http://notaclopbanana.tumblr.com/post/78874419322/sending-out-an-sos-with-clop-perfection
I have to admit, this is a good debate with strong points being made by both sides of the argument. The combatants are correct in everything they say. On one side, we ARE effectively stealing Fausticorn for our own purposes, and perhaps discouraging their use. On the other side, Lauren Faust, and her avatar Fausticorn, are NOT one in the same. They are two distinct figures, one of which is by many just connected to the other, out reverence or respect or as one side put it “hero worship”
This further presses the issue, “is it morally wrong to post r34 of Faust?” I would look at this issue as follows. Tara Strong and Andrea and Tabitha, they are all amazing VAs with dozens of characters within their repertoire. I mean, you can’t google “Teen Titans Raven” in standard search without getting at least one NSFW image. The point I am making it, these VAs KNOW that some people use the characters they voice in these manners. Raven, for example, has been nude, loved, and raped more times than at one point I could have ever cared to remember. In full knowledge of this, Tara still sometimes openly acts like Raven at the request of her fans, so I don’t think porn being made of a character particularly “steals” anything.
The flip side of this issue is that Lauren Faust, probably is not used to such attention and will not be as ready to ignore it as Tara might be. Truth be told, the first time she stumbled on R34 of her ponysona, she probably was creeped out. However, and made evident by the one arguers assertions, Faust also realizes that trying to stop people from making porn is a lost cause. Furthermore, nude art has existed for centuries, and although it is a little strange to be doing so with imaginary horses; there probably a couple clop artists who do what they do, as their HIGHEST form of praise and adulation. Trying to stop them IS a futile effort. They are not doing anything illegal, and until they are, no counter arguments really have anywhere to stand on.
In summation, with regards to it being “morally wrong to make/share r34 of the one called Fausticorn”. Is it really morally wrong? No, the raw truth, is NO it is NOT morally wrong to be doing these kinds of productions and sharing. Now “Is it OBJECTIVELY wrong?” Indeed! Yes it is objectively wrong, and by that, I mean it is subject to YOUR OWN approval on which side of this issue you fall. It is sort of like being gay within this judgmental society. Is it wrong to be gay? No, not at all; but no matter what you do (at least for the next 2-5 decades) there will be those of us on this world (me not being one) who think that being gay is wrong. If you don’t want to see r34 Fausticorn, fine, unfollow a blog and move on with your life. If you want to see it, more power to you, but do note that someone out their may be made a bit uncomfortable by what you are enjoying. The important thing here is to love and tolerate. Some people will be different than you, but, as long as no person or persons are being harmed by what anyone is doing. Where is the rub? (Shakespearean you people…read your Hamlet <3)
Thanks for this. (Though, judging by what you’ve said, I think you mean subjectively [depending on opinion], rather than objectively [based on fact].)