Stories you hate.

[Hypoxia]

One of the reasons it's big on Literotica is that a lot of the major outlets (Amazon, etc.) either ban or heavily restrict it.

Other sites even less restrictive than LIT are far less popular. You can find incest, underage, bestiality, and snuff in abundance elsewhere, but readers come to LIT, so I don't think commercial sites' restrictions push eyes here. I suspect most of the less restrictive sites don't subject postings to an approval process like Laurel's. For all the crud that's here, LIT is better than the alternatives.

This a thousand times. I like reluctance and non consent fantasies, but the mandated "she says no but she really wants it" is scary and sickening to me. It's FAR more distasteful than the things it bans.

Quite. Ignoring 'no' is rape, period. Note that a certain prominent USA political figure belonged to a group with the motto "No means yes and yes means anal." A league of rapists -- no other label applies. Should male rapists be castrated?

 

[ChasingAnna]

Other sites even less restrictive than LIT are far less popular. You can find incest, underage, bestiality, and snuff in abundance elsewhere, but readers come to LIT, so I don't think commercial sites' restrictions push eyes here. I suspect most of the less restrictive sites don't subject postings to an approval process like Laurel's. For all the crud that's here, LIT is better than the alternatives.

The big one I can think of that's kind of anything goes (the one that started on Usenet back in the day) is more plagued by outages and a broken site than lack of interest. Even with story submissions and new author approval being constantly disrupted, it's still quite active. I'd much rather things be well tagged so I can avoid what i don't like than outright banned so no one can see it.

Quite. Ignoring 'no' is rape, period. Note that a certain prominent USA political figure belonged to a group with the motto "No means yes and yes means anal." A league of rapists -- no other label applies. Should male rapists be castrated?

I think focusing on the individual may help the victim get past it, but changing the culture is more important to actually reducing it.

Likewise, mandating stories have rape victims enjoying their rape might make readers more comfortable, but it risks feeding into those toxic aspects of our culture that allow actual rapists to try and normalize their behavior.

What would be more helpful would be some clearer discussion of fantasy vs reality, but I'm not sure quite how that would work. Perhaps a rule that simply said rape could not be glorified or encouraged, though vague rules like that would probably result in endless griping by people pushing boundaries.

 

[LaRascasse]

I agree with several previous posters that "hate" may be too strong a word when it comes to stories on this site. For me as a reader, it's usually mild annoyance (and some disappointment if the story was going well till then) before I move on to something else.

So, while I don't actively "hate" stories, the primary issue I have is that of characters. I'm not from the length matters school, but I would like some part of the story to be for character development. At least to give me some sense about the people fucking. Something beyond walking dicks and walking pussies. Some personality, maybe even backstory and motivation. Before I want to know how they fuck, I want to know them... what they like, don't like, why they are how they are, what are their hopes, dreams, ambitions, insecurities. Now I'm not saying every character should have a page of exposition with their resume jotted down, but at least something which makes me think of them as a person as opposed to a newly minted Westworld host (or Fallout synth).

 

[jaF0]

Conflict. I despise conflict on all levels. One main reason I stopped watching TV and movies. Conflict sucks. We get it in life whether we want it or not. Damn sure don't need it in 'entertainment'.

Preggosauri. Bloated guts ain't hot.

Family stuff can be cool if it's done right. Don't ask me what 'right' is because I can't define it.

 

[leespiked]

OMIGAWD, a place to vent

numero uno:
I'm surprised I haven't seen what I think is THE WORST about this place. UNFINISHED Stories. Author gets a job, back to work, whatever, no fault but irritating as fuck waiting for stories that never come.
Authors here aren't paid so we can hardly gripe but I'd like Literoticanal to separate the FINISHED from the IN PROGRESS series stories. Some of these better writers should open patreon accounts, that would motivate them, Literoticanal should let them plug that too.

two
show me a mother/son incest story that does not contain the word SWEETIE
fucking ridiculous, half a dozen times on some pages, give it a rest.

three
Anal anal anal why is there a separate category for anal, it's EVERYWHERE. I find anal downright disgusting and would be much better served by a category called noanal
I bet none of the stories would have 5 stars though, you sick sodomites.

 

[jaF0]

numero uno:
I'm surprised I haven't seen what I think is THE WORST about this place. UNFINISHED Stories. Author gets a job, back to work, whatever, no fault but irritating as fuck waiting for stories that never come.

All of mine are 'unfinished' because the only way life ever gets finished is when you die. And even then, the family and lawyers can drag it out indefinitely.

 

[Hypoxia]

All of mine are 'unfinished' because the only way life ever gets finished is when you die. And even then, the family and lawyers can drag it out indefinitely.

Many of my stories find a landing pad but could easily stand continuation. Some remain deliberate cliffhangers. But I plead guilty to leaving one series unfinished. I just haven't put together that final chapter, after several years. So I guess I'm evil there. Y'all are free to hate me.

