Blogger's New Content Policy

The Old Google: "Censoring [adult] content is contrary to a service that bases itself on freedom of expression."

The New Google: "[We'll] no longer allow blogs that contain sexually explicit or graphic nude images or video.... After this policy goes into effect, Google will restrict access to any blog identified as being in violation of our revised policy."

So yeah, I just got an email informing me that Blogger's content policy will change March 23, 2015. Adult content will no longer be allowed. "Nudity" is still okay, but only if it's "artistic, educational, [etc.]," and they of course provide no definition of artistic (probably because it's subject to being made up on the spot by whichever prude gets the job of deciding whether to censor your work). I've got naked women standing in nooses and various states of bondage, and I consider most of it pretty damn artistic, even if occasionally disturbing (can't art be disturbing?). Something tells me that the little Blogger censorship minions won't agree.

I've mostly moved on from "Finality" stuff anyway, but I suppose this insanity ensures that my blog here is one for the archives. My G+ profile has nearly 2 million views. I've updated this place since early 2012, and I'm still posting on it in 2015, but I guess it ends now. Fuck you, Google. Fuck you.

Tumblr is better anyway.

And Ixquick apparently isn't in bed with the U.S. Government.

UPDATE:
Google responded to the outcry across the Internet and decided not to shut down adult blogs. I wouldn't call this an outright "victory" for free expression, since they thought they could get away with such sweeping censorship in this first place and will likely try again someday, but at least the huge amount of content on the chopping block gets to stay for now.

Tori's Skyrim Adventure

Christmas 2014

Halloween 2014

On every Halloween for as long as anybody can remember, the local Coldiron Coven has held the annual Lovers' Lottery. This energetic, well-regarded tradition serves as a precursor to the week-long Harvest Festival, which marks the beginning of a series of year-end celebrations.

The Lottery involves one couple being selected at random from the surrounding county. After a night and day of sexual ecstasy at the hands of the Coldiron witches, the lucky couple is taken in front of the chapel at Halloween's sundown for a brief anointing ceremony. Thereafter, the naked winners submit to a binding ritual, and are then beheaded with a sword. Their heads are placed on spikes or pitchforks to either side of the chapel entrance, and their bodies are nailed in cruciform to the outer wall. The frosty autumns of Coldiron are usually sufficient for the specimens to remain in place for days or weeks, before decay inevitably makes continued display impractical.

In the meantime, the sacrificed couple serves two purposes: 1) appeasing evil spirits for the good of the county, and 2) entertainment for festival attendees. Family favorites, such as "Pin the Tail On the Wench" and "Boobdarts" (wherein nipples, male or female, are used as the bull's-eyes in a classic game of darts), have their origins in centuries past and are still enjoyed to this day.

If you're in the area as the Halloween season approaches, feel free to drop by the Coldiron Harvest Festival. There's fun for everyone! And who knows? If you hang around until next year, you might just get your own chance to win the Lottery.

Web Comic

This blog is taking a backseat to a new bondage web comic. I'm not closing this page by any means, and there will likely be new stuff posted here from time to time (including D-Fly's Terminus Island project when it gets going), but the normal time I've allocated for Finality work is now going into the new comic. You can find it here.