Is Fighting okay?

[Whatsisname0]

I was thinking of writing a cultivation stories, and they can be very gory, and even kill many characters. I was wondering if such writing would be allowed?

 

[Zingiber]

Whether a fighting scene is allowed/disallowed might turn on how detailed the violence is, whether cruelty is in the foreground of the story, and how the violence is connected with any sexual content. I'd avoid cruelty, torture, or rape connected with an already-gory fight scene.

Do you mean "cultivation" in the sense of a character's path is questing, martial arts, and meditation, where there could be fighting and duels? That should be OK; there are examples of stories like that in the site.

 

[Whatsisname0]

Yea, I’m about to write a cultivation story, most similar to dual cultivation, as i still want it to be an erotic story. I’ll just have to hope that it’s fine, I’m assuming the excessive violence is mainly for sex scenes, but I guess I’ll find out.

 

[Zingiber]

If this chapter from "Dual Cultivation" is an example of the content you're thinking about (intimidation, threats, gory outcome of a deathmatch duel), I read it as within guidelines.

https://ranobes.net/up/dual-cultivation/296554-chapter-23.html


edit to add a search result from ScribbleHub about cultivation novels: https://www.scribblehub.com/tag/cultivation/

 

[gene.sis]

Yes, it is mostly about how it is depicted.

Killing characters in non-sexual situations is fine as long as it isn't done in a gory manner or to glorify violence.

 

[Whatsisname0]

That’s the part I’m not sure qualifies. Im not sure if it’ll count as glorifying violence, as it’s typical to enter violent situations to obtain treasures.

 

[gene.sis]

to enter violent situations to obtain treasures.

That's done to get the treasure, so that doesn't sound glorifying to me.

I'd rather see sth like

"We'll KILL him! Killing is GOOD! Killing is FUN!"

as glorifying.

https://ranobes.net/up/dual-cultivation/296554-chapter-23.html

Well... I would consider the part "blood splatters all across the place and on every person" as gory.

 

[Zingiber]

Yes. A cultivation story where the storyline centers on battles and duels is close to the site content line, and depends on how it's handled. I was thinking of the intimidation and domination through violence aspects of that chapter as edgy, more than the brief explosion of gore.

But it's fair for a moderator to look at "blood splatters..." and request it be toned down.

Do we have examples of in-bounds handling of the violence/gore edge?

 

[gene.sis]

Yes. A cultivation story where the storyline centers on battles and duels is close to the site content line, and depends on how it's handled. I was thinking of the intimidation and domination through violence aspects of that chapter as edgy, more than the brief explosion of gore.

But it's fair for a moderator to look at "blood splatters..." and request it be toned down.

The rest of the chapter seemed fine.

Do we have examples of in-bounds handling of the violence/gore edge?

Well, it's quite difficult to define.
If there are descriptions that make your stomach turn, it's definitely too much.