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Boundary: A restriction on content or material in order to adhere to someone's comfort level. IE a character only able to be portrayed in a manner the creator/author/actor pre approves of. Character cannot be displayed or implied to smoke cigarettes, for instance.

Another example may be an author not wanting fan-works to be created of their works at all.

Examples of Private/Cultivated Space: Source material wikipedia page, creator/author's community discord, events such as in person conventions and meet and greets with the boundary setter.

Examples of public/fandom spaces: Social media sites, private fan community discords, zine coordination threads, private blogs, physical material shared through mail or hand gifted to other fans.

(Side definition, RPF: 'Real Person Fiction'. Depictions made using the likeness and identity of a real person, with or without consent from the depicted party. Examples: A story about the Beatles going on a road trip. A comic strip about your high school math teacher getting tied to the rail road tracks.

RPF is not being discussed in this poll.)