Regarding Incest Content Moving Forward
I don't plan on filling your feeds with long posts every day of the week, but I think it's necessary for me to put out some sort of statement on this, especially here where you guys are directly supporting me.
Background
I'm sure if you're a follower of mine you've seen the recent news about my awesome government's push for more censorship. It seems that every stupid snark article writer in the country is cheering for the banning of this Horrific porn (wherein two consenting adults have normal sex but pretend to call each other big bro and step sister) and are deciding not to spend even 1 second thinking about how bolstering Obscenity Laws and letting our very consistent parliament decide what kinks should and shouldn't exist would maybe not be a good idea.
Future and Current Plans
Whilst the bill hasn't passed, I'll be continuing as normal.
The bill itself is not yet law, and I'm keeping an eye on it as best as I can. It also doesn't cover cartoons, from the looks of things. It explicitly states that it's an offence IF "a reasonable person looking at the image would think that A and B were real," which should cover me. You can see that section linked above, or pictured below. I'll be talking to a solicitor (what we call lawyers) if/when the bill passes so that I can be more assured that I'm not going to be jailed for 5 years over a cartoon.
Now if it turns out that it's too unsafe for me to continue with that kind of content, I will have to stop. I would suggest that, if you like the content I'm posting and you live in an area wherein it is legal for you to do so, that you download anything you would like to keep because if I am unable to do this safely, I am going to DELETE everything relevant to that topic to avoid being retroactively punished. And I mean EVERYTHING. Even things that don't break the absolute word of the law! So anything with "mommy" or whatever in the post that doesn't outright explicitly explain that the POV isn't the character's son or daughter or whatever. That might seem like an overreaction to you, but I really don't trust the police to be super nitpicky about enforcing a stupid vague law, and even if I don't go to prison, I really don't like the idea of going through a lengthy court process just to prove that my cartoons aren't actually real life. I will then continue posting all non-incest related artwork.
If it turns out that I'm fine I will continue posting as I have been, but more cautiously. This may mean I'll have to pump the brakes on certain content, dialogue, or scenarios.
The bill itself is not yet law, and I'm keeping an eye on it as best as I can. It also doesn't cover cartoons, from the looks of things. It explicitly states that it's an offence IF "a reasonable person looking at the image would think that A and B were real," which should cover me. You can see that section linked above, or pictured below. I'll be talking to a solicitor (what we call lawyers) if/when the bill passes so that I can be more assured that I'm not going to be jailed for 5 years over a cartoon.
Now if it turns out that it's too unsafe for me to continue with that kind of content, I will have to stop. I would suggest that, if you like the content I'm posting and you live in an area wherein it is legal for you to do so, that you download anything you would like to keep because if I am unable to do this safely, I am going to DELETE everything relevant to that topic to avoid being retroactively punished. And I mean EVERYTHING. Even things that don't break the absolute word of the law! So anything with "mommy" or whatever in the post that doesn't outright explicitly explain that the POV isn't the character's son or daughter or whatever. That might seem like an overreaction to you, but I really don't trust the police to be super nitpicky about enforcing a stupid vague law, and even if I don't go to prison, I really don't like the idea of going through a lengthy court process just to prove that my cartoons aren't actually real life. I will then continue posting all non-incest related artwork.
If it turns out that I'm fine I will continue posting as I have been, but more cautiously. This may mean I'll have to pump the brakes on certain content, dialogue, or scenarios.
Closing Statement
Either way I'm writing to my MP, as I would encourage any other UK resident to, to express my extreme dissatisfaction with the bill. Here is a very easy to edit letter for you to use. I would also recommend looking into the nearby opposition, and vote for whoever is outright promising to not vote for this, or any other draconian internet control law. I am becoming a single issue voter on internet freedoms at this point. The worst part is I can't even move out, since everywhere else is trying to repeat what we're doing!
The only other thing I can say is, if you're in the UK, do your best to support Backlash and Myles Jackman (if either of them ever return, since they both seem to be MIA despite this being the kind of law that Jackman has successfully argued against in the past) and also ORG. If you're in the US you're probably spoiled for choice regarding organizations that hate censorship and Digital ID. Support those.
The only other thing I can say is, if you're in the UK, do your best to support Backlash and Myles Jackman (if either of them ever return, since they both seem to be MIA despite this being the kind of law that Jackman has successfully argued against in the past) and also ORG. If you're in the US you're probably spoiled for choice regarding organizations that hate censorship and Digital ID. Support those.





Is there anything those of us in the USA can do to help?