by Simon » Mon Aug 24, 2020 8:54 am
Writing and Roleplay Content Rules
All rules regarding content being child friendly and art/image use automatically apply to all creative writing and roleplay content posted on CS. However, these rules exist to give a more in depth look at what content is and is not allowed in specific situations.
Violence Rules
- Fight scenes may not be overly violent, graphic, disturbing, or gruesome.
- There should not be descriptions of excessive blood/gore or serious bodily injury.
- There should not be descriptions of sadistic violence where a character takes pleasure in the victim's suffering, whether described by the aggressor, victim, or onlooker. Ongoing and unprovoked abuse is not an appropriate topic for CS, and will not be tolerated.
- A character may not be physically abused without any explanation or provocation, nor can there be a relationship between two characters that is purely centered around an “abuser” and an “abused.”
- A character whose personality and history focus on enjoying perpetrating violence or abuse is not appropriate. Do not describe a character as sadistic.
- This includes a ban on all "slave/master" relationships where one character repeatedly emotionally or physically abuses or oppresses the other.
- “Lab Experiment” type settings are not allowed, even if characters gain new powers or escape the setting. If a story takes place after escape no details of the past experiments may be described.
- Characters MAY:
- Get into minor fights and scraps that do not end in very bloody/gory scenes, such as slapping/scratching/punching/kicking and then walking away with only minor bruises and scratches.
- Have implied violence in their character history, as long the mention and description of it is not overly detailed and inappropriate.
- Get into implied violence "off-screen" that is not described in an inappropriate or detailed manner.
- Suffer death or serious injury as a result of a fight/attack, as long as it is not described in gruesome detail during the fight or in recovery (examples: a character may go to hospital to be treated for broken bones, or an animal may lick its wounds, but without gruesome descriptions of their injuries).
Drug/Alcohol Use
In western culture it’s acceptable to smoke cigarettes or drink alcohol in public and in the presence of children, so we allow this type of content to be included in writing on Chicken Smoothie.
- Characters MAY:
- Occasionally drink or smoke (nicotine) cigarettes, as long as the character is at least 21 or is of legal age in their described setting.
- Take legal drugs as prescribed to them by a doctor, or take a regular dose of nonprescription drugs like aspirin.
- Characters MAY NOT:
- Drink or smoke while under the legal age.
- Use any illegal drugs or drugs that are only legal in certain situations (example: marijuana).
- Obtain prescription drugs illegally or misuse any drug by overdosing.
- Abuse alcohol. This includes being an alcoholic.
- Use alcohol as an excuse for abuse or excessive violence.
- Imply a history of illegal drug use or alcoholism or imply illegal usage of drugs/alcohol "off-screen."
- Be under the influence of illegal drugs, even if the drugs are not named.
Romance Rules
Writing content must be child-friendly at all times. This includes content in private messages and invite-only or 1x1 roleplays.
- Do not ask players to take romance roleplay scenes to PM if you're intending to take them further than kissing.
- Mature users who want to write or roleplay descriptive romantic and sexual scenes may find our rules too strict. If that's the case, then you must find another website to post on. We will not tolerate rule-breaking here no matter how old you are or how willing your roleplay partners are.
- You can be banned instantly without any prior warning if you are found to be involved in descriptive sexual roleplaying.
- Human/Humanoid/Anthro Characters MAY:
- Hug or kiss innocently on the forehead, cheek, or lips.
- “Go to a room alone for a while” without any further description or implication about what they're up to. This is also know as a “time-skip” or “fade to black.”
- Animal Characters MAY:
- Lick or nuzzle each other affectionately.
- Be described as having mated with another animal to become pregnant without any further description of the mating process.
- Be pregnant and give birth. The birthing scene should not be described in any great detail.
- “Go somewhere alone for a while” without any further description or implication about what they're up to. This is also know as a “time-skip” or “fade to black.”
- Characters MAY NOT:
- Be naked (partially or fully) around other characters.
- Kiss “deeply,” involving tongues, or be described as nibbling, biting, or chewing while kissing.
- Kiss on the neck, chest, stomach, or other body parts.
- Groan or moan during a romantic encounter.
- Touch on the chest, groin, buttocks, or thighs during a romantic scene.
- Be a succubus, incubus, or other similar creature.
- Sexual abuse and forced sexual activity is not acceptable to write or imply under any circumstances. It also cannot be a suggested or implied part of a character's history. Writing as either the victim or the perpetrator of sexual violence are both equally unacceptable. Therefore, “forced mating” is not allowed.
- Relationships between an adult (18 or older) and a minor (17 or younger) are not allowed, nor are relationships between two characters who have a severe imbalance of power, such as a teacher and a student. Animal characters may not have relationships spanning different age groups such as pup/child with juvenile/teen.
- Incest in any form is unacceptable.
- Pregnancy & Teen Pregnancy Rules
- Roleplay or stories must not focus solely on pregnancy or teen pregnancy.
- Characters who are at least 18 years old MAY:
- Be pregnant, or become pregnant. However, it is not okay to describe or roleplay scenes of how they became pregnant.
- Give birth, but descriptions of a person physically giving birth are not acceptable.
- Breastfeed or nurse without additional detail.
- Teen Characters age 16 or 17 MAY:
- Be pregnant or have already had a baby when the character is introduced.
- However, they may not become pregnant and there shouldn't be any descriptions of how they got pregnant.
- Breastfeed or nurse without additional detail.
- Characters MAY NOT:
- Imply that pregnancy was forced, result of abuse, or otherwise seriously unwanted.
- Be pregnant or have had a baby when they were under the age of 16.
- Be a pregnant/mother character who has a listed age of 16+ who "looks like a child."
Self-Harm/Suicide and Mental Illness
- Roleplay or stories which take place in mental hospitals or which are centered around mental illness are not allowed. It is okay for a regular setting to contain a few individuals with mental illness, but that should not be the major focus for the roleplay or story.
- Characters MAY:
- Suffer from depression or other mental illnesses as long as it is not the main focus of their storyline.
- Have scars that could have resulted from self-harm. However, this cannot be confirmed and no details of their past self-harm may be written out or described.
- Characters MAY NOT:
- Self-harm/cut or express suicidal ideation.
- Currently suffer from an eating disorder or have eating habits or a height/weight ratio that implies an eating disorder without explicit statement of illness.
- Use mental illness to excuse harmful actions taken toward other characters.
Animal Abuse
- "Puppy Mills" or other settings which revolve around forced mating or other cruel breeding practices are not allowed.
- "Dog fights" or other themes which center on forcing animals into situations where they will be injured/killed or forced to kill others are not allowed.
- "Animal Laboratory" settings where animals are living in a laboratory and are regularly experimented on, including storylines where animals evolve and develop abilities or powers in the process of that testing, are not allowed.
- You are allowed to make a roleplay or write a story which begins after characters escaped from these scenarios, but there should be no details or descriptions about what happened before their escape.
- You are allowed to use these themes in a character's history, but you may only mention it without giving details about what exactly happened to them.
- Characters with a history of animal abuse must follow the above rules, even in a human or humanoid roleplay. There can be no details or description of what types of abuse they participated in, just a mention that it occurred. Characters may not currently be abusive toward animals.