree. Celeb/fanfic is a ghost town.

Yeah, probably, but I'm not scared of ghosts - compared with some of the other critters that inhabit other categories.

 

[AchtungNight]

I have gotten plenty of favorites and comments from my many stories in Celebrity. I enjoyed contributing stories to it also. Give me the right idea, I might just do it again.

 

[SimonDoom]

With respect, I disagree. Celeb/fanfic is a ghost town.
To the OP I advise doing anything to keep from having your story there, and unless Bogart is the central focus of the story I don't think it belongs there.

Based on my experience, I agree. Fanfic may be extremely popular on some sites, but it appears to be one of the least-read categories at Literotica. My one fanfic story is one of my least-read.

That's not a reason to avoid the category if you want to write a genuinely fanfic-type story, which is what I did. I regret nothing. But if you have a choice of categories, I wouldn't choose that one.