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2 years ago
It has come to my attention that recent (and utterly unhinged) rule adjustments to FA may compromise my and many other's ability to continue using and relying on this platform. A link to the update, there's another one from 3 days ago as well: https://furaffinity.net/journal/10557600
In short, recent clarification has seemingly gone BACK on what FA has said (or more like backpedaled after some backlash) previously on the matter of Pokemon/Digimon/etc when it comes to a certain policy, and it seems they are now... forward pedaling(?) again, but harder. Now they've gotten specific and stated that potentially quote "thousands of characters" will be banned from partaking- or just existing in the general vicinity of- all NSFW, fetish, or even suggestive situations if they have even a hint of kink (and the trigger-happiness of this rule has already been substantiated by observation of users). They are now providing specific examples, including: "Pichu, Mime Jr., Riolu, and Smoochum, other Pokémon such as Cubchoo, Cubone, Torchic, Ralts, Eevee, and Gothita, and Digmon such as Agumon, Impmon, Gatomon, and Veemon."
This latest clarification also attempts to claim that "SFW or non-sexualized interests, such as vore and transformation" don't count, but that's a lie. Vore IS one of the things users' have reported being taken down by staff under this policy within the last few months (and that was before the latest change went into effect, now it could be worse!) The only upside is that, as is claimed at least, a user must report you first before staff bothers to have a look and brings down the hammer of injustice.
But even with that caveat, the idea of blanket-banning NSFW and fetish content of certain species' REGARDLESS of their true age (even if it is made clear through anything other than making them... humanoid, such as speaking in an entirely adult way) is utterly insane. For instance Riolu, who can easily be canonically adults that chose not to evolve (I have at least 2 friends where this is the case!), or Eevee, which isn't even a baby Pokemon nor does it really look 'young'. I mean, Eevee have an egg group and are breedable in-game, WTAF are FA staff smoking? Is Pikachu banned next? Think about it... They're about the same size, and often treated as a duo by Pokemon Company/Nintendo, Let's Go just being one of many examples of that.
Regardless, let me explain specifically how this change affects me and those like me.
The problem comes from my natural chibi-esque style as an artist (and distaste for humanoid/overly 'anthro-morphed' Pokemon), plus a number of ADULT OCs my friends and I have that are likely on the no-no list, such as Riolu, Eevee (and logically speaking Pikachu, but I'm sure they avoided mentioning that specific case for fear of the immense fan backlash), Mew, Plusle, Pichu, Vulpix, Pachirisu (wait for it, I'm getting to her when the art's finished lol), and basically ANY 1st-evo starter (in my case Oshawott, Snivy, Piplup, Fennikin, and considering a Scorbunny OC, but my friends have MANY more starters) as they nearly all could be called 'childlike', at least under this absolute "shotgun approach" of a definition.
As such MANY of us Pokefurs who partake in the lewd or kinky side of things will effectively be royally screwed by this decision, as will a TON of creators, many of whom I have looked up to all my life and have inspired me to do this in the first place, NONE of whom have a focus on anything adjacent to "cub" content.
Overall, this is an incredibly disappointing and short-sighted rule change, and one which FA seems to be actively gaslighting users into thinking "isn't a big deal," when the experience of actual users contradicts what is claimed (and the actual policy itself is far too intentionally vague to resolve this incongruity). Unfortunately, such experiences may only go downhill from here, given how little FA seems to care about what actual creators think.
In light of these events I'd like to remind all of my viewers (Fans? Um, I hope you guys enjoy it here at least!) that you can also find me on some more sane platforms below, which I may post art too more regularly if things continue this way.
- DeviantArt
- Twitter(Yes really, Elon Twitter might actually be more sane. Sad, isn't it?)
- Discord and Telegram (Just ask, glad to hand it out!)
