Fandom PSAs

Fandom PSAs

Dont’ Like, Don’t Read

or DL; DR

You are responsible for curating your own online experience.

If something upsets you, makes you angry or queasy or triggers you, stop reading/looking at it. Avoid things that might make you feel that way.

Learn to use the Sort and Filter function on AO3, especially the Exclude tools.

On social media, block and mute accounts / tags / words when necessary.

If you hated something, you don’t need to tell that to the creator or start pointing fingers at them publicly.

The Back button is free. Use it.

Addendum:

Yes, for this to work, creators need to tag their works accordingly, so that people know what sort of content they are about to engage with and can nope out if necessary.

I will probably make another PSA about the importance of proper tagging later.

Ship And Let Ship

or SALS

You are allowed to ship whatever you want.

Everyone else is also allowed to ship whatever they want.

You are entitled to dislike or even hate a ship. If you want to do this online, in public, don’t use the ship tags for hate posts.

If you see someone posting about a ship they like and you don’t, there is no need for you to start arguing with them in their replies / comments / QRTs / reblogs. Don’t throw your hate in their face.

Do not harass fan creators or fans for shipping something you disapprove.

All of this also applies to liking / disliking an individual character.

Addendum:

”I agree with this, except when…”

No, then you are NOT agreeing with this.

Let me make this VERY clear. There are NO exceptions. None.

You don’t EVER harass real people over pixels.

If you disagree with this, kindly block and move on.

Your Kink Is Not My Kink

or YKINMK / YKINMKATO

The longer version is ”Your Kink Is Not My Kink And That’s Okay”.

People have different tastes. Not everything is for everybody.

Even if you don’t like a specific kink, other people are still allowed to use it in their creations.

You are entitled to dislike kinky content and think that it’s ”weird”.

Don’t kink shame or judge people based on their kinks.

This goes both ways: your kink is not someone else’s kink, so don’t push it onto those who are not into it.

Be Kind

or Don’t Be An Asshole

Focus on the things you like instead of the things you hate.

Create and unite instead of destroying and dividing.

Don’t harass real people over fictional things.

Stop stirring up petty drama just to get some attention on social media.

Stop trying to ”win”. Fandom is not a competition.

Remember that your own experiences aren’t universally shared. Your perception of things can differ from someone else’s, but that doesn’t mean either of you is necessarily wrong.

What does the arab in your carrd mean? Is it like afab and amab?

.. i’m palestinian

Thanks for tagging me!

When you see this, post 5 songs you actually listen to and tag 10 of your favourite followers/mutuals!

Saint Bernard - Lincoln

Hell’s Comin’ With Me - Poor Man’s Poison

Randy Dandy O - The Longest Johns cover

Haunted - Maty Noyes

New Divide - Linkin Park

@witching-by-the-willow @kuroneko1815 @saneijeijei @tuna-sempai (wasn’t too sure which blog to put) @aylz @red-hot-temper @marcepanna @articulate-slob @lillybelle238 @stars-and-darkness @elenatruk

(made a new post because the previous one was really long)

when you see this, post 5 songs you actually listen to and tag 10 of your favorite followers/mutuals!! I was tagged by @kaarijalist, thank you so much! 💚 I hope it's okay I post this on my Käärijä blog instead of @willwallower ~

Joker Out - Demoni

Käärijä - Menestynyt yksilö

Jann - Gladiator

Tuomas Holopainen - The Last Sled

Samuli Edelmann - Juhlat alkakoon

I'll tag @btw-it-also-travels-in-time @inlovewithjere @waitinglistbitch @mournmourn @i-wasnt-ready-for-this

Guys, if you read on AO3 please try to create an account. So many of us writers are going to be forced to lock down our fics to registered users out of necessity to help keep AI away, and it kills us because we don’t want to stop any of you from reading.

AO3 is invite only. So if you know an AO3 user, ask if they have an invitation to give you (we’re given invite codes to share with others who want to join) because that’s an easy way to get in. If you don’t know someone you can ask, this is AO3’s instructions for requesting one from them…

I know this seems like an extra step and maybe you don’t think you need it and can just read from people who haven’t locked their fics. But this isn’t just about you as the reader. If you enjoy fics and you want to keep them coming, this is how you support your favorite writers! If our stats and comments plummet, I guarantee writing is going to start going down as well. Nobody wants that! So please consider making an account and signal boosting this as well! 🙏🏻

**NOTE: AO3 indicates (as of today) there’s 48k some people in the queue for invites and they’re sending out about 5k per day. That’s not a bad wait at all!!**

"you can't love someone else if you don't already love yourself" when you cannot find light within yourself you look for it in the stars and my darling when I look at you I realize I have found the sun.

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY TO OUR DADDY