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ao3commentoftheday

I'm loving the discussions about the role and purpose of fandom, as well and what activities are needed to keep fandoms alive and flourishing!

However... as a fandom creator (writer and artist), I sometimes feel like too much pressure is concentrated on creators. I don't know if this is a frustration others share? Not only should we keep making things, but somehow we also end up becoming these central fandom figures who can feel pressured into responding to comments (or else we're called arrogant or ungrateful), making friends (or else we're rude for ignoring well-meaning people who reach out), and being the drivers and pillars of that community (running events, responding to memes, etc. – and everything falls silent if we stop). It's a lot of work!! I don't always have the time and energy to make things for fun and then also engage in all the ways people might sometimes feel entitled to because they enjoy my works.

I really wish that more "non-creating" fans in the community would discover their fandom power!! and not just rely on the visible "producing" creators to be the only people worth engaging with. It takes nothing more than passion to write a meta-post about a character or a plot point, or to create an ask game, or to DM someone else who you see posting funny tags – not just the creator! Maybe your followers have other tips for evening out the balance a little more?

Thank you for sharing your thoughts on this, anon. This is an observation I've seen in many parts of life, not just fandom.

A lot of people feel as though they need permission or an invitation of some sort in order to contribute. That's why I always end my answers by asking people to share their thoughts. I want to make it explicitly clear that I want people to add things into the reblogs (which I can then share out for more people to see) and the replies (which people can at least read even if I can't reblog).

I have heard fans who are readers but don't write fic say that they think they can't get an AO3 account unless they plan to post something. This is incorrect, of course, but a lot of people make that assumption.

I think at least some people (I don't know what kind of percentage) assume that someone who is writing fic or posting art or making podfics and video edits etc. has some sort of expertise that "allows" them to post.

People with less confidence or with less practice etc. sometimes need an extra nudge before they realize that they're welcome to contribute too. If that's the case for you, please allow me to say:

You are welcome to post in your fandom, even if no one invites you to. Even if you think you're not good enough. Even if your idea isn't "popular."

Start a conversation. Share a thought. Talk to folks who reblog cool shit. Be a folk who reblogs cool shit. You don't have to do everything in order to do something.

As mentioned above, please do share your thoughts in the reblogs and replies to keep the conversation going.

leomonae

Other things people can do:

make a rec list

make a "here's all the fics I've found in this fandom with this one trope/general vibe/very particular setup I just think is Neat" list

make a "welcome to the fandom, here's the fics that people will just assume you've read/know about to get you started" list

make a "if you liked [popular fic A] you might enjoy [less well known fics B through N]" list

iguanodonwildman

More things you can do!

Create whumps lists

Create lists of shippy moments

Make screenshot collections

Record and post clips of your show to get more people into your fandom

Make incorrect quote memes

Make silly little TikTok-style edits of your favs

Make character playlists

Figure out the layout of buildings/cities

Recreate those building in the Sims or with an online floor planner or even just draw it out because holy hell writers will be so thankful for that

Make your blorbo in various video game character creations

Build a pokemon team for your blorbo

Make up silly headcanons! What does everyone do at the fair or the beach or during a fire drill?

Outline a fic idea you have — maybe you don’t have the time or energy or you just don’t feel confident enough to create it, but share it anyway!

Create outfits based on your blorbo’s design or outfits they would wear

There are so many ways you can engage with fandom that aren’t making fanart or writing fanfics. Fandom is community - Please don’t be afraid to join in!

pancake-surprise

(I've been on tumblr for 15 years, far longer than I was ever on twitter, but I've never engaged much beyond reblogging so please pardon how many times I reference fandom activities I witnessed on twitter)

Collect interviews with the author, producer, director, mangaka etc

Similarly, translate interviews

I remember someone in the haikyuu!! fandom kept a twt thread of every time two characters were in the same panel. Not sure what the tumblr equivalent would be. I guess just a regular old post with lots of additions? (Send help; i'm not sure why my brain is struggling so badly to translate twitter threads to tumblr posts)

Run a quote bot account: I'm not sure of the status of quote bots in a post twitter era, but those were quite fun. Again an example from the hq!! fandom, there was the hq!! bastille bot which would spit out a bastille lyric + a ship. The siken bot would spit out a line of poetry + a ship name. On tumblr maybe the equivalent would be a gimmick blog?

Run a ship/character week. I think these are probably the easiest kind of fandom event to run. it doesn't take more than one person, a blog, and rudimentary graphics skills.

Are socmed AUs still a thing?

Make gifs

Try to figure out the layers to a character's outfit and share your studies with the world. (I'm looking directly at you, Hoyoverse and all you're what-even-is-that how-do-they-even-put-that-on character design. beautiful, but confusing)

Update fandom wikis

Log fandom history on fanlore.org (another project run by the Organization for Transformative Works, aka the parent of ao3)

Volunteer for the Organization for Transformative Works/ao3

marypsue

Fandom wikis!! One thousand blessings upon everyone who maintains fandom wikis, oh my god.

Some suggestions:

Transcribe episodes for film/audio canons

Podfic! We can always use more podfic, and most people's phones have a voice recorder.

