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The Three Laws of Fandom

If you wish to take part in any fandom, you need to accept and respect these three laws.

If you aren’t able to do that, then you need to realise that your actions are making fandom unsafe for creators. That you are stifling creativity.

Like vaccination, fandom only works if everyone respects these rules. Creators need to be free to make their fanart, fanfics and all other content without fear of being harassed or concern-trolled for their creative choices, no matter whether you happen to like that content or not.

The First Law of Fandom

Don’t Like; Don’t Read (DL;DR)

It is up to you what you see online. It is not anyone else’s place to tell you what you should or should not consume in terms of content; it is not up to anyone else to police the internet so that you do not see things you do not like. At the same time, it is not up to YOU to police fandom to protect yourself or anyone else, real or hypothetical.

There are tools out there to help protect you if you have triggers or squicks. Learn to use them, and to take care of your own mental health. If you are consuming fan-made content and you find that you are disliking it - STOP.

The Second Law of Fandom

Your Kink Is Not My Kink (YKINMK)

Simply put, this means that everyone likes different things. It’s not up to you to determine what creators are allowed to create. It’s not up to you to police fandom.

If you don’t like something, you can post meta about it or create contrarian content yourself, seek to convert other fans to your way of thinking.

But you have no right to say to any creator “I do not like this, therefore you should not create it. Nobody should like this. It should not exist.”

It’s not up to you to decide what other people are allowed to like or not like, to create or not to create. That’s censorship. Don’t do it.

The Third Law of Fandom

Ship And Let Ship (SALS)

Much (though not all) fandom is about shipping. There are as many possible ships as there are fans, maybe more. You may have an OTP (One True Pairing), you may have a NOTP, that pairing that makes you want to barf at the very thought of its existence.

It’s not up to you to police ships or to determine what other people are allowed to ship. Just because you find that one particular ship problematic or disgusting, does not mean that other people are not allowed to explore its possibilities in their fanworks.

You are free to create contrarian content, to write meta about why a particular ship is repulsive, to discuss it endlessly on your private blog with like-minded persons.

It is not appropriate to harass creators about their ships, it is not appropriate to demand they do not create any more fanworks about those ships, or that they create fanwork only in a manner that you deem appropriate.

These three laws add up to the following:

You are not paying for fanworks content, and you have no rights to it other than to choose to consume it, or not consume it. If you do choose to consume it, do not then attack the creator if it wasn’t to your taste. That’s the height of bad manners.

Be courteous in fandom. It makes the whole experience better for all of us.

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me, whispering to myself, after watching a new show: don’t reblog everything at once… space it out… show some goddamn restraint

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peter: okay, but mr. stark, imagine if fruits or vegetables were actually alive and SCREAMED everytime we bit into them but to us their screams come off as the crun—

tony: peter, please repeat after me.

tony:

peter:

tony:

peter:

tony:

peter: mr. stark, you’re not saying anything.

tony: i know

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steve: hey tony, how are you?

tony: honestly, i’ve been better. i have a headache that comes and goes.

peter: *enters the room*

tony: ah, there it is again.

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2023 tony remembering that 2012 tony is younger, has less grey hair, and is more toned than him: yeah okay kill that bitch. give him a heart attack

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peter: c’mon guys!!! just try to see this from my point of view!

MJ: *crouches*

tony: *ducks*

ned: *squats down*

may: *kneels*

happy: *schooches*

peter: i hate all of you with every inch of my body.

tony: thank god that’s not a lot of inches then

no i didn’t look up crouch synonyms online haha what do you mean

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kidnapper, calling tony: we have your kid.

tony: my kid???

kidnapper: yeah, he’s made us reevaluate all of our life choices and now we feel real guilty, can you come get him please?

tony: ah, you have peter.

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tony, trying his best: we’re not angry, pete. just dissappointed.

may: no, we ARE angry.

tony: alright, we ARE angry. furious in fact. BUT we’ll let it slide this one time.

may: no, we won’t.

tony: alright, we won’t, BUT you’ll only be giving up spiderman for 12 hours.

may: three days.

peter, in tears: yes ma’am.

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Imagine sexting with Tom 😫😫😫

my ass does not trust tom holland with a phone or any technology i would not send him nudes because knowing his grandpa ass he would accidentally airdrop them to his entire family

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peter: how can i block someone in real life?

tony: is anyone bothering you???? are you okay????? did something happen??????????!!!!???1?1!1!! you know you only have to tell me and—

pepper: maybe try a restraining order??

natasha: murder.

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tony: what??? i don’t have favorites, don’t be ridiculous.

clint: oh, really? because just last week we were attacked and—

tony: oh my god, is steve okay??

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Peter: Man, 2000 was a simpler time for me

Tony: But you were born in 2001?

Peter:

Peter: Man, 2000 was a simpler time for me

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tony: okay, let’s be serious for a second. i am only peter’s mentor, he does not think of me as his father figure.

may: yes, he does.

ned: yes, he does.

MJ: yes, he does.

pepper: yes, he does.

happy: yes, he does.

rhodey: yes, he does.

friday: yes, he does.

karen: yes, he does.

peter:

peter: yes, he does.

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peter: alright, so, mr. stark. i have news. which would you like to hear first, good or bad?

tony:

tony: the good news.

peter: it’s very unlikely that i’ll ever do it again.

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pepper: why are you late?!?!?!

tony: i fell asleep.

pepper: this is a wedding!!!!!!!

tony: i’m sorry!!! i fell asleep!!!!

pepper: yOU’RE THE GROOM!!!!!!!!

tony: are yOU EVEN LISTENING TO ME?????

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tony: alright, whoever thinks Peter is my child, please raise your hand.

tony: peter, put your hand down.

(“but mr. stark, you’re raising yours too!”)

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