Reason for Yennefer outfit removal?

[CelestialStarmie]

Has anyone been given any information as to why the Yennefer Dark Arts outfit mod was removed yet?

 

It's PG, follows content guidelines, has no viruses and fits the Dark Arts aesthetic.

 

Is it purely because of copyright or is there some other misconception leading to its removal? I've seen other Yennefer mods like the face swap so I'm starting to think it's someone who thinks heeled boots are only for adult mods or something, which is pretty inaccurate and if it is for that reason then they should probably check up on fashion and the oxford dictionary.

 

Any info is useful info at this point as I have tested this mod extensively and found no issues with it when uploading to YouTube and have found other outfits already in-game that are very similar in aesthetic so I'm confused why this mod is getting removed with no information given as to why.

 

 

I feel like we need to go on strike against the evil dictators at this point

 

- On reading more into this issue, I am quite disturbed that the staff here might be looking at my child and consider her mandatory school uniform to be explicit or NSFW and try to ban her from being anywhere but in school.

 

Key factors and personal experience from being a 28 year old woman and having actually gone to school, which I think the staff here skipped out on if they think our uniforms are explicit.

 

Boyish shirts, leather jackets and boots are hardly above the rating for the game. It was common even from the age of 8 to ditch your school tie and leave the top 2 buttons undone on your shirt to stay cool in the summer, no chest exposed just the neck like in the Yennefer outfit but they're trying to say we were exploiting ourselves at 8 years old? I disagree. As a girl who very much would have worn something like this, and did, at 12-16 I say it's appropriate.

We also wore skirts far shorter than that which we see in-game, at 8 years old, above the knees. They were mandatory school uniform, widely used in the UK and likely the US as well, but apparently we're exploiting ourselves... I don't think so.

We wear the same skirt length from 6-7 up to 16 years old, and these people are trying to tell us they look at us and see sexualised material? That's inappropriate and I question the morality of those involved in removing this outfit.

I expect a permanent ban for defending our women's rights against creepy hypocrisy and dictatorship when it comes to our uniforms and fashion choices, for which THEY are not the ones who determine what is or is not appropriate. WE ARE.

Edited March 2, 2023 by CelestialStarmie

[deSairys]

The mini skirt mod is still up. I wonder why the Yennifer outfit disappears, re-appears then disappears again. I really wanted to use it in my next playthrough.

[CelestialStarmie]

The mini skirt mod is still up. I wonder why the Yennifer outfit disappears, re-appears then disappears again. I really wanted to use it in my next playthrough.

Exactly, they remove it and everyone is saying it's due to sexualisation because there are other mods with The Witcher outfits and face models so it's definitely not copyright or they would be removed also, like the Yennefer face model swap.

 

If it's because staff are looking at boots and a couple unbuttoned buttons on the top of a shirt then I question their ethics and whether they should be allowed within 200 yards of a school because as someone who has dressed no different at this age and younger, as mandatory in schools, and with children that are in school I find this concerning that people would consider clothing my children wear to be explicit and "NSFW"

 

I think this is the beginning of a lawsuit against Nexus Mods owner for discrimination "questionable" views on fashion. Someone is bound to do it eventually, especially with all the highlights this issue is getting across the internet, on Reddit, Steam, Twitter etc. It won't be long before someone pushes this to the mainstream media outlets.

 

I'm not afraid to point out the obvious and air views shared by hundreds of people who are themselves afraid of repercussions. I can make a new account, they can't however make our children into something they are not and dictate what they should or should not wear when most of that made as a REQUIREMENT in schools for the past 20+ years have been far more revealing of skin than some of these outfits that are being removed.

 

I think the issue lies in these people not being able to control THEMSELVES because we have gotten by just fine by wearing skirts above our knees and shirts that show our neck and collarbones, FROM THE AGES OF 8, without people like this looking at us as if we're sexualised or "NSFW" which I find very offensive having been one of the millions who were raised this way.

