Geezum, I need to control the amount of multi-chapter fic stories I'm making. I need to finish a ton of them before school starts, and that's when real poodoo happens. O.O

Anyways. At least I'm updating this story on time! (Ish...) This chapter is a bit...variable when it comes to rating, but then again, whaddya expect? I'm talking about ratings in this chapter, after all!

Enjoy!


Rant Seven. Ratings

"You'll see ratings everywhere – for television shows, for books, for movies…even for simpler stuff like food and restaurants. Of course, the ratings may not always be public, but they're certainly there, in your mind." Ahsoka said slowly, tapping her head from her position on the wall. She crossed her ankles and went on, "And, just like everything else in this world, FanFiction has a few ratings itself."

Ahsoka jumped up. "First rating would be K, which is the lowest and therefore, the safest and most general rating of FanFiction. According to FanFiction, K would indicate that the story is an appropriate read for anyone over the age of five, which I personally find rather ridiculous because I don't think any child should be able to read fan fics at that age…"

Ahsoka shrugged. "But going onto details, you can be five years old or eighty-six and still be able to read this story because everything is perfectly neutral. There isn't supposed to be any swears or mature, adult scenes. I suppose if you wanted to write a K-rated romance story, the farthest the story would go would be hand-holding or kissing on the cheek or something." Ahsoka pointed at the camera, a stern look on her face. "And for all of you clotpoles out there, it means no sex scenes, even if the rating K is supposed to be for all ages."

Ahsoka clasped her hands together. "No violence, either. The worst possible thing that could go wrong in a K-rated fic would probably be…tripping on a twig and getting a scraped knee or something. There can't be any blood and/or gore and all that stuff. No guns, naturally – no big weapons. You can probably get away with a pair of scissors, though…" She mused and shook her head with a big grin. "Ah, I'm exaggerating – but bottom line, no weapons."

"K+ is the next rating – like K, it's for most ages – you'd have to be nine years old or older. Again, you can't put in anything too serious here – according to FanFiction, you're allowed to put in 'mild coarse language', which I would think is something along the lines of 'sheesh' or 'hell' or 'heck' or something." Ahsoka held up her hands. "You know, the kind of words that you were told were 'bad' when you were a little kid."

"You can't have a lot of violence here, either," Ahsoka continued, "I suppose you could have a few characters throwing punches and kicks, but there can't be any major injuries involved. So, basically, you can't have a character break any of his/her bones, get a concussion…and you're definitely not allowed to mention blood and gore."

Ahsoka placed her hands on her hips. "Romance is the same level as K – I would suppose hand-holding and forehead/cheek kisses would only be considered appropriate." She shrugged. "But let's be real – when you were nine years old, you probably thought that all boys/girls had cooties or something and, therefore, you definitely wouldn't want to do any form of kissing."

"Going on to T – woo-hoo!" Ahsoka grinned. "This is where the fun begins, right?"

Ahsoka shrugged. "Well, I suppose in some ways, yes, depending on who you are and what your definition of 'fun' is." She grimaced. "You're allowed to swear here – but it's still supposed to be somewhat minor, so thirteen year olds can listen to it and not cringe or gasp in surprise."

"Violence is allowed, too – I don't think you're supposed to write too much blood and gore, but I think you can have a few characters be the victims of major injuries." Ahsoka said halfheartedly. "Minor adult themes can be used, too – and you're allowed to have characters kiss, (you can even have them French-kiss, though I don't understand why you would shove your tongue down someone's throat…) hold hands, do whatever except sex."

Ahsoka threw her hands up in the air. "Sorry, but you can't. I don't think you're really supposed to mention sex at all in the story – I suppose you're allowed to imply that two characters decided to make love to one another, but you're never allowed to describe it, which brings us to the M rating."

Ahsoka clapped her hands together. "Stories with this particular rating is only supposed to be read by teenagers and adults for a fairly obvious reason – these stories often contain really, really mature themes including torture, rape, et cetera."

"However, don't get all excited just yet – according to FanFiction dot net, you're still not allowed to describe the sexual interaction between two characters. Of course, you're still allowed to suggest that two characters had sex, or you can put little sex jokes, or maybe just cut away the scene in which the two have sex…but actually, describing the action isn't allowed. Not really." Ahsoka lifted her hands. "I know there's such things as lemons on FanFiction, but according to the ratings, you're not supposed to describe it…however, I suppose over some time, FanFiction decided to push away that little detail because almost everyone was doing it."

"If you want to be on the safe side, though, and avoid being banned from FanFiction, I suggest not really describing sexual interaction at all." Ahsoka said with a shrug. "But hey, if you think you can get away with it, fine by me – but don't say I didn't tell you so."

"There's also some sort of debate over the rating MA on FanFiction, which is basically the rating M, only much more intense and in this rating, you're actually allowed to describe the sexual interaction between two people." Ahsoka said. "But the reason why no one sees MA stories is because FanFiction doesn't have that here. I believe it's supposed to be posted on another FanFiction site, but again, the details are rather cloudy on that one."

"And that's it for today!" Ahsoka whooped, clapping her hands together. "Goodbye!"


A/N - I actually couldn't believe that lemons technically aren't allowed on FanFiction until I took a proper look at the ratings. O.O To be honest, I don't really know the real reason behind the majority of lemons on FanFiction when it's technically not allowed, so I'm sorry if I fudged up my information...I'm just going by the book and prior knowledge. :/

As always, please leave a review! Constructive criticism is always allowed, but flames are not! I'm thinking of covering forums of FanFiction next...what do you guys think about that?