fandom_scruples is causing quite the stirring.

[azurelunatic]

A copy of my (so far screened) comment here:

I nominate myself, azurelunatic, for the Black list, as my fanfic handy links bit has some NC-17 work that is not protected in any way but the good behaviour of anyone underage who may be reading it.

As a fanfic reader who was reading adult-themed fanfic while underage, I appreciate the authors who label their adult-themed stories as such, and trust in the good behaviour of those who are reading it. I'm glad to report that I made fewer stupid teenage mistakes than many people, due in part to having that pseudo-literary outlet for my frustrations.

Comments

[sithjawa.livejournal.com]

This requires interesting definitions of "irresponsible"...

[azurelunatic]

!passwordprotected == !responsible, in this character's book.

[sithjawa.livejournal.com]

It's the definition of "responsible" in which to be responsible includes assuming that you're the only one who is responsible.

[azurelunatic]

Yes, because teenagers are a bunch of rulebreaking morons who don't read the ratings on stories and don't care about getting authors in trouble when the teenager goes prancing around and bragging about how they're reading nasty slash to the teachers at school.

[wibbble]

I looked at that and wondered: who'll really care?

It's like http://capalert.com/ reviewing 'R' rated films. The only people who care follow those guidelines already.

[azurelunatic]

*sigh*

Yeah. I wish there were a similar thing for pagan parents.