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Fictional Minors in Mainstream Media & Fan Content How you are most comfortable engaging with fiction?

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Where does it fall? Where does it fall? Where does it fall? Where does it fall? Where does it fall? Where does it fall? In the US, child pornography (CP) Whether an actor is portraying Many fans draw a line at explicit In the US, adults who act as Photorealistic renders of minors Fiction and non-photorealistic art law protects actors too. Nude themselves or a character, it’s the fanart of a character that is minors in lewd cosplay (such as could be classed as CP if sexually cannot be CP in the US, but there or simulated sexual scenes with actor’s real age that determines recognizable as the minor who “sexy Alice in Wonderland”) are not explicit. Fans also generally don’t are cases where they have been actual minors can sometimes fall whether sexual images of them depicts them on screen. breaking CP law, though websites, consider it OK to base explicit prosecuted as obscenity. Fans are under an “artistic merit” exception are legal and broadly considered venues and fan communities may artwork on real minors. divided on whether explicit art of to obscenity law. ethical by fans. have their own policies. fictional minors is OK. R F Hulk Hogan & Rick Ross Coraline Roleplay The Sims Michael Cera Morty Smith (Kayfabe & Celebrity Persona) Actual minor actress who was voice cast Individual (actual minor or adult) who Actual minor or adult videogame player who Fictional minor character (14) imagined to portray a fictional minor character. acts in the role of a fictional character. creates fictional minor or adult characters. in the likeness of an actual minor actor (15). Actual adult who portrays a fictional adult character full-time and “never breaks kayfabe”. Coraline is a fictional minor voiced by Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) is often one’s “The Sims” is a life simulation game that Michael Cera, 15 during the production of “Arrested This infographic is not intended as actress Dakota Fanning who was 15 introduction to live action role play (LARP). Individuals gives players the power to create and Development”, is often cited by fans as a hypothetical Terry Eugene Bollea (Hulk Hogan) and William Leonard Roberts II legal advice, but is an attempt to during the animated film’s production. create character sheets and improvosaitonally act out control simulated people. live-action casting option for fictional character Morty Smith Noah Schnapp (Rick Ross), are media personalities. Hulk Hogan picks high-profile adventures known as campaigns. from the popular Adult Swim cartoon “Rick and Morty”. Actual minor (15) who works as an actor. fights and Rick Ross raps about life as an illegal drug dealer. visualize and clarify the nuance within Actor in Hollywood known for his role as discourse surrounding the topic of Will Byers in Netflix’s “Stranger Things”. minors and fiction. Publicity photos of celebrities who are minors sometimes appear to be This infographic is also not focused sexualizing their subjects. on copyright, trademark, privacy or libel law.

Lolicon & Shoutacon Actual adult voice actor who is cast in the role of a prostasia.org pubescent or pre-pubescent fictional minor character. The lolicon (loli) & shoutacon (sho) may refer to BTS (Public Persona) Harry Potter Trio Fursonas (Furry Persona) Cuphead “Cupsonas” Ellie (The Last of Us) either the genres (Black Butler) or the character @ProstasiaInc Actual minors who embody the celebrity Fictional minor characters from the book Individual (actual minor or adult) who creates Fan (actual minor or adult) who creates a fandom Fictional minor character (15) whose voice (Kanna Kamui from “Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon image (personas) of fictional minors. series (ages 11) portrayed by actual minor a fursona or an original furry character (OC). sona (cupsona) or original character (OC). was cast by an actual adult (36). Maid”) these characters are often depicted as pre- BTS Signed contracts with BigHit Entertainment at actors (11-12 at time of casting; now 30-31). @prostasiainc The concept of sonas began in the furry fandom. Cupsonas are a popular way for fans to create pubescent or pubescent fictional minors who are ages 15 (RM), 17 (Suga), 16 (J-Hope), 13 (Jungkook), The Golden Trio is a popular name for the three Unlike animation, Ellie is a fictional minor who often in sexually suggestive or explicit scenarios. 15 (V), and 16 (Jimin). Furries are known to create fursuits for their fictional self-insert characters that exist in the same main characters of the massively popular “ fursonas. In addition to original art and fiction, universe as the 2017 video game “Cuphead”. The has been rendered using photo-realistic graphics The Bangtan Boys (BTS) are a highly publicized prostasiainc Harry Potter” series. Originally marketed to a furries will utilize their fursona to participate in main characters of Cuphead are fictional minors and (CG animation). K-pop band with global reach who embody their middle-grade target audience, “Harry Potter” fandom roleplay, cosplay and more. many cupsonas follow this design. public personas full-time. is often cited by fans as their threshold fandom. In 2013, actress Ellen Page claimed that NaughtyDog studios had modeled the BTS Fans are known to create real person fiction Cosplay Self-Insert character using her likeness. (RPF) of their personas utilizing public information. Individual (actual minor or adult) who creates Stranger Things Actual minor or adult individual acting as fictional content using a self-insert character. Fictional minor characters portrayed a fictional minor or adult character. by actual minor actors. Self-insert is a fictional representation of an individual Individual who acts within the role of Unlike “Harry Potter” or “IT”, where the book which tries to accuratley reflect the individual’s in real a fictional (minor or adult) character. existed prior to the movie, “Stranger Things” life (IRL) character. Also known as Y/N and /Reader exists soley in film media. (slash reader) fiction.