Might have to leave
2 years ago
In light of the new rule going into effect in July, which now puts an umbrella over Pokémon and Digimon characters with child-like proportions which... are a lot of them, because they're small creatures, a good portion of my characters all fall under that umbrella now. Sven, Teo, Yol, the new princes, perhaps even Yami and Sol. Despite literally none of them being children, their bodies are small, or they look cute. I'll remove the obvious ones I know will get dinged, such as the new princes.
Sven was already dinged once because I used the proper categorization from the Japanese translation. I was basically told by an FA mod, "I don't care, it still says the word Child, therefore, child."
I have since removed that piece in question... which was posted in 2016 mind you. I'll stay as long as I can, but I imagine that Sven will likely be hit again since he is small and cute. Especially since it will just take one FA mod who knows fuck all about Digimon to deem them a child and suspend me.
So much for being an inclusive place. :v)
I definitely understand the need to crack down on minors on this site, but now accounts that have no business being categorized as such will be targeted just based on an individuals belief. In my opinion, I think such a thing could be handled better, but that doesn't seem likely.
So if Sven does wind up being struck because of his appearance, I will remove him from FA (or any other of my cute characters that are struck) and will no longer be posting here. I'll keep this account open simply to support my artist friends and have commissions done.
Sven was already dinged once because I used the proper categorization from the Japanese translation. I was basically told by an FA mod, "I don't care, it still says the word Child, therefore, child."
I have since removed that piece in question... which was posted in 2016 mind you. I'll stay as long as I can, but I imagine that Sven will likely be hit again since he is small and cute. Especially since it will just take one FA mod who knows fuck all about Digimon to deem them a child and suspend me.
So much for being an inclusive place. :v)
I definitely understand the need to crack down on minors on this site, but now accounts that have no business being categorized as such will be targeted just based on an individuals belief. In my opinion, I think such a thing could be handled better, but that doesn't seem likely.
So if Sven does wind up being struck because of his appearance, I will remove him from FA (or any other of my cute characters that are struck) and will no longer be posting here. I'll keep this account open simply to support my artist friends and have commissions done.
After those two...I will just wait and see I guess. But agreed, the amount of pokémon and digimon hit by this rule change is going to be massive. Even to those who don't deserve it. I understand the reasons, but...definitely could have been handled or outlined better.
But hey, time to give Sven a full beard~
Jokes aside. Dangerous move on FA's part. This just sends a poor message. The only people I can see that are happy with this policy update are the TWYS lovers over on E621 who want all basic stage pokemon labeled as cub.
Well...no yeah basically those are the only ones who would really like it. Well that and the people who are just that overly sensitive.
It forced FA's hand. I get it. I just wish it didn't effect me. I don't blame FA for it, I blame those individuals who made this happen.
But from my understanding, nsfw of Sven would definitely be banned. Considering he looks and acts like a kid as far I remember.
Thanks Blitz, I think I'll just delete what little is actually there and keep the SFW stuff up. c:
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/47626323/
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/47626345/
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/46669910/
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/45310702/
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/41838455/
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/37436218/
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/35500357/
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/34320077/
Where characters have been drawn with larger torso and legs while maintaining the cutesy style.
But stuff like this, having the same characters, would be banned because of the proportions (count the amount of heads that can fit their body)
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/36931625/
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/38558621/ (yami would affect the pic)
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/37464250/
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/38937441/
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/44635065/
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/39922380/ (asa head and arms being way too short + arms having child like musculature)
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/45729403/
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/48861252/ (Sol head being way too big and arms being shorter than usual)
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/48861841/
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/47274846/ (gomamon legs being drawn too baby like instead of their canon legs)
I agree that dealing with drawings pretending to be adult needs a crack down, but going after specific art style is an entirely wrong way to do it.
I know it has nothing to do with you, and I truly appreciate you helping me Blitz. I cannot agree with the way this staff is going to handle this new policy.
I honestly blame the cp artists using the "1000 yo loli/shota" or "its a pokemon/digimon" excuse when their focus is notoriously on sexualizing and normalizing child porn -.- And of course, I put the full blame on groomers that take advantage of the normalization to predate on minors.
While I think that measure helps to reduce the damage a bit, FA should focus on making sure to mark as "mature/adult" obvious fetish content that appears in the frontpage in SFW mode; Disabling notes/comments on underaged users so they cannot share their contact info with adults; And the most obvious one, increasing the amount of staff in the rating area + increasing the penalty for breaking the "nsfw marked as general" rule , because I literally have tickets that have been waiting for months about users showing nsfw as general.
It's entirely wrong, regardless of intention, FA is destroying innocent artists livelihood and forcing a label onto them and their art. There has to be a better way. I truly get why this has to happen, but it's not being executed properly at all. They created a solution, worse than the actual problem.