I understand how stressful it must have been! I'm glad that the penalization was erroneous and ya got your account back.

I'm assuming the problem here is "...aged up to over 18." characters. As contentious as it is, a majority of people in the fandom view under-age characters that are 'aged up to 18', to still be considered minors. Despite them being, you know, fictional characters that technically never age. And the whole point of 'aging up' a character like that is to, literally, make them an adult, so that you *CAN* write and draw more adult content about them without being a fucking pedophile.

While I personally have 0 interest in the content, I'm definitely on the side of, 'If you are aging the character up to 18, then it is because you clearly have something wrong with the idea of the character being a child.'

Like, I do not know how other people can misconstrue that. Also, consider the context. Let's say, you are around the age of 10-15 during the time the original Pokémon series aired in the U.S.A, and develop a crush on, idk/idc. Misty or some shit.

all the characters from that show literally DO NOT age. So, while you grow up and continue to have that appreciation for that character you had a crush on, the character literally cannot age. And because you aren't a pedophile, you like the aged-up version of the character as an adult.

That seems pretty straightforward to understand to me, and most people I've talked to. But there's a circuit of people in the fandom that 100% believe that this concept is identical to pedophilia. I can't say I know their argument well though. From what I've heard, it's a lot of 'Well, if you still like the character for some reason, then you must be attracted to their child-like traits', which... again, aging up the character by-and-large erodes that. A lot of times, it's just adult versions of characters wearing iconic outfits from the shows or games. That tells me it's a lot more based in the actual aesthetic of the character, not anything to do with their behavior or mannerisms being 'childlike' in any regard.

ANYWAY> I would say your best bet is to avoid posting aged-up content of characters from popular media. That alone would make you totally safe, since you wouldn't have these rogue people in the fandom reporting your content because they fundamentally misunderstand what makes a child predator. It's not a pleasant option, especially if you are particularly fond of using pre-existing characters from franchises as the meat of your content. You could probably get away with posting it on Twitter, but to be honest, I think the crowd that's most against this kind of artwork exists predominantly ON Twitter, so they might try to cancel all your content and your account for posting aged-up characters.

I wish twitter wasn't a cesspool community wise. FA is terrible but I just hate the news and political feed you get on twitter.