Rant: Take off the label.

Rant: Take off the label.

OK, so from what I can imply from before I joined Sheezy, and even from what I've seen on DA, many people have this tendancy to believe that certain types of art deserve a label of "OMG WARNING THIS IS SO ADULT DON'T CLICK", or so I see from the warning label that adorns much of my favorite pieces. What kind of art do I like to see? Why, vore, of course. Yes. The magic V word. The word people can bring up, but not all can understand.

I'm going to get right to the point here, and speak for all of the artists that appear to be mad at Sheezy for banning what they consider pornographic. Consider this: What would come to the known mind as vore today was (and is still) seen in cartoons, nature documentaries, and commercials. With the current restrictions being placed on just about any media type out there, are nature documentaries and commercials getting pulled from the air because of their 'erotic quality'? Well, no. DUH. Vore, if not given some basic and gratuitous qualities, is not pornographic.

Let me divert for a second: Cartoons are being pulled here in the US because of implied sexual undertones. An entire music video made for young children is under fire because it IMPLIES acceptance of homosexual people. Postcards from Buster is not having an episode shown because by having two women live together and raise a child, one might be able to IMPLY that they are a lesbian couple. Cartoons being pulled = IMPLICATION

Know why they don't take nature documentaries and commercials off the air? Vore does not equal porn. It's the people who have made it a sexual thing and draw it as such who make us put a label on anything we draw.

Want to know how to take the label off? Good. Keep reading. Otherwise, feel free to censor yourself.

Do the basic check before you post it.
1. Is one thing getting eaten by another?
At this point, not porn, because this is one of the most natural things to happen in nature.
2. Are any of these things sentinent or existing characters?
At this point, it's not porn, since cartoons often depict sentinent creatures/people getting eaten.
3. Is any party happy about it at all?
At this point...it's still not porn! Being happy for the predator is natural, since eating usually makes one happy. If the prey's happy, it may be due to a death wish, or other circumstance.
4. Genitalia showing?
STOP. Unless it's a real-life depiction of two unsentinent beings (as in more natural than anthropomorhic) commencing the chain, and it would be natural (almost accidental, in a sense) to be showing such anatomy, it may be considered porn at this point to conservitive audiences, and may need some consideration.
5. Anthros with Genitalia?
STOP. At this point, it is indeed porn, and may be flagged.

Now that we have some ground rules, so to speak, you may now commence ripping off those dumb adult advisory labels and declaring your gallery free of porn. You can thank me later.