How 'Mature' Can Writing Be On Deviantart?

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This question came to mind yesterday and I thought I'd ask all of you for some input. First, I'd like to thank everyone for all the sweet and kind comments on It's A Boy! :). It was very thoughtful and I appreciate you taking the time to congratulate Brad and I. Thank you! :tighthug: Also, I realize how odd that is to link that journal into this one considering the topic this journal is about (I'm just doing it because it was my previous journal post and I wanted to acknowledge the comments), but whatever, I'm rollin' with it :shrug: :lmao:

Back to the question at hand, how mature can we really get when writing stories on here? I know a few of you may ask "Janelle, you've been writing on here forever, you don't know?" To answer that, I'd give a "yes" and a "no". For those that have followed my writing for at least a few years, I'm sure you've noticed that there's a fine line that I don't cross when it comes to how mature I make my writing. I've had (I believe) two stories taken down years and years ago because I guess they were too mature ;p So since then I've held back to some degree because I didn't want to cross that imaginary line.

I was curious, so I tried searching for some mature stuff to see what I could find on DA. I found three (maybe four) stories over the past week or so that have involved full-on BJ's (I'm using the acronym, but I'm sure you can figure out what I mean :p). I found that interesting because I wrote a story involving that in the past, but it was taken down. How are THOSE stories allowed to still be up? I don't understand. I was curious so I tried searching for other things, and to my surprise, there's some pretty descriptive stories about sex on here. I didn't think that was allowed? I know that for artwork, certain things need to be "censored" and can't be shown - with what I just said above, is that more "open" in stories since with stories there's no clear visual of those things?

The tone of this journal is just me asking these questions because I'm curious to hear what you guys think on this (not ranting here ;p). I feel it's sort of open to interpretation to what you feel as "mature". For me, I always had a line in my mind that I didn't cross while I wrote (as in I wouldn't go too far with things, even if I wanted to). But, seeing as how I've read a few stories recently that have went into some detail on certain things, I just wonder how far I could go when writing? Like, did they change things a little and are now more open on story content?

I don't have much time to search for stories to read, but perhaps you've read some that may relate to this journal? Let me know what you guys think, please, because I'm really curious to hear your thoughts.
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Wolfe-Nightfall's avatar
Random thought, search up "bettyswolloks" on DA, they've got interesting ones