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Honestly we need to please PLEASE further normalize comfort OCs, fan-inspired OCs, fan-AUs, OOC tags, etc.

I feel like what this becomes born of so often are people who get really latched onto some ideas and qualities they can project or add onto a canon inspiration, but they’re so darn afraid of distinguishing that extension as their own original creativity + the canon material. Of putting something out there that’s theirs and dear to them. They’re afraid of putting their own ideas out there without grasping at certain interpretations of [thing that is already popular] to somehow… validate it? And understandably there is an unfortunate sort of vulnerability that can come with that. But the double edge of that sword lends itself to the actual growth and self esteem development that can come from authenticity.

And in any sense, I’m all for mischaracterizing canon assets- in an honest and upfront way. Transformative art is still art in its own right and it’s a a common way for younger and inexperienced creatives to toy around with concepts or to try a hand at accentuating, deconstructing, or paying tribute to what traits of the source material they love.. or hate! Instead of clowning on the OP, hell, I’ll give them credit tbh for owning their personal divergence from the canon as exactly what it is without defensiveness, at least in that snapshot.

But honestly people on the large trend lately do severely overestimate the assumed originality of their blorbos themselves, and don’t often recognize that there’s both nothing usual about nor inherently “cringe” about building upon classical tropes. Same goes for inspired creations as long as you’re not like, legitimately committing intellectual property theft. But near all is fair in personal hobby and exploration.

That infinite chain of possibilities and freedom is a great deal of fiction and creation’s entire appeal as a concept, after all.

Yet at the same time, there’s merit and usefulness in not getting carried away to the point of changing the concrete material of the original works themselves. The enjoyment someone takes in media canon is neither above or below that someone can take in OOC concepts, so maybe it’s actually healthier and more fun for everyone involved to know which is which and where to find it.

And like maybe we can all stop being jerks to each other as well I think that’s a pretty awesome side objective.

Terms related to "shipping" and their usage

How terms related to "shipping" are used within fandom spaces: the original meanings and how they've been twisted.

Proship

Proshipper

Anti(-shipper)

Mini rant/my opinion

If this is your approach to people liking your content just block me now

The user who sent this to me probably blocked me in the 20 minutes between them sending the message and me reading it.

A mutual of mine shared one of their posts I thought it looked cool so I liked it

This is just my opinion but someone doesn't have to "belong" to a fandom to enjoy something and if someone likes something you've made that's a good thing! You don't have to be Christian to appreciate the Sistine chapel

Don't get me wrong I am in the Fate fandom. I love Fate. It's just not the only fandom I'm in. My blog is basically just stream-of-consciousness of what I'm thinking about in a moment. In my bio I list my interests and top one is anime. Fate is anime.

This is just so childish! To think that only people who have blogs dedicated to that fandom can interact with your work is ridiculous! If you think that way please block me. I'll be over here having fun with my multifandom mutuals

We lost the fucking plot when we started doing "pro vs anti" ship discourse i am SO serious when i say that its literally not that deep and treating it like it is will give you brain rot beyond your comprehension