To help stifle the rumour mill
Because I want to make sure incorrent information doesn’t continue being spread, I posted a variation of this to both the Darkside Rainbow blogpost which discusses some details of my suspension and an earlier post on Firefox news. I've edited my remarks slightly for clarity and relevance in posting here.
The image I was suspended for was not a commission for a piece of fanfiction where Harry is stated to be 18+.
The piece of Snape/Harry artwork was posted without “friend’s lock” in a community intended for adults, and similarly in my journal, which is also intended for adults. It was under a “cut” in both places and provided content warning. Unless linked to by a third party elsewhere, in the places where I posted it, a user would need to click on a cut beneath a label with the adult rating (pornish_pixies) or on a cut duplicating the adult rating as listed in the subject line (my personal journal) to view it.
The person who commissioned the artwork from me asked for Snape/Harry, explicit but loving, and left all the details to me. I made no statement of either Snape or Harry's age, and make no statement now. I had no age in mind when drawing Harry other than the recipient of my artwork had previously asked me for a commission (which fell through due to timing) of Harry as a young man and not a teen.
I would like it clear that I make no statement as to whether or not Harry is a minor in this image, and though I question the criteria for my suspension by Six Apart, I accept it without any admission of guilt. My intent was not to draw Harry at a specific age and as he doesn’t exist other than as I rendered him, I cannot ask him if he is 16, 17, 18, 19, or 201 for that matter. I will say, however, that any reference for which I used in the creation of his pose is of a female above the age of 18.