Nope, I haven't abandoned the story. In fact, I've been trying to work on it. Trying being the key word because I've got a bunch of stuff going on in my life and all this stuff going on makes it very hard for me to write.
It might not even matter, because it seems LJ, in order to become clean, pretty, and sanitized for your protection, has decided to crack down hard on pornography. So far, probably because this journal was friends only, and I was trying to be a real pain about making sure everyon who was friended on this gave me some type of "I am of legal age" statement, this journal seemed to be slipping by them, which was nice.
However, I got an email from someone telling me that if I didn't delete all entries in this journal ASAP, they were going to report me to LJ-TOS.
LJ's kind, considerate, and really fair way of dealing with people who have been discovered to be posting what they consider, porn, is to ban them and ban their IP address and forbid them to ever even think about having an account on LJ again. Because you know, warnings are for wussies. So, I can't say, "Well, we'll keep going until we're caught..." because if I am reported, it's the end of the line for me. And if they're willing to ban my IP address, they might be willing to report me to my ISP as someone who knowingly produces pornography.
Sooo, I just can't risk it. I have no way of knowing if the person who sent me the email is really on my FL or is blowing smoke. I do know thought, that I've already been threatented with legal action for publishing this "filth" I write.
Do I feel intimidated by these threats? Well, yes and no. No, I don't spend nights chewing my nails and walking the floor, all in a tither that the cops are headed to my house to arrest me. However, I am worried about the changing of attitudes. The US has become this country that spends way too much time playing "Thought Police." We've become obsessed with children, to the point where everyone is afraid that anyone who even looks at a child for more than a second, is secretly desiring to have sex with that child. We see the boogie man under every rock, behind ever tree, in every daycare or school.
I believe that there is a huge difference between a teenage girl having sex and someone who is under the age of 14. And, I believe there is even a bigger difference between a fictional teenager having sex and a real teenager having sex. Eva, the girl in my story is a fictional character. However, the moral majority and the thought police can't seem to see a difference. Apparently, my writing about a fictional girl having fictional sex with fictional people is the same as if I went out and forced a real fifteen year old girl to have sex with real people.
So...what does that mean for this story? Well, if I can get around to writing it (which isn't easy when I'm being threatened. Even if I'm not worried about it, it's an annoying pain in the arse) I'll post it to AFF, even though I'm not overly keen on that place, after how I was treated there. But I won't be able to post it on LJ.
I'd consider going to another journal site and doing the same thing, if I knew of one that I wouldn't have to worry all the time about the owners suddenly deciding to beome safe FOR TEH CHILDRUNS! like LJ has decided to do. I know JournalFen is an over 18 place, and that would be a perfect solution, except that it seems getting accounts over there can be difficult.
In the meantime, the story is still up at AFF as far as I know. If I can start working on the darned thing again, I'll try to see if I can at least post a notice that another part exists in this journal for people, without actually posting the part itself.
Yes, this is unfair. I'm not happy about it, but don't blame me. Blame LJ, blame the thought police, and blame whoever it is that decided to send me email and threaten me. I can't afford to take these threats lightly, I have to cover myself.
It might not even matter, because it seems LJ, in order to become clean, pretty, and sanitized for your protection, has decided to crack down hard on pornography. So far, probably because this journal was friends only, and I was trying to be a real pain about making sure everyon who was friended on this gave me some type of "I am of legal age" statement, this journal seemed to be slipping by them, which was nice.
However, I got an email from someone telling me that if I didn't delete all entries in this journal ASAP, they were going to report me to LJ-TOS.
LJ's kind, considerate, and really fair way of dealing with people who have been discovered to be posting what they consider, porn, is to ban them and ban their IP address and forbid them to ever even think about having an account on LJ again. Because you know, warnings are for wussies. So, I can't say, "Well, we'll keep going until we're caught..." because if I am reported, it's the end of the line for me. And if they're willing to ban my IP address, they might be willing to report me to my ISP as someone who knowingly produces pornography.
Sooo, I just can't risk it. I have no way of knowing if the person who sent me the email is really on my FL or is blowing smoke. I do know thought, that I've already been threatented with legal action for publishing this "filth" I write.
Do I feel intimidated by these threats? Well, yes and no. No, I don't spend nights chewing my nails and walking the floor, all in a tither that the cops are headed to my house to arrest me. However, I am worried about the changing of attitudes. The US has become this country that spends way too much time playing "Thought Police." We've become obsessed with children, to the point where everyone is afraid that anyone who even looks at a child for more than a second, is secretly desiring to have sex with that child. We see the boogie man under every rock, behind ever tree, in every daycare or school.
I believe that there is a huge difference between a teenage girl having sex and someone who is under the age of 14. And, I believe there is even a bigger difference between a fictional teenager having sex and a real teenager having sex. Eva, the girl in my story is a fictional character. However, the moral majority and the thought police can't seem to see a difference. Apparently, my writing about a fictional girl having fictional sex with fictional people is the same as if I went out and forced a real fifteen year old girl to have sex with real people.
So...what does that mean for this story? Well, if I can get around to writing it (which isn't easy when I'm being threatened. Even if I'm not worried about it, it's an annoying pain in the arse) I'll post it to AFF, even though I'm not overly keen on that place, after how I was treated there. But I won't be able to post it on LJ.
I'd consider going to another journal site and doing the same thing, if I knew of one that I wouldn't have to worry all the time about the owners suddenly deciding to beome safe FOR TEH CHILDRUNS! like LJ has decided to do. I know JournalFen is an over 18 place, and that would be a perfect solution, except that it seems getting accounts over there can be difficult.
In the meantime, the story is still up at AFF as far as I know. If I can start working on the darned thing again, I'll try to see if I can at least post a notice that another part exists in this journal for people, without actually posting the part itself.
Yes, this is unfair. I'm not happy about it, but don't blame me. Blame LJ, blame the thought police, and blame whoever it is that decided to send me email and threaten me. I can't afford to take these threats lightly, I have to cover myself.