[NSFW] Topics that you don’t want to get involve?

[Representing_Tromba]

Yeah I don't like gay people either.

Really? That's where you had to take this?

Spoiler: My stance.

Plus, I don't hate gay people. I may not agree with it but I have no right or authority to condemn them. Instead, being Christ-like by sharing meals and conversing with them in respect and kindness

 

[LadyIsak]

While I don’t think that artistic depiction of any given thing is automatically endorsement, I have my personal squicks and hard limits; I wouldn’t write graphic gore or sexual violence.

More trivially, I don’t see myself ever getting really into writing straight romance or smut. I just have little to no interest in it, usually.

Rape, NTR, smut in general, current political issues, and the promotion of sin.

Just can't stand writing about these things.

Genuinely curious, what exactly do you mean by “promotion of sin”? Sin’s a pretty big category, and not a uniform one across different traditions.

And what counts as “promotion”? I’m curious if you generally think that depiction is at minimum tacit endorsement, or if you just prefer not to write about things that are … well, aversive to you.

 

[Representing_Tromba]

Genuinely curious, what exactly do you mean by “promotion of sin”? Sin’s a pretty big category, and not a uniform one across different traditions.

And what counts as “promotion”? I’m curious if you generally think that depiction is at minimum tacit endorsement, or if you just prefer not to write about things that are … well, aversive to you.

I base it off of Christian theology which says to hate sin, not the sinner and to not cause a person to stumble. Basically the ten commandments as well as the sins discussed by Jesus (I am only human so obviously there will be slip ups, but I at least try). I depict characters of various walks of life and with various facets that make them human. They aren't meant to be stereotypes to put people down, as many christian authors tend to do, but to instead show real people, no matter the religious outlook or lifestyle, with proper respect and care. My view of promotion would be like me telling the readers via text or subtext that stuff like stabbing a person, sleeping with your best friend(or best friends lover), and/or lying to someone is something you should definitely do. Depictions are not the same as promoting. This is a bit difficult to explain so I won't as there are a fair amount of people who would disagree with me.

 

[Gryphon]

Personally, I could write about anything as long as there is a reason for it to be in the story, whether it be for thematic or character based reasons.

 

[Eclectic_Asininity]

Really? That's where you had to take this?

Spoiler: My stance.

Plus, I don't hate gay people. I may not agree with it but I have no right or authority to condemn them. Instead, being Christ-like by sharing meals and conversing with them in respect and kindness

What are you talking about, I never said that.

 

[Aaqil]

 

[CheertheSecond]

While I don’t think that artistic depiction of any given thing is automatically endorsement

I wholeheartedly believe fiction should be distanced from reality unless stated otherwise by the author.

My question too isn’t about that. However, to depict something in details, it is usually necessary for the artists to delve deep into the subject matter. I personally will have to simulate the situation and the feeling of the victims to get a more realistic feeling in order to depict. This process is quite taxing if the topic is something I couldn’t handle.

 

[TheEldritchGod]

Are there any topic that are too heavy that you as an author do not want to think about at all?

Love. Friendship. People liking me. Someone actually wanting to spend time in my presence when not getting paid. Mercy. Forgiveness. Anything that makes me remember that which I drink to forget. Feelings in general. Being happy. My childhood. Growing up. Becoming an adult. Old age.

...

That's it.

 

[RepresentingWrath]

Love. Friendship. People liking me. Someone actually wanting to spend time in my presence when not getting paid. Mercy. Forgiveness. Anything that makes me remember that which I drink to forget. Feelings in general. Being happy. My childhood. Growing up. Becoming an adult. Old age.

...

That's it.

Bruh.

 

[AnonUnlimited]

You know, my “smut novel” on this site has already touched every taboo except… well we’re wolves are soft beastiality.

 

[TheEldritchGod]

Bruh.

Well, that's why I write about this. Because it is heavy. Because it hurts. Because it makes me uncomfortable. You think my readers want high hearted slice of life? Every relationship it tinged with a bit of sadness, because that's real life.

If you haven't been betrayed, it's because you didn't notice, or you never really trusted the other person.

And that's fine.

Everyone has a limit. There is a point you cut someone loose. Not everyone you meet is worth you making friends with them. Befriending someone out of pity is worse than never being friends at all.

So I write about they which hurts the most, because the pain seeps into every paragraph and that's why they read it. Pure concentrated drama with the banality of life crushed and purged from the final product.

