#sm1dfc

Hello! Hi!

The purpose of this blog is to promote and support the works of non-native English speaker creators within the fandom.

We know creating works can be intimidating, and it takes a lot of courage for the creator to share their work with the world. Publishing something not on your birth tongue can be even more frightening.

All the respect to those who dare to take that step!

We see and love you and your works.

We also know that non-native English speaking writers and artists often get overlooked, as they don't get the recognition they deserve for their amazing work, which brings joy to many of us. 

This blog was created for non-native English speaking creators! We intend to support, promote and recommend the fruits of your hard work to the fandom.

Yes, we recognise all the hard work you put into creating something in a second language, let that be looking up the meanings of words in dictionaries, checking the meaning of an expression and whether it fits into your sentence, 

No need to be ashamed of having knowledge and courage.

Some writers or artists can easily be mistaken for native English speakers, while others might have adorable recurring errors or unique sentence structures that reflect the characteristics of their first language. But let's not forget what a feat it is to create something in the first place, then add the fact that these people do it in a different language, one they had to learn first.

Mind-blowing, isn't it?

So, let's share our love and gratitude with these people for making our fandom more colourful!

Make sure to like and reblog their works on Tumblr, leave comments and kudos on AO3, and like/reblog/comment/share on other social media as well.

How to get recommended on the blog?

Based on whether you want one or all of your works recommended/reblogged/promoted, send an ask or DM with the link to your work or masterpost. It is advised to record other social media contacts too, where you want others to find you (Tumblr, AO3, Wattpad, X (previously known as Twitter)).

If you are recommending someone else’s work, make sure they meet the requirements listed below.

Rules and requirements:

We do not ask for you to prove your nationality, if you say you're a non-native English speaker, we believe you.

We don't/won't ask you to prove your identity or your language knowledge.

However, you must be older than 18/21 years old to be mentioned on the blog. By submitting an ask/DM/email to be recommended by us, you declare that you are 18/21 old or older. We do not hold responsibility for checking that fact, as everyone is expected to curate their own fandom experiences, and everyone is accountable to join spaces intended for them.

In case someone else submitted your work to be recommended, and you don't want to be listed on the blog, contact us and we will take it down ASAP.

All pairings are allowed as long as one portrayed character is/was a member of 1D, except reader-insert fics. (Those are currently not accepted for recommendation)

The promoted work(s) must be tagged appropriately. If trigger warnings apply, they must be visibly indicated as well.

AI-generated works are not allowed.

In case someone breaks one of these rules, we will immediately delete all promotions we previously did. We also add this person to our permanent blacklist and block them. If needed, we will reach out to others and let them know about the information that might be concerning for them, too.

Let's see an easy example for this: an underage fic author requests to be added to our recommended fic writers. We add them and monitor their activity to constantly reblog and recommend their work. We notice that they sign up for a fic fest, where there is also a rule that individuals under 18 can't participate. Then, the creator accidentally outs themselves as underage, e.g. posts about their 17th birthday party. We warn them about breaking our rules, remove the posts we dedicated to them, and notify the fic fest's organisers that someone is deliberately breaking their rule.

SERIOUSLY, DON'T DO THIS! WE ASK THIS RULE FOR A REASON. Please follow the rules and wait until you are old enough to join. Once you are old enough, you can join but don't ruin fandom space for others who asked their rules to be respected.

Vocab:

Creator: the person who made the art or wrote the fanfiction.

Sender: the individual who requested the creations to be recommended by us. This could be the creator or someone who wants to promote the creator's work.

Mods: the organisers and moderators of this blog.

The blog plans to promote works in three ways:

Work(s), or a masterpost, is promoted with links requested by a sender.

The creator's works being promoted are either selected by the blog's mods or requested by the Sender by criteria (e.g., creator's favourite fics, creator's less appreciated arts, Sender's all-time-favourites from Creator XY)

The mods of this blog chose the works without being asked (if you are on the *LIST)

All three categories initially needed to be requested in above mentioned ways.

Once you get on our radar(LIST), we will try to keep up with your new content and reblog/recommend it ;) (but you can always send us a reminder if we don't seem to interact with your newer workpieces)

*What is the LIST?

Anyone who requests to be recommended gets automatically added to a list published in a separate post. We curate the list, and if someone wants to be removed from it or added to it, please let us know.

On the list, we will keep a record of the creators' usernames and all social media they want us to make publicly available** (with links). It's an easy way to find non-native English speaker creators who would love some interactions with others within the fandom.

**We will not share personal social media links. We will not link personal social media accounts that are not used for promotional purposes. If your full name, location, or pictures are regularly shared on that account, please do not ask for it to be added to your contacts. In order to protect personal information and prevent doxing, we are not willing to release sensitive personal information, even if you specifically request it.

TPWK!

All the love,

SM1DFC mods

We want to let everyone know that the our recommendation works via request.

Someone has to request their works, or someone else's works to be recommended. But once you get on our list, we will automatically support your works.

Even if we personally know about many creators that they meet our criteria (older than 18/21 years old, non-native English speaker), unless it's requested, we won't boost their works because we don't want to highlight sensitive information about them without their consent.

If someone else requests your works to be boosted by us, but you don't want this information to be out in the public about you, you can always message us, and we will take down the supporting posts and reblogs.

Other than that, we ask everyone to send us asks and DMs so we can start supporting talented creators in need of some fandom love. 💕

All the love,

The blog is currently looking for creators who would like some support for their works,