Disclaimer: Glee, Kurt Hummel, Blaine Anderson, and all other recognizable characters, settings, etc. are the property of Ryan Murphy, Ian Brennan, Brad Falchuk, and Fox. Used without permission. No copyright infringement is intended. No money is being made off of this site. All original characters and plots are the property of the individual writers and plagarism of individual works will not be tolerated. Authors and works featured on this site do not represent the views and opinions of the administrators.
As a general rule of thumb, if a staff member or admin asks you to discontinue an activity or a behavior, please respect their decision. If you continue to ignore the instructions of a staff member or admin, you may face temporary suspension or account termination.
The following content is strictly prohibited in interactions or content in any areas of the site:
This will result in the content being removed, followed by a warning, suspension, or account ban depending on intent, maliciousness and severity at the moderator's discretion.
Note that this does not include in character, roleplay related, or otherwise fictional content and scenarios, but it is the user's responsibility to clearly separate your IC and OOC content and intentions if you don't want to be misunderstood.
All stories submitted to the site must be Kurt/Blaine centric, since this is Scarves and Coffee, after all. A relationship is not required, but all stories require Kurt and/or Blaine to be featured in some way, shape, or form, even if one or the other does not make an appearance in the actual story. Even if you’re writing ABOUT Klaine through another character’s eyes, at least one of the boys needs to be included. This is not a general Glee archive.
As an aside, a number of authors have requested that fans refrain from writing fan fiction based on their work. Therefore, submissions will not be accepted based on the works of P.N. Elrod, Raymond Feist, Terry Goodkind, Laurell K. Hamilton, Anne McCaffrey, Robin McKinley, Irene Radford, Anne Rice, and Nora Roberts/J.D. Robb.
Scarves and Coffee provides the following content ratings for categorization of works:
K
Suitable for all ages. Must be free of coarse language, violence, or adult themes. Think animated kids movie.
T
Suitable for teens/those 13+. May include minor coarse language, minor violence, or minor, suggestive adult themes. Nothing you wouldn’t see in a tame Glee episode, for example. A kiss scene is fine, but something involving other body parts or more detailed descriptions should be rated higher.
M
Not suitable for all ages, 18+. May include coarse language, violence, or suggestive adult themes. Fics with this rating are hidden by default from unregistered users and users that have not indicated that they are 18+.
E
Smut. Any thing with a descriptive sex scene or graphic depictions of violence, coarse language, etc. This rating is also hidden by default from users not 18+.
NR
This serves as a default/general rating and is also hidden from users that are not 18+. If you’re unsure what rating to use, you can use this one as a general rating. Be sure to elaborate on any themes or content that may be sensitive in the story notes or warnings.
If you are stuck between two ratings, go with the higher rating to be safe. If you need further clarification or would like a staff member to assist you, you can email amdin@scarvesandcoffee.net.
We also provide Categories, Story Notes, and Warnings for you to fill out and let users know if your story contains anything they may not want to read or things they should be prepared for. You are encouraged to use these as liberally as you wish.
You can also specify characters from the character list that will be featured in your story PROMINENTLY. For instance, don’t add Will Schuster if he only has two lines or he doesn’t play a major role in your fic.
We encourage users to label works with appropriate categories and content warnings if the content contains potentially offensive or triggering content. This is not a rule that will lead to disciplinary action, but rather a note that administrators may elect to add content warnings to your work where we feel that it's necessary to protect other users.
Some content which may require content warnings:
This is not a comprehensive list; just do your best to be considerate to the people around you when creating publicly displayed content.
All content you post must have been written by you or you must have the permission of the original author to repost their content. Reposting stories by other users from other sites is prohibited. If you find someone has reposted or otherwise stolen parts of your story, please use the “Report” button on the story itself and fill in the report form. Please include links to the original content.
If you are under 18, do not use this site to offer, request, or share adult content. DO NOT use this site to offer or request adult content to or from users who you are aware are under the age of 18. We want this to remain a fun and safe place for both parties.
Adult content includes pornographic prompts, as well as pornographic artwork or literature, erotic RP, sexual language, and detailed sexual headcanons (including character genitalia measurements, genitalia references, detailed sexual behavior or kink lists, etc.).
Underage users who are found to be untruthful about their age to upload or interact with adult material will be banned. Adult users knowingly interacting with users under the age of 18 in the manner specified above may also face account suspension or ban based on the severity.
Flooding is defined as taking up large portions of public site space while contributing no substantial content and is prohibited.
Spamming can include the above, as well as repeatedly messaging other users after they have signaled their disinterest in conversation, messaging other users with links or with any ill or commercial intention, etc. (anything that would reasonably be called harassment). Spamming or flooding may lead to removal of the reported material and temporary or permanent suspension of your account depending on severity.
Creating new accounts to circumvent account bans or suspensions may result in immediate permanent suspension of all your accounts. Repeated offences may lead to an IP ban.
Creating new accounts and using those accounts to communicate with, deal with, violate the terms of, or otherwise interact with a user who has blocked you/requested you discontinue interacting with them, may result in an immediate and permanent ban on all your accounts. This includes but is not limited to: using new accounts to PM users or post comments on submissions of users who have blocked you.
After reporting a user for behavior related reasons, do not continue to engage or bait them for responses. It’s best if you immediately block them. Please do not start on-site witch hunts or smear campaigns against another user(s). Encouraging other users to harass or otherwise approach someone on your behalf is strictly prohibited. Please keep in mind that hateful and insulting comments are not allowed.
Do not report or otherwise harass a user or a user’s content just because you do not like or agree with the content/stories they post. As long as the content is appropriately rated/tagged and follows the above Content guidelines, simply do not engage with the content or block the author.
Please ensure all artwork or fanart you use is used with permission and properly sourced. If you upload this content in your story or as the cover (or even as your profile image) while erroneously stating it’s being used with permission, the content may be removed at the request of the original artist (please use the report button on the content in this case and provide links to the original work) and your account may face suspension or termination.
A story rated M or E may have a slightly NSFW cover, provided that it’s tasteful or cropped and matches the rating/warnings on the written parts of the story. Please do not use pornographic images/gifs as the cover image, or anything that includes genitalia. Those types of images may be included inside the text of the story, but please please be moderately civil with the cover.
You are NOT allowed to have NSFW content in your profile image in any case, since any user can access your profile image. Kissing or hugging is fine, for example, but anything beyond that is better left to stories. Profile images must also respect the artwork rules stated above.
Please refrain from posting explicit comments, sexual or otherwise, in public areas, such as in the comments section of News Posts or in the Shoutbox. These comments will be removed by site staff and repeated offences may result in account suspension or ban. Please respect these spaces as they are visible to everyone.
This also goes for comments on stories rated K or T, since anyone 13+ may access these as well. As a rule of thumb, match the maximum rating of your comment to the rating of the story.
Do not use the Shoutbox to harass or “call out” other users for any reason. If you have a problem with another user, please ban or report them (if applicable).
You may use the Shoutbox to advertise a new chapter or story, for instance, but please limit it to one shout per post.
You may not use the Shotbox for any commercial reasons.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT POSTING STORIES, BE THEY ABOUT THE INTRICACIES OF SUBMISSIONS OR OTHERWISE, PLEASE REFER TO THE HELP PAGE BEFORE SPEAKING TO AN ADMIN.