The 500 Club

Welcome to the500club, a community for writing and sharing rps (real person slash) about Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, as well as some of their associates. The community also welcomes fanfic based on the film and television characters played by Martin and Lewis. We've got an open-minded, writer's workshop sort of atmosphere around here, so crack and AU fic is also welcome. Creative deviation is what fanfiction is all about, so go nuts.

Fan art and fanvids very welcome, but please post both under an lj-cut (for instructions see below!), with appropriate warnings if the fan art is NSFW.

A FEW RULES AND WARNINGS
This is an adult community. In order to join and view entries, you must be 18 or older and have your birthdate, including year, posted on your userinfo page for all LJ users to see at all times. No exceptions.

Before you post OR READ entries on this community, you should **read the posting guidelines.**

If you read a fic and enjoy it, please comment and let the author know! If you have nothing constructive or complimentary to say to an author, please don't comment. This community is based on the model of a writer's workshop. A really smutty one. But still, a workshop. So readers' comments should assist and/or encourage the writers in some way.

Be cool. Everyone is allowed to express their opinions and tastes in a reasonable and respectful manner. As fans we have a lot of passion and enthusiasm. In a community setting, everyone is expected to be polite and constructive, and if neccessary agree to disagree. Destructive, inflammatory or harrassing posts will get a bitch banned after one warning.

the500club accepts fiction of all rating levels and pretty much any iteration of m/m, f/f, m/f/m, f/m/f, m/m/f/f (and yes, even f/m!) that you can come up with. The only stories that are not accepted are underage and noncon (nonconsensual or rape) fic. Other themes and kinks are welcome, as long as they are warned about in a story heading when applicable.

That's it!


POSTING GUIDELINES

When posting, please remember to use an LJ cut to save space on everyone's friend list. HOW TO CUT.


Please use a heading before the cut when posting fic. Here's a handy template.

Title:
Pairing or Characters:
Summary: (a brief outline or highlight of the plot, or maybe a significant quote)
Word Count:
Rating: (MPAA ratings work fine, or use adult/teen/gen and then provide details)
Warnings: (please list potentially squicky content here for reader convenience)
Disclaimer: (the customary fanfic plea - don't own, don't sue, etc...)
Author's Notes: (thank you's, writing workshop-style comments, or anything else you need to say. This can also go at the end of the story)


A WORD ON RPS AND RATINGS

This is an rps community. RPS stands for "real person slash." This means the stories here contain gay relationships and sexual content. The stories posted here are fictional, but contain characters based on the public personas of real people. Please read the wikipedia entry on RPS for a more detailed explanation of this subgenre of fan fiction.

All fiction posted to the community should be labeled with a rating and applicable warnings that accurately describe the content of the story. It is the reader's responsibility to pay attention to these ratings and warnings and their own comfort levels when choosing what to read. That said, the average rating of fiction on this community is NC-17 or "adult." Explicit sexual content is featured in the majority of stories here, but PG/gen stories are by no means discouraged. If explicitly sexual writing is not to your tastes, please consider joining or starting another community. Abraham Lincoln famously said, "Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be." If you don't like to think of Martin and Lewis in association with the NC-17 rating, go somewhere else. Because you ain't gonna be happy here. We recommend classicslash, a comm similar to this one but focusing less on explicitly sexual hijinx and more on discussion and appreciation of subtextual homoeroticism.

IN CONCLUSION
Write, read, comment and discuss. But above all, have fun!