I would have drawn and posted a lot more kink stuff if I didn't get at least 2 weird comments or DMs every time I tried to. Wish more people realized that consent is a FOUNDATIONAL component in anything BDSM, instead of thinking anything happening in that space is forced upon the participants.
You have the right to draw what you want. And if they complain about, that’s their problem. They don’t need to see it. They can block or mute and move on, or you can do the same thing to them: blocking.
True!! I love this site's block tools for that in oarticular, it's so powerful
Some people are literally sexually harassing furry artists through DMs meanwhile I'm like: "OMG will I annoy them if I leave a positive comment? I don't wanna come off as a creep 🥺🫣 "
It's different for everyone for sure. I personally much prefer enthusiastic comments or dms rather than people being puritanical or trying to police me about it.
Same, i wanna comment on artist's stuff but i dont want them to get the wrong idea djwkngkwncjend
What do they think safe words are for?
Before you get all irked up about a kink, my recommendation is to at least do 1 internet search for 'consent in/for (insert kink here) between adults'. I promise you'll at least get a basic explanation.
Sorry you had to deal with it.
Not people antagonising bdsm now… i’m getting really annoyed by this massive wave of puritanism lately Liking nsfw doesn’t mean you have to enjoy all of it I promise you can just decide what to watch without interacting with the parts you don’t Do your thing and obliterate them koku
Hahaa yee, it's tiring. But some of them reacted well when I tried telling them to search what consent is like in that space. I think most of them were just young and sheltered, and consumed too much media depicting bad takes on those kinks. The others though, well. Block button is my savior.
Yee get them educated 🔥 sex shouldn’t be a taboo topic in this day and age The others can just burn in block hell Sending lots of support for you!! ✨
you shouldn’t have to censor yourself to appease them honestly You can’t barge in someone else’s house and tell them what to do 🫥
I think people has gotten a lot more comfortable doing that in recent years, which is unfortunate. That's why this site is my home now, where the block function is 100% operational unlike in that other one 😌
Yee, this regression is partly why governments and payment processors are getting their way with the heavy anti explicit censorship too, it seems they didn’t learn anything from the past
Hit them with the block nuke and curate who you want to interact with your art. We've grown far past the time where such discussions are needed - if you still can't get it to this day, you're either stubborn, ignorant, or live under a rock about social cues.
HECK yea
That’s like, crazy. Cause you’ve done pics with so many of your characters where they’re eating together hanging out and then fooling around and it’s obvious!!! On top of you not making stuff that says otherwise! Like idk there’s actual bad kinks out here! And sometimes it’s not worth engaging
Like I feel like you genuinely draw healthy relationships as a whole!!! Idk why they need to do the work and effort into making your art something that it’s NOT
That’s entirely understandable and valid, the problem is that there’s The genre of forcing things upon people without consent that trickles down into subgenres like forced BDSM and that’s where these cracked yolks stem from.
They see someone with someone with a similar kink and think “oh I can do this they won’t mind since we have similar interests” and that’s not how that works. In this case it’s BDSM, there’s Forced BDSM and there’s Consent BDSM,
Anybody who actually pays attention to what you do knows you do Consent BDSM, it’s not rocket science, they just assume BDSM is forced only and see your interest in it and assume you’re into Forced BDSM, that shit is 360 degrees wrong
You should do it even more just to spite them and chase them off. Then you'll be able to be kinky in peace! :D
yeah!!! me personally love it when u do drew bdsm 💖💖 but ehh u can educate people but u cant understand it for them 😔
I always try to be understanding and tried pointing them to at least do an internet search about 'consent in bdsm' at least once, haha. Most of those who sent me these 'callouts' are young, so I figured they just didn't know yet.
I understand how discouraging it can be for people to antagonize you over your artistic choices, but at the end of the day, their ignorance can't stop you. If anything, your art can teach folks this important lesson they seem to be missing, haha. All the more reason to keep doing it, I say.
You're SO right 🫶✨
Real… like the want to draw kinkier stuff is there but I feel some ppl really misconstrue “person likes to draw this kink” as consent to get freaky and weird with the artist without checking their boundaries first 😔
Ahaha yeah, that's the other end of the 'weird' comment spectrum. But honestly I'd rather deal with that than anyone trying to be puritanical about it.
OHHH that too that too - ppl are way too comfortable interacting with media they don’t like nowadays instead of just, ignoring stuff not meant for them
This is just a me thing, but I'd personally just reply with the dictionary definition for consent and then just mute the chat. Petty? Yeah, I won't deny that. But they came to you, not the other way around trying to morally grandstand about kinks.
LMAO honestly the definition drop and mute sounds fun and stress-free
So that's why... Man... I'm sorry to hear that. But yeah, people are a lot more sensitive these days.
That's weird as hell, sorry you have to deal with that
Thanks Eru <3 some of em are willing to learn to be better though, and I'm grateful!
Imagine ya do little info comics about the kinks ya like in response to these idiots lol
Honestly thinking about doing that for next month haha
"How to use clips on nipples. Step 1: CONSENT" "How to use rope. Step 1: CONSENT" "How to ballgag someone. Step 1: CONSENT" "How to suck tiddies. Step 1: CONSENT"
I'm SO tired of this new wave of puritanism. These people can go back in the Mayflower for all I care. And it hurts to see when they're young people, you can tell the propaganda worked on them.
Eugh sorry you have to go through that.
I'm so sorry you have to deal with that. I really hope people break out of this weird "I don't care to understand I just want to be mad at someone about a kink" phase sooner rather than later.
I'm sayin,,
The internet has no room for pearl clutchers when it comes to Consensual Fetish Art. If they don't like BDSM they can just... y'know... NOT engage with it. Shocking thought pattern, I know. ʕノ•ᴥ•ʔノ ︵ ┻━┻
don't*, not dinner... Google keyboard you BETRAYED me
I feel like the 'if you dinner like a kink, it's not for you' has changed to 'if you don't like a kink, let them the hell know' in recent years, it's so bothersome 😔
It's exhausting for sure. But, for every negative comment, there's 100 people going "Hot Damn, more Koku art!" Source: Me and 99 other people. ʕ •ᴥ•ʔﾉ♡
Yes and I'm very grateful for that 🙏💜✨
I admit, I'm not really into bdsm, but it's pretty clear that your OCs are pretty into it and seek it out by your descriptions 😳
A lot of them are 💜 thank you for noticing
peopel really gettign upset at bdsm as if it isnt like the most basic and vanilla kink man these teenaged furries need to like play minecraft instead of bothering you lol.
That’s annoying as hell.
Could be! I'm used to it, but it doesn't make it less annoying.
I miss when people just ignored shit they don't want to see Hell especially with how more advanced the internet is nowadays I'm surprised people can't be bothered to use a "mute/don't recommend" button when it's RIGHT THERE sometimes
God I'm sorry you're having to deal with shit like that Koku
I'd just block their asses. You are more than free to draw the lines for your space, and if people push their stuff onto you, you don't need them around you.
It's true! I'm grateful for bsky's powerful blocking tools haha
Its either people being rude and judgmental about posting kink related works and harass a creator over it OR they get overly familiar and think sharing that kink means the creator ALSO wants unsolicited discussion / flirting of that kink in their DMs.