Writing R-18 and Mermaids

Can a mermaid be used in R-18 content?


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MrTiemos

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As the title says, can we write R-18 content on Mermaids? Also Beast-kin/Beastmen/Demihuman, whatever you call them, considering that this site has rules against writing beastiality?
Personally I’d consider them as ‘Humanoids with aquatic reptilian features’ but I just wanna make sure before I have a mermaid be the reason I lose a series.
 

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Beast kin can't acounted by beastiality after all there seperated tag for them in hentai soo.............
 

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If not, a typical trope of BL would be gone

A Lamia is similar to a Mermaid and nobody says something against them. I'm pretty sure mermaids will be gladly accepted.
 

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Hold on. Beastiality isn't allowed here? I actually didn't know that.
 

MrTiemos

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Hold on. Beastiality isn't allowed here? I actually didn't know that.
Prohibited Content
The following guidelines list content that are not allowed. We reserve the right to remove any content we deem to be inappropriate.
  • Illegal Sex Acts - These are content which encourages illegal sexual acts including but not limited to bestiality (real-world animals) or necrophilia.
 

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Prohibited Content
The following guidelines list content that are not allowed. We reserve the right to remove any content we deem to be inappropriate.
  • Illegal Sex Acts - These are content which encourages illegal sexual acts including but not limited to bestiality (real-world animals) or necrophilia.
:sweating_profusely:
 

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It says bestiality counts as real-world animals, so unless someone manages to prove that mermaids and werewolves are real, you should be fine?

Also, mermaids are people, not animals.

(Although I'm more surprised to learn that "pornographic stories" are forbidden.)
 

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Tony had made it clear from day 1 that the stories here posted can have adult content but should not just be chapters were main char is just explicitly fucking something. As in there should be story and stuff too instead of just r18 stuff.

As the title says, can we write R-18 content on Mermaids? Also Beast-kin/Beastmen/Demihuman, whatever you call them, considering that this site has rules against writing beastiality?
Personally I’d consider them as ‘Humanoids with aquatic reptilian features’ but I just wanna make sure before I have a mermaid be the reason I lose a series.
I would love to read r18 stuff about mermaids, so I guess poke me and link it afterwards?
Also no mermaids dont count under beastiality.
 

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Tony had made it clear from day 1 that the stories here posted can have adult content but should not just be chapters were main char is just explicitly fucking something. As in there should be story and stuff too instead of just r18 stuff.

I guess I have an excuse to sneak more story into that erotica I was planning, then.
 

MrTiemos

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I would love to read r18 stuff about mermaids, so I guess poke me and link it afterwards?
Also no mermaids dont count under beastiality.
When I get to it I’ll do so, unless you don’t like Yuri w/futanari aspects
 

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Sorry to bump it, but it says content that encourages those illegal sex acts, so if a writer wants the MC to do r18 with a dragon (I'll let you figure it out what story that is), which could count as bestiality, they'd just have make a disclaimer before the chapter starts, right?
 

YuriDoggo

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This is basically splitting hairs. Better safe than sorry.
Dragons are probably fine since they're not real though.
 

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I would personally interpret it as the same as the Non-Consensual content, but I would rather ask someone about this. Is there anyone I can contact for more clarification on this matter?
 

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The whole "no bestiality" thing strictly refers to real-world animals. While I'm not sure about extinct animals (extinct animals such as dinosaurs are allowed on platforms like Amazon because you can't "encourage sexual violence" against animals that are extinct), fantastical creatures are exempt from this for the most part. However, it does get kind of murky when it comes to fantasy races that are heavily inspired by real-world animals. For example, centaurs and werewolves (in their werewolf forms) aren't allowed on something like Amazon because they have animal parts based off of real-world animals. However, dragons (which could be argued are similar to reptiles) are fantastical enough to be separated from any real-world equivalent. A horse is clearly related to a horse. A werewolf is clearly related to a wolf. A mermaid, while fish-inspired, is probably human and distinct enough from being actually like any fish that it would be allowed on something like Amazon with no problem (and if it's safe by Amazon standards, it's definitely safe here).

Basically, if you're ever worried about "bestiality" when it comes to fantasy races, just ask yourself if it is directly related to any real-world animal that is not extinct. If it only shares some visual similarities (dragons and reptiles, mermaids and fish), you're 99% fine. If it is directly linked to a specific animal (centaurs and horses, werewolves and wolves), proceed with caution. If it's a real-world animal that is now extinct, proceed with even more caution. If it is a real-world animal that is not extinct, congratulations you've got bestiality and you're not going to be allowed to write that.

Also, never forget about the Harkness Test.

Sorry to bump it, but it says content that encourages those illegal sex acts

In many cases, going into explicit detail is seen as encouraging it. The logic on many platforms is that, if you're describing it rather than fading to black, you're "encouraging" it. Things like pedophilia, incest, bestiality, etc are all allowed as long as you're not encouraging it typically. You would just fade to black or imply that it happened rather than write a whole chapter describing it. At that point, you're including it for the story rather than sexual gratification which is generally considered okay. Of course, there's a massive difference between writing something in explicit detail and actually encouraging others to go out and do what you're writing, but that's how most companies lazily figure out whether you're encouraging something or not.

Oh, wait, I just realized that most of this thread is pretty old. I'll remove the older quotes :sweating_profusely:
 

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I'm not sure why you would split centaurs and mermaids. A centaur is literally a human on a horse and a mermaid is literally a human on a fish. Functionally, there's no difference between whether its okay to have sex with one or the other if the only criteria is likeness to a real world animal.

Maybe because 1 animal is an unfuckable fish and the other is a horse that someone at some point in history has tried to shag?

As for werewolves, that's a furry (heh).
 
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