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Jan. 15th, 2004 10:27 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
beccastareyesIt sems like a lot of fuss has accumulated around ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
fandom_scruples and their attempt to blacklist those who write fanfiction porn, incest and other such things. Of course, those horrible perverts have had an expected reaction -- one half outrage (since most respectable fen I know DO warn about smutty stories/art, and they do not figure they need to put it under password) and one half joking glee (they now have a listing of easy-to-access stories for their reading pleasure).
Now, I don't read adult stories as a rule -- I have issues with PWP stories, and I've grown wary of romance stories in general. And, goodness knows I don't write them -- because I am a firm believer that a virgin should not try to write a sex scene, though given some of the horror stories I've heard on![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
fanficrants and the bad lemon tales from eiviiaru and uncreativity, I think I could do a better job than some writers out there. And I'm all for the proper labling of fanfiction -- I like to know what I'm reading.
However, I firmly believe that clearly labeling sites with adult content and making it clear that this is not a place where children should be is the best we can do. Heck, I would even spring for a Javascript alert that warns the reader upon entering a adult section of a website, like ff.net used to have before the Great NC-17 Purge or posting to a friends only livejournal. But could someone explain what password protection could do that the methods I discussed can't? It is not that hard to send an e-mail that says you are over 18.
One of the projects on a back burner isuncreativity and my idea for an Adult Art Exchange -- basically a group of artists get together and draw suggestive and/or juust plain smutty pictures for each other -- I'm hoping drawing nudity will help me fix my problems with proportions -- and a few suggestive pictures of my comic's cast would brighten my day. I agreed to write out the rules, and I did say that any person signed up that was found to not be 18 would be banned until his/her 18th birthday -- but I fully admit that a) this is mostly a legal matter, as most fans I know who read lemons/look at smutty fanart/doujinshi scans started as minors and b) if you are careful, I will never find out, as I am lazy.
Heck, JournalFen has the same problem -- they can ban accounts for those who identify themselves as under 18, but there is no telling how many people over there are underage but never mention it.
To be honest, things are much easier handled on the parental end -- I (or another fan) cannot keep your son/daughter off my site. I do not know his/her age, not am I capable of telling if he/she is lying to me when he/she says he/she is 18 -- I know college students who act like they are still in middle school. You can -- either by filtering software, banning internet privledges, or the old-fashioned hover-over-the-kid's-shoulder.
fandom_scruples and their attempt to blacklist those who write fanfiction porn, incest and other such things. Of course, those horrible perverts have had an expected reaction -- one half outrage (since most respectable fen I know DO warn about smutty stories/art, and they do not figure they need to put it under password) and one half joking glee (they now have a listing of easy-to-access stories for their reading pleasure). Now, I don't read adult stories as a rule -- I have issues with PWP stories, and I've grown wary of romance stories in general. And, goodness knows I don't write them -- because I am a firm believer that a virgin should not try to write a sex scene, though given some of the horror stories I've heard on
fanficrants and the bad lemon tales from eiviiaru and uncreativity, I think I could do a better job than some writers out there. And I'm all for the proper labling of fanfiction -- I like to know what I'm reading. However, I firmly believe that clearly labeling sites with adult content and making it clear that this is not a place where children should be is the best we can do. Heck, I would even spring for a Javascript alert that warns the reader upon entering a adult section of a website, like ff.net used to have before the Great NC-17 Purge or posting to a friends only livejournal. But could someone explain what password protection could do that the methods I discussed can't? It is not that hard to send an e-mail that says you are over 18.
One of the projects on a back burner is
uncreativity and my idea for an Adult Art Exchange -- basically a group of artists get together and draw suggestive and/or juust plain smutty pictures for each other -- I'm hoping drawing nudity will help me fix my problems with proportions -- and a few suggestive pictures of my comic's cast would brighten my day. I agreed to write out the rules, and I did say that any person signed up that was found to not be 18 would be banned until his/her 18th birthday -- but I fully admit that a) this is mostly a legal matter, as most fans I know who read lemons/look at smutty fanart/doujinshi scans started as minors and b) if you are careful, I will never find out, as I am lazy.Heck, JournalFen has the same problem -- they can ban accounts for those who identify themselves as under 18, but there is no telling how many people over there are underage but never mention it.
To be honest, things are much easier handled on the parental end -- I (or another fan) cannot keep your son/daughter off my site. I do not know his/her age, not am I capable of telling if he/she is lying to me when he/she says he/she is 18 -- I know college students who act like they are still in middle school. You can -- either by filtering software, banning internet privledges, or the old-fashioned hover-over-the-kid's-shoulder.