- Art Server: https://discord.gg/7S3NrVTkbh
In short, recent clarification has seemingly gone BACK on what FA has said (or more like backpedaled after some backlash) previously on the matter of Pokemon/Digimon/etc when it comes to a certain policy, and it seems they are now... forward pedaling(?) again, but harder. Now they've gotten specific and stated that potentially quote "thousands of characters" will be banned from partaking- or just existing in the general vicinity of- all NSFW, fetish, or even suggestive situations if they have even a hint of kink (and the trigger-happiness of this rule has already been substantiated by observation of users). They are now providing specific examples, including: "Pichu, Mime Jr., Riolu, and Smoochum, other Pokémon such as Cubchoo, Cubone, Torchic, Ralts, Eevee, and Gothita, and Digmon such as Agumon, Impmon, Gatomon, and Veemon."
This latest clarification also attempts to claim that "SFW or non-sexualized interests, such as vore and transformation" don't count, but that's a lie. Vore IS one of the things users' have reported being taken down by staff under this policy within the last few months (and that was before the latest change went into effect, now it could be worse!) The only upside is that, as is claimed at least, a user must report you first before staff bothers to have a look and brings down the hammer of injustice.
But even with that caveat, the idea of blanket-banning NSFW and fetish content of certain species' REGARDLESS of their true age (even if it is made clear through anything other than making them... humanoid, such as speaking in an entirely adult way) is utterly insane. For instance Riolu, who can easily be canonically adults that chose not to evolve (I have at least 2 friends where this is the case!), or Eevee, which isn't even a baby Pokemon nor does it really look 'young'. I mean, Eevee have an egg group and are breedable in-game, WTAF are FA staff smoking? Is Pikachu banned next? Think about it... They're about the same size, and often treated as a duo by Pokemon Company/Nintendo, Let's Go just being one of many examples of that.
Regardless, let me explain specifically how this change affects me and those like me.
The problem comes from my natural chibi-esque style as an artist (and distaste for humanoid/overly 'anthro-morphed' Pokemon), plus a number of ADULT OCs my friends and I have that are likely on the no-no list, such as Riolu, Eevee (and logically speaking Pikachu, but I'm sure they avoided mentioning that specific case for fear of the immense fan backlash), Mew, Plusle, Pichu, Vulpix, Pachirisu (wait for it, I'm getting to her when the art's finished lol), and basically ANY 1st-evo starter (in my case Oshawott, Snivy, Piplup, Fennikin, and considering a Scorbunny OC, but my friends have MANY more starters) as they nearly all could be called 'childlike', at least under this absolute "shotgun approach" of a definition.
As such MANY of us Pokefurs who partake in the lewd or kinky side of things will effectively be royally screwed by this decision, as will a TON of creators, many of whom I have looked up to all my life and have inspired me to do this in the first place, NONE of whom have a focus on anything adjacent to "cub" content.
Overall, this is an incredibly disappointing and short-sighted rule change, and one which FA seems to be actively gaslighting users into thinking "isn't a big deal," when the experience of actual users contradicts what is claimed (and the actual policy itself is far too intentionally vague to resolve this incongruity). Unfortunately, such experiences may only go downhill from here, given how little FA seems to care about what actual creators think.
In light of these events I'd like to remind all of my viewers (Fans? Um, I hope you guys enjoy it here at least!) that you can also find me on some more sane platforms below, which I may post art too more regularly if things continue this way.
- DeviantArt
- Discord and Telegram (Just ask, glad to hand it out!)
- Art Server: https://discord.gg/7S3NrVTkbh
If this judgment was based on fact, like it is on most other art platforms, it would be an objective ruling, avoiding bias of all parties involved, and none of this ever would've been a problem. The so-called "vampire loli" loophole wouldn't exist either, because it wouldn't be a loophole. (I mean, I think 1000 year old vampire lolis are cringe, but objectively speaking, facts are facts, they don't change no matter how hard you squint.) But that's not how it works here, and now that the rule will explicitly apply to Pokemon, it'll affect a lot more folks than just weirdos with loli girls.
Actually, one of the things I was uploading soon is a Riolu-Mew, how's that square lol