Besides, if you stay away from DA you miss out on stuff like a dragon slaying pothead.

http://mrdream.deviantart.com/art/Pothead-481822548

If you keep most of your views to the "what's hot" for general browsing you can avoid most fetish things (except that one time Karbo got on the top of that page but that rarely happens).

Artists, good and bad, use DeviantArt because it is one of the most accessible websites for sharing artwork and posting artwork. I for one love the st.ash feature because it allows me to share the image to select groups for critique without posting it as a "final product".