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NC-17 Stories Have Plots!
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: Teri on October 07, 2007, 06:21:42 PM ---It's not about the readers though. its about the recognition being fair. You have to be 17 to get into a rated R movie don't you? So why put a rated R story as featured? It's merely because of the stigma. So pretty much it's come down to this either be fair and include everyone in THE SAME RECOGNITION or don't have recognition at all because if you're not going to be fair about it it taints EVERYONE who is recognized in saying "oh well you're good enough" and this other story that's just as good isn't because it contains more adult themes.
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I totally get your argument, and I agree to an extent, but at the same time, look at it this way: When choosing a movie of the week to put on TV, TV channels can't just show any movie they want. R-rated movies can only be shown if they are edited. Unedited and higher-rated programs have to be shown on special channels that not everyone has or only get shown late at night, when a lot of audiences aren't watching. Is that fair? Maybe not, to the people who want to watch R-rated movies unedited on TV any time they want, but I'm sure the parents of young children appreciate it. And the audience of those R movies can always get the DVD and watch them that way.
What is fair is not always equal, and what is equal is not always fair. Sometimes there have to be guidelines. If the guidelines of AC don't work for you, there are other sites that specialize in more adult-themed stories.
mare:
--- Quote from: Jamanda on October 07, 2007, 06:27:36 PM ---Just curious, but who is next months featured story? The NC-17 one? I'd really like to know if I've read it or not, so if I haven't so that I can. :]
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That's a surprise. lol I dont give that away until it happens and now i'm not even sure I can discuss it but my guess is, judging from your posts that you have read it.
lmao now i'm turning into a typo queen.
Jamanda:
--- Quote from: mare on October 07, 2007, 06:31:45 PM ---Tat's a surprise. lol I dont give that away until it happens and now i'm not even sure I can discuss it by my guess is, judging from your posts that you have read it.
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IS IT TRI OR TERI?! OH MY GOSH!
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: Tri on October 07, 2007, 06:25:22 PM ---I think that would be helpful. Honestly, I'm so on the fence with whether mine are truly NC-17 or if they're R.
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I know what you mean. My stories don't generally contain a lot of sex, but BMS does have a couple of sex scenes that are described in some detail. I wouldn't say they're totally explicit, but they're not glossed over either. But two scenes out of 190+ chapters, to me, does not mean it's an NC-17 story. I rated it R because it has adult language and definitely adult themes, but I don't see it as an NC-17 story at all. But it could be that my interpretation of NC-17 is a lot different from other people.
Teri:
I mean I'm not even sure about what rating my stories are anymore. If tri's are R worthy then so are mine since her and I share about the same amount of sexual content. If I made a mistake in saying it's NC-17 then of course I'm not above admitting my mistakes and fixing it and then we probably wouldn't be having this big of an issue. But what do we do? There's no clear cut rating system, So should NC-17 be restricted to no plot and all the stories with adult themes and sexual content and a plot be bumped down to R?
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