Okay...you guys are going to have to bear with me because I've just woken up to this and don't have all the facts at my fingertips yet.
But I've had PMs asking why the thread has been closed, so I'll put this in now to hopefully ease the confusion.
Just before I headed off to bed last night, the admins were alerted to the fact that DJ's story was not a LNC fanfic - something that she'd pointed out herself in the author's notes in her story:
This story is not an LNC story. If your looking for an LNC story, you'll be disappointed. This is strictly told from the Superman Returns (SR) pov. I put it in this folder anyway because a. I can't put it in the original fiction folder, it's not original fiction; and, b. It is a follow-up story to the LNC fic "Supermen United". So I figured it was okay to put it in here... (unless the administrators tell me otherwise)
Unfortunately, this forum doesn't host general Superman stories. Only LNC ones. There was some discussion on this and our main concern was setting a precedent for general Superman stories to be posted here, which would result in a drift away from the purpose and remit of the forum. If DJ can post a SR fanfic here, anyone should be able to post a Smallfic fanfic, say.
We're an easy going forum and we have few rules, which we don't tend to be over-zealous in enforcing. A suggestion was made that, even though DJ's story didn't fit the remit of the forum, if people were enjoying it and no one was complaining, could we just leave it as a one off? But it was decided - a decision I agree with - that we can't let one member post a non-LNC fanfic and then expect everyone else to stick to the rules. Precedent again.
So, I'm afraid we can't allow the story to be hosted here, DJ. Sorry!
Now, I don't know why the thread has just been closed and nothing posted to say why - I'm working on that and I'm sure there's an explanation. But I'll apologise anyway for the confusion and hurt this has obviously caused. It's not the usual practice of this forum not to explain our reasons for doing something, so obviously something's gone wrong somewhere in the process.
ETA: I've now read from DJ that, in fact, she considers this story to be a crossover and
not the non-LNC story she previously indicated it was. We'll be working on that and if the story
does turn out to be within the rules after all then the threads will be unlocked.
Bear with us. Sorry for the confusion.
LabRat
