Lois & Clark Forums Forums General Discussion Fun with Polls How do you prefer nfic stories to be posted?

Okay, you are all right, I really shouldn't have jumped to conclusions.
Maybe I'll find it less disturbing and more romantic when I'm older *feels like a baby*

I apologize if I hurt anyone. I can assume that nfic is not that different from PG13 stories, except for the more descriptive love scenes. And I never meant (even if I kinda did) to compare nfic to pornography.

Julie

I always respond to this one, Tank, with I don't either. Need? I doubt it. I need air to breathe, food to eat, but I doubt any author needs to write nfic. Or fanfic come to that.

OTOH - do you have to need something to enjoy doing it? I don't need chocolate either, but it's darned good to eat. So I tend to eat it.

So, I'd conclude - need? Nah. Do it just because it's fun? Sure!

Julie, I think you might find that things are very different in nfic than you imagine them to be and it seems clear to me from reading your posts that you're slightly confusing the porn sites and suchlike with nfic. But that's okay - it's an easy mistake to make when you have no other reference to compare it to, so I don't think you should feel dumb for making it at all!

Back when I first joined the fandom, I assumed nfic was what I knew of it years previously. Then nfic meant slash fic - Kirk and Spock fanfic written by Trek fans in which they had a gay relationship. That wasn't at all to my taste and although I knew that much of it was very well written, I hadn't read much.

Given that, I wasn't interested in reading nfic either ...until one day I accidentally stumbled over Menolly's nfic LNC stories on the net while looking for fanfic and was blown away by the sensual, beautiful, waffy and humourous depiction in her stories of our heroes in love and loving each other. I was amazed. Nfic had sure changed some since my day. I had never imagined nfic was like this! Shortly after that I found other great LNC nfic writers and never looked back.

Now, I'm not at all saying here, "Hey, try it out, you'll love it!" because you may not. It may not be to your taste at all and if you never try it out - that's entirely your choice. Stick with what you like - life's too short for anything else. I only offer it up as an example of how I too misjudged the genre to begin with. I'm sure others have too. So you're not alone.

LabRat

My comment on 'I don't see why it's needed' is totally based on a personal opinion that general nfic content doesn't really add to a story. Granted this comes from a person who doesn't read nfic so it can be said I don't know what I'm talking about.

I do have to say, though, that I am vehemently opposed to censorship of most kinds and feel that if people want an nfic site to play with they should be able to have it. So, as I said originally; It doesn't matter to me how the nfic stories are posted since it won't concern me.

Tank (who actually only finds nfic unneccessary while he finds the inclusion of babies and young children in a story disgusting)

As a new writer who is deep in the throes of learning how to distinguish "nfic" from "pgfic" (don't you laugh, Wendy!), I can say that at least in this fandom, the nfic is very gentle. In fact, I am somewhat paranoid about posting anything I would rate above a low PG on the pgfic boards as I wouldn't want to cross over the line inadvertantly - something that I have done during my learning curve.

But in no way would I ever label anything in the nfic boards as pornographic. Yes, some writers may get more graphic than others, but I have yet to read a single Lois and Clark nfic that I would in any way describe as distasteful. Always these characters have been shown in a loving, committed relationship just as they had been on the show.

As a writer, one of the aspects of Lois and Clark's relationship that inspires and intrigues me is the amazing chemistry they had between each other. However, because of the nature of the family-oriented show, I felt a lot of this chemisty had to be "ignored" so to speak. Through nfic, I can both read and write about it to whatever level makes me feel comfortable.

If I feel that I need to have an open-end as to what I can write to tell my story effectively, I will write it as an nfic, then convert it to PG. It would be very interesting to me to have a non-nfic reader (who is of legal age), read the two versions side by side and tell me if they really feel that the nfic part adds absolutely nothing to the story - doesn't help with expressing emotions or mood. It may be the case that the stuff that pushes the story into nfic range is really unnecessary.

Of course, to each his own, and I would never try to convince anyone to read something that made him or her feel uncomfortable. One of the nicest things about this particular fandom is our willingness to accept these different preferences and accomodate them accordingly. Because I would love for everyone to read my stories and offer me feedback, I will always take the time to convert an nfic to PG, and if not post it on the pg boards, at least send it to the archive.

It's kind of like leaving the meat out of the lasagna for the vegetarians in the crowd <g>! Both versions can be just as tasty.

Lynn

Yep, just to throw my two cents in, it's all about preference. I was 15 when I started reading fanfic. I'd heard a word or two about nfic and was midly curious. Now that I'm old enough in this particular fandom to actually read it (I'm 19), I've found that it doesn't add anything to the story for me. If people want to write it, that's fine. It's just right up there with some of the other genres in fanfic that I don't prefer as much. Oh yeah, one more thing. I don't recommend romance novels if you ever want a feel for nfic in general. I totally threw away the one my aunt got me last year. It was completely over the top compared to what people write here. I have to say it was the first and last one I read...and I only got through five chapters. :p

JD