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On writing requests
5 years ago
I recently received a one sentence note from a user, asking me to write a story featuring characters from a particular animated children's series. To me, this is quite inconsiderate on several levels. First, a user looking at my profile would see that I have (intentionally) left my user profile sparse. While I have been a bit more active recently with my journaling, I don't believe I have given any indications that I am accepting requests. Looking at my recent journals, I realize that one of the ongoing themes is an (unintentional) plugging of the Occupational Hazards game. However, my involvement with this game was the result of my unsolicited offer of content, rather than :usersamanthasnow: reaching out to me.
Second, the number of interactions I have had with this user have been minimal. No back and forth exchanges in the comments on one work or another and no attempt to get to get to know me. I will admit that the number of users I interact with on a regular basis is fairly small, not even a token effort was made to open that dialog. In real world terms, this was analogous to walking up to a random stranger at a writers convention and asking 'Would you write X for me'. While you might have seen them at a panel, they might not have taken note of you beyond your presence in the room.
Finally, there's the question of subject material. All of the writing I've posted here has been set either in a universe of my own devising, or within the context of Occupational Hazards. I've also posted some work on Deviant Art that is set in a second OC universe. While the work that is (currently) DA exclusive would be considered safe for work, the vast majority of what I have written is not. By requesting work from someone whose corpse of work is primarily adult oriented, you are implicitly asking for work that would have a similar rating. In this case, the problem is that the source material is an animated children's series. Putting these two things together, it implies that you are asking for adult oriented content to be created, featuring characters that normally appear on Saturday morning cartoons.
While I won't begrudge someone for indulging in this particular niche fetish (I have my own collection of niche fetishes after all), asking someone who has demonstrated no such interest is crossing a line. One key tenant of most fetish communities is the concept of consent. There is a distinct difference between 'I am walking through this door to see naked boobies' and 'naked boobies are running past my house'. With the former, you are implicitly consenting to the viewing of said naked boobies. With the later, they are thrust in your face, whether or not you consent to see them at that particular time. In this situation, a content creator's gallery is like a club. While both a nightclub and a strip club would be considered clubs, the expectations of what is contained within may be vastly different. If someone entered a strip club and screamed 'I want to see some naked boobies', it might be considered rude but it is fairly obvious that naked boobies lie within. If that same person entered a nightclub and shouted the same thing, they would probably be thrown out for violating the expected decorum.
On that note, I do recognize that my most recent posting is definitely darker than some of the other stories I've posted. As such, I explicitly called this fact out at the start of the story and tried to put any relevant story tags on the story. When I search for new content on FA, I have a handful of keywords that I use in my search, but I also have a longer list of keywords that I filter out of the results. While this might mean that I miss some content I might otherwise like, it also means that I don't have certain classes of content pushed in my face.
While I'm not going to disable comments initially, I reserve the right to do so. If you feel the urge to comment, please don't identify specific users in your commentary. That would potentially fall afoul of clause 2.4 in the code of conduct.
Hopefully this journal will fall off my front page in a few days. I've been making a serious push on Kirin Hunter, and I'm just trying to bring it to a close. Even if my muse insists on adding more narration before I go into the epilogue.
Second, the number of interactions I have had with this user have been minimal. No back and forth exchanges in the comments on one work or another and no attempt to get to get to know me. I will admit that the number of users I interact with on a regular basis is fairly small, not even a token effort was made to open that dialog. In real world terms, this was analogous to walking up to a random stranger at a writers convention and asking 'Would you write X for me'. While you might have seen them at a panel, they might not have taken note of you beyond your presence in the room.
Finally, there's the question of subject material. All of the writing I've posted here has been set either in a universe of my own devising, or within the context of Occupational Hazards. I've also posted some work on Deviant Art that is set in a second OC universe. While the work that is (currently) DA exclusive would be considered safe for work, the vast majority of what I have written is not. By requesting work from someone whose corpse of work is primarily adult oriented, you are implicitly asking for work that would have a similar rating. In this case, the problem is that the source material is an animated children's series. Putting these two things together, it implies that you are asking for adult oriented content to be created, featuring characters that normally appear on Saturday morning cartoons.
While I won't begrudge someone for indulging in this particular niche fetish (I have my own collection of niche fetishes after all), asking someone who has demonstrated no such interest is crossing a line. One key tenant of most fetish communities is the concept of consent. There is a distinct difference between 'I am walking through this door to see naked boobies' and 'naked boobies are running past my house'. With the former, you are implicitly consenting to the viewing of said naked boobies. With the later, they are thrust in your face, whether or not you consent to see them at that particular time. In this situation, a content creator's gallery is like a club. While both a nightclub and a strip club would be considered clubs, the expectations of what is contained within may be vastly different. If someone entered a strip club and screamed 'I want to see some naked boobies', it might be considered rude but it is fairly obvious that naked boobies lie within. If that same person entered a nightclub and shouted the same thing, they would probably be thrown out for violating the expected decorum.
On that note, I do recognize that my most recent posting is definitely darker than some of the other stories I've posted. As such, I explicitly called this fact out at the start of the story and tried to put any relevant story tags on the story. When I search for new content on FA, I have a handful of keywords that I use in my search, but I also have a longer list of keywords that I filter out of the results. While this might mean that I miss some content I might otherwise like, it also means that I don't have certain classes of content pushed in my face.
While I'm not going to disable comments initially, I reserve the right to do so. If you feel the urge to comment, please don't identify specific users in your commentary. That would potentially fall afoul of clause 2.4 in the code of conduct.
Hopefully this journal will fall off my front page in a few days. I've been making a serious push on Kirin Hunter, and I'm just trying to bring it to a close. Even if my muse insists on adding more narration before I go into the epilogue.
