Yes, of course you can't have any detailed nfic scenes here, but surely lovemaking as such isn't forbidden?
Well, I can say that this segment in no way comes close to breaching any PG13 guidelines.
However, one thing that perhaps should be taken into account is that many authors - especially fledgling authors - often don't feel that confident doing steam and may take a little bit of time to 'hit their stride', so to speak, if they want to write steam or nfic. They start out cautious and build up to it. Much like our heroes.
Others 'can't' write nfic or steam - or find that genre difficult to work with. Just in the same way that other authors might find writing Clark (or Lois) hard work or writing action sequences comes less easily than writing relationships.
Other authors don't write nfic/steam at all, don't feel that it's a necessary part of telling their story. And even those considered to be nfic authors, who normally produce nfic stories, can now and then feel that nfic isn't quite right for one particular story they're working on.
So there are often other considerations in the mix than sticking to the forum's ratings, I've found.
LabRat
