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I don't think supervising would help in this case. Unsavory art is gonna come up if you google image a pony unknowing what the fandom has done, whether a parent is there or not. All a parent can do is quickly close the tab and hope the kid didn't see too much.And honestly? It shouldn't be like that. Every fandom is gonna have some NSFW fanart, but this is just...ridiculous.
In this case, it hits harder because this show was meant to have a feminist message, and tell girls they can be anything they want to be. For people to come in and hijack that message to sexualize the characters is just galling. I'm not talking about the non-sexual art; I love SFW fanfic type things and write them myself. It's the stuff that's ludicrously out of step with the show's message that gets to me.
I suppose then it comes down to whether or not you think that depicting a female character, explicitly, as a sexual being is anti-feminist. I don't personally think so, but that's a matter of opinion.
Quote from: Shiromisa on May 05, 2013, 06:39:12 PMIn this case, it hits harder because this show was meant to have a feminist message, and tell girls they can be anything they want to be. For people to come in and hijack that message to sexualize the characters is just galling. I'm not talking about the non-sexual art; I love SFW fanfic type things and write them myself. It's the stuff that's ludicrously out of step with the show's message that gets to me.I suppose then it comes down to whether or not you think that depicting a female character, explicitly, as a sexual being is anti-feminist. I don't personally think so, but that's a matter of opinion.
Quote from: reanna-mator on May 05, 2013, 06:47:57 PMQuote from: Shiromisa on May 05, 2013, 06:39:12 PMIn this case, it hits harder because this show was meant to have a feminist message, and tell girls they can be anything they want to be. For people to come in and hijack that message to sexualize the characters is just galling. I'm not talking about the non-sexual art; I love SFW fanfic type things and write them myself. It's the stuff that's ludicrously out of step with the show's message that gets to me.I suppose then it comes down to whether or not you think that depicting a female character, explicitly, as a sexual being is anti-feminist. I don't personally think so, but that's a matter of opinion. >Comparing demeaning, sexist and often graphically violent/degrading porn wholly intended for the male gaze to feminists reclaiming their sexuality from a patriarchal society I ... I just ...
Quote from: Snapdragon on May 05, 2013, 06:58:38 PMQuote from: reanna-mator on May 05, 2013, 06:47:57 PMQuote from: Shiromisa on May 05, 2013, 06:39:12 PMIn this case, it hits harder because this show was meant to have a feminist message, and tell girls they can be anything they want to be. For people to come in and hijack that message to sexualize the characters is just galling. I'm not talking about the non-sexual art; I love SFW fanfic type things and write them myself. It's the stuff that's ludicrously out of step with the show's message that gets to me.I suppose then it comes down to whether or not you think that depicting a female character, explicitly, as a sexual being is anti-feminist. I don't personally think so, but that's a matter of opinion. >Comparing demeaning, sexist and often graphically violent/degrading porn wholly intended for the male gaze to feminists reclaiming their sexuality from a patriarchal society I ... I just ... Like I said, that's my opinion based on my views of what I've seen. I don't think my honest and heartfelt opinion deserves to be derided in that way. I think we're better than that and can have a civil discussion without posting silly memes... can't we?
You know... I've had my piece and I can see that my speaking my mind is making people angry, and all this rudeness is hurting my feelings. I love this place because it's usually such a cheerful place, and the way people are speaking to each other in thread is making me sadder than ANYTHING I could stumble across on Google Image Search. It's not going to do me any good sticking around here.
Anyone remember when the new Pokemon game was announced and all those kids googled "Pokemon X" and got some... not so savory results?I have no problem with weird pony art or writing. I've read and seen things before that I thought were interesting, and I've seen things that I've just had to walk away from and forget. It's not all my cup of tea, but someone out there enjoyed it and was happy to make it, so I don't think it's my place to judge at all.I do wish that sexual and gorey results wouldn't come up in innocent google searches, though. Not for my sake, but because there are younger people online, or parents who might mistake fan-made pictures for legit MLP content, or moms looking at pretty ponies with their little kids. On Tumblr blogs, there's some option to make it so that your blog isn't archived in search engines. I just think it would be better if NSFW sites had something like that too- i.e., you'd have you google something very specific and intentional to get those types of results.Basically, I think it's fine for people to make that kind of content. I just wish it wasn't so... out there for everyone to see.
Yes! I agree! I don't like it when I go through some tags on tumblr (LPS, Monster High, Black Canary and other female comic book characters) and find NSFW pictures that I really didn't want to see. I tend to ignore it as it doesn't come up too often and it doesn't really bother me, but it's really only bothersome because I wasn't intentionally looking for them.