(Mods will probably delete this for off-topic, but whatever.)
Both of you are missing the point.
No, there is significant difference and a cut off point between ntr and cheating.
...Yes, and that cut off is whether or not the FMC is stolen from the MC. The MC's reaction to her being stolen is irrelevant to whether or not the story is catagoriezed as NTR.
If MC is not present at all you are losing on the aspect of girl getting off on the risk of being found out.
This is not required for a story to be categorized as NTR. Only the FMC's corruption and betrayal are required.
You are missing on the lies and gaslighting that she needs to come up with.
This is not required for a story to be categorized as NTR. Only the FMC's corruption and betrayal are required.
Finally you are missing out on MC stupid reactions, cluelessness, humiliation or even excuses he comes out himself to justify girls unusual behavior.
This is not required for a story to be categorized as NTR. Only the FMC's corruption and betrayal are required.
IF all that is missing the story should be just tagged as cheating.
The exact opposite, actually. I'll prove it right now.
Let's re-imagine 'A Promise Best Left Unkept' in two ways:
A version focusing on what you say is important for an NTR story, and a version focusing on what I say is important for an NTR story.
Terix3's Version of 'A Promise Best Left Unkept':
- Laura starts getting blackmailed and having sex with Luca behind Harry's back.
- In spite of herself, she comes to find that the sex is very arousing in a dark way and starts getting off on the idea of Harry catching her in the act. Something she regrets after the sex is over.
- In order to hide her deeds from Harry, she comes up with lie after lie, causing Harry to doubt himself as he wonders about her strange behavior.
- Harry either remains oblivious, or finds out and has a meltdown.
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However, Laura is never corrupted by Luca. She never gives in to his mind games. She never doubts Harry or thinks poorly of him. Her love for him remains intact and untarnished for the entirety of the story and, at the end, she returns to him ready to continue the relationship as a faithful partner.
My Version of 'A Promise Best Left Unkept':
- Laura starts getting blackmailed and having sex with Luca behind Harry's back.
- She is never shown to get off on the idea of being caught; she just really likes the sex itself.
- She and Luca do such a good job of keeping things hidden from Harry that she never has to lie about anything. Harry notices nothing, and is suspicious of nothing.
- In fact, Harry barely ever shows up in my version of the story and is mostly only referenced in dialogue between Laura and Luca.
- Laura is initially faithful to Harry and guilt-ridden over her actions but, over time, she begins to change. Luca's influence causes her to re-evaluate her relationship with Harry. Even her love for him. The things she doesn't like about Harry become bigger in her mind while the things she used to like begin to annoy her. This goes on until, finally, she stops caring about Harry and completely falls for Luca. She then breaks up with Harry via text message and the story ends with her riding Luca's cock in ecstasy.
Do you see the differnce? Your version of the story has all the things you listed as important, but it could hardly be considered NTR since there is no corruption/betrayal. It's barely even cheating; Laura never falls so it's just blackmail and rape from beginning to end.
My version lacks everything you listed, but it still has corruption and betrayal and that's all it needs to make it NTR. It's definitely not as interesting or impactful, but it's still NTR.