#creative fandom

[fandomsforpali]

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[or-midnight]

Love note to fic writers and fanartists and anyone that makes things to share in fandom in any capacity:

If you need to take your work down, ever, or even if you just kinda feel like you might like to, go right ahead and do it. By the power vested in me as an absolute asshole that is extremely committed to the bit, I hereby grant you immunity from any and all dipshit guilt trips about how you're pulling fandom apart at the seams or whatever because you'd like to retire something that's past its expiration date.

There's nothing wrong with wanting to restore privacy to things you once wanted to share. There's nothing wrong with wanting to grow beyond your old stuff, and you absolutely do not have to save the old stuff or leave it up to prove to anybody how far you've come. There's nothing wrong with not particularly caring if you're ~growing~ through fanworks or not: maybe you're just tired and you'd like to box up your hobby and put it away for a while. There's nothing wrong with taking things down for your own safety. (I mean, yeah, it's wrong that anyone put you in a position where you'd need to, but doing what you have to do to stay safe? fine. good, even.) And so help me god, if you have to pull-to-pub, more power to you, get that money, and fuck the vicious little haters that could only dream of being good enough to get there.

None of these things are even mildly inappropriate, and they for goddamn sure don't mean you're mentally ill. (Because yeah, that's an actual frozen solid take I've seen with my own two eyeballs more than one time.)

Things go viral and people repost shit without permission, so some things are harder to really remove than others, but nobody ever has any kind of moral right to access things you made for free to share for fun. Remember that. You hurt absolutely no one by taking things down, especially not yourself, and anyone claiming otherwise doesn't deserve your time, your worry, or access to you work.

[paulie-lombardos-boy-toy]

While not a newbie anymore, I love love love the creative talent in the Mafia trilogy fandom and everyone was immediately accepting. The headcanons, the fics, the art, character analysis, ect I just.. I love it and I feel lucky to be a part of the small but mighty community.

[darkshrimpemotions]

Hello! One question. Is it a thing? Calling fans that police canon "curative fandom"? It's just that I feel it can be confused with "curate your own fandom experience" that I've seen in tags and as necessary discourse, meaning that you shouldn't harass others for liking/shipping something you don't like/agree with, you just unfollow them, which I find to be a positive discourse, as opposed to trying to "curate"/police whether something is canon/valid in fandom or not.

Curative fandom as I've usually seen it used by others just refers to people who are primarily invested in celebrating a piece of media's canon, which isn't something inherently negative.

Curative fans are collectors who like to learn as much as possible about all aspects of established canon. And some fans may be both, or may be more of one depending on the fandom (I myself am far more of a curative fan when it comes to Star Wars, at least the old canon, than I am in any other fandom). Curative fandom and creative fandom aren't opposing groups, and curative fan activities can inspire creative fandom activities.

A great example of this is fans learning as much as they can glean from canon about a fictional language and then filling in the blanks to create a cohesive, usable language in the real world. Another example is fans doing artistic reproductions of maps, scenes, clothing, weapons, etc. from the source material that are as faithful as possible to canon. A lot of meta falls into this areas as well, IMO, relying heavily on knowledge of canon while also expanding beyond it.

The problem I have with curative fans in some fandoms is when they move from celebrating canon to feeling the strange need to "defend" it, policing others' ways of engaging with and enjoying media. You see this dovetail a lot with other negative aspects of fandom, such as ship wars and gatekeeping. For those extreme types of curative fans, anything that deviates from canon is perceived as either inherently wrong or an outright attack on the thing they love, when really it's just a different way of engaging with that thing.

As for the possibility of this term being confused with encouragements to curate your own fandom experience, I think there is enough context to not confuse the two, especially when the latter is stated so many different ways. Manage, you're in charge of/responsible for, etc. That being said, I'm not about to tell the whole of fandom how to refer to anything, or what any word should mean. Just ask policers of the word drabble how well that works. 😂

[theredcapeofk]

I'll probably take time to write a full rant on the finale later, but for now I just want to say I'm thankful for this creative fandom and all the fix it fics and fanarts I know are coming (including my own!)

Keep creating guys, let the finale fuel your creativity like this show's crappy writing has fueled you through the years!

[silver-eunhae]

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ELF do not forget to vote!!! let's make our boys proud.

"Even after 20 years, SUJU & ELF are one forever"

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[its-deans-pie]

You know I wouldn't actually be surprised if the spn writers log into tumblr for all their ideas for the show..