Not drama for dramas sake, but a reflection of what you gave seen. The pain is what draws you in, but the character's method to survive it. To heal from it. To succumb to it. That's the hook.

The wooda cooda shooda.

To dream about how would you deal with this, and by extention wonder how you could have dealt with the pain you felt in the past. What was this pain?

The same pain we have all felt.

Dreams of revenge, of forgiveness, of understanding, of amends, of mercy...

They are all bittersweet. They all hurt in different ways.

So I write.

 

[RepresentingWrath]

Well, that's why I write about this. Because it is heavy. Because it hurts. Because it makes me uncomfortable. You think my readers want high hearted slice of life? Every relationship it tinged with a bit of sadness, because that's real life.

If you haven't been betrayed, it's because you didn't notice, or you never really trusted the other person.

And that's fine.

Everyone has a limit. There is a point you cut someone loose. Not everyone you meet is worth you making friends with them. Befriending someone out of pity is worse than never being friends at all.

So I write about they which hurts the most, because the pain seeps into every paragraph and that's why they read it. Pure concentrated drama with the banality of life crushed and purged from the final product.

Not drama for dramas sake, but a reflection of what you gave seen. The pain is what draws you in, but the character's method to survive it. To heal from it. To succumb to it. That's the hook.

The wooda cooda shooda.

To dream about how would you deal with this, and by extention wonder how you could have dealt with the pain you felt in the past. What was this pain?

The same pain we have all felt.

Dreams of revenge, of forgiveness, of understanding, of amends, of mercy...

They are all bittersweet. They all hurt in different ways.

So I write.

Bruh.

 

[CheertheSecond]

Love. Friendship. People liking me. Someone actually wanting to spend time in my presence when not getting paid. Mercy. Forgiveness. Anything that makes me remember that which I drink to forget. Feelings in general. Being happy. My childhood. Growing up. Becoming an adult. Old age.

...

That's it.

Really? Just those?

Nope. Sorry.
I do not have a pole long enought to touch that one.

 

[MisterEnigmatic]

Scat.

Yeah, I'm not going near that.

Remind me of this one comic (Thai or Japanese, not sure) where the mother saw her fetus being taken out of her womb and brutally cut to pieces in front of her. Needless to say, she was traumatised for life.

Dear God, that's horrific. How do you even come up with things like that?

Well, that's why I write about this. Because it is heavy. Because it hurts. Because it makes me uncomfortable. You think my readers want high hearted slice of life? Every relationship it tinged with a bit of sadness, because that's real life.

If you haven't been betrayed, it's because you didn't notice, or you never really trusted the other person.

And that's fine.

Everyone has a limit. There is a point you cut someone loose. Not everyone you meet is worth you making friends with them. Befriending someone out of pity is worse than never being friends at all.

So I write about they which hurts the most, because the pain seeps into every paragraph and that's why they read it. Pure concentrated drama with the banality of life crushed and purged from the final product.

Not drama for dramas sake, but a reflection of what you gave seen. The pain is what draws you in, but the character's method to survive it. To heal from it. To succumb to it. That's the hook.

The wooda cooda shooda.

To dream about how would you deal with this, and by extention wonder how you could have dealt with the pain you felt in the past. What was this pain?

The same pain we have all felt.

Dreams of revenge, of forgiveness, of understanding, of amends, of mercy...

They are all bittersweet. They all hurt in different ways.

So I write.

Copypasta material here, geez.

 

[Empyrea]

I don't like going into any details with adult content. Most of the lewd or unfortunate stuff in my novel gets a blurred description. The real important parts are the emotions and how people deal with situations. At least for me.

I never liked reading the detailed horribleness myself, so putting it in my own writing would be silly.

 

[CheertheSecond]

Dear God, that's horrific. How do you even come up with things like that?

I was surprised as well.

 

[Grievewriter]

Its not that I've got any hard limits, its just that I've never found much reason to add them into my stories. I never really had a chance to flex my creative degenerecy in that part because: 1. None of my plots or ideas have made it necessary. 2. I get this sneaking suspicion writing more grotesquely will severely fracture whatever audience I'm hoping to get.

Maybe if I ever find myself interested in becoming a full-blown smut writer I'll have a more concrete answer, see if I can make the smut fic to end all smut fics. Somehow bring together every fetish known to man without alienating anyone from my audience. Certain to be the envy of the 18+ community for generations.