Clarification (Patreon)

I recently learned that Patreon has posted a new clarification to their mature content policy which is going to require some small changes.

The main point that they clarified centers around consent so, going forward, all sex acts must be consensual and it doesn't count as consensual if it is the result of blackmail, drugs, or hypnosis. They also said the same applies for anything which is "sexually gratifying" which seems like a vague description so I'm going to have to be more careful.

I think you could still use drugs or hypnosis but the character would have to consent to it beforehand. And, of course, I can draw anything with enthusiastic consent.

They also forbid any minor age-play that gets sexy.

I can understand those limitations, even if I feel that these hard lines fail to consider the subtle nuance which can change the meaning of these things in a different context.

But it's the term "sexually gratifying" that seems like it might suggest that even non-consensual forced crossdressing would be disallowed, even if no sexual acts are shown or implied. I don't know if that's what they mean but I'm going to be more careful about it going forward.

So that's going to be limiting going forward but I'm trying to see it as a challenge to explore some different ideas. And, even with clear consent, there is still room for reluctant agreement bets, deals, favors, etc. Or for things going unexpectedly wrong.