What are The Forbidden Topics And How To Tread Along The Line Without Actually Crossing Them?

[GDLiZy]

Necrophilia, Bestiality, Suicide, Racism, Sexism, Racial Supremecy, Depression, Gore... Basically, I wished to know which is allowed and to what extent?

I wished to write short stories filled with suffering and a lot of darker topics, and how should I go with it without actually getting takedown? I knew that I, myself, did not encourage bestiality or necrophilia with my work, but is it still allowed to have an insane character that is necrophilia, or paedophilia? Do I have to write a disclaimer that I did not encourage the act, or do I have to express myself through the narration that it is indeed a bad practice?

Is writing about them okay in the term of the rules of the Hub? I'm more of a true neutral narrative that never judged any characters and kind of telling the story as objectively as possible. So, is the mere mentions of them allowed? If the story is centre on the mental state of those people, is the story still allowed?

Just a question for future reference, I was not sure about any of this because the guideline seemed a little too fluid and is open to some interpretation.

 

[TotallyHuman]

Summon: @Tony

 

[Zoey]

Necrophilia, Bestiality, Suicide, Racism, Sexism, Racial Supremecy, Depression, Gore... Basically, I wished to know which is allowed and to what extent?

I wished to write short stories filled with suffering and a lot of darker topics, and how should I go with it without actually getting takedown? I knew that I, myself, did not encourage bestiality or necrophilia with my work, but is it still allowed to have an insane character that is necrophilia, or paedophilia? Do I have to write a disclaimer that I did not encourage the act, or do I have to express myself through the narration that it is indeed a bad practice?

Is writing about them okay in the term of the rules of the Hub? I'm more of a true neutral narrative that never judged any characters and kind of telling the story as objectively as possible. So, is the mere mentions of them allowed? If the story is centre on the mental state of those people, is the story still allowed?

Just a question for future reference, I was not sure about any of this because the guideline seemed a little too fluid and is open to some interpretation.

When it comes to things related to sex, such as Necrophilia, Bestiality, Rape, ect. I'd avoid writing about the act in detail but I don't think there's anything really wrong with having a character that has either done or been the receiver of one of those things. but I would put a warning somewhere just for people who either want to avoid those things or have trauma related to them.

Of course this is just my opinion so take it with a grain of salt.

 

[BenJepheneT]

My opinion would be that you treat those topics without the hint of morality. As in try not to base it as outrageously bad or outrageously justified. Look at it through a grey moral. State the facts, lay down the factors and let the readers decide their own. Be the middleman instead of the judge and jury.

 

[NotaNuffian]

Necrophilia, Bestiality, Suicide, Racism, Sexism, Racial Supremecy, Depression, Gore... Basically, I wished to know which is allowed and to what extent?

I wished to write short stories filled with suffering and a lot of darker topics, and how should I go with it without actually getting takedown? I knew that I, myself, did not encourage bestiality or necrophilia with my work, but is it still allowed to have an insane character that is necrophilia, or paedophilia? Do I have to write a disclaimer that I did not encourage the act, or do I have to express myself through the narration that it is indeed a bad practice?

Is writing about them okay in the term of the rules of the Hub? I'm more of a true neutral narrative that never judged any characters and kind of telling the story as objectively as possible. So, is the mere mentions of them allowed? If the story is centre on the mental state of those people, is the story still allowed?

Just a question for future reference, I was not sure about any of this because the guideline seemed a little too fluid and is open to some interpretation.

Err, i thought SH just ban non-consensual
and underaged sex? Kinda the reason why I don't post any work that I craft from my wet dreams.

As for every other thing like incest, mass murder, sexism and racism should be fine, SO AS LONG AS YOU CREATE A WORLD FOR THE SUFFERING and not use this world.

 

[gaylolis]

i think everything is allowed if you post at Ao3 (unless it's plagiarism iirc).

 

[binarysoap]

from https://www.scribblehub.com/content-guidelines/

Prohibited Content
The following guidelines list content that are not allowed. We reserve the right to remove any content we deem to be inappropriate.

• Pornographic stories - These are content that are basically porn without a plot. This is referring to the whole story, not a chapter or 50% of your story.
• Age of Consent - The age of consent is 18+. This is referring to the real age of the character. Any sexual content between characters must abide by this age of consent.
• Encouraging Non-Consensual Sexual Content - These are stories that are encouraging non-consensual sexual acts. Your story cannot be encouraging non-consensual sex acts.
• Illegal Sex Acts - These are content which encourages illegal sexual acts including but not limited to bestiality (real-world animals) or necrophilia.

Note that other than age of consent, all the prohibited content are ENCOURAGING the illegal sex acts, so it's totally fine to have necrophilia, bestiality, etc. as long as you aren't encouraging them. Of course, what counts as encouraging is indeed fluid and up to interpretation, but your example of an insane person committing acts of necrophilia should be allowed (unless you romanticize the act).

If we go by the guidelines, technically, an insane pedophile who rapes children is allowed, since it doesn't encourage non-consensual act, and it doesn't violate the age of consent, since the child never consented in the first place. That being said, you probably want to ask @Tony for clarification on this one.

As for racism, sexism, etc. those are not prohibited, so you can go crazy with that.

That being said, while it might be allowed, it doesn't mean readers want to read that. So if you wanted to write a story where all white people were enslaved and you wrote it as a utopia, well, expect the 1 star ratings.

 

[YuriDoggo]

If we go by the guidelines, technically, an insane pedophile who rapes children is allowed, since it doesn't encourage non-consensual act, and it doesn't violate the age of consent, since the child never consented in the first place. That being said, you probably want to ask @Tony for clarification on this one.

There's nothing to clarify. It simply means that you have to be 18+ to consent, meaning that no matter what, there isn't consent if there's a child. Any sexual content that does not abide by it, meaning not 18+ is not allowed. You must abide by 18 years.

