(11-06-2014, 07:49 PM)Zyrusticae Wrote: Full disclosure: I engaged in ERP all the way back when I was... fuck it, I don't even remember, maybe 12? 13? To my knowledge absolutely no one has gotten in trouble for it and most people I engaged with didn't even realize I was a minor because I didn't tell them. You're fighting a losing battle if you're concerned about this sort of thing because you are entirely dependent on the word of your partner and if that's a major concern for you, you're better off not engaging in anything resembling ERP at all. Which is silly, mind you. Very silly.
Nononononono. I can agree that ERPing characters who are minors (post-pubescent, of course) is fine if all parties involved aren't put off by it. But OOC minors participating in RP is a huuuuuuuuuuuge no-no. Sure, chances are that if it happens, nothing awful will happen to either party. But that's certainly not always the case. Sexual contact with a minor is a very serious crime. It can get you labelled as a sex offender--which never goes away, and prevent you from living in certain areas, working in certain careers, etc. That should be a major concern. You could argue that you aren't tainting some innocent mind if you're ERPing with a 17-year-old who very obviously already knows what sex is, but even if you can write that off, you're still putting yourself out for the risk of serious trouble.
THAT IS EVERYTHING TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT.
ERPing with a minor, in the eyes of the law, is no different than having sex with a minor. You can say "But, officer, she said she was a 20-year-old catgirl!" or, "But, officer, it wasn't sexual for me at all, it was fiction, it was character development!" but law enforcement won't give one single fuck. And if you think ERPing with minors has never gotten anyone in trouble, you're wrong. A single example: an officer in my FC was actually a military investigator and once had to look into a case of someone (who, predictably, was discharged) ERPing with a minor.
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