Anonymous Asker · 10mo
The submission guidelines state that all portfolios with nsfw will be rejected immediately. So, if an author were to submit their ao3 as a portfolio, does that mean they'd be rejected if they had any nsfw fics on their account?
Also, what exactly counts as "suggestive" content? Is it strictly erotic content, or is it more broad? Like, would crude humour used in non-sexual contexts be okay? For example, if a character used "jizz stain" as an insult—is that okay, or would it be considered nsfw/suggestive?
Submissions that include explicit NSFW pieces as example pieces will be rejected- the guidelines on the Carrd as they are were a little vague about that, and we'll revise it to be more specific (about example pieces) ASAP- sorry about the confusion! An AO3 account with NSFW fics will not be immediately rejected as a whole, however the mods will not be looking over NSFW-tagged fics as part of the application review.
Our current working definition of suggestive content is content made with the author/artist's main intention to be perceived as sexual (without crossing the line of being classified as explicit). Humor in non-sexual contexts is totally okay! Your example would not be classified as suggestive, and would still be fine to use in an application.
