Erotic BL webcomic. How far can I go before I cross the porn line?

[booklove]

So I just started out recently as a bara artist under the name booklovexxx. But since bara is mostly about the dings and the dongs, I want to do some erotic yaoi as comic strip. My question is how graphic, suggestive or perverted can I go?
I've only made 2 episodes but here's my webtoon: https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/bl-butter-and-jelly-/list?title_no=293284
If you want to see my NSFW works, it's @booklovexxx on twitter.

[PaulieBlade]

My comic got removed from Webtoon for showing boobs. I've heard another person's comic got removed for showing bare male chest. Seriously, Webtoon is like that.

[booklove]

Thank you! That was really helpful. I guess chest is a no go lol.

[J.Lovelace]

Does that apply for all comics, or just those who are in the AD Revenue program?

[PaulieBlade]

I'm in no program and my comic is/was tagged as for adults.
Frankly, I'd venture a guess that if a comic was in the AD Revenue program they would allow more than they allow to the plebeians.

[J.Lovelace]

I see...
Well then... gotta wait and see what they'll do with one of my comics, as the first two pages have already bare chested men in them lol

[JRHoch]

Tapas is more lenient when it comes to these things.

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[Mari]

two words: Lightsaber dicks

[Maps]

Yeah a lot of people blur out the naughty bits (some have fun with it, like a happy little pickle or hotdog which makes it pretty funny). Also some people just do face and limb close-ups/curves of the body. Others are bold and just blur with white or black blocks.

But I also agree about Patreon. You can post your original un-blurred images there and have a blurred image here. I'm keeping Tapas in mind as I type this, (webtoons is much stricter).

[joannekwan]

Took a look at your pages and I have a hard time imagining it going unnoticed on webtoons. They would most likely pull it, possibly even with censoring.

I believe it would pass here on Tapas, so long as you censor the dicks, with black bars, white blurs, mosaicking, etc.

[JRHoch]

What you suggest is a crime against humanity!

[booklove]

That would sucks. I feel like a single parent who s trying to balance between work and life lol. I guess suggestive theme is also a no.

[booklove]

lightsaber dicks is like when they got down on their knees, and instead of giving a blowjob, they re like, let's pray to our lord and savior. Lightsaber dicks is anti-viagra.

[QueenofBabyLoon]

To me, the depiction of same-sex intercourse (here, between two men) becomes porn when the feelings are gone. When two characters do not have feelings for each other, their sexual encounters should be based on mutual respect and this should show by there not being a struggle for sexual domination and a desire to submit one character to sexual practices that he does not want to take part in. When two characters do have feelings for each other, there needs to be some emotion shown (it doesn't have to be "I love yous" all over the place) during intercourse.

The moment respect is lost is when you cross the line into pornography and God knows the LGBTQ2+ community doesn't need any more caricaturing or objectification. They've got it bad already.

[elyss]

Webtoons is a weird one because it's a Korean company and they have SUPER strict laws on things like nudity and pornography. What frustrates me about the site though is that there are at times nude things that don't get taken off because of popularity. Most people will just blur things. I honestly recommend looking at sites like Lezhin. They have very erotic web comics but also censor them. They'd be a good place to look into on how to do more... tasteful?.... censored sex scenes.

[NickRowler]

When it comes to movies, the difference between R and Porn when it comes to sexual content is that in an R film you can not show penetration. My guess is you can probably show two people in bed, however you can't show any naughty bits touching.

[Eightfish]

I totally disagree.
Porn is about sex, and I don't think there's anything wrong with that. It doesn't have to be about "domination" and "a desire to submit one character to sexual practices that he does not want to take part in". I agree that much of porn is that, but it doesn't have to be. I've read plenty of self described porn comics where the sex is based on mutual love and respect. For example, this one which is literally nothing but sex but doesn't have any of the things you mentioned. Or this one for an LGBT example.

[AniStaciaArt]

Does webtoon really pull a comic for a topless guy because I'm going to be really mad if I have to change my main character's combat outfit for Webtoon. I already had to redo several pages of my comic for tumblr because of a hint of hospital gown butt.

[QueenofBabyLoon]

Wasn't the question about when sexual intercourse becomes porn? Indeed, you are right, porn is about nothing but sex. I agree.