Please - don't send me html files. I am also willing to look at well done and interesting crossovers. Stories with adult themes and situations are fine, as long as they are non-explicit. This is harder to define, but to my mind involved male characters getting overly physically and emotionally affectionate in a manner that is extremely out of character and in a situation that doesn t call for it. This does not mean I would not accept a story containing a gay character so long as the story itself wasn t slash.
People come in all types and colors.
Stories may be set during any time period, focus on any characters, and deviate from the established show as you please. Original characters are welcome, so long as they do not take the focus of the story away from the main characters. Everyone has their own personal definition of what, exactly, a marysue is, and I am no exception. Original characters that take over the story and seem to have an eerie similarity to the writer will give me cause for concern. I am not taking stories written in script style or in present tense format.