Board Thread:General Wiki Discussion/@comment-36627132-20180913030338/@comment-24101790-20180913034113

Oppose.

To be honest, ritual pastas aren't really that prevalent on the wiki and can be quite varied. The major reason for genres like .EXE, Lost Episode, Pokepastas, etc. was typically due to the fact a wide majority were all homogenized re-hashings of the same plot points (typically with numerous mechanical errors and overused tropes). I really don't feel like ritual pastas have the same issue as other blacklisted material.

For a more legitimate example, Jeff-inspired pastas were banned due to how common they were and how frequently they were posted. This decision was made after multiple "______ the Killer" stories were uploaded day after day for weeks on end. This type of story still has the same type of problems (I counted at least four this past week that repeat the issues I'm about to highlight). There is very little changed between one's plot points from one to the other (Kid is bullied/abused, is mutilated/deformed, snaps, murders, ad nauseam).

Using Jeff-inspired stories as a template for why it has its inclusion on the blacklist (generic plot, over-abundance of similar stories, etc.), it isn't hard to see that there are quite a few ritual pastas that break the mold or are effectively told. A few examples I can think of off the top of my head are: The Devil Game, Another Senseless Ritual, The Gallery of Henri Beauchamp, as well as a few others I'm likely overlooking. While these aren't the most common, they are still being posted from time to time.

Additionally there are a number of stories that use rituals as a basis that would also get restricted if this ruling were passed. Stories like: The Blood Keeper, From Hell I Write, and a majority of Hyraaq Tobit: The Complete Collection would face un-necessary scrutiny.

Finally, while I haven't seen too many ritual pastas uploaded lately, the ones I have seen have been quick to be marked for review and had their quality checked. This really doesn't seem like a rampant problem that requires the outright banning of an entire genre.