New Community Guidelines - The End of Patreon? (Patreon)

There are new terms in the updated community guidelines (specifically around the topic of explicitness of consent) that are going to make it difficult to keep Bloomin' Faeries to continue running here on Patreon. I'm in deep thought at the moment to figure out if I modify the Faeries to fit those guidelines or if I simply move everything elsewhere.

To be candid, I've been internally struggling with those issues myself for nearly a decade. There are many aspects of the Faeries that aren't explicitly consensual, and Patreon isn't going to put up with that. The terms of the community guidelines can be strictly interpreted in such a way that even a non-sexual non-consensual act, IF PRODUCED BY AN ADULT/18+ CONTENT CREATOR, would constitute a violation of the community guidelines. Something innocent like a magical makeover (think Cinderella), if done without explicit consent by an adult content creator, would violate the community guidelines.

It's pretty harsh, but I get where they're coming from. I'm not upset at Patreon and hopefully you won't be either. They are very likely forced to impose those guidelines by payment processors (credit cards, PayPal, etc.). But it means we have to adapt and live with it.

I haven't decided what I'm going to do yet. I'm very curious to hear what you think about this or what you think I should do.

Please comment below.

--Jaycee