Clem

🕯️I will understand how to block tags

🕯️I will have a basic understanding of how a fandom works

🕯️I will not threaten to send people after my fans

🕯️I will learn what a boundary actually is

🕯️I will not support harassment

🕯️I will accept that there is content out there that I don't like

🕯️I will encourage my fandom to be a place where people feel safe

Seems y'all can use some tips on what to do when it comes to content creator actions and the fandom! (These are largely my opinion based off my own experiences in the mcyt fandom, if you disagree that's okay, my page may not be for you<3 I don't want to see any harassment of anyone anywhere near any of my shit.) GOLDEN FUCKING RULE!!! HARASSMENT GETS YOU NOWHERE!!! IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT OR DON'T AGREE THEN SCROLL OR USE THE BLOCK BUTTON!!! (as long as it isn't Illegal... Then maybe report that-)

#1 Content creators are actors/writers Just like an actor in a movie, or the writer of a piece of media, they play and make characters. THAT ARE OTHER THAN THEMSELVES!!! After the piece of media is made just like any fandom those character are usually taken by the fandom into their grubby little palms to do whatever they want with! It's just the way of the internet, and honestly how fan creations have existed for years. #2 If a creator has boundaries, do not tag them or use tags that have direct connection their content creation persona when posting about characters If you're talking about the character, use the character tags not the tags of the creator themselves. Don't tag usernames, use the character tags such as the ones with the series name in from of it or the Series Initial!insert character here. Beyond that there is only so much separation you can do.

#3 Cancelled creator? Your character now! Did the creator of your favorite character get cancelled? Welp that looks like the price of that character just went down to free 99 my friend! Normalize taking characters from people who don't deserve them! Take it as a chance to have complete freedom with your head canons or lore rewrites if you haven't already!

#4 A03 is an archive for a reason Even if you choose to not personally write for that character/ship/fandom anymore, please don't delete works. This is more of a personal gripe but orphaning a work is so much better than deleting them. It just sucks to have so much lost media</3

If you are pro "CC boundaries" you are not welcome on my blog and will be blocked. Those are not "boundaries," those are rules to police FAN spaces and promote censorship. You are pro censorship. I do not fuck with you.

FANdoms are FAN spaces FOR FANS. They are NOT for CCs. CCs do not get to make the rules. No matter how hard anyone tries, they cannot and will not control an entire fan space. The attempt to do so is futile and only enables abuse and harassment in their communities.

If CCs want to engage with their communities, they have to accept what they might be signing up for. They have to create a system (creating separate tags, blacklisting terms like the rest of us, etc.) to protect themselves AND fans.

CCs who try to police/dictate what their fans can and cannot do rather than curating their personal experience AND fostering safe spaces for their fans are promoting violence in their communities. Period. There is no "but don't harass anyone." That has not stopped anyone and never will. That is a cop-out disclaimer the CC is using to attempt to shed responsibility for the harm they directly enable. End of story.

"CC boundaries" were a phenomenon started by CallMeCarson, a disgraced MCYT CC who is a pedophile and general piece of shit. He invented "boundaries" to harass, shame, and attack fans for creating things he didn't personally approve of. "Boundaries" were never about respect and comfort for CCs. Fans and CCs alike need to learn this fact and remember it. Not enough of you do.

I do not create things for CCs or their approval. I create things for FANS. My works do not belong in front of a CCs eyes. When I DO create things for CCs, it will be put in spaces where they can see it. My works are not automatically for them by default, and should not be treated as such. I am a FAN in a FAN SPACE, creating things for FANS. This is MY space. I will not be policed, censored, or controlled by any CC and I will not be PUNISHED for creating FAN works.

CCs who choose to view my works that are not meant for them are NOT at liberty to complain about them. They're the ones who chose to look at my works. They know what they're signing up for when they invade fan spaces. Therefore they do not get to be surprised or unhappy when they do the equivalent of going to a restaurant and finding out food is being served there.