Questions About Content Guidelines

[mildlyaroused]

Hi guys,

I'm new to Literotica and thus not too familiar with the rules. If anyone could help me out that'd be amazing

I am planning on deriving a short story from a novella that I abandoned some months ago, to post here. The story is not erotica: it is the story of two human beings, and their bond. They meet as children. There is one sexually explicit scene when they are adults.

Are characters under the age of eighteen allowed in stories, provided they are not the subject of any sexual acts/implications/talk? Is under-eighteen romance allowed, providing it contains no sex (i.e., kissing/cuddling, but no sexual content as per the Content Guidelines in FAQs)?

 

[ElectricBlue]

Hi guys,

I'm new to Literotica and thus not too familiar with the rules. If anyone could help me out that'd be amazing

I am planning on deriving a short story from a novella that I abandoned some months ago, to post here. The story is not erotica: it is the story of two human beings, and their bond. They meet as children. There is one sexually explicit scene when they are adults.

Are characters under the age of eighteen allowed in stories, provided they are not the subject of any sexual acts/implications/talk? Is under-eighteen romance allowed, providing it contains no sex (i.e., kissing/cuddling, but no sexual content as per the Content Guidelines in FAQs)?

Under eighteens are allowed, with perhaps one line, "I lost my virginity at sixteen", but don't elaborate, don't go further than that. My advice - if there's adult sex, have the kids out of the house and at least five hundred words away.

There's a sticky at the top of this Forum with advice from the site owner as to what constitutes "sex". Go read that one and you should get the idea as to what will pass, what won't.

Also, if you do have under eighteens, draw attention to the context in a Note to the Editor when you submit - that will make your life easier.

Finally, don't bother with disclaimers. The site looks at the way content is written, not someone's declaration, "they're all over eighteen." There are plenty of stories that have that disclaimer that are dodgy as.

Good luck!

 

[TarnishedPenny]

Common question and welcome to the AH.

Children in a story are OK provided they are not in any way involved in any form of sexuality - not only doing it themselves, but witnessing it. A 14-year-old seeing his naked neighbour is therefore a no-no.

Kids innocently holding hands would probably get by. Beyond that, probably no. The only authority is that if Laurel, the owner.

 

[PennameWombat]

Hi guys,

I'm new to Literotica and thus not too familiar with the rules. If anyone could help me out that'd be amazing

I am planning on deriving a short story from a novella that I abandoned some months ago, to post here. The story is not erotica: it is the story of two human beings, and their bond. They meet as children. There is one sexually explicit scene when they are adults.

I was going to suggest there is a Non-Erotic category here… but your story is erotica, according to the definitions here, with a sexually explicit scene. It won’t qualify for that category on this site.

Are characters under the age of eighteen allowed in stories, provided they are not the subject of any sexual acts/implications/talk? Is under-eighteen romance allowed, providing it contains no sex (i.e., kissing/cuddling, but no sexual content as per the Content Guidelines in FAQs)?

I’ve had plenty of children running around in stories, in just one case, an infant is an important character in my April Fool’s story. But for me they’ve always been side characters.

So I’ve never tried to portray under 18s in any sort of ‘romantic’ activity, never felt any need to.

So it might or might not fly.

But one thing to avoid, during the sexual encounter when they’re adults, don’t have any dialogue or thoughts that “we should’ve done this years ago” or anything else that would’ve been when they were under 18s.

 

[BobbyBrandt]

I was going to suggest there is a Non-Erotic category here… but your story is erotica, according to the definitions here, with a sexually explicit scene. It won’t qualify for that category on this site.

Au contraire.

There are hundreds of stories here with sexual activity of different degrees, or none at all, that work perfectly well in categories such as "Romance", "Novels/Novellas", "First Time", "Mature", and several others. There is no reason to "pigeon-hole" a story due it having or not having sexual content. It might do better in one category than another, but that will have more to do with the story being told than the amount of sex it contains.

So I’ve never tried to portray under 18s in any sort of ‘romantic’ activity, never felt any need to.

So it might or might not fly.

I have underage characters in several stories who have relationships that involve kissing, embracing, teasing each other, etc. There can be no "sexual activity" or involvement as defined by Laurel, but the characters can express emotions and act like non-sexual human beings among characters of the same age.

 

[PennameWombat]

Au contraire.

There are hundreds of stories here with sexual activity of different degrees, or none at all, that work perfectly well in categories such as "Romance", "Novels/Novellas", "First Time", "Mature", and several others. There is no reason to "pigeon-hole" a story due it having or not having sexual content. It might do better in one category than another, but that will have more to do with the story being told than the amount of sex it contains.