 

They treat an outfit as inappropriate but allow this sexualised name for 7 years and even with them commenting in Hogwarts Legacy topics, therefor exposing children to their sexualised name.

 

A name like this is allowed, referencing explicit positions and male anatomy, and yet we can't have heels on our boots or we're called NSFW.

 

Male hypocrisy at its finest.

 

 

Feel free to use all of this information for press releases.

Edited March 2, 2023 by CelestialStarmie

[johauna]

Honestly, I'm baffled as well. As much as I don't enjoy sexualized mods personally, as they make me want to bleach my eyes - I also ascribe to a simple mindset, when it comes to mods, since it's not like you have to download a mod - don't like, don't download, don't comment - Yennefer's outfit is far from being a terrible "offender".
I also know for a fact (having modded W3 extensively for my own use, and used their assets for other games), that CDPR alows to use their assets in other titles and mods, as long as you don't profit off them. Methinks, it might be something from WB themselves, that makes Nexus do, what they do, since HL depicts minors (which is a can of worms, legally speaking; honestly). Since, looking at it logically - if you look at Skyrim, there are bazillion far, far worse sexualized mods, and nothing of this sort is being done. Just my few bucks. *shrugs*

Edited March 2, 2023 by johauna

[CelestialStarmie]

Honestly, I'm baffled as well. As much as I don't enjoy sexualized mods personally, as they make me want to bleach my eyes - I also ascribe to a simple mindset, when it comes to mods, since it's not like you have to download a mod - don't like, don't download, don't comment - Yennefer's outfit is far from being a terrible "offender".

I also know for a fact (having modded W3 extensively for my own use, and used their assets for other games), that CDPR alows to use their assets in other titles and mods, as long as you don't profit off them. Methinks, it might be something from WB themselves, that makes Nexus do, what they do, since HL depicts minors (which is a can of worms, legally speaking; honestly). Since, looking at it logically - if you look at Skyrim, there are bazillion far, far worse sexualized mods, and nothing of this sort is being done. Just my few bucks. *shrugs*

 

Irony is that Hogwarts Legacy is based in England, United Kingdom and here the legal age is 16 where you become a "young adult"

 

Year 5, the year of Hogwarts Legacy in the Hogwarts fantasy is 15-16 year olds, which would be the last year of secondary school in the UK before going to college.

 

In Harry Potter movies Hermione for example wears a revealing dress when dating an older guy called Victor Krum, when she is in Year 5 of Hogwarts.

 

I don't understand the Nexus Mods staff doing what they're doing when they're likely not even British, trying to dictate and discriminate our fashion, our appropriate attire and our schooling.

 

They have no right whatsoever and clearly don't understand much about people aged 16 and under over the last 30 years.

 

TikTok is far worse than what we HAVE to wear in school for the last 3 decades and I feel like making judgements on what people should or should not wear is beyond Nexus Mods staff's "duties" in running this site, especially given the vast quantity of inappropriate content that is allowed here as shown above.

 

I reiterate that the Yennefer outfit is in NO WAY sexualised and if they think that then something is wrong with THEM, not the mod or the girls and women like myself who like to wear things like this. It is not appropriate to try to tell someone that what they were is sexualised, that implies that you find interest in it as it makes you uncomfortable.

 

I hope whoever keeps removing the outfit and saying it's sexualised stays far away from any schools, especially the one that my child is in.

Edited March 2, 2023 by CelestialStarmie

[Dark0ne]

Second part of this message explains the situation: https://forums.nexusmods.com/index.php?/topic/12646290-what-happened-to-the-yennefertw3-clothing-mod/page-4&do=findComment&comment=121651746

 

Any subsequent removal has been because it was uploaded by users other than the original author and without permission from that person.

 

We don't need new threads for this subject every few days, nor do we care about your armchair lawyering. You are very welcome to get your mods elsewhere if you feel this strongly about our stances and removal policies.