Five years makes sense to me. That's, like, forever on the Internet. By that measure, of course, I'll have to wait another couple of years for BRN to qualify, but I'm patient.

Just so we all know, though, is "decent," say, at least a page of relevant hits (that is, ten)? Or, five years on, are any hits at all enough?

I guess I'd lean toward "any," or possibly five. For reference, "Celebrian badfic" gets five, by my count, and it's about the same for "legolas by laura" (a few of those are the same video in different locations).

~Neshomeh

It looks like a good idea.

Anyone ever hear of "Dipper Goes to Taco Bell"? (link goes to Google hits but some of the results can be NSFW/B)

I remember hearing about this at least two years ago, and it was published back in August 2012, so that would at qualify if we were to go by the three-year timeframe.

(As a side note, I don't even watch Gravity Falls, so that says something to me about its sheer notoriety.)

I'm still dubious about this whole procedure, but if the Board accepts it, then Blood Raining Night clearly qualifies. You were ignoring the fanime - but it has fanime. That. Just. What.

hS

That story appears to occupy every single one of the 500+ hits it gets. Which means it qualifies under the rules as currently set out.

It may be relevant that searching for hits in the past year only turns up 18, of which only 5 seem to be relevant. I don't know how Google determines a year, though.

Looking at the other two suggestions through the same lens, 'My Inner Life' occupies 8 of the top 20 'recent' hits, while 'Blood Raining Night' takes up all except two of the top 20.

Do we want a time-related requirement (such as 'must still be being talked about five or more years after it was created')? I think that would help assuage my own doubts about the process - it would mean that flash-in-the-pan stories wouldn't get in by being prominent right after being written.

brb, proposing that change in a new post.

hS

I... kinda wish things like this would just die and stay dead, personally. It's probably futile to suggest ruling out stories that are just appalling squick for appalling squick's sake as being beneath our notice, because that would exclude old chestnuts like "C*l*br**n" and probably others, too, but still, I can wish it. >.<

~Neshomeh

I... kinda wish things like this would just die and stay dead, personally. It's probably futile to suggest ruling out stories that are just appalling squick for appalling squick's sake as being beneath our notice, because that would exclude old chestnuts like "C*l*br**n" and probably others, too, but still, I can wish it. >.
~Neshomeh

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Hello, everybody. This is Cipher's backup consciousness. The boy was smart enough to upload me into his brain, in case the circuits ever overhead. Like now, for example. Cipher usually has very high resistance to badfics, but things like that are abound to happen sometimes. Don't worry, I have already launched the reboot program, so we should be getting him back soon. In the meantime, let me explain:

James' summary wasn't enough, so Cipher decided to check the Badfic Candidate himself. Although he barely knew Sailor Moon canon (Last time he watched it he was eight). The first problem our systems noted at the very beginning, with the 'disclaimer':

"Feel free to read this if you’re a minor, though, people under 18should be able to have fun too!"

Clearly Cipher and the 'Author' have different defitions of fun... moving on! The rest of the reading went something like this



And now you see, oh... looks like the reboot is complete and Cipher is coming back. In that case, I bid everyone au revoir!
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Ugh, what the heck happened? My head... Ah, right! Chibiusa's seventh birthday, huh? I think Master will agree with me.