waiting on the right glass of milk

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.

THE OG FABLESQUAD IS HAVING A BETTER NEW YEAR THAN YOU

It’s made me remember every time I’ve been told that I’m more upset than I should be over something, every time someone has told me I’ve been too sad for too long. If only I could have had the words to explain. My brain is literally, chemically, wired differently. I don’t always want this overwhelming emotion, but I can not do a thing to change it except try to cope. I will have these feelings until they, very slowly and mostly on their own, abate.

I don’t that I regret these immense feelings. I think it is a gift to feel things deeply. But I’m glad to know that it’s a unique experience, and to be able to explain and defend that because I can’t think of a thing that has hurt me more than being told that my emotions are too much, that I need to calm down, that I’m being irrational.

The idea that my emotions, my love and grief and sadness and joy, are too much for human consumption is one of my greatest fears. One that—in the past 14 months especially—has been proven and reinforced by people I put too much love into, only to be repaid in hurt.

All this to say: your emotions are real and beautiful and never ever ever in my life will I tell anyone they can not be allowed to feel them.

Bonus selfie because I am not entirely sure how I attached it but I can’t figure out how to delete it and anyway fuck it I am beautiful and love finally having blue hair

So if Bracken is approximately 17, and Zzyzx has existed for thousands of years, how little was Bracken when he gave up his third horn?

Here’s mine:

Used eyeliner penicls, red glitter eyeshadow, leather jackets, blasting rock music from car speakers, walking outside at night, old journals, being wild with friends, unlaced high tops, licorice, saying “I love you, asshole”, the smell of fizzy ginger ale, sour candies, flashlight tag during summer, pillow fights, the one song that pumps you up, red lightning, cherry cola, rusty stop signs on the ground, electric guitar riffs, loud piano keys, goosebumps, not caring about anything but fun.

Makeup brushes, empty Chanel perfume bottles, mornings, brick walls with fairy lights, soft music playing, smell of vanilla candles, “I adore you”, dancing alone in your bedroom, not wanting to be tied down to anything, different playlists for different moods, one way plane ticket, salty waves on the beach, bubblegum flavored stuff, mom jeans, painted nails, small but cozy apartment, being known by everyone but only having a group of close friends, smoke from the grill, the new shoe smell, wants to be liked by everybody, insecure about appearance, messy handwriting, standing up for your friends, red lipstick, body positivity

sunsets, yellow, salty breeze, oversized t shirts, messy buns, sunflowers, mountain tops, plant mom, loves art, history nerd, old books, always tired, lazy smiles, shy, music for every occassion, campfires, sitting under the stars, sunshine, being with friends, laughter and smiles, dad jokes, will cry over a cute dog video, vans, paint brushes, art supplies, big glasses, smart but gets distracted easily so doesnt try in school, still listens to music from the 80s, scrunchies, carries computer everywhere, knows too much random facts, mom jeans, warm hugs, ‘ im too tired for this ‘, fresh air in the morning, dimples and freckles, traveling, italian food, football sundays, star lover, wants to travel europe

ok so there were so many random things in here but thats basically me 🤣

leather jackets, bright colors, red in all forms, skates and sticks and punks on ice, harmonies and melodies, patterns, analysis, problem solving, pointless pursuits, voluntary research papers, low key punk, adopter of introverts, adopted by extroverts, neon and black, always searching, always restless, never stops asking why, vibrant enthusiasm, enemy of apathy, music instead of oxygen, painting with words, driven by competition, driven by knowledge, mind reader, everything worth doing is worth overdoing, music from every era, needs to know everything and needs to know it now, hates gossip, loves truth, philosophy and psychology, cats are life, flower crowns one day metal and leather the next, intense, has seen the dark and come out the other side, semicolon warrior, butterfly project, knows that humanity is beautiful but humanity is also in need of some help, catholic imagery, the little way, will settle for no less than changing the world

I’m bad at tagging people and most of them have already been tagged, oops

Tea with milk and honey, fairy lights, forest-scented candles, used makeup brushes, thin drapey fabric, chunky sweaters, bare feet, silver hoop earrings, a handful of pens, half-filled notebooks, old instruments that don’t get played anymore, whiskey sours made with egg whites, lavender and rosemary, lists on post-it notes, neat handwriting/messy bedroom, the first two paragraphs of several abandoned stories piled in a desk drawer, fleece blankets, flannel bedsheets, tiny blue flowers, cookies with cinnamon, oat milk, liminal spaces, meteor showers, chaos, drinking white wine in the sun, overuse of the word “joy”, quiet deserts, dry heat, the feeling of sandstone under fingers, backwards baseball caps, single pearls, good beer.

Faramir and Eowyn.

Warrenessa.

I like it a lot

I’m strugglin because a big part of Eowyn’s story for me is Aragorn?

I see her now, on the battlefield, ripping off her motorcycle helmet to reveal her identity

AND THEN STABS THE SPHINX IN THE MOUTH

Faramir and Eowyn.

Warrenessa.

I like it a lot

I’m strugglin because a big part of Eowyn’s story for me is Aragorn?

Warren: *yeets printer*

Vanessa: I SAID KEYS

Warren: I THOUGHT YOU SAID PRINTER

Kendra & Bracken: ?????

Seth: clearly you are confused. Ok, you know there has to be a champion of the titan games right?

*kendra & bracken nod slowly*

Seth: that shortened is cottg, which looks similar to the word cottage cheese, so the champion of the titan games is cottage cheese

Kendra & Bracken: ……..

Tagged by the beautiful @scum-belina ❤ I made a new post because the other one was getting long 😁

You get a snip because I’m technologically incompetent

Thank you! This was actually fun! I once had a friend tell me she'd never seen me without a book, and I actually do just carry them around in real life all the time

This is me, can be found wearing hoodies and making peace signs

just a casual look ;)

let’s just pretend the wand is a lightsaber 🤩

That was fun! @aerinmelina @fairyprincesskendra

I love this so much!!