The "Is This Allowed On Tapas" Thread

[BlairFujin]

Ok, I did a quick check on the app version of my comic and I do have some panels with visible underwear, the only ones with it I did censor were ones when there was also a bulge visible

[candiedcotton]

It is really borderline, yeah. I wasn't going for outright smutty, but this is also aimed for a more adult audience anyhow.

Is the knee at the crotch really a big thing? I guess I never really considered that part since it doesn't show anything, but people have pointed it out a couple of times now so I might need to think it over more. It wasn't supposed to be like the dude is rubbing his knee into the other's groin, just that he's moving closer.

[candiedcotton]

That's fair. I don't plan to draw any bulges (I mean, I'm not gonna do Ken Doll crotches, but I don't plan to outline some mega peen either), I just have heard rumor that underwear isn't allowed to be shown.

I gotta censor this thing for Webtoon as well. Might as well not even post the episode, lol.

[Katzalcoatl]

The knee and the teeth are not really that big of a deal but it is sexual nonetheless. Especially the whole scene combined. I think your fans would appreciate it. But you have to consider it mature content.

You will be fine with the M tag and I wouldn't change it unless a mod says it's not ok.

The reason the knee is considered sexual is because the rest of the scene is sexual. It is all about context.

Think about someone kicking a person in their nuts. In a fight scene it would be considered self defense.
In a scene where the one kicking shouts pervert it would make it look like the victim was being sexually harrased.
Finally in a scene where the one kicking the victim had a dominatrix outfit it would become sexual.

In all 3 situations everyone got kicked the same way but the context is completely different since the scenes are different.
My point being that something completely innocent can become sexual if the rest of the scene gives you that sense.

[LunarScyphozoa]

I feel like candiedcotton should use their own judgement on this @Katzalcoatl

[Katzalcoatl]

Whatever you decide it is your comic.

If you don't post the episode you can sell it in your ko-fi/patreon as a special episode and if you do it that way you could even uncensor it/add more details. Win-win that way. Fans win and you win being able to make a scene you like without fear of censorship. That is if you have patreon/ko-fi.

[Katzalcoatl]

Getting back on topic I have a question of my own.

I wanted to add a drawing of a female knight getting out of a bath showing her abs but being censored by hot steam.

Would that be allowed?
Or would I have to add underwear.

Basically it is a typical scene in which men show off their abs but female version.
Ofc females have to get extra censor on their chest but I was wondering if steam was enough or if I would ultimately need to add underwear.

If steam doesn't work would a towel work?

[BlairFujin]

To be honest, nowadays rules (whatever they are) seem stricter for tapas mobile app than for webtoon (or maybe people just stopped reporting me over there :P) - the bulges I had to censor for tapas? They've been up for a year on webtoon. So if you'll get a pass on the app here, then you're safe on webtoon as well.

[BlairFujin]

I think steam will be fine, if it's not semi-transparent and it covers stuff up properly (one comic I read here used steam as censorship at one point and if I remember correctly, the author had to add more of it to tapas version than one other sites)

[Katzalcoatl]

Would it be considered mature content though? 🫣

If so, which tag?
It is basically fan service so assuming I have enough steam would it need the mature tag?

And thanks for answering my question.

[candiedcotton]

How does one post for the app and website separately, out of curiosity? I've heard of people doing that, but I have no idea how and I don't remember if there was some sort of option to specify.

@Katzalcoatl I've seen a couple comics on Tapas that have used steam, as long as it's fully covering. And I remember one person saying that a moderator actually asked them to add steam to cover up their own character, and then the page was approved afterward.

[Katzalcoatl]

Is there a place I can show my image to get aproval by moderators or do I just post it? Also do moderators check episodes you left to the system to autopost in a certain date or do they check it right when it's published?

[BlairFujin]

@candiedcotton you can't mark your series as browser only on your own, but once you start publishing, your series will get checked by staff before it starts appearing on the app, if you're not censoring enough, it won't appear on it/will be taken off if you've been posting there already
So posting to the app and browser version of the site separately just means having a less censored version that is removed from the app and a really censored one that appears both on the app and browser version

@Katzalcoatl They do check scheduled episodes, my series got removed once over pages that were meant to go live in a week and two weeks

[candiedcotton]

There isn't, which is dumb and there really should be. The best options we have are to just post it and see what happens. But yeah, I think a couple people have said they check scheduled uploads.

[BlairFujin]

it depends if the nudity here is in a sexual context or not. In my one not nsfw series, I've had scenes where the main character is completely naked (just with crotch area always hidden by the angles used, speak bubbles, etc) and since those scenes aren't sexual in nature (it's an inner world kinda deal, like when Shinji got absorbed into eva in NGE) so I didn't mark it as mature and have been fine, no issues from staff, comic is still on the app.

[Katzalcoatl]

To give some context I just want to show off abs and add romantic-comedy. Person is taking a shower just finished. Mad person gets in not knowing it's the bathroom. They quickly blush trying to run away and they get cornered with a hand on the wall moment. Person who sneaked in runs away extremely embarrased while the other person just smirks.

Don't think it's sexual. It will be a novel and not a comic but I wanted to add an image of the scene as fan service just showing off the abs and muscles of the female knight.

Normally, you see this scene with a ML taking a bath and the female MC walking in.

I could also add her back instead of her front.

[BlairFujin]

I think unless as long as you cover her breasts and in between legs you should be fine, even without the mature warning

[candiedcotton]

Agree with this.

@Katzalcoatl honestly, the scene sounds cute and fun. I'd probably get a laugh out of it. Just go for it. And make sure you report back here on what happens.

[Katzalcoatl]

Thanks for all the help. I shall try it. Hopefully no issues will arise. I do notice M tag reduces views on chapters which is something I would like to avoid.

[joannekwan]

@Katzalcoatl if the only bare part of the knight showing is the abs, and the rest is covered with a towel/opaque steam, anything else, I wouldn't even count it as nudity. But you can still use the nudity mature tag if you want to be safe.