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Oh man. I was a wee lil' lassie of around 11yo when I discovered fandom. I was mostly a reader at the start, on FanFiction.com and I remember the big all capital letters in bold saying, "I DON'T OWN [FRANCHISE/CHARACTERS]!! THEY BELONG TO [CREATOR]! THIS IS JUST FOR FUN I MAKE NO MONEY OF THIS!!"
Sure I didn't understand at first (being too young and with English as a second language) but once I dipped my toes into the fanfiction writing I honestly just copied what older cooler kids were doing and put disclaimers. It's so fascinating reading on history behind these disclaimers.
So I’m on AO3 and I see a lot of people who put “I do not own [insert fandom here]” before their story.
Like, I came on this site to read FAN fiction. This is a FAN fiction site. I’m fully aware that you don’t own the fandom or the characters. That’s why it’s called FAN FICTION.