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Sep. 12th, 2020 10:06 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
soc_puppetSo I kinda want to make non-smutty versions of my smuttier fics available to folks who don't like to read the sexy parts. (Who just want to get thirsty but don't want to take a drink, if you will.) And here are some options I've considered:
1. Flat out make two different versions on AO3, allow people to click whichever one they prefer.
2. Make two different versions on AO3, but collect the non-smutty versions in a single chaptered fic to reduce my listings.
3. Post only the smutty versions to AO3, link to a Google Doc with the non-smutty versions that links back to the fic end notes at the bottom
4. Dreamwidth only: Post the smut scenes under a nested cut. Problem: Requires people to use Dreamwidth and also use the "expand" arrow for the first cut in order for the nested cut to work.
5. Post only the non-smutty version to AO3, link to a Google Doc (or the Dreamwidth version, come to think of it) with the smut scene that links back to the AO3 end notes at the end for easier Kudos-ing
6. Figure out the AO3 choose-your-own-adventure method
7. Some other method I haven't thought of
If I decide to do any of these, I'm pretty sure it'll be "5 and link to Dreamwidth for the smut", at least for Miraculous Ladybug, but I still have a lot to think about. Hmm.
Edit: Side note, I have Thoughts about how the current trend of referring to smut fics as "sin" plays into Fandom Purity Culture and the reluctance of people to read and/or kudos Explicit-rated fics in my current fandom.
Edit 2: Did some talking on Discord, and Option 1 is probably what I'm going with. I'm still grumpy about it, but desire for kudos trumps grumpiness, apparently.
1. Flat out make two different versions on AO3, allow people to click whichever one they prefer.
2. Make two different versions on AO3, but collect the non-smutty versions in a single chaptered fic to reduce my listings.
3. Post only the smutty versions to AO3, link to a Google Doc with the non-smutty versions that links back to the fic end notes at the bottom
4. Dreamwidth only: Post the smut scenes under a nested cut. Problem: Requires people to use Dreamwidth and also use the "expand" arrow for the first cut in order for the nested cut to work.
5. Post only the non-smutty version to AO3, link to a Google Doc (or the Dreamwidth version, come to think of it) with the smut scene that links back to the AO3 end notes at the end for easier Kudos-ing
6. Figure out the AO3 choose-your-own-adventure method
7. Some other method I haven't thought of
If I decide to do any of these, I'm pretty sure it'll be "5 and link to Dreamwidth for the smut", at least for Miraculous Ladybug, but I still have a lot to think about. Hmm.
Edit: Side note, I have Thoughts about how the current trend of referring to smut fics as "sin" plays into Fandom Purity Culture and the reluctance of people to read and/or kudos Explicit-rated fics in my current fandom.
Edit 2: Did some talking on Discord, and Option 1 is probably what I'm going with. I'm still grumpy about it, but desire for kudos trumps grumpiness, apparently.
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Date: 2020-09-13 03:39 am (UTC)As I said in Discord, it's probably gonna be 1, then. My grumpiness < my desire for kudos and comments, apparently.