@Ganymede said in The Case Against Real PBs:
There's no harm in using a picture in public domain
Alright, let's test this.
Let's say you use Sporty Spice (the best spice btw) as a PB and roleplay out an artful ts scene that just happens to include both your RL kinks and the kinks of the partner. This may or may not involve "chair gratification" by yourself or the other, which may or may not be admitted to.
Now, you're at dinner and someone brings a friend. It's Sporty Spice herself.
DO YOU TELL SPORTY SPICE THAT YOU HAVE USED HER LIKENESS AND IMAGE IN LINE WITH A SEXUALIZED SLASH-FIC SCENE WITH ANOTHER PLAYER WHO HAS A RL KINK FOR HER?
"Oh hey so you'll get a laugh out of this. I roleplay in an online text based game where my character uses an image of you as their likeness. The sex scenes are super hot and she's currently in an in-character relationship with someone pictured as James Franco."
it's a simply yes/no question and if the answer is no, I'm pretty sure that line of thinking will end in "...because it would embarrass me and come across as creepy."
And it would come across as creepy because it's apparently not favorable in the public eye to use someone else as a gratification tool without their consent.