This topic has been an incredibly interesting read, and I'd like to thank everyone for posting their thoughts.
I recently finished an nfic that gets the rating not only for sexual content but also for adult themes. I tried my hand at gficing it because I know there are lots of folcs who don't read nfic (I used to be one of them until my muse decided to write this thing), and I didn't want to exclude them from my audience.
The more I think about it, however, the more I think the story shouldn't have a gfic version after all. I felt like the story lost a lot of it's emotional impact when I removed the explicit references, and even at that, I'm still not sure it would pass the mbs/archive ratings standard, so it may need to be edited down even further.
Anyway, I guess I just wanted to say thanks for this discussion. It's really got me thinking about what does and does not cross the gfic/nfic line, and how that impacts my story.
~Anna
