Let me tell you a story ...

The absolutely pervasive mentality that unwanted criticism or critique shouldn't be given and should be ignored is why fans of color don't stay in fan spaces.

And I am not going to mince words here:

A lot of you are racist. A lot of your fan works are racist.

That might have been difficult to hear. And if it was, you should probably reflect on why that was.

"Fandom etiquette" has created a space where fans of color either bite our tongues and eventually leave or say something, get dogged on, and then eventually leave.

Metro Man was not loved growing up in a way that mattered. His adopted father was clearly very absent, and while we don't know much about his family, their relationship seems superficial. Because of this, his sense of duty to the world is also superficial, hence his boredom.

Hal wasn't raised with power. He gained it and was shown how to use it by a 'space dad' who only taught him power and not love. Hence, he sees it only as a grasping means to an end.

guy who kept the coffin of the buried in his living room and used it as a coffee table

walked out of the spiral because his dog needed dinner

the plumber who was so inattentive that the stranger put on a whole spectacle for him and he straight-up missed it all

AI to write your novel is wrong

Tartini was a composer and violin teacher and no one respected him, he was generally broke, and he started having weird dreams in which the devil asked him to teach him violin

despite being catholic tartini agreed - although everything told him this was a bad idea

so he taught the devil violin in his dreams and when he had taught him everything he knew the devil offered him payment, he played an original composition in his dream

Tartini woke up weeping and struggled to write it down

we have a historical version of "couldn't remember the greatest song in the world, this is just its tribute", and the song he wrote down made him "Sonata in G Minor, aka the devil's trill" it's usually played by 2 violinists because it's evil difficult,

now imagine you make a deal with the devil to write your novel, he writes it but only lets you read it in a dream and you have to transcribe it from memory the next day.... 150k of the best prose and plot you've ever seen in your life and you have to remember it

They quoted the line

The line had a typo

Medical diagnoses - this is nobody's business but yours. You don't owe anyone an explanation for why you are the way that you are

Trauma - same reason as above

Triggers - people can use these against you! Don't give people tools to hurt you. No one has to know what tags you block. Just block tags to stay safe!

Age - age is okay for adults to include but is iffy when you're a teen. Predators want this information, don't give people more than they need. Just state that you're a minor, that's all that anyone needs to know.

In general: stay safe. If you're not comfortable with every stranger out there having access to this information, you shouldn't post it on the internet.

The golden rule of information sharing on the internet is: What would happen if someone saw this who wanted to hurt me?

And also: Why tell people you are a minor? It will not keep you safer. It makes you a target for predators - you've now told them that you do NOT have experience identifying them, and you probably don't have friends who know how to spot the red flags in a "friendly" DM.

Years ago, chatrooms were full of creeps whose first question in private chat was always "A/S/L" - age/sex/location.

I am PRO-WOOL

I am PRO-LEATHER

I am PRO-BEES

Fuck the idea of replacing durable, sustainable animal products with cheap, flimsy plastic that doesn’t bio-degrade. Agave nectar and other artificial sweeteners are expensive, labor-intensive, and destroy the environment to be farmed.

Leather - one cow makes SO MUCH leather. One deer makes SO MUCH leather. Well-treated leather lasts almost FOREVER. Even animals with small skins like rabbits, a pair of well oiled rabbit leather gloves will last decades. Every animal usually made into leather is also a meat animal, so it’s more sustainable to get more than one product from a single ethically butchered animal (humane kills make less punctures in the hide!) Leather can be tanned with natural resources like brains and doesn’t require treatment with chemicals that seep into the groundwater!

Cotton: Cotton is a fucking plant, it burns. The growing and harvesting of cotton is rather water intensive but it IS possible to sustainably harvest and reuse the water spent in the cleaning process to reduce the ecological footprint of the crop. It burns clean, it cuts clean, it’s sturdy, and there are 1000 ways to weave it to change its properties.

Fandom Problem #15,763:

I think more fandoms (especially those that are US based) should be fighting against the internet censorship bills more. These "bills" are dangerous because it affects fandoms and can be made legal at any moment in 2026. It could be passed today, tomorrow, next week or next month. And by internet censorship bills, I mean bills such as the following:

KOSA- The Kids Online Safety (and Protection) Act, is a bill in Congress right now that claims to protect children but is really just an internet censorship bill to use as an excuse for the higherups in the country to block and censor anything they don't like on the internet. Everyone's practically already said this a billion of times already ever since it's made its big return in 2025 last year but it's basically a trojan horse. They do NOT care about children at all. Period.

