Allrighty.
Since my "accident" in February, I really haven't spent a whole lot of time on this site. Mare and Julilly have been pretty much in charge and keeping things running smoothly. The Featured Story of the Month has really been Mare's puppy, so I've discussed it with her and I am going to back off and we'll do a trial NC-17 featured story of the month. If all goes well and I don't get a lot of parental flack, etc, it'll stay that way. I will say that I do reserve the right to change back, but for now, we'll go with it.
I will say, however, that many of the NC-17 stories that you guys are talking about, if I'd rated them, I probably would have gone with "R". (Although now looking through the thread since I started the reply I see that ya'll have just discussed that. I'm a little late getting back to the party...what else is new *sigh*.)
Anyhoo, thanks for bringing the problem to my attention; I really never intended to slight any of you...
--Ash