Create bingo sheets (e.g. make a fanwork with five or more of these tropes for a bingo; read/reblog fanworks in five or more of these categories for a bingo)

Be a Your Blorbo expert consultant! If I'm writing about a character I don't have strong feelings about, but I know one of my friends is constantly reblogging and posting about them, even if it's all silly memes and "character <3"-type posting, I'll sometimes reach out to them for advice on if I'm getting Their Blorbo right. It's absolutely invaluable and I appreciate these people so much.

We are all just enthusiastic nerds on the internet. You have as much right to share your enthusiasm as anyone. One of the things I love about tumblr as a platform is that you can just start saying whatever about something you like, and you will find other people who like it too.

perchingowl

Also, adding to these:

Run a prompt / kink meme: either for a show, a character or a ship you want to see more of (ao3 makes that supposedly quite easy though i only have experience with filling prompts, but dreamwidth is also an option)

Write prompts for prompt / kink memes (seriously, you never know what people might fill or use as an inspiration)

Answer asks pertaining to expertise / life experience you have: I've learned so much when writing for the untamed by people answering asks about character naming, how Chinese names work in general, and the themes behind certains aspects, simply by fandom people being open to answer tumblr asks or in general give more background information on certain aspects of a show.

Go old school and actually write a ship manifest (seriously, they are an amazing idea and i find it so sad they aren't as ubiquitous any more)

Make moodboards/aesthetic edits for ships/characters/shows/your fav fanfic/...

Conduct stats analysis: track how many line a character has from one season to the other, how much new fic appears on ao3 for pairings on a show after seasons/episodes, etc.

punkrock-bottom

It’s important to occasionally be a horny pervert on main so your mutuals know it’s okay to be a horny pervert with you

sunriseverse

honestly i think it's a bit of a lost art with some younger fans these days to just like............do things? people hold themselves back from making amvs, gifs, writing fic or drawing art, etc etc because "they don't know how" but the truth is a lot of us didn't have that knowledge handed to us, we looked at what other people were doing and then tried to copy that in our own way. and yeah the first hundred thousand words you write are probably going to be kind of shit. and the first gifsets you make will probably be grainy. your amvs will be clumsily edited, and your first year or two of drawing will make you cringe in the future. but if you don't try, you'll never improve! and these days there's so many more resources out there with the internet being so large—art tutorials for specific things, gifmaking guides handed around that compile the steps down the the finest details, writers who talk about their processes, amv makers/vidders who are more than happy to share what transitions or text overlays they use. and i sometimes want to take people by the shoulders and say, just try! take the first leap! the worst you can do is make it badly, and made badly is better than not made at all.

problematicpunks

THE 6TEEN ENDLESS REVIVAL CHALLENGE

With 6teen's 20th Anniversary coming up, I thought it would be a good opportunity to try and encourage a little fandom revival. As a fan since the show originally premiered, I hold a lot of affection for the series and have grown up with it. I suspect I'm not the only one out there who remembers the show fondly and wishes there was more activity in the fandom, especially when it comes to new fanworks. I'm hoping this might be a small way to move the needle a little, even if it might take a while to get going.

For me, I've always found prompts and prompt-based fandom week/months/challenges to be really inspiring. It's nice to create something new for a purpose or goal, and to have your stuff be a part of a collective fandom experience. If you've been wanting to get back into it, or thinking about writing for the first time, this could be a good low-stakes way to tip your toes into it!

Three separate prompt lists will be provided: a fandom specific one, a general vibes/themes one and an NSFW one intended for original/older fans. Each list comprises of 12 prompts (with four bonus alternatives for 6teen prompts each). You could commit to one specific list one year, another the next, only do a couple, or you can mix and match between lists, combine various prompts, pick and choose only which ones speak to you—whatever unique playlist you like, really. Ideally, these 36+ prompts can be combined and curated in endless ways, providing potential story ideas for years.

Realistically, I know I am probably the only one who is going to participate, lol. But in the off chance this actually gets something started, additional prompt lists may be added in future years as well.

This collection/challenge as the name implies will always be ongoing/open for participants! Fan artists are also welcome to participate using any of the prompts. Be sure to tag any works for the challenge with #6teenEndlessRevival

You can find more information on the Official AO3 Collection Page.

problematicpunks

(RE) WATCH 6TEEN FOR FREE ON YOUTUBE (✿◡‿◡)

https://www.tumblr.com/6teentakes/799043964075393024/got-a-6teen-takeconfession-of-your-own?source=share

this fandom needs people to stop whining about how people 'need' to interact with a fandom. let people do what they want.

thanks to this take, this blog will be going on hiatus. enjoy having nothing at all to interact with since you chased away all the "whiners" making things and trying to keep the fandom alive so you entitled fans even HAVE things to quietly passively consume.

cheers!

#6teen #response takes #happy 21st 6teen anniversary guys enjoy nothing lol #like do yall even realize how time consuming #how much effort it takes to actually make things for this fandom?#even making graphics for this blog takes hours and hours of my time. time i sacrifice so this fandom has ANYTHING in the tags to enjoy #and yall cant even be asked to actually engage with things without pouting? give me a break. it takes like 2 min to reblog something.#so ya. enjoy having an empty tag again for months! maybe learn something but probably not