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So I have read several people complaining that they can't be expected to know the "unwritten rules" of fandom. So here's what I wish people knew:

Fanfiction is fiction.

Fictional people are not real.

Fictional people do not have rights.

Fictional people cannot be abused.

Reading or writing about something does not mean the desire to do or support it in the real world.

If I find art upsetting/triggering/disgusting/outraging/unpleasant/squicky/distressing/offensive, it is on me not to read it, not the creators and hosts to remove it.

Curate your own experience. The back buttons exist for a reason.

If you don't trust yourself to do that, get someone you trust to do it for you.

Fandom is an adult space. Adults create and own and host fandom spaces. If minors want to participate, then the onus is on them and their parents/guardians/trusted adults to ensure they participate appropriately, not on strange adults to stop being adults.

You often don't know the assault status or mental health status or neurotype or race or nationality or religion or gender or sexuality or age of a creator or consumer, and they do not have to disclose to you to justify their fantasy.

AO3 is not a safe space. It is not intended to be a safe space. Proceed accordingly.

Just because you don't like something or find it offensive doesn't mean it is a "problem" that "has to be dealt with".

Most characters in anime are not white.

There is no onus on you to reblog or share anything.

Everyone makes mistakes in fandom and is less than their best self sometimes.

Persistent pseudonyms encourage long term relationships.

Ship wars are stupid.

Someone else enjoying things does not impact on your own enjoyment of other things.

Tagging and warning is a courtesy, not a requirement. Assume any fic might contain untagged content.

Rating is an imprecise art, not a science.

Don't hassle IP creators.

Most people who are in fandom are hoping to make connections based on a shared passion.

Trying to profit from transformative fanworks puts us all at risk.

No one is obligated to share your head canon or fanon.

Being kind rarely fails to pay off.

It is okay to block and remove people who make your experience unpleasant. You don't have to placate them. (Learn from my mistakes).

Britpicking is a good thing.

You don't have to justify why you like a canon/pairing/trope/kink. Sometimes navel gazing is fun, but you don't have an obligation to explain yourself, especially to strangers. I share the overwhelming desire to refute an unfair accusation, but the people accusing you are rarely doing so in good faith, so you're batting a losing wicket.

I'm not your Mum. (Well, okay, a very few of you can call me Mum or Mom, but if you are one of them you already know who you are ❤️)

If you aren't mature enough to take responsibility for your online experiences, you aren't mature enough to be in fandom spaces.

bury a friend rival

@enigmaris if i've gotten you mixed up with somebody else at tired-o'clock at night i apologize but

team nirvana, huh?

The word “girl” was originally a gender-neutral term for a child. Boys were called “knave girls,” and girls were called “gay girls.”

Drawing is such a stress reliever (//^y^//) Plus, this children textbook's fairy was very scantily clad. I had to cover it with SOMETHING. #Aladdin #Magi #Anime

This image may seem innocent and cute, but if you look very closely...

OHOHOHOHOHOHO it’s Tsukasa’s purple heart!

Lmao, I know that it’s already revealed that Hanako killed Tsukasa but I just love the attention to detail and little easter eggs in some of the images!

Some favorite things from the FMA light novels:

Ed being a ridiculously good librarian

Roy getting “encouragement letters” aka chewing out from higher-ups in Central, which he and Havoc used to make paper airplanes, testing the hypothesis that the higher the rank of the officer who sent it, the further it flies

Havoc and friends starting a ghostbusting team

The time Ed and Al were supposed to be figuring out to do about the Tringham bros but Ed went off on a completely different train of thought and wound up just daydreaming about himself at age 19

Izumi gave Al a comic book! So sweet

KIP, MY BELOVED SON. SO GOOD. SO GOOD

Izumi told Ed to fix a broken radio without using alchemy, so he karate-chopped it. It broke even more, obviously

In an age before cell phones and computers, Roy needed a way to track down the ever-wandering Elric brothers, so he closed Ed’s bank account in order to force him to come to HQ and talk to him

Ed wanted to piss Roy off, so while he was flirting with some women, he ran up and started calling him dad. He then got kidnapped by people who believed him to be Roy’s actual son, and nobody was really concerned, in fact they mostly felt sorry for the kidnappers and debated sending flowers.

Al locating Ed in an unfamiliar building by whispering “Hey, bean sprout!” and listening for the rampage from 3 floors above them

Al had an entire subplot about learning to accept himself as he is and understanding that he’s not a lesser person for not having a body, and that he can actually live a good life as he is. His final conclusion was “Yeah there’s nothing wrong with me and I could keep living like this, but fuck it, I don’t feel like it”

The time as kids when Ed and his friend Pit threw pillbugs at the girls in their school, obviously causing them to freak out… Except for Winry, who quietly picked up every last pillbug and later stuffed them down Ed and Kip’s shirts.

ROY DOESN’T KNOW HOW TO PEEL CARROTS

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