#misc salt

yves and luca can't do shit, succubuns doesn't seem to be an official trademark, and even if it was you have not signed any contract binding you to those design rules, especially if you redesign the character to no longer be exactly a succubun

ik it's a bit scary when people start talking about copyright and legal action, but you can't just sue random internet users - for the succubun team to sue you they'd need at minimum your full legal name. I don't know exactly how courts work in america, but in my country you also need the person's address and social security number. Not to mention it's hard to even sue someone in a different city, nevermind state or country

they can ban and shit talk you, but that's about it

1. I checked multiple databases and succubuns doesn't seem to be an officially trademarked or copyrighted. Therefore they can't claim copyright if this is correct.

2. The best phrasing of this would be "You cannot copyright an idea." They can only copyright things they have originally designed (NPCs) or owned (the site).

3. Even if we roleplayed the NPCs, drew art of them, and whatnot they couldn't do anything because while they own the original, they do not and cannot own transformative works. You just can't make money off of those characters.

4. Following this point, all our characters are transformative. The only two people who could claim the design would be the owner or the artist.

5. They can ONLY ban you. It's just social stigma after that, but since so many CS are losing respect for succubuns I doubt anyone would really care too much.

I HIGHLY encourage you all to look into the legality for yourselves, if for nothing else then your own ease. We're all good guys, even if voided, the only real loss is it's official status and ability to be traded online. It only has as much weight as you want it to.

You can draw you're own bunny OCS that aren't Succubuns

You can write about those OCS all day without restrictions

You can code your own website for them

You can make your own interactive materials.

You can even do things that Succubuns isn't doing like making music, animations, games and so much more.

Not trying to shame y'all for liking Succubuns or wanting better conditions for your community, but also remember that if it sucks you can hit the bricks! And a lot of anger you have towards other for having what you might not can be remedied by simply making your own setting and material entirely. This is coming from someone who used to visit drama blogs all the time cause I was angry that others had what I didn't, so please know this come from a place of genuinely wanting to not see others fall into the same traps I did. No matter who you are you're capable of doing great things with the talent you have! And what talent you don't have, you can learn and improve your skills over time with hard work!