Forum: Story Recommendations

"The Grim Reaper" has been one of those 'maybe, but . . .' stories for me. It keeps coming up on searches, but after his epic "A Fresh Start" expressed views I found troubling, I've been hesitant to try another one of his. Still, I will think about it again.

As for "Dance of a Lifetime", as long as that stuff stays 'off-screen', I can deal with it. One of my favorites, "Making the Most of Our Second Chances", has a female led who was impregnated by rape about 2 months before the story begins. Off screen, no issue with me. So I'll give "Dance" a try.

Edit: I just looked, and "Dance" includes an Ma/Ma code. Sorry, but no.

However, all three of EzzyB's Chaos series are coded as tear-jerker. Sorry, but if I wanted that, I'd grab something from my NON-fiction shelves. "Origins of the Inquisition" comes to mind.

About @Chaos:
Really? I honestly didn't know that, there are one or two scenes that were sad but overall it's just a pleasant story. I'd recommend trying it out and ignore the code in that case.
Also, you might enjoy A friend in need

Okay, now there's one that looks like I should try it out. Thanks.

A Friend in Need is great, one of my favourites. I've got to warn you however, it's got a really sad part, which legit had me shed some tears. It's a very good story anyway but if you absolutely don't want any sad parts, be warned!

The Ma/Ma is the same as the rape scene, not off screen but also not detailed and isn't really graphic. I avoid Ma/Ma like the plague and it's not a story that you would even think of as having a Ma/Ma tag if the author hadn't thrown it on there. There's another pseudo rape scene that's Ma/F as well, but overall the story is one of the very few I can think of that doesn't have a Tami Trope.

Edit: I just looked, and "Dance" includes an Ma/Ma code. Sorry, but no.

I wouldn't let the MM code scare you off. It has the code because of a single scene. It happens entirely offscreen, and it's not played for eroticism. The aftermath makes clear what happened, but it's never actually described.

The more problematic part is that the same scene is why it has the Rape code, too. It's an attack with a sharp fade to black, not a sex scene. But while the act itself is not described, the aftermath and its effects on the characters are. That part of the story is a rough read, but it's a relatively small part of a very long story, and it's Don Lockwood, so you can trust that everything works out in the end.

There's also an MF scene that starts out consensual, but the woman changes her mind as the situation evolves. That one's more detailed, but still clearly not intended to be sexy.

Other than that, all the sex in DoaL is MF or FF, loving and fully consensual.

MM and Rape are codes that generally send stuff straight into my "Nope" bin, too, but I'd read and enjoyed enough of Don Lockwood's other stories that I was willing to give DoaL a try, trusting that he'd handle it well, and I wasn't disappointed. I'm actually in the middle of re-reading it.

I don't think I've seen that one before. I'll give it a look. Thanks.

Maybe I should write the story of my life. Dating at 15, married at 18, parents at 19, still together 56 years later.

Sounds like a possible epic story. But of course only you know if there are enough situations to make an interesting story for 'outsiders', i.e. readers.

And if not, Banadin could modify it from a true auto-biography into a 'based on real life' story.

Edit: clarification.

And if not, Banadin could modify it from a true auto-biography into a 'based on real life' story.

Of course you wouldn't be able to read it, given your previously stated 'abhorrence' for so many things that occur in 'real life'. Oh the irony...

Not really.. what he said he didn't like where two things the "Tami trope" and cheating. While yes, those are things that do happen in real life, PLENTY of people get through their lives without experiencing either. I've got a fairly big family (lots of cousins, 3 siblings) and a fair amount of good friends. ONE of them was cheated on (if anyone else I know was, they hid it from their friends). And I've never met anyone that's experienced the "Tami Trope" in real life. Again let me make clear that I know that it's things that do occur, but there's alot of people that never encounter either of the two things he said he didnt like. Not liking cheating or the tami trope shouldn't stop anyone from reading an auto-biography, as there's a good chance neither will be a theme in it. Same goes with the tags OP excluded. They are normal stuff that most people never encounter in their lives, except Tear Jerker of course!

What, you have never met a Vampire that was ot into menstrual play or a non-necrophilic Zombie? I don't believe you!

As I understand it, that is were the name comes from. However, there are several stories here that use it. Some were written before, but most I've seen (and left) came after "Stupid Boy" became popular.

I would prefer not to advertise their lot, but really, it is shouldn't be difficult to find some. That's why I wrote my request as I did. Because stories with it are much easier to find than stories without it.

Indeed. The ongoing series by Michael Loucks - Good Medicine - contains the Tami Trope :(

So did his previous one, until Tami died.

Would you guys mind taking this argument to a different thread?

This might seem crazy around here, but can we get back to the original request?

I've been trying to think of a male equivalent - where the male sees a female as his life partner but refuses to go steady with her until she's grown up (and I don't mean physically - there are many of those). So far I've drawn a blank.

One of Ka Hmnd's fantasy stories has a possible example. As I recall it is the only story of his with a female protagonist... I will have to look for the particular story and see if I can find it. Basically he is her mentor and she offers him her cherry which he accepts. He then tells her she cannot return to his bed till she has slept with someone else.

Archer by Ka Hmnd is the story. You be the judge.

I would prefer not to advertise their lot, but really, it is shouldn't be difficult to find some.

I was intrigued by the description of a "Tami Trope." Do all the stories that contain the Tami Trope have those precise words in the story so I can search for them? The reason I asked on the forum was that I was hoping not to have to read all the stories just in case one or more of them might possibly contain examples. I had guessed (perhaps wrongly) that a search for neither "tami" nor "trope" nor the two together would provide examples.

No, such a word search would not yield results.

What I meant was that it seems that the 'coming-of-age' type of stories on this site have been overrun with Tami Trope type stories. Thus you are much more likely to randomly hit a story with the Tami Trope than you are one without it.

Unless you do as I did and start your own thread asking for help in finding Tami-free stories.