Anonymous #77C1
@Raptorshy
The problem with using solely examples is that it’s kind of like drawing nation borders by stating which specific towns and landmarks along the border belong to who, without actually defining where the border is. You’d need a lot of examples to even pin down something as simple as nudity…and then the examples would just be glossed over instead.
Ultimately, I do agree it’s best to keep things short, and I think Suggestive is the biggest problem because it’s kind of a repetitive laundry list. This is a slightly radical suggestion (slightly less bound than my previous ones), but this is what I’d do to cut down on the size of Suggestive while trying to make it cover stuff better:
The problem with using solely examples is that it’s kind of like drawing nation borders by stating which specific towns and landmarks along the border belong to who, without actually defining where the border is. You’d need a lot of examples to even pin down something as simple as nudity…and then the examples would just be glossed over instead.
Ultimately, I do agree it’s best to keep things short, and I think Suggestive is the biggest problem because it’s kind of a repetitive laundry list. This is a slightly radical suggestion (slightly less bound than my previous ones), but this is what I’d do to cut down on the size of Suggestive while trying to make it cover stuff better:
Sexual implications or appearances of limited nudity (‘saucy’ imagery)
-Nudity without genitals being exposed (e.g. exposed breasts/buttocks, including with nipples)
-Visible detailed sheaths, balls, anuses, or bulges of such in clothing
-Overt sexual references (e.g. ‘penis’, ‘blowjob’, ‘finger in the bum’) including gestures or acts with objects (e.g. jerking off / sucking a banana, fingering a donut like an anus)
-Very saucy acts, such as kissing with saliva everywhere, posing seductively in lingerie, making an ahegao face, or groping
Note that that last part can essentially cover fetish stuff in a way that doesn’t go “well someone’s fat so it’s Suggestive”.
In regards to MPAA ratings, I don’t advise relying on them, which previous guidelines revisions actually did (that’s most of why I brought them up).
I do however think there is some merit in knowing why/how established media ratings systems in general rate things the way they do, to provide a societally-accepted reference frame. It would be fairly problematic if nearly every movie from the Disney renaissance had a scene that would be considered non-Safe on here when recreated faithfully by a furry artist.
In regards to MPAA ratings, I don’t advise relying on them, which previous guidelines revisions actually did (that’s most of why I brought them up).
I do however think there is some merit in knowing why/how established media ratings systems in general rate things the way they do, to provide a societally-accepted reference frame. It would be fairly problematic if nearly every movie from the Disney renaissance had a scene that would be considered non-Safe on here when recreated faithfully by a furry artist.