Don't be too squeemish.

Tuesday, October 24, 2006 6:41 PM

just wanted to mention, and you know who you are, there was no depiction of rape or sexual abuse in "A River Taken." I personally don't believe in graphic depictions of such, I feel that the imagination is infinitely more graphic than my keyboard ever could be. I have always thought that the original Halloween, by John Carpenter, is one of the scariest movies ever made, because there as very little gore, or even sightings of him, until the end (much like the original Alien). Your imagination is what tortured you so much, and my imagination is what gave me so many sleepless nights after seeing Michael Meyers in action for the first time (I was just way too young for the experience!)

The point I am making is that I was called to task for not giving a worning about rape or other abuse, but I did not depict it. I let you determine what had happened, and I am willing to bet if i randomly picked 10 of you and asked you to tell me how you envisioned it, I would get ten different enswers, which is precisely what i shot for.

However, I did state, in no uncertain terms, that this was a dark and nasty story, and i would have thought that this would be sufficient, being as how I have read plenty of fics out here that were far more graphic. (I remember one with Simon being being raped by a female Reaver, and let me tell you, that was like an anti-viagra).

I always saw FF/BDM as something for bright grown-ups, and I am going to write for bright grown-ups, even if it's something fun ( like finding jason Voorhees), and if the caveat says words like dark, nasty, disturbing, or anything like that, please, by all means, expect the very worst.

Therwise, hang on and enjoy the ride, I've got a ton of thoughts and ideas I mean to put into words!

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