Well, I personally do not mind NSFW rps and the like.
And I am a roleplayer, main reason why I get on my computer.
So I would have to sit down in this category of NSFW roleplayers, along with yourself.

With any fandom that you find, there is always going to be the smut and the such, and I doubt there is absolutely no one out there in the TEF fandom who has participated in writing or drawing such things. I mean, the characters we play are basically deer, and sex is a natural part of life.
I have not participated yet in a TEF rp of this nature.
But I've been roleplaying for eleven, twelve years, and so have, and am doing my fair share of rps like that.

I do not have any problems with people who rp NSFW themes - which doesn't always include sex, but that is what most people think when they see such - just so long as they respect other people and keep it in some place where only they, or a select few can see it.
Reason why I like tumblr with its read mores, and then just rping on Skype too.

Echoing the above, I am fine with NSFW roleplay as long as it's kept out of sight. In the forest, get away from others. In text, keep it to something private like Skype. I think we can all agree that mild suggestive stuff, swearing, and some blood and gore are allowed on the community site, but not in excess, and if you're going to be writing outright smut then go elsewhere. In general, just be responsible and considerate and it's fine.

Don't give a crap. Just keep the smut out of public eye and it's cool~

also oocly acknowledge the sensitivity of some subjects, and put warnings where appropriate and easy to see. Don't oocly romanticize bad things like abuse, as that can create a harmful influence on more impressionable people...

Just going to start by saying that there is never anything wrong with posing a question like this, especially given the way what is and is not acceptable on TEFc is largely dictated by community consensus!

I'm not fond of seeing sexual NSFW content acted out within the game. If people want to role play that aspect of their characters thats cool but I feel like a private role-play over a messenger service like Skype is a better venue for several reasons (not just my own comfort).

First and foremost: It's really hard to establish consent within the game due to there not being verbal chat. As a player who doesn't have access to TEFc while playing, if I see one deer humping another, I'm going to assume it's being done as an act of trolling. There is a long history hotkey actions like that being used as an attempt to annoy, so I feel I wouldn't be alone in reading the actions with that intent.

As I'm thinking this through it also seems unlikely people would try to RP out those sorts of actions through In Game mechanics alone. I mean realistically speaking these are deer avatars with no junk, I don't know how much rubbing them against one another does for people character development wise but I'll leave that tangent as is. I'm assuming that players taking part in that sort of thing would hypothetically also be Role Playing via text...so it should be an easy enough step to just cut out the 'creative' use of actions in game.

In terms of 'thinking of the children' the important thing to remember is that this game is pitched as an any-age-group, peaceful, escape from the daily stress sort of atmosphere. Now the TEFc has pretty much abandoned that for all intensive purposes, but In Game, The Endless Forest is still devoid of NSFW content. Even any violence or sexual content is very much by interpretation only. That being said I think it's pretty hard to mis-interpret humping. I mean I could brainstorm a few excuses for the action that aren't sexual (insert 'just helping my friend scratch an itch' joke here) but it's still going to look like humping to the vast majority of people seeing it.

My estimate would be that the majority of people who play TEF are either close to or are above 18 years old. Taking a moment to shout at you all;

Role playing Explicit Sexual content with a minor when you are yourself a legal adult is a great way to get yourself in hot water. Be sure you are comfortable with the age of your partner(s).

Legal shouting aside, I think keeping sexual NSFW content off the site and in private messager/email services isn't going to make it difficult for players. I suspect that's the case already. I also appreciate the number of players who have been tagging things and putting up disclaimers on blogs containing sensitive topics. That does a lot for me personally and it's something I'd love to see continue for the NSFW content that has been allowed on The Community (graphic violence mostly, assaults, stuff like that).

edit: oh man reading what everyone else wrote, I think I was way too wordy :'D whoops

Yay, positive comments~! I was actually expecting the opposite because of the whole tension rising on that other thread.

Plus it's very common to see things like "GTFO YOU SICK FURRY" or something. Not that I've been subject to it, but you still hear about it.

@Terabetha

Yeah, I've noticed that even though there's technical "no rules" for this site or the game, there's still the effort from the community to put everything in order to benefit everyone -- or at least the majority. Not that it's a bad thing, that's pretty much how cultures ((in this case a subculture)) and communities are supposed to work.

And nah, you weren't wordy at all. Trust me, I can write the equivalent 10 essays in a row without stopping in one post. If only I can do that with schoolwork...

@Acurna

I will never understand why human culture is like that. Though that by itself speaks exactly how powerful culture can be if it prioritizes the teaching of an ideology rather than basic body functions and processes. It's quite scary if you look at the more extreme examples of it.

Also, if two deer were to go at it in the pond, wouldn't they be contaminating our only water source in the forest? D:

@Everybody Else
Thanks for replying. I feel a bit at ease now. I WOULD RESPOND TO EACH ONE INDIVIDUALLY BUT I HONESTLY HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO SAY?

But thank you though.

Also, should I leave this thread up for future reference for other players? Or just go ahead and delete it since it has been answered? Up to y'all because now I don't know what to do with it.

EVERYONE'S ALREADY SAID EVERYTHING I WANT TO SAY but i think it's also worth noting that as 'natural' as sex may be, its portrayal through text or ingame actions can be extremely psychologically distressing for some people. personally, i'm not a fan of seeing NSFW things on-site when they can be kept to Skype or any other writing forum, but i wouldn't jump down someone's throat for writing it here as long as it's clearly labelled in the title. generally speaking i'd keep portrayals of 'darker' things like abuse, non-con, etc, off the site entirely as far as writing them out with someone goes.

there's also the problem of, you know, minors being able to access NSFW material on the site if it's up there, but that's a whole other barrel of fish aND I'M REALLY ONLY QUALIFIED TO TALK ABOUT TRIGGERS TBH.

EDIT: ALSO FOR THE RECORD i write smut and triggering material all the time, i just doN'T THINK TEF IS REALLY THE PLACE FOR IT.

Nothing to add but agreement with above.