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The problem is that I am serious about my work with her and I do a great deal of G-rated work as well. I plan to do much more pron and much more family-friendly art and stories in the future. My family friendly activities have been negatively impacted by my X-rated work. There are deviantART who will not allow me to post their art in the G-rated Rescue Ranger fan calendar I assemble each month because of it. Other Gadget artists will not even talk to me on that account. This in no way shakes my confidence that my work is basically *right* but sometimes I do feel that it costs me something. There is the family thing, too, of course. I have a wife, two sons and a couple of grandchildren. My wife and sons are aware of my work. I cannot say they are happy about it, but since they know it is part of my creative impulses, they are willing to put up with it. I would hate, however, to have any repercussions from it cause *them* any problems or discomfort. Again, I cannot help but feel there is a potential cost there. Work hasn't really been in the equation. Some of my coworkers know of my art, but I don't think they consider my G-rated pictures any weirder than my smut. Okay, before getting into the next part, let me emphasize that I am not subject to hallucinations or anything. I am perfectly well aware that Gadget does not really exist. "She" is physically only a collection of drawings. But I have in my mind an image of her, her behavior and personality. Sometimes I feel that she has developed from the TV cartoon into a sexually mature young lady mouse. She has the same needs and wants for a healthy, vigorous, and nurturing sex life as any other strong and energetic young woman. And I have tried in all my work to give her that life. We all need to be loved. But I think it is just as important to find someone in life who is worthy of our love to whom to give it. But on the other hand, that is quite different from the Gadget of the original series. Sometimes I am torn by the feeling that she would not want to be so open about it, that that would be contradictory to her basic personality. That, for all the heart and warmth I try to put into my work "she" would still not care for such a public expression of it. that I am forcing her to fit my own ideas and opinions and disregarding hers. That dichotomy does hurt sometimes after a short period, I changed my mind and came back to it again. There are any number of motives. For one thing, as Priest mentioned, there is sheer physical desire. I love Gadget. I admit it. If that makes me insane, so be it. I gain so much more than I lose. I ache to show that love in both porn and in G-rated work. All theories about artistic freedom and freedom of expression aside, we all know that there is, in our society, an inherent conflict between the two. That is a flaw in our society."
 

—Ray Jones on FurAffinity

For the critics, I have something to say which is for your own good. Please understand that I am not trying to injure you or cause you irreparable harm, but rather to teach you something about life. Here goes: You don't like my RR "obsession" and consider me and my brethren nerds and worse. Deep breath now. I. Don't. Care. That's right. Means absolutely nothing to me. I know what I like about the cartoon series, what it means to me artistically, psychologically, and imaginatively and I do not need anyone else's validation for it. It's called "self insight" and is probably THE most politically incorrect of all states. For some of you this may be an almost apocalyptic revelation, but for your own good, there it is. Now, I recommend that all of the fashionably dressed, properly "big grown up boy now", pseudo-cool types stop here, lest it get even worse. Proceed at your own risk! You were warned! "RESCUE RANGERS AWAY!"
 

—Ray Jones, Portal of Evil