bummed

[einahpets]

So bummed out.  Found out tonight that one of my favorite Merlin artists, Lenxen1984, got banned from DA.  My guess is she was reported for mature drawings and DA deemed it crude.  Anyway, I have a little more information about it on my recent roundup-recs post. 
Then again, this is also in line with the crap fanfiction.net just pulled this week. 
However, while writers have the choice to find another host site, social sites for artists to interact and share work is limited.  Sure you can use a photo bucket or scrapbook on LJ to host the art, but why isn't there an AO3 for us to host, share, find, and interact with new work?  I'm not the biggest porn girl, but I have a few that can be seen as m/m or bestiality.  If I woke up one day and found those pieces removed or my entire gallery restricted, I'd be very upset.   

Comments

[jelazakazone.livejournal.com]

Does AO3 ban for any reason?

One of the reasons I went with AO3 for putting my fanfic there was that they had a broad policy of allowing anything. I wonder if their interface makes it easier to make sure tagging is done properly (ie, mature content, etc?) because I'm pretty sure you have to select something for that field before you can post.

[itzcoatl.livejournal.com]

Ah, I have no idea about AO3's policies. I don't write, I read stories on AO3 but I have no idea what their policies are like.

I don't know if their policy for visual works would be different than that for written works...

From what I'd seen of Lenxen's work on DA, she always seemed to be very careful about tagging. And anything mature was always safely behind a mature filter. (Though maybe she slipped up, I don't know.)

[reni-m.livejournal.com]

I don't think AO3 does ban you based on your fanwork.

[itzcoatl.livejournal.com]

reni_m just linked me to the wiki about AO3 and I had a look. Ah, I didn't know it was set up by fans for fans and with the idea of having freedom of expression etc. That's lovely. I didn't realise there was that background behind it.

In that case, I totally take my previous comment back, and it would be great if AO3 had an artists part. That would be perfect.

[jelazakazone.livejournal.com]

I have been very happy with AO3 as a writer, although I know some people have had issues. Everyone I know has been happy with AO3 too (well, all the writers).