I'm still having a hard time figuring out what counts as a 3, 4, and 5. I'm not doing a direct transfer of the MPAA system, mainly because to me a 5 means there's something really twisted happening, not just graphic sex. So, the last story I posted, I rated a 4, even though it's a total Kink/Cliche pornotopia, because it's basically sweet in nature. Something rated a 3 would have making out and then cut-to-the-window love-making.
A 5 needs seriously disturbing content, which for me would be something like: sadism, brutality, graphic violence, rape, incest, character death, sex between an adult and a minor (Batman/teenaged Robin, for example), graphicly spiraling insanity, aliens bursting out of chests, etc.
I'm far more sensitive to violence than sex, and I totally can't handle horror movies...whereas *mature* teenagers (17, 18, 19) have mostly all been exposed to some kind of porn.
I guess the problem with rating systems in the past have always been that it was up to the writer's discretion, and a fic-writer's R is usually a lot more sexually graphic than the MPAA's R. So, I'm still fine-tuning, especially as I learn to write fic that doesn't rely on the porn for its plot. *g*
Anyway, I'm totally open to comments and suggestions and ideas, and I'd love to hear how experimenting with this works out for you!!
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5/27/05 07:38 pm (UTC)I'm still having a hard time figuring out what counts as a 3, 4, and 5. I'm not doing a direct transfer of the MPAA system, mainly because to me a 5 means there's something really twisted happening, not just graphic sex. So, the last story I posted, I rated a 4, even though it's a total Kink/Cliche pornotopia, because it's basically sweet in nature. Something rated a 3 would have making out and then cut-to-the-window love-making.
A 5 needs seriously disturbing content, which for me would be something like: sadism, brutality, graphic violence, rape, incest, character death, sex between an adult and a minor (Batman/teenaged Robin, for example), graphicly spiraling insanity, aliens bursting out of chests, etc.
I'm far more sensitive to violence than sex, and I totally can't handle horror movies...whereas *mature* teenagers (17, 18, 19) have mostly all been exposed to some kind of porn.
I guess the problem with rating systems in the past have always been that it was up to the writer's discretion, and a fic-writer's R is usually a lot more sexually graphic than the MPAA's R. So, I'm still fine-tuning, especially as I learn to write fic that doesn't rely on the porn for its plot. *g*
Anyway, I'm totally open to comments and suggestions and ideas, and I'd love to hear how experimenting with this works out for you!!
*hugs*