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Smut opt in vs opt out

[(Anonymous)]

What’s opt in vs opt out for smut?

Re: Smut opt in vs opt out

[(Anonymous)]

I guess I take my cues from both canon and tone of the letter. I tend to default to closed doors when in doubt, but if there's open door sex in canon, I would say that it's then opt out.

Re: Smut opt in vs opt out

[(Anonymous)]

How I determine it:

1. Does the canon have sex scenes?

If yes, the canonical level of explicitness of those scenes is opt-out.

If no, all sex is opt-in.

2. Do the characters themselves have sex scenes?

If yes, the types of sex they have (if there's a stated top/bottom, if they make jokes about handcuffs, if you see them have sex in bathrooms or in their office, etc) are opt-out.

If no, anything beyond fade-to-black or vague, missionary-style vanilla sex is opt-in.

3. Does the person requesting say what kind of sex they do like?

If yes, stick to that generally and don't go beyond extremely related kinks (if they list oral sex as a like and don't mention spitting or swallowing, the author can make that call) when writing their sex scenes even if the kinks they like differ or contract what we know to be the character's canon sex life.

If no, anything beyond what is mentioned in canon is opt-in.

Re: Smut opt in vs opt out

[(Anonymous)]

Everything other than archive warnings is opt out but it's on the writer to read the room and not deliberately gift someone "SURPRISE! kink I didn't know I needed to DNW".

i.e. if I matched heeroluva I'd write a very different story than if I matched Jill McSexrepulsed, young and sweet only seventeen and lying about her age, who requested only G-rated Disney properties and says she loves fluff and gentle domesticity

Re: Smut opt in vs opt out

[(Anonymous)]

As a writer, I treat everything beyond fade to black as opt in, mostly because smut enjoyability is very ymmv. I figure anyone who actively wants smut will give some direction as to what they're interested in, even if it's just a broad "I am unsquickable, give me your filthiest porn!", and anyone who doesn't give smut likes will either be ok with something non-explicit, or will prefer it.

As a recip, I consider it opt out, and I'm picky enough that I generally do unless it's a freeform exchange where I can pin down what I want pretty finely.