PART 2, TW LOLICON
Another thing I wanted to address was some of my old characters, more specifically, Lylac. If you don't know who this is, she was a sona that I recycled into an oc, that I basically shipped with Rick. In 2020, I liked sfw Nekopara, a show that I have since realized is a lolicon. I didn't realize at the time, I only enjoyed the sfw because I had a repulsion to anything sexual. The reason I mention this is because my favorite character was Chocola, a character that looks, sounds, and behaves childlike. I didn't make the connection when I was younger that she was made like that on purpose, and sexualized in the game and most merchandise. My 12 year old brain just thought she was cute, and the reason I even mention her is because I took a lot of inspiration from her to make Lylac.
Lylac was a very typical catgirl oc, who was frequently babied and acted like a child in most gacha/art I'd depict her in. I didn't realize at the time how this would come off, and how she was unintentionally lolibait. The character also wore a school uniform and pigtails, which I had also given to her sister, and I just thought was cute. Lylac and her sister Moonlight were never sexualized, and the characters had a repulsion like myself, but it's still bad. I have since redesigned and rewritten both characters entirely, removing anything childlike from their appearances and personalities. I drew Lylac's old design a few times since, along with her sister, but changed both to look far more mature and less like the original.
I would like to apologize for unknowingly exposing viewers/readers to lolicon content, as well as creating a character that completely unintentionally came off as lolibait. I was 12, again, and had no idea the connotations of what I was talking about or drawing (I'm also autistic and didn't get the hint.) Even if I never posted anything sexual, other than making jokes, I feel awful for this, and it's still bad. I'm very sorry for this- (cont in coms)