 

[rick_oh]

The question here is I want to know what kind of stories do you absolutely hate. Now to clarify I do not mean any specific stories, but more along of story genre.

I will start off. What I absolutely hate is where the spouse gets cuckold. He/she hates it and does nothing about it. It does not have to be a BTB. If the spouse just leaves I'm fine with it.

I dislike stories that have 1) revenge that has one spouse murdering the one they're married to. I'm NOT talking about stories where there's been a murder that has to be solved for example by detectives; 2) absolutely perfect husbamd/wife with totally evil spouse; 3) the use of "loose" when "lose" is meant. That interrupts the flow of reading.

 

[ChasingAnna]

Excessive, corny dialogue in sex scenes.

Excessively fetishized ethnicity.

The combination of the above.

 

[yukonnights]

For me, the major thing I need is for a story to be believable, unless it's a parody or satire, etc. I think stories in any category can be believable (enough) to make them work. The ones that usually fall short generally are more of a 'jack-fap' thing, which I don't often find either erotic or interesting. (However, I have read a few really short, mostly unbelievable pieces that made no attempt or pretense of being a developed story, yet succeeded in being both erotic and entertaining. That's a particular kind of talent, I suppose.

Examples of unbelievability: guy knows by just looking that those are 48 DDD breasts, two strangers strip naked and have sex 15 minutes after they meet for the first time (stories set in brothers get an exception), the guy has a foot long dong and all the women (or guys) love it ...the list goes on, but we all know the kind of stuff that's on it.

But, with that said; I don't view Lit as primarily a professional venue. Thus, I'm impressed with anyone who takes the time, and has the urge, to craft something and share it. Lit is a pretty cool training ground for anyone who wants to get better at their hobby.

 

[Eliphaz]

Oh this reminded me of one of my triggers. Anything that mentions numerical dimensions, gratuitously or early on in the story in any case, makes me roll my eyes. "He unzipped his trousers and his 8.73 inch penis with a 2.75 inch diameter flopped unceremoniously out."

 

[Hypoxia]

Oh this reminded me of one of my triggers. Anything that mentions numerical dimensions, gratuitously or early on in the story in any case, makes me roll my eyes. "He unzipped his trousers and his 8.73 inch penis with a 2.75 inch diameter flopped unceremoniously out."

That works if the narrator is a cyborg or android with digital vision.

 

[Areala-chan]

Conflict. I despise conflict on all levels. One main reason I stopped watching TV and movies. Conflict sucks. We get it in life whether we want it or not. Damn sure don't need it in 'entertainment'.

Preggosauri. Bloated guts ain't hot.

Family stuff can be cool if it's done right. Don't ask me what 'right' is because I can't define it.

I'm a bit confused by this, since a story without conflict is boring.

"I got up, went to work, had a fine day, came home, ate dinner, nothing went wrong, and went to bed," might be how most of us experience our routine, but nobody cares about that. The fun part comes when you oversleep and are battling a traffic jam, have to solve a problem that gets dumped in your lap by your supervisor, make the cute brunette two cubicles over laugh, then go home and nearly burn your dinner because you get a call from said cutie just as you put the food in the oven and forget to set your timer.

Are you using "conflict" in this case to mean "actual fighting/altercation"? Otherwise, I'm confused.

 

[KeithD]

I find the whole thread distasteful and petty.

 

[lowradiation]

Clearly true
What's the point of a non-consent section that can't have non-consent stories published in it? The site owner should either close the (very popular) section or stop self-censoring it.
As you suggest, censoring non-consent fantasies (which the stories obviously are) is the first step on a very slippery slope.

 

[SimonDoom]

I'm a bit confused by this, since a story without conflict is boring.

"I got up, went to work, had a fine day, came home, ate dinner, nothing went wrong, and went to bed," might be how most of us experience our routine, but nobody cares about that. The fun part comes when you oversleep and are battling a traffic jam, have to solve a problem that gets dumped in your lap by your supervisor, make the cute brunette two cubicles over laugh, then go home and nearly burn your dinner because you get a call from said cutie just as you put the food in the oven and forget to set your timer.

Are you using "conflict" in this case to mean "actual fighting/altercation"? Otherwise, I'm confused.

I was confused about that too, because I don't know how it's even possible to have a decent story without some kind of conflict, broadly defined.

Conflict doesn't have to be fighting of violence. It can be nothing more than a challenge or obstacle of some sort that the protagonist must face. But without something, the story is bound to be dull.

 

[Dumpington]

We ALL have different likes & dislikes. Having said that...

I don't particularly "hate" anything posted on this story-site. But if it's a story on one of the MANY topics/subjects I don't care about, I'm never going to read ANY of what's posted there!

