Political theme idea UK

[Sign54]

How would this idea work, where the main character is a female MP who cheats on her husband for a man who is a foreign diplomat?? I want this to be "forbidden" on some level.

 

[Rob_Royale]

You never know how anything will work until you write it. Sounds like a fine idea to me.

 

[sirhugs]

Lit has a "no politics " rule over on the story side. You would need to review that and avoid the limits. A fictional character who happens to be an MP might be OK if you keep the politics out of it. But then why do it?

Because of that this forum is also a "no politics " zone. There is a dedicated political board if that's your thing.

 

[Baztrachian]

Lit has a "no politics " rule over on the story side. You would need to review that and avoid the limits. A fictional character who happens to be an MP might be OK if you keep the politics out of it. But then why do it?

Because of that this forum is also a "no politics " zone. There is a dedicated political board if that's your thing.

Your attempt to censor the OP here is a tacit admission on your part that you believe the only kind of MP who would not only cheat on her husband but arguably commit a form of treason is of one exclusive political bent.

The OP doesn't mention the country, the MP's political party, or the national origin of the foreign diplomat so your criticism is all a projection on your part.

You doth complaineth too much.

 

[Baztrachian]

How would this idea work, where the main character is a female MP who cheats on her husband for a man who is a foreign diplomat?? I want this to be "forbidden" on some level.

Have the female MP from a country that is at odds with the country the foreign diplomat hails from.

Like have a Russian MP meeting a Ukrainian diplomat and getting it on.

 

[sirhugs]

Your attempt to censor the OP here is a tacit admission on your part that you believe the only kind of MP who would not only cheat on her husband but arguably commit a form of treason is of one exclusive political bent.

The OP doesn't mention the country, the MP's political party, or the national origin of the foreign diplomat so your criticism is all a projection on your part.

You doth complaineth too much.

Simply trying to avoid the thread veering into territory where the ideas violate the site rules. I did not censor anything. Censorship would involve editing, which I am quite capable of doing if appropriate. I did not do so here. Merely expressed a note of caution.

 

[NudieUser]

How would this idea work, where the main character is a female MP who cheats on her husband for a man who is a foreign diplomat?? I want this to be "forbidden" on some level.

I like this idea. I think it’s worth pursuing

 

[sirhugs]

see the guidelines at "https://www.literotica.com/resources/content-guidelines

the relevant passage:

"we DO NOT publish works of any type featuring the following content:
...
Works that promote or focus heavily on politics or religion, or political or religious figures. Lit readers are bombarded with political disputes on other platforms and they prefer to avoid these types of divisive issues in their erotica.
..."

My key point in my first post was that any story that was submitted based on the OP would need to fit this guideline. also, my impression is that the propreitors interpret the rule in a manner which leans towards excluding, not including, to avoid controversy. There is fulsome discussion of this over at the Author's Hangout 9so rather than debate me here, I suggest you go there).

For example, one poster reports that he had a story rejected for politics which was "a story about the attempted seduction of a male American CIA agent in pre-war Ukraine by a female Russian Agent. Their interaction in the name of gathering intelligence for their respective governments was just there to give a logical reason for their initial meeting and to provide a backdrop for the rest of the plot, but did tend to show the CIA agent as the "good guy" and the Russian agent as the "enemy". "


I WILL edit posts which in my opinion cross the line, or belong on the Politics Board.

 

[GuiltyCowboy]

How would this idea work, where the main character is a female MP who cheats on her husband for a man who is a foreign diplomat?? I want this to be "forbidden" on some level.

Are you interested in the sexual politics of differing ideologies?

Or more simply the sexual allure of power and access in the political world?

They're both interesting topics but quite different. The sexual neuroses of conservatives are obviously well known and have played out innumerable times on the front page of the UK's tabloids; though it's almost always male MPs caught with their pants down, so to speak. A British MP encountering the psychosexual underpinnings of the EU, on the other hand, would be fascinating to explore, especially in the light of Brexit.

And another point that needs clarification: what do you mean that she cheats on her husband for a foreign diplomat? Do you mean with the diplomat, or with a third man but for the diplomat?

Edit: sirhugs is correct of course. You would have to be very careful about how you present the politics.

 

[Baztrachian]

Simply trying to avoid the thread veering into territory where the ideas violate the site rules. I did not censor anything. Censorship would involve editing, which I am quite capable of doing if appropriate. I did not do so here. Merely expressed a note of caution.

Let the author write the story before you get all in a dither about the politics.

Prior restraint is a form of censorship where an authority prohibits speech or other expression before it can take place. This is what you are engaging in here.

The OP gave no indication whatsoever that his story was going to be anything more than a drama set against a background of international intrigue. So like I said, let the author write the story before you get all in a dither about the politics.

The end result may be perfectly harmless.

That said, I absolutely support keeping politics isolated to the PB and thank you for doing your part to keep the rest of the site more or less silent on partisan politics.

 

[Husky_Embrace]

Let the author write the story before you get all in a dither about the politics.

Prior restraint is a form of censorship where an authority prohibits speech or other expression before it can take place. This is what you are engaging in here.

The OP gave no indication whatsoever that his story was going to be anything more than a drama set against a background of international intrigue. So like I said, let the author write the story before you get all in a dither about the politics.

The end result may be perfectly harmless.

That said, I absolutely support keeping politics isolated to the PB and thank you for doing your part to keep the rest of the site more or less silent on partisan politics.

I feel you're missing the intent of sirhugs. They have in no way barred the writer of creating the story. They merely cautioned on what lit is allowing, and how to make sure the story isn't flagged. They also note that preventing a flag will remove the political content to such a degree it seems not worth writing.

In no way they stated that they are against the story, nor have put any barriers against it. Showing people the speed bumps is not the same as stopping people from speeding. If they know where the speed bumps are, they know where to go full throttle and where not.

The writer might ignore the warnings, and not know if they stick the landing when they launch themselves off a speed bump. Thanks to sirhugs they at least know they're there.

 

[Baztrachian]

Fair enough.