She Mine on My Block til I Craft

It is strange to me, that fans so easily accept being told what they can and can’t create in fan spaces.

The right to create fanfic was something that fans had to fight hard for. The right to create works that wasn’t Brand Approved. If the creators of any other fandom tried to police what fan works were created, they would either be flat out ignored or there would be riots.

Fandom is our house. We have been living here for much longer than these CCs have been online. Fandom etiquette, the rules of fandom, have existed longer than their fandoms have.

If they want to be here, that’s unusual, but that’s okay. Fandom is welcome to anyone. But they don’t seem to want to be here, just like anyone else. They act like the rules don’t apply to them, or worse, that they make the rules like it’s their house.

And we shouldn’t let them. Please, please, listen to me. This is not just about shipping. This is about not allowing this to become the accepted new normal.

Because if we accept that it’s okay a creator can ban all fanworks of their character being in romantic relationships, what else will we accept? Think about what other kinds of content have been and still are being banned in certain libraries around the world.

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

here is a clip from legs’s stream earlier today.

i’d highly recommend watching the vod. there is a section in the middle that has a lot of heavy topics, but he gives a warning before discussing them.

Vampires SMP is not the story of one single character only, however prominent or pivotal that character may have been

Vampires SMP is POW Creations giving us an incredibly beautiful story to step into

It’s Apo doing whatever it takes to get back to Cherri

It’s Cleo and Pearl making a new home and saving so many doomed people

It’s Martyn and Ren protecting the townsfolk to their very last breath

It’s Sausage mourning his friends and carrying their memory with him and making sure the story is told

It’s Pyro being loved and remembered and mourned, despite the cruelty he endured that nearly erased the person he was

It’s Scott and Shelby and Drift stepping into the new world together and promising to do better

It’s Legundo and Owen finally choosing their own ends and being able to rest

It’s Abolish going home

And Vampires SMP is all of us in the fandom supporting each other and supporting the people who continue to bring us these wonderful characters and stories and inspiring so many of us fans to create passion projects of our own

"How did this even look before? You know, artistic license is a great thing, i get to pick now"

I find it funny how every time someone goes to the castle they say "Some unnatural and mysterious force has been rebuilding these walls!" and for a second you go ooo, spoopy, until your brain catches up and it's… it's minecraft, duh, and that mysterious force is Scott doing renovations daytime cable style. But the delusion is very cool to live in for a hot sec!