April 10th: The bill has been vetoed!
April 2nd: The politicians in Arizona are about to sign into law a bill that would mandate sites like e621 to either impose age verification on all users or be at a risk of lawsuits. Such system would be required to go through third party vendors, who in turn must go through a government database to verify every user's age. This is not only a major violation of privacy, but it also opens up a very real danger of identity theft through phishing schemes and other methods, not to mention that we would not be able to control any of that information to make sure it is permanently deleted after age verification is complete.
Unfortunately, Arizona is the state out of which e621 operates, which means that this law will almost certainly affect us if it is to pass. If want to help us ensure that this site can continue to serve you without being required to know who you are, please ask the Arizona governor to veto this bill.
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For some further information on what the bill does have a look at https://action.freespeechcoalition.com/bill/arizona-hb-2586/
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rmaster454
MemberHoly shit, she's cute!
StarScented
MemberBland nudity work's. ^^
She's beautiful.
Like how the lantern look's kinda like a heart. Oo.
Cyandog182
MemberWhy?! WHY?! Why can't we have edits of this stuff anymore?!
Science-Snake-Altair
MemberIKR, it's painful.
Hawk101
MemberSooo beautiful!
werewolfwill
MemberFrom what I read it was due to too many complaints about "low quality" edits. Ironically that got Tom's own edits purged from the site as well.
KindaGayFox
MemberAnd I was wondering where did it all go? It's sad that these posts with a lot of potencial won't ever be able to get an edit.
Whitewolfdog
MemberWell they still can get edits, just have to post them to a different media site
Iago1
MemberFortunately you can find almost all of them archived here: https://rule34.xxx/index.php?page=post&s=list&tags=twokinds+edit
Just make sure to use an adblocker.
Sadly, people are less inclined to make new edits now that they can no longer post them here, but hopefully they'll find a new place to give them an incentive. It's a pity that the mods here would rather put words in Tom's mouth than accept the place of edits in the Twokinds community, but we have to work with the cards that we have.
Drakkenfyre
MemberI mentioned this on a previous Tom image. He's the rare example of an artist who explicitly gives permission for *any* of his art to be edited in *any* way and posted *anywhere* as long as it's not paywalled, and then they DNP them here. Given most artist jealously defend their art and will request DNP status in a heartbeat if they see someone editing their stuff, it's a real shame.
doughnuts
MemberTom originally hated the idea that people edit his artwork to a porn perspective. he does kinky comics , but nothing more. he has a few close artist that he allows edits, but most of the time its paywall quality editing , and its on their page not his . honestly if i want to edit it i will edit it , im not the best though, i know cus i tried a edit, suprisingly it wasnt removed.
Spoonman
MemberShe's so pretty! ^_^
Drakkenfyre
MemberTom has never "hated" lewd edits. In his FAQ page, he explicitly says anyone is free to edit his art in any way they like.
Have you ever noticed how edit-friendly his suggestive pieces can be? Where all you need to do is a slight edit for it to be lewd? That's not coincidental. He does it on purpose, knowing people will do just that. That way he can say he's never released actual lewd art, but fans can make it a reality with the smallest edits.
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