Well, not every artist wants to rate their stuff. I certainly hate doing so, and fought it for a while when I first started writing fic. And once again, this is an example of requiring that others do things to conform to one's own standards. They don't use our movie rating system on fandom sites in Japan, so why would they do so on their LJ's? Not everybody goes by those customs, nor should they be expected to change their ways for the comfort of a few who feel the possibility of seeing something icky (and this was not even slightly icky) will be more than they can handle.

mucun said clearly that the picture was of a kiss. She also cut the pic. Anyone who's been around LJ for a while, let alone the hobbit fandom, would know those for indicators that they might see something they don't want to see if they clicked on the link. So unfortunately, the high ground on this argument was lost the moment that link was clicked. Anyone who would object could have avoided doing so. They didn't - their problem. Not anyone else's, and certainly not Rei's.

She's a generous lady with enormous talent, and she has a perfect right to display her pics as she sees fit. She has the courtesy to use cuts when something might make others uncomfortable. That is all anyone has a right to ask. There are plenty of other artists that rate their stuff.