i'm a writer - nothing officially published, unless you count wattpad and tumblr, but i've been writing since middle school and i'll be twenty six this year, so it's been well over ten years that i've been writing. i use chatgpt on occasion to help me with my writing - things like inspiration, how to structure certain scenes so they flow better, prompts for when i'm feeling stuck on how to continue a story or when i'm facing a bit of writer's block, that sort of thing. 

i used to have no issue with chat helping me write out romantic scenes. i'm aware that there are guidelines for what chat is allowed to generate in that regard, but it used to be just erotic or overtly sexual content, which is fine as i prefer to write my own smut anyway, though there have been plenty of occasions that chat has ignored those guidelines and generated adult content. lately, however, it seems to have tightened the limitations on what kind of romantic intimacy it can generate. 

i've included some images of prompts that i have given to chat that are not out of the realm of things i've asked it to generate before, and it had no issue doing so before. but for the past couple of weeks or so i've noticed the limitations seemed to have increased to the point that even these prompts were rejected. has anyone else had this issue as well? 

also, yes i am writing a severus snape x reader fanfiction. judge me if you'd like, but it came at the request of one of my followers on tumblr, and i thought the setup they'd asked for sounded interesting. (if you're curious, they asked for a slow burn, enemies to lovers kind of vibe, where y/n was a new member of staff at hogwarts and an accomplished potions mistress, but had to serve a term apprenticing under severus, who was being moved to the defense against the dark arts post. i thought it could be fun to give reader a flirty french vibe.)

i've written ten chapters so far, each between 3,000-4,000 words each, and i get a bit impatient while writing slow burns so i'll ask chat to give me a little snippet of a romantic scene to tide me over while i write. the 4th + 5th images go together, the 4th one is mostly for context about the 5th one. but as i mentioned, lately it has been rejecting scenes that even *hint* at any sort of romantic arousal. it's quite disappointing, so if anyone has any ideas on how to work around this, i'd greatly appreciate it!

chatgpt has more limitations?