Question about fantasy races and site rules

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So, I'm writing a story in a fantasy world with all the classic races, and I found myself wondering just how permissive I can be with comparisons between humans and races like goblins, hobbits, dwarves and other small races. I've taken to describe their aproximate height compared to a human when first establishing them, like "he came up to her belly" and sometimes saying things like "the goblins where only as tall as a young human" and "hobgoblins had the size of a teen", which helps describe situations where one race overpowers another.
The story is repurposed from a long story I was writting with more explicit and exact comparisons to ages.
The second part I'm wondering is with creatures and monsters, the site rules say no bestiality, and generally that would mean no animals or non sentient races, but where do they stand on for example a dragon, which could be sentient, and a minotaur, which is almost human but not sentient in most settings.
There is a story about a tower with aliens inside in the shape of wolves, octopi and bizarre shapes in the site, so I guess it is allowed?
 
I don't see a problem with comparisons as long as the characters of these races aren't underage. (Though "the size of a teen" could mean anything from three to six foot, so I'm not sure if that is suitable. A "young human" is vague as well.)

Creatures must pass the Harkness test if they should appear in an erotic or sexual context.
 
Right, I read the Harkness test, and all of my characters are Harkness compliant. While there are short races, none would realy fit into the loli/shota description, as they're sexually mature and more similar to a shrinked adult than a child.
 
Short doesn't mean underage.
There are also porn actresses who are quite short and also some who look quite young but they are 18 and thus allowed to do that job. (Though that doesn't mean that it should be overdone!)
 
I will state here that I have found stories with characters described as looking underage, even though they are 18, and reported them. Those stories were subsequently edited or removed.
 
Nemo of Utopia said:
I will state here that I have found stories with characters described as looking underage, even though they are 18, and reported them. Those stories were subsequently edited or removed.
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I like to hope that the stories involved was chastized because it described them as 'underage' or as a 'young teen'. It's one thing to describe a female halfling as they are. It's another thing to specifically compare them to a human child or underage teen.
 
merkros said:
I like to hope that the stories involved was chastized because it described them as 'underage' or as a 'young teen'. It's one thing to describe a female halfling as they are. It's another thing to specifically compare them to a human child or underage teen.
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I like to hope that the stories were plain bad, and nothing of erotic or artistic value was lost, regardless of how small titties and furry girl feet were specifically portrayed.
 
Loeman said:
I like to hope that the stories were plain bad, and nothing of erotic or artistic value was lost, regardless of how small titties and furry girl feet were specifically portrayed.
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Of the two stories to which I refer one was simply edited to increase one of the main character's ages from 17 to 18, and the other was only one page long anyway, so no, nothing of great value was lost.
 
I think that things like small (flat) tits depend on the general depiction so you mostly know if it is a description of an underage person or not.

merkros said:
It's another thing to specifically compare them to a human child or underage teen.
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Indeed... maybe better compare them with adults like "his eyes were at a level with her breasts" or "she was a head smaller than him"


Loeman said:
I like to hope that the stories were plain bad, and nothing of erotic or artistic value was lost, regardless of how small titties and furry girl feet were specifically portrayed.
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Well, if in doubt, report it!
I'm quite sure that the moderators won't delete content thoughtlessly.
 
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Loeman said:
That's why I count on people like you to balance things out.

My hands stay clean, but the police work gets done.
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Sorry to say Loeman, but there are whole sectors of the site that I don't even visit, which I know you do. I'm here to write and have fun, I dont go out of my way to find this stuff, I just stumble across it sometimes. You can't "keep your hands clean" here, they've either got dirt on them from burying a story or two, or they're going to have blood on them from the death of the site: choice is yours, but those are your only options...
 
GenericEditor168 said:
If it can talk intelligently, it's probably fine.
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This is true, provided it's described as an adult of its species, and not appearing to be a child of a different species, which is just a matter of choosing your descriptors carefully.

As an example that was brought up previously: Halflings/Hobbits are sometimes described as looking like human children, but while it's easy to go that route it CAN be avoided. Instead of saying things like "he stood no taller than a ten-year-old," you could phrase it "his height was barely four feet, coming up no higher than most human's chests," and thus avoid the 'children' issue. Though it takes more words, it still conveys the intended point, doesn't it?

So, yes, as long as you stay away from anything directly involving children, fantasy stories can get away with a lot of variants that stories based on real life cannot.

All that said, I would advise that you follow the site standards and not use any characters under 18 years of age in the story. I've found including such characters just causes problems.
 
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