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what defines mature?
14 years ago
funny thought... what defines mature? not maturity but something being as regarded for a "mature" audience? what defines something as being sexual?
does something qualify as being mature by simply BEING provocative? are ALL fetishes inherently sexual, and as such are all fetishes to be regarded as being for a mature audience?
what standard does the fandom judge things like this? by what standards does FA judge this? is there a uniform standard by which judgments are made in either form? or is it simply "one person says this, and if we like them we'll agree with them" ???
the reason I ask these things is, some of you have been subjected to such discrepancies in judgement, some of my other friends have been subjected to such discrepancies in judgement, and some of my watch list have been subjected to such discrepancies in judgement...
in one case, one of you had multiple pieces that belonged to another artist... line art they had given you permission to color, and in your description you had explained this... yet those works were taken down by a moderator who cited the AUP (even though those works did still fall under AUP guidelines)
in another case, friends post pictures of their crossdressing outfits, wearing girly things, cuffs, collars, etc... and are left alone...in another case still, just because someone is wearing a "pup hood" their pictures get deleted... admins cite that certain other articles (such as leashes) are allowed for costume purposes, and that the hood pictured is "a fetish hood"...whenever by comparison, every convention i've been to has contained within conduct rules, NO LEASHES because of the sexual connotations associated with them, and yet not once has a pup hood (the pictured model included) EVER...EVER been questioned (not even by the hyper aggressive DIs...)... in even ANOTHER case, if we want to say that fetish is automatically sexual... there are FA admins who have fetish-themed pics in their galleries of themselves...in fursuit or gear...
in still another case... I ask this one... why is it that a vendor is unable to get a booth at some conventions...because of the same line of thinking mentioned previously...and then a company like Bad Dragon is easily able to obtain a booth? you don't want kinky shit being sold at your convention and then you want to sell dragon dildos and cum lube?
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really...what standards of administration and conduct do we have??? we as a fandom have been so...wishy washy... its REDICULOUS...
does something qualify as being mature by simply BEING provocative? are ALL fetishes inherently sexual, and as such are all fetishes to be regarded as being for a mature audience?
what standard does the fandom judge things like this? by what standards does FA judge this? is there a uniform standard by which judgments are made in either form? or is it simply "one person says this, and if we like them we'll agree with them" ???
the reason I ask these things is, some of you have been subjected to such discrepancies in judgement, some of my other friends have been subjected to such discrepancies in judgement, and some of my watch list have been subjected to such discrepancies in judgement...
in one case, one of you had multiple pieces that belonged to another artist... line art they had given you permission to color, and in your description you had explained this... yet those works were taken down by a moderator who cited the AUP (even though those works did still fall under AUP guidelines)
in another case, friends post pictures of their crossdressing outfits, wearing girly things, cuffs, collars, etc... and are left alone...in another case still, just because someone is wearing a "pup hood" their pictures get deleted... admins cite that certain other articles (such as leashes) are allowed for costume purposes, and that the hood pictured is "a fetish hood"...whenever by comparison, every convention i've been to has contained within conduct rules, NO LEASHES because of the sexual connotations associated with them, and yet not once has a pup hood (the pictured model included) EVER...EVER been questioned (not even by the hyper aggressive DIs...)... in even ANOTHER case, if we want to say that fetish is automatically sexual... there are FA admins who have fetish-themed pics in their galleries of themselves...in fursuit or gear...
in still another case... I ask this one... why is it that a vendor is unable to get a booth at some conventions...because of the same line of thinking mentioned previously...and then a company like Bad Dragon is easily able to obtain a booth? you don't want kinky shit being sold at your convention and then you want to sell dragon dildos and cum lube?
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really...what standards of administration and conduct do we have??? we as a fandom have been so...wishy washy... its REDICULOUS...