I am ONLY interested in one kind of story on this site: LESBIAN EROTICA. If I have a problem with the way that Literotica is set-up, it's that boy/girl stories have about thirty different sub-sets, while girl/girl stories have just the one! For example, I'd LOVE to read lesbian BDSM stories, but the BDSM category is mostly all hetero-sex, which I don't care for. I'd LOVE to read lesbian erotic horror stories, or lesbian interracial, lesbian non-consent, lesbian authoritarian, lesbian prison stories, lesbian-illustrated-stories, lesbian older/younger contrast, lesbian sub/dom, or lesbian butch/femme; except that there are NO SUCH CATEGORIES from which to choose. The lesbian stories are all simply lumped together into one big collection.

If it was possible, I would ask the folks running Literotica to take this into account. Again, it's not that I hate the other stories. It's just that I have no interest whatsoever in reading them. That's one of the reasons why I've never had any desire to purchase either of the Literotica books for sale here. If it's not lesbian erotica, I really don't care!

 

[KeithD]

I was confused about that too, because I don't know how it's even possible to have a decent story without some kind of conflict, broadly defined.

Conflict doesn't have to be fighting of violence. It can be nothing more than a challenge or obstacle of some sort that the protagonist must face. But without something, the story is bound to be dull.

The "no conflict" preference does rather equal "no short story" preference, given that the streamlined textbook definition of a short story arc is: dilemma / movement or conflict / resolution or purposeful lack of resolution.

 

[gordo12]

I get far more pissed off by category hoppers looking for an audience. That and the unfinished stories someone else mentioned. I used to keep a folder of every story needing a sequel over 90 days old. I finally gave it up after it hit 500 stories.

 

[ElectricBlue]

I get far more pissed off by category hoppers looking for an audience.

Or, writers who are not seeking audience, but wanting to explore different categories?

Why the virulence? Click back, move on. Is it really worth the effort to get so worked up?

It's odd, the intensity of the negative reactions I'm seeing here, what gets folk riled. There must be something in the water, is all I can say .

 

[KeithD]

Or, who write the stories they want to write and don't look for a category until it's done?

I've written across about all of the categories here in one account or another. I never thought of it as collecting new audiences. I just thought of it as trying out writing different kinds of stories. Amusingly, years ago, when there was a Survivor's Contest here, someone posted that they thought I was writing to win that and just holding back on registering the stories I was writing across the spectrum. The truth was that I didn't even know about the Survivor's Contest, didn't care about it, and never entered it.

 

[jaF0]

TV shows hopped categories so often between Comedy and Drama they had to create a new category known as Dramedy.

 

[SimonDoom]

I get far more pissed off by category hoppers looking for an audience. .

Why would you get pissed off about that? As long as the story is good why would it matter whether that was one of the author's motives?

I'm very candid about the fact that I want to reach out to and expand the audience for my stories. Since the Literotica readership is, to some degree, segregated by its categories, submitting stories to different categories allows one to reach more readers. I don't see how doing that is worthy of criticism.

I also see it as an interesting artistic challenge to take on new types of stories, with different erotic emphases. Again, that strikes me as something to salute, not to condemn.

 

[Kantarii]

I was confused about that too, because I don't know how it's even possible to have a decent story without some kind of conflict, broadly defined.

Conflict doesn't have to be fighting of violence. It can be nothing more than a challenge or obstacle of some sort that the protagonist must face. But without something, the story is bound to be dull.

I totally get what you are saying. I find it hard to read a story that is “perfect” with no type of conflict in it because I see no fairytale relationships in my world. Reading about them does little or nothing for me to relate to as a reader.

Boy meets girl. Girl kisses boy. They have sex and live happily ever after. Really? That type of story is boring and I’m off to the next story.

Now, throw in the element that he’s a bad boy and her parents dislike him for whatever reason, then the story becomes somewhat interesting and relatable on certain levels. Go even further and mention his conflicting bisexual tendencies or even hint that she’s a slut and the story is suddenly interesting. Mix in his alcohol problems and mention she wants wants to have a threesome with his best friend - and did I mention her parents didn’t like him for whatever reason? The story circles around and around. It isn’t boring. Sure, not every part is “sexually interesting”, but a story just about sex “is” boring.

Readers on this site want to read about sex, but it’s the motivations of having sex that make a good story great. Readers, as a whole, tend to overlook that aspect.
Kant

 

[MelissaBaby]

Boy meets girl. Girl kisses boy. They have sex and live happily ever after. Really? That type of story is boring and I’m off to the next story.

Now, throw in the element that he’s a bad boy and her parents dislike him for whatever reason, then the story becomes somewhat interesting and relatable on certain levels. Go even further and mention his conflicting bisexual tendencies or even hint that she’s a slut and the story is suddenly interesting. Mix in his alcohol problems and mention she wants wants to have a threesome with his best friend - and did I mention her parents didn’t like him for whatever reason? The story circles around and around. It isn’t boring. Sure, not every part is “sexually interesting”, but a story just about sex “is” boring.

Kant

I want to read that story!!