I wish I could go to a convention, but they're all too far away, and I couldn't afford it anyway. But it is on my 'Top 100 Things to Do Before I Die' list. That and Zorbing, bunjee jumping and seeing either Gackt or An Cafe live.
Yaoi/Yuri is like one of the biggest taboos here. Well in my small town anyway. People don't like things that are different. That's why I no longer take my yaoi to school to read. Got caught too many times by my friends. I can't remember when I first started reading yaoi... I was in sixth year... so I was 10 or 11 I think. The strange things Kingdom Hearts did to me.
Roxas, Riku, Sora's ages need to be set to 18. This will not effect the playing style of your chararacter or their story. This is to cover us under the rules of activeboards!
I will be making some other changes that really only pertain to myself. But to cover us under the 'child laws' this all needs to change so we do not have a chance of being closed down.
Namely I will be taking back Nath as a main, I will still be playing him on his world if anyone goes to it, but he is to powerful after the age of 16 to play as a main. So I will be changing Camar'a's story and moving it to the second generation, playing Mallie and Nathan's second son Kallion. All characters have to be 18 in age so we do not get closed down.
Stupid child law. I got told they'll look at the original canon though so even if you're playing, say Xion at 18, they'll look, see she's 14 in canon and you'll still get smited. Most of the people being turned in though are being turned in by ex-friends. Ah fandom..
You don't have to play him older, it's a pain in the ....... to play them all older, just put the age to 18 and play as you were. It's just covering my a$$
Well they still can do that Larxene, I don't care. If someone really wants to take the time to be that bigoted then go ahead. We wont be able to do this elsewhere, even finding adult forum hosting is impossible these days censureship is getting horrible.
-- Edited by LionHeart on Thursday 9th of July 2009 03:26:10 AM
Oh, I'll still play Riku the same, of course. But yeah, his age can change.
And old forum that belonged to my friend...she had to put up a restricted thread and lock it. Hopefully you don't have to worry about finding a new forum.
And anyways Larxene hunny, I'm in Canada. They can't grab me for all of us playing characters 18+ years old even if they were 15 in Canon. Were saying they aged up so their is nothing wrong here from a Canadian stand point which Activeboards said they were in Victoria B.C oddly enough.
So it should be fine.
Yes but Riku that protected board wont help, if they are under 18 and togther then it's on the internet and by their law now that is child porn, so they can't do it. Even in a password protected thread. It's still on a server that has it's own rules based off laws.
-- Edited by LionHeart on Thursday 9th of July 2009 03:33:04 AM
It's bullsh*t. It'll be overturned eventually.. or else half the internet will be on trial. ._. I'm not supporting this at all. I got asked last night to clear an rp with an 18 year old Xion because the other person got paranoid and warned by friends.
OPMA can kiss my a**. They did nothing about the pedophile in my town and they knew he was having sex with underaged girls.
-- Edited by Larxene on Thursday 9th of July 2009 03:39:51 AM
As I told you earlier Nath, this is utter bs considering the stuff that's on both ff.net AND y!gallery... not to mention aff.net. *shrugs* In any case, I changed Sora's age, so he should be good. And I think I put Zexion's at 20+ if I'm remembering correctly (good lord I need to go to bed, I couldn't spell remember right >_O).
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The stuff on ff.net is really bad. The things people come up with for little kids to do is kindof scary. It really is sad that they overlook it there and don't here...
Anyway, er...wanna reset Riku's age? Tired and failed.
Kk I'll change it and Roxas's just so we are covered.
Meh I have no problem with any of this stuff as you all know but my biggest b!tch it's not f'n REAL. I understand child exploitation is horrible, that is real pedo's going after real Childern! Real pictures, real names, all that stuff is bad. Made up stuff (Games books) isn't. To me. >.>
We're got some pretty protective mothers out there, hun. It doesn't make sense (I mean, honestly? *shakes head*), but you really can't do anything. Ya can't stop them. :/
Yes but this is only in america they are going this extreme. I am sorry as many of you are from the U.S but that says something that the U.S thinks they have to go to such extremes and yet still nothing is really being done about the real threats.
I don't care much for underaged/adult character smut but my way of dealing with it is to leave it be. No real kids. No one is getting hurt. I use to play it, the idea of doing anything to a real kid was not ever on my mind.. I mean geez.. common sense here.
Also the age of consent in Japan is a LOT lower than America.
Technically in the books here the age of consent is 14, but we regard it was 16. SC is so strange. We have a law in the books still that says its legal to beat your wife with a stick no wider than your thumb on the courthouse steps on a Sunday morning.... yeah...
I'm with Larx on this - don't get me wrong, I do read Sora/Riku fanfics, but the ones I like the best generally deal with them at age 17-18+. Anything younger that involves smut, I kind of tend to pass over unless it's exceedingly well-written.
