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Via 1LittleNightmare
- A rape does not need to be RPed out. In fact, I agree this is too far. However, these things do happen and it can be decided between 2 players if they choose. Just skip the scene like you were skipping a movie.
- I saw this ruin 2 very good people's mood today, as this was brought up in game. That is not necessary! Don't do that! It ruins the fun of the game for everyone!
- If a player is not comfortable with the subject, their character can walk out or they can voice it OOC and the topic/subject can be avoided out of respect! This being said, it cannot be ignored, as this happens in life.
- Mesalia, as far as I can tell, strives for the realistic properties it holds. Rape happens, it is real. It's presence is there, but that doesn't mean it needs to be forced upon anybody, done for no reason or to create drama, nor over-used. This is why it needs staff approval.
- Just because it can happen, doesn't mean it will happen to you. Especially if you object.
- It isn't clear in the section that both players must agree to this, so I would do so.
- Rape can't be removed because some people don't agree, it isn't really fair. I, myself, don't mind as it is all IC and shows no reflection on the player. (This doesn't mean that I would agree in a second if a proposal came to make it happen, in fact I would probably say no right now as I am a new player and don't have the experience to play out properly.) This is what 2 players allow to happen, it doesn't need to concern you; if you don't like it, stay out of it, and everything can work out on it's own.

For the most part, this is true. Consent and approval by staff SHOULD be a requirement. However, the last point proves a bit, again, in the grey area when dealing with this.

Just about EVERYONE dislikes Pedophilia, as I will use in example. You would most likely say the same about rape, given what you say here. How come then, does rape need to be included if both of these are real life phenomena? (And I am not a judge of which one is worse, or less suited for PG-13. I would never say such a thing.) Several other things we allowed, as I last recalled, were; Deaths of children, Gruesome death, nudity (As long as it's not elaborated on in detail), and others that are, in a sense, a bit opinionated when it comes to being allowed on a PG-13 server.

Though these, I think we can agree on, are not explicitly tabooed like Rape and pedophilia, I'd suggest if we are to limit them down to consent and/or approval of staff, we'd need to do it evenly, depending on how it's viewed among the cooperative writers of the story. Either way, if we are to keep anything controversial like rape, we'd need to strictly limit it, and allow other, possibly even more controversial things, so long as it stays within the rating. As with Zarky here, we should NEVER CONDONE ANYTHING of this nature. As we NEVER HAD.