This looks like a good occasion to ask: how reliable is fimfiction.net rating system?
I have cautiously read a couple of top-rated stories on fimfiction.net and found them really good. But I know there are nastier ones out there, and those I would like to avoid.
Am I safe just by not clicking the prominent "View Mature" checkbox? But should't the story automatically fit into "Mature" if it's labeled Dark or Tragedy?
I know of the Internet Rule 43: "The more beautiful and pure a thing is, the more satisfying it is to corrupt". But I have no desire to meet with manifestations of this rule.
To my mind, honestly Teen rated fic for a show rated "TV-Y" (ages 2 and older) is enough of a stretch. For characters of such show to suddenly take keen interest in intimate relationships, violence or whatnot (without a hint at it in the show) just doesn't look appropriate. I'm worried by the (greater than 0) amount of sex in some of the stories labeled Teen, too.
It's curated. Every story is checked by a mod before being posted. Personally, I don't like this: I would rather authors had freedom to post anything they wanted, and run the "risk" of offending people or exposing people to things they didn't want to see every now and then. Hell, in my book, that's a feature, not a bug.
But should't the story automatically fit into "Mature" if it's labeled Dark or Tragedy?
AAUGH! No!
"Mature" is supposed to mean explicit sex or violence. This is funny when you think about it. Amit (a cl...
For the past two months, I've been writing, and posting, roughly two thousand words a day of "Myou've Gotta be Kidding Me", a story set in a "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic" fanfic universe, "Chess Game of the Gods". Outside of the sheer NaNoWriMo-like exercise of pushing out near-daily chapters, I've also been trying to keep in mind the various principles I've learned from Yudkowsky and LessWrong, and to try to present them in a way that people who like reading MLP fanfics might be able to appreciate.
I've just come to something of a minor climax with chapter 60, and while I'll definitely be continuing the story, this seems like a good time to mention it here, for whatever feedback and constructive criticism anyone cares to offer.