stunt_muppet

So I had a nsfw sideblog on tumblr, which I backed up and shuttered when the ban rolled in. A few posts in there were things that I wrote, so reuploading and backdating those here makes sense. However, one of the things that blog also had a lot of was art.

Now, with some of the art, I may be able to find the artist again and link to another copy of the piece on DeviantArt/pixiv/the artist's web gallery. However, that won't be possible for all of them; some may have only had tumblr blogs or have gone inactive since then. But, of course, I don't want to repost art on an unlocked post where it could be further distributed without proper credit to the original artist. 

Plus, as far as nsfw writing goes, I've had it cordoned off on a sideblog for so long that having stuff like that on my main account where - where anyone who follows me can see it instead of having to specifically opt in to do so - feels uncomfortable to me. 

The way I see it, I have two options for a nsfw space. I could either:

A) Create a specific friends lock on this journal for nsfw content and put any art I'm unable to properly attribute there. Asking for access to the flock would mean understanding that there would be unattributed art and that it's not to be reposted unless/until I or you can track down the artist and get permission.

B) Set up a community for stuff that would previously have gone on the sideblog. Posts of my own content, or content I'd gotten permission to reupload/link, would be public. Unattributed art would be in member-locked posts only, and again, getting membership would mean agreeing not to repost the art further. 

Looking at the two options written out here, I'm pretty sure I'll go with creating a comm, since that lets me keep writing/headcanon/prompt posts public and in the fandom tags while also letting me restrict access to art reuploads. Only real disadvantage is that I feel slightly self-important creating a whole ~community~ just for my porn stash.

So, if you've got input, or any reccomendations for what you did with any of your sideblogs (nsfw or otherwise), I'd love to hear them! Or even thought in general on adapting the good parts of Tumblr to a journal-based platform like this. It's something I'm still hashing out myself.