Patreon Down
Posted 9 months and 2 weeks ago :: Last edited 9 months and 2 weeks ago by LucaHi, everyone—this is Luca with some unfortunate news.
This morning, the Succubuns Patreon was fraudulently reported for distributing sexual art of children. Rather than contacting us for clarity on the accusations, Patreon immediately froze our account and refunded some of our patrons for their February pledges.
I hope it goes without saying that I have never drawn sexual art of children, and the Succubuns Patreon did not contain anything of the sort. The art we believe they are referring to are the NSFW pinups featuring adult NPCs Mercy and Velveteen, who are both nonbinary characters depicted with vaginas and flat chests. It is incredibly transphobic and harmful to treat androgynous adult bodies as being inherently childlike, and I'm personally very hurt to be accused of something so vile.
This report falls in line with the conservative trend of accusing queer people of pedophilia in order to silence queer erotic expression, and we're incredibly disappointed that anyone who has had an interest in Succubuns would weaponize this tactic against us. Patreon payments make up the majority of Succubuns' income, and are what allow me to spend most of my time creating free content for the site instead of designing adoptables to sell. We've reached out to Patreon via email to try to clear this up as quickly as possible, but we cannot say at this time what the outcome will be.
To anyone who has been refunded on Patreon: you will all be allowed to keep the February Patreon rewards regardless of the outcome, so please don't worry. Assuming we can resolve the issue and get the monthly subscription running again, we would certainly appreciate it if those who were forcefully refunded would re-pledge for the month, but it will not be required.
Yves and I will be fine, but to be frank, we are incredibly stressed and exhausted to be dealing with the second bad faith attempt to "take down" Succubuns within the past month. Knowing that Succubuns is meaningful to others is what keeps us going in the face of anonymous bad actors, so if you want to lend emotional support, voicing the things you like about the game and its updates is always more helpful for our morale than you know. If you have any information about the person responsible, please submit a report or open a private ticket in our Discord.
We'll keep you updated on what we hear back from Patreon, and we hope that the fact the report was objectively false will allow us to resolve this quickly. As always, thank you all for your support.
Costa
Please know that your art has been a huge inspiration to me and so many others. As an enby myself, I always appreciate seeing nonbinary characters depicted in artwork. Everything posted to the website has always been very clearly adult characters, handled with maturity and grace. You have built up such a wonderful and supportive community, and we're all sending love to the staff in this time of need. Keep up the amazing work, and know that your community has your back!
2024-02-16 07:33:37
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