Screen act - Similar to KOSA, it's another bill that disguises itself to protect kids from pornography but in actuality, it's a censorship bill that's meant to abuse power and again, higherups can choose to block anything they don't like on the internet

FADPA- Foreign Anti-Digital piracy act- Focused specifically on foreign websites, copyright holders will be able to demand large ISPS and DNS resolvers to block access to sites. This bill establishes a process for copyright owners and exclusive licensees to petition US district courts to block access to foreign websites online)

ACPA- (American copyright protection act) Similar to FADPA, unlike FADPA a specific list of judges to hear cases would be used, rather than a standard district court. Government accountability office would provide effectivity reports. Compliance required within 10 days

BlockBEARD act- (Block bad electronic art & Recording distributors) a bipartisan bill. Amendment of copyright law which allow the blocking of access to sites designated as locations of foreign digital piracy, with broad definiton of service providers that could include social media platforms, search engines, residential ISPs, DNS resolvers and VPNS. *NOTE: THIS BILL WILL AFFECT ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ARE INTO OVERSEAS STUFF SUCH AS ANIME, MANHUAS, DONGHUAS, HANGUK AENI, ETC.,)

And as well as they're trying to remove Section 230. For those who don't know what is section 230, it basically protects Americans freedom of expression online (and it in fact, goes against our first amendment lol) Without section 230, websites will censor more and more, let that sink in.

(If there's anymore age verification bills or anti piracy bills I forgot to list, please feel free to list in the replies)

"Psshh and why should I care? I don't even live in the US! My country is safe from all of this so why should I care?"

And hey to each of their own. I get if people don't want to care about these things because they don't live in the affected country. But I do have to remind you, the very website YOU are using right now (aka tumblr) is US based. Twitter is US based. AO3 is US based. Discord is US based. Bluesky is US based. And so on for the rest of the other American based websites that people use fandoms for. My point is, all the websites that I have mentioned, if any of those atrocious bills gets passed then say goodbye to a good number to your US based friends, favorite fanfic writers and fanartists for good because they will be the ones that will suffer the hardest and they sure as hell DO NOT want to give away their IDs to the government just for their gov to spy on what they post and do on the internet! It's not a good solution and never will be a good solution and hell, the US government is also considering on banning VPN's and trying to copy what the UK and Australia is doing.

And i'm going to say this right now but this is only just the beginning of this worldwide censorship wave. So far, they've already censored the UK and Australia. The U.S is about to be next and the government is trying really hard to pass these dangerous bills but it's still an ongoing war as I type this in January of 2026. Canada is also unfortunately about to be next in the hands of "the great internet censorship" era. Say that "it won't affect you at all" all you want, again that's in your right to not care about these things but also don't act so shocked and surprised when your country gets hit with this fascism wave. And I also wanted to say, if these crap ass bills gets passed over here, it's going to be a domino effect that will effect the entire world. A good example is literally right after UK fully passed the "online safety act" in 2023 (and now put into full fruition in 2025 last year) they went after 4chan and filed a lawsuit because they didn't comply with their laws. While 4chan is still up and running as I'm still typing this, if you think about it, IF again, the US passes these godawful dumpster fire dogshit bills then they will have the full power to go after any foreign websites and use any dirty means to put pressure until they're forced into implementing age verification on their platforms (One of my big personal fears is them going after Japanese based websites, notably pixiv because I use that to browse fanarts and fan novels from my respective fandoms I like. I would absolutely hate if they try to force Pixiv into implementing age verification BS, that's the last thing I want)

And to end my rant off: If you do actually care about this issue especially if you are a US citizen: Inform your close friends and or family members. Encourage them to call their reps. Find a script online that opposes the dangerous bills. I recommend going on and or installing 5calls.org on your phone, from there on you can easily find both script and your representatives and call them and tell them why you oppose these dangerous bills and why they're harmful. It only takes roughly about 15 minutes. And if you somehow get a response back later but your reps are stubborn and don't want to change their mind then keep PESTERING them! I don't recommend giving up either. Do it everyday the same way that people are also doing like there is still an ongoing war between adult content creators and paypro companies that keeps on censoring adult content and they're dictating FULL ASS GROWN ADULTS on what they can or cannot purchase with their money and that's been happening ever since 2025. And if you are not a US citizen but still want to help: Please help raise and spread awareness! Not just on tumblr but literally you can spread this far and wide on other platforms too which helps out a bunch. The more people are informed, the more action that will be taken. It's the only way to stop this Fascism rise on the internet.