Sadly, the US is hypersensitive to a lot of issues - the whole child pornography laws were put in place for a reason but have now gone overboard thanks to people being disgusting predators. Yes, it's fiction. Yes, it's the written word. However, there's nothing we can really do.
As for Japan's age of consent? It kinda makes me cringe to be completely honest. Then again, I'm the one left going "O__o wtf?" at kids starting to have "sex lives" at 14ish, so go figure.
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I was just reading over the last few posts... that's really sort of ridiculous, the age law thing. I mean even to me, sweet, naive me, *coughcough* it's a little... desperate, or something to that effect.
And I do agree with Nath. I live in a small town, and majority of the girls have nothing better to do than to do, well, that. I look at all the girls in middle school, years 7-9, and they already have their own stories to share. And they're only like, 12-13. It scares me. I swear I'm one of the only girls in my grade still with my virtue intact. Damn proud of it, too.
*snuggles Larxene* I do hope you get better soon. I'm feeling okay now.
On the plus side... It's Showday tomorrow in my small and humble town. $200 down the drain in the space of three hours. I wonder if I can find someone to ride on No Limit with me this year.
Heh, hey I have no disrespect for those who die virgins man, seriously in a way their lives are made a hell of alot easier! Sex complicates things alot. I know again from today, may have messed up a friendship from intimacy. Wheee never learn now do I?
Anyone want to play with the pompous Paladin? (Yah right) Come on... I have no idea where to post with him.
I wish my MSN worked. I have no idea what's wrong with it. *Pouts* I miss our online conversations, and all the random plot-filled (Sort of) rps we used to do. That was awesome.
>.> I have a feeling Kallion would kill him hunny. He has this Paladin complex were evil has to die. On the spot. No words, no pleading. Just. Die.
He's not very nice to evil characters.
I do miss Genesis *sigh*
And i forgot your character was a necromancer, I'm telling you Kallion would KILL him. Drefan was a necromancer remember? Drefan tried to take over Kallion's world..BADDD.
-- Edited by LionHeart on Thursday 9th of July 2009 02:07:13 PM
Shame... Genesis's Miku was far nicer wasn't he? I must have forgotten about Dreffie being a necromancer. I don't recall that part. Nathan and his family, their specs are a little hard to follow all at once.
Genesis misses Nathy too. I think I still have his unfinished profile around somewhere. I should finish it one of these days.
*Whines* Why won't my messenger work? Should take my lappy back to my friend to see what's wrong. The anti virus is playing up too...
*Nods* True that. *Genesis snuggles Nathy* I don't Roxas will be too fond of Kallion to begin with. I wonder if Kallion will have a problem with the Nobodies....
Kallion wont automatically know you are evil or neutral, or nobody, though the fact that Miku was a necromancer >.> That pushed it. If Kallion finds out your a nobody he will flip out, but if he doesn't then he will think you are human and fine. Which makes it why he can work with evil characters sometimes...sometimes.
It's an automatic thing, to assume a Necromancer is evil. Of course, Miku is evil. He blames the scientists that used and abused his heart.
I should. Next week, during the Majhong games. He doesn't play... oh. He plays cards. Lol, yes I play Majhong. I lose a good $5 every time I play. I'd hate to see myself in a casino XD
*Nods* Luxord will rob me blind in broad daylight if I ever gambled with him. I'd lose so much money... but it's fun. Gambling, well with Majhong anyway, is surprisingly rather entertaining. I'm presuming that's probably a bad thing... like my strange fascination with cigarettes. Want to try, never will.
Fair enough for Kallion. He speaks from experience. And, to be frank, Miku probably wouldn't improve his impression of Necros anyway. ^_^
It is only an hour and a half drive for me. Its not that big of thing to go there for a day and come back. I am tempted to just go to Charleston on my own some other week when I am off without them.
Demyx says that Luxord can be fun, provided you have no munny he can take and he has lots and lots of rum. Also, never ask him what an ampallang is. Ever. You will need lots of brain bleach and parts of you will hurt in sympathy.
I don't think Larxene would work good for Kallion, Demyx maybe.. especially since he likes to pretend he's not a Nobody and will lie about having a heart. Then again, Larxene will lie about that too if she has to but she's violent. Not someone who likes the light, I think she could be redeemed to neutral but she'll NEVER be good.
Posted in Traverse Town. I feel fuzzy today.. blah.
I have a Luxord and he scares me. I won't want to imagine him drunk because he is strange enough as is sober.
I think Kallion would kill Sephiroth or at least try to outright, but I may be up for sending De Nam his way, but it would have to be a Twilight Town thread. At least until the poor boy gets his Gummi Ship built so he can leave.