 

[Foxxy]

...... didnt know this existed......... gotta change somethings in my stories
Edit: done with the changes.

 

[NotaNuffian]

from https://www.scribblehub.com/content-guidelines/

Prohibited Content
The following guidelines list content that are not allowed. We reserve the right to remove any content we deem to be inappropriate.

• Pornographic stories - These are content that are basically porn without a plot. This is referring to the whole story, not a chapter or 50% of your story.
• Age of Consent - The age of consent is 18+. This is referring to the real age of the character. Any sexual content between characters must abide by this age of consent.
• Encouraging Non-Consensual Sexual Content - These are stories that are encouraging non-consensual sexual acts. Your story cannot be encouraging non-consensual sex acts.
• Illegal Sex Acts - These are content which encourages illegal sexual acts including but not limited to bestiality (real-world animals) or necrophilia.

Note that other than age of consent, all the prohibited content are ENCOURAGING the illegal sex acts, so it's totally fine to have necrophilia, bestiality, etc. as long as you aren't encouraging them. Of course, what counts as encouraging is indeed fluid and up to interpretation, but your example of an insane person committing acts of necrophilia should be allowed (unless you romanticize the act).

If we go by the guidelines, technically, an insane pedophile who rapes children is allowed, since it doesn't encourage non-consensual act, and it doesn't violate the age of consent, since the child never consented in the first place. That being said, you probably want to ask @Tony for clarification on this one.

As for racism, sexism, etc. those are not prohibited, so you can go crazy with that.

That being said, while it might be allowed, it doesn't mean readers want to read that. So if you wanted to write a story where all white people were enslaved and you wrote it as a utopia, well, expect the 1 star ratings.

I have a few questions though, to what degrees of non-consensual it is of Blackmail, Drugged out of their minds, Hypnosis or Mind Control? What if somewhere, I had some character who are just marginally off of the 18 age of consent, like her age is not on the analog clock but not yet 18? If it is the villains who are performing the illegal acts on a frequent basis, is it considered to be encouraging? If rape is commited by the side characters but the scenes are heavily omitted, only some processes had been spoken of, is it fine?

 

[Ace_Arriande]

Going by stuff like Amazon's and other publisher's standards: basically, you can write whatever you want as long as you're not seen as glorifying/encouraging/promoting it, and going into any amount of descriptive detail very quickly takes you over the line of writing it for titillation. If you have to include something against the rules (underage, rape, bestiality, necrophilia, etc), then imply it. The moment you decide not to just fade to black, you come under subjective scrutiny trying to decide whether you're writing it for the plot or whether you're writing it for titillation, and the jury will almost always come out against you for the safety of the platform. Seriously, you can get away with anything as long as you only imply it. But if you want to actually go into detail with what happened, you better have a damn good amazing excuse for why you have to go into descriptive detail of a minor engaging in sex, and how the descriptive detail itself is relevant to the plot, instead of only fading to black or implying that it happened.

 

[Yomo.Kinoshi]

Then is there a site that has none of the restrictions.

 

[NotaNuffian]

Then is there a site that has none of the restrictions.

Literotica and Storiesonline.net I believe, or any other porn literature sites.

 

[NotaNuffian]

I think this is an important point. Even if the framing of the act is negative (by your example: an objective villain character whose acts are clearly meant to be read as evil and depraved), going into detail does give it a kind of titillation quality. Rape fantasy is after all a real thing, the taboo and horror can be part of the kink. Even framing it as "this is a bad thing" doesn't necessarily stop it from coming under scrutiny. Think about the infamous Katie McGrath death scene from Jurassic World -- it came under a lot of scrutiny (and I myself fucking hate it) because it was just so... much.

I don't think you necessarily need to restrain yourself entirely to implication/fade to black, but I think you need to be really careful with how much of the act you're indulging in.

You know what, Ima gonna just NOT write anytjing vaguely representing any of those acts, not even going to mention the scenes after Yvan Godbout's paragraph got pinpointed.

 

[OneSixSeven]

Anything that does not represent 'racial supremacy', a 'sinful' historical event, ultranationalism, etc. because of morals and other groups getting triggered. There are sites that host online stories with those stories using those standards.

The same can be said to the author who decide to publish the story to the publisher as a light novel and make money with it. The author has to be at least careful with it I believe.

 

[Silven]

What about sex with and between humanoïd species like orcs, mermaids... Do the age of consent apply to them ? As they are not human, can the author state that specie is mentally and physically mature at an age other than 18 ?

 

[AliceShiki]

What about sex with and between humanoïd species like orcs, mermaids... Do the age of consent apply to them ? As they are not human, can the author state that specie is mentally and physically mature at an age other than 18 ?

Make yourself a few simple questions:

1) What is the specific wording of the age of consent according to ScribbleHub guidelines?
2) What does your story gain from having sex between the MC and a character that is less than 18 years old?
3) Do you really wanna bother with risking breaking the guidelines when you can just change a number in the character's age?

 

[Thor]

What about sex with and between humanoïd species like orcs, mermaids... Do the age of consent apply to them ? As they are not human, can the author state that specie is mentally and physically mature at an age other than 18 ?

It should be really simple. Circumvent the problem with not mentioning the age but state of maturity. In most stories, goblins wont reach the age of 18 so they could never reach the age of consent that applys for 'humans' but they still fuck like rabbits.

Just use common sense, the guideline is there to prevent adults having sex with kids, fantasy race or not. Something that also is true for the real world.

 

[Silven]

I understand, thank you for both answers.

 

[Chaaruzu_Corner]

There are none, unless you tailor your stuff to kids I think avoiding these sorts of topics will limit your story as to how you write them