Yes, I have a number of such stories which seemingly have less explicit sex than was described by the OP in a few different categories here, some of them among my higher rated ones. My comment applied to the claim that their story is "not erotica" despite a stated explicit scene and the manner that I felt was rather dismissive, in an "I don't write erotica" tone from the OP. Maybe just me. As the OP provided no particular info, whether their story would be 'First Time' or somewhere else, that wasn't my point.

But if you have explicit sex, it can't go into Non-Erotic.

 

[BobbyBrandt]

Yes, I have a number of such stories which seemingly have less explicit sex than was described by the OP in a few different categories here, some of them among my higher rated ones. My comment applied to the claim that their story is "not erotica" despite a stated explicit scene and the manner that I felt was rather dismissive, in an "I don't write erotica" tone from the OP. Maybe just me. As the OP provided no particular info, whether their story would be 'First Time' or somewhere else, that wasn't my point.

But if you have explicit sex, it can't go into Non-Erotic.

Okay, now I understand your point about the Non-Erotic category statement.

 

[Smuttyandfun]

I had a story rejected for an underage sexual thought - a teenager, lusting after the neighborhood MILF.

From what I understand, anything they do before eighteen, better not have any mention of sex, even as a fantasy, or your story could be rejected.

 

[mildlyaroused]

Yes, I have a number of such stories which seemingly have less explicit sex than was described by the OP in a few different categories here, some of them among my higher rated ones. My comment applied to the claim that their story is "not erotica" despite a stated explicit scene and the manner that I felt was rather dismissive, in an "I don't write erotica" tone from the OP. Maybe just me. As the OP provided no particular info, whether their story would be 'First Time' or somewhere else, that wasn't my point.

But if you have explicit sex, it can't go into Non-Erotic.

On this point - the story is not erotica, as per the word itself, whose definition lies in its intent of arousing sexual feelings. One explicit sex scene doesn't constitute erotica. Plenty of books have sex scenes but are not erotica, as do plenty of my own novels.

I respect, however, that I'm unfamiliar with the categories here; if 'non-erotic' means zero sex, regardless of the rest of the story's contents or intent, then that's all good! It's a good category to have on an erotica site, so that people can find completely sex-free stories should they be in that mood. I will probably put the story in question in 'romance.'

And as for the "I don't write erotica" tone, that was not my intention. I've written and read erotica, and don't see it as a lesser format of fiction. If I did, I wouldn't be here! That non-erotica statement was merely to stress that sex was a very minor part of the story, and thus the under-eighteens were not involved with or exposed to it at all.

Thank you to everybody who's helped me out. I appreciate it

 

[PastMaster]

I had a story rejected for an underage sexual thought - a teenager, lusting after the neighborhood MILF.

From what I understand, anything they do before eighteen, better not have any mention of sex, even as a fantasy, or your story could be rejected.

I think its a little more complicated than that - Having someone underage lusting after someone is not necessarily an immediate reject, If that thought is explicit as to what they wanted to do to the other person that would be a reject but if the thought is simply that they have feelings towared them then that might fly. As I learned very recently context does matter. even if the story is rejected, you can argue your case - if the feelings of the underage person are important to the story and as long as no actual sexual activity ensues you might be successful.

In the end the only person's opinion that matters is Laurel, and the only thing I can say for certain is that the only way to find out, is to try.

 

[NeuraxLove]

So I have a theoretical question. Let’s say a man builds a robot woman that looks like and acts like an adult despite being only a few weeks old. If they were to have sex, would this count as underage?

 

[ElectricBlue]

So I have a theoretical question. Let’s say a man builds a robot woman that looks like and acts like an adult despite being only a few weeks old. If they were to have sex, would this count as underage?

It depends how you depict the behaviour. If the robot is depicted with adult features and adult behaviour and thought processes, you're depicting an adult, not a child. There would be plenty of stories here that depict dolls or statues that come to life with adult erotic behaviour, even though they were animated five minutes ago.

 

[Bamagan]

So I have a theoretical question. Let’s say a man builds a robot woman that looks like and acts like an adult despite being only a few weeks old. If they were to have sex, would this count as underage?

Unless one or both of the participants are making an emphasis on how long the robot has existed, enough so that it veers into ageplay territory, it's probably fine. Although getting off with an animated realdoll might still count as masturbation rather than sex...