Where would this go?

[GaryStargazer]

A friend of mine is thinking of uploading one of her stories onto here.
It's a fanfiction writing focused on biblical figures.

This place doesn't have a biblical or fanfiction listing to my knowledge so what would she upload it as?

From what I've read it seems to focus mostly on M/F interaction between the two main characters of the story.

 

[LindsayRae]

Fanfiction goes in the Celebrity section.

 

[Sanichi]

If there is no obvious lean to the sex (Anal, BDSM, etc.), then regardless of historical era or setting it would be Erotic Couplings. If the M is Jesus I'd put it in Celebrities.

 

[LindsayRae]

Even though no Biblical character would be considered a celebrity, any public figure or real person would wind up in said category. Ultimately, category placement in connection with "is this person a celeb" depends on the author's and/or the owners' views of Christian mythology. Jesus was proven a real man that lived in this world. Was Adam? (I'm not sure.) Et cetra.

 

[Sanichi]

I was being facetious. Hey, if the F is Mary Magdalene put it in Loving Wives - they'll go nuts!

 

[GaryStargazer]

It centers around Michel and an original character of hers.

 

[snoopercharmbrights]

If you look at the top of any story in Celebrities you will see the disclaimer which allows all sorts of celebrities to be parodies. Any story they think will need this disclaimer will be put in that category. Remember that if you quote (for example) the Lord's Prayer, the copyright in that is owned by the Anglican Board of Finance in the USA, from whom permission should be sought.

... Jesus was proven a real man that lived in this world. ...

Er ... yes, I suppose there have been many humans called Jesus, especially in Latin America, but the one in the Bible? What evidence is there?

Perhaps in a couple of thousand years' time some people will be convinced that there was a real man called David Ransome who became Emir of Kobekistan in 2005, otherwise why would there be so many books written about him?.

 

[Sanichi]

Wtf?

the copyright in that is owned by the Anglican Board of Finance in the USA

Explain please.

 

[LindsayRae]

Er ... yes, I suppose there have been many humans called Jesus, especially in Latin America, but the one in the Bible? What evidence is there?

I'm not going to try to look it up right now. History Channel has done a documentary about it, as well as other sources, of the Jew from Nazareth that died of crucifixion for his beliefs.

 

[snoopercharmbrights]

... Remember that if you quote (for example) the Lord's Prayer, the copyright in that is owned by the Anglican Board of Finance in the USA, from whom permission should be sought. ...

Explain please.

In my copy of the Litany as used in the Church of England in England it says that all the contents of Rite A and Rite B are "copyright of Anglican Board of Finance in the USA, from whom permission should be sought to reproduce any part."

We came across this when preparing service sheets for the consecration of the Church of the Ascension in Malvern Link some years ago. It had been the intention to provide every member of the congregation with a souvenir booklet which would contain every word spoken or sung during the service.

 

[Sanichi]

Ah, the penny drops. And my jaw comes up off the floor.

You are talking about copyright in the particular version contained in the Litany, or possibly its place in the Order of Service. I would expect something in the form of words in that version, such as "your" in place of "thy" qualifies it as an original work, similar to how traditional carol "The Twelve Days of Christmas" falls under copyright with the addition of the "Five gold rings" part.

I pictured an evil corporation launching a legalized smash-and-grab to ringfence the most widely known short work in the English language this side of "Happy Birthday To You"! I don't know who wrote it but Jesus placed it* in the public domain with the Sermon on the Mount, and he's two thousand years too late to come looking for royalties.


*The Lord's Prayer that is, not Happy Birthday To You