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anonymous · 8mo

how did u get into posting taboo stuff? like did u start out posting privately and then gradually publically? did/do you ever feel paranoid? I feel like with general nsfw it’s very easy to tip your toes into cuz u can just post that anywhere, but with problematic fiction it’s like… you have to work to conceal it, and while im not ashamed of it or whatever, i don’t know how people would react or do with said content, so it makes me a bit scared to get into the scene, no matter how “safe” the environment seems

hmm... i'll preface by saying i feel like we come from very different environments and circumstances.

i've been drawing and posting whatever i want for at least 10 years. even back when tumblr allowed porn, their tos still didn't care for lolishota. in 2015, when i was drawing a lot of skeleton porn with frisk, i would just clickwall it.

i've tried a variety of tactics over the years, and clickwalling is probably the safest route on twitter to avoid getting banned. don't get too cheeky with the thumbnails, either--a censored fullbody lolicon pic could easily still get you in trouble. make sure the place you're clickwalling to actually permits what you're posting, though--to my knowledge your best bets would be baraag or aethy, both on mastodon. i'm not aware of any other places that wouldn't require some form of censoring or other hassle.

i don't feel like i have to conceal anything. i'm just working with the tools i've been given. i turn off notifications for non-mutuals. i disable replies entirely if i draw something for a contemporary fandom that's still "hot". i mute and block gratuitously.

you can't control people. you can't control who's going to want to follow you, or interact with your work, or see it in the first place. it doesn't matter how many caveats and disclaimers you put in plain sight. many people will never read them, or deliberately ignore them.

but that's the case even if you're posting ""normal"" stuff, so the fact that you only have hangups about ""problematic"" works tells me you still have some shit to work through.

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