Hope you don’t mind me tossing this your way, but you have a good worldwide tumblr presence, and I think this would get much wider exposure through you.
AO3 needs help from European and Australian fans. The deadline for these is just a few days away. Please add your voices if you wish to continue enjoying fandom content!
https://archiveofourown.org/admin_posts/10637
OTW Legal and our allies have been active in fighting on fan-unfriendly legal proposals in the EU. Since these proposals were introduced in 2016, OTW Legal has submitted comments opposing them and has joined in calls for action against them. We’ve managed to hold them off so far and encourage some revisions, but a key vote will be happening in the European Parliament’s JURI committee on 20/21 June that could have a significant impact on the Internet and fan sites. In particular, two provisions of the current proposal would be bad for fans. Article 11 would impose a “link tax” that would make it more expensive for many websites to operate, and Article 13 would impose mandatory content-filtering requirements on websites that host user-generated content. These provisions have been hotly debated and revised a bit since the last time we reported on them. (For more on recent revisions and debates, see these discussions by the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the Hogan Lovells Firm) But despite revisions, they’re still bad deals for fans. Importantly, they don’t preserve the “safe harbors” that websites rely on to operate, and they don’t include user-generated content exceptions.
Without safeguards for user-generated content, Article 13 would require your favourite websites to implement systems that monitor user-generated content and automatically remove any content that could potentially infringe upon copyright, giving publishing giants the power to block your online expression. Sites like YouTube, Tumblr, GitHub, Soundcloud, etc., could be required to block the upload of content based on whether it has been “identified” by big corporations, rather than based on its legality. The law is still being debated, and it is difficult to predict how it would impact the OTW’s projects, including the Archive of Our Own, if it is passed. Regardless of how this vote comes out, the OTW will work as hard as we can to keep the Internet fan-friendly. But we need your help. The most effective thing you can do right now is contact your Member of European Parliament. You can use one of these tools to e-mail your MEP or call your MEP to tell them that having user-generated content on the internet is important to you.
Here’s what you can tell them: Without safe harbors for user-generated content, Article 13 of the Copyright Directive would stifle free expression on the Internet. We don’t want mandatory filtering. Algorithms don’t understand limitations and exceptions to copyright like parody, public interest exceptions, fair use, or fair dealing, and we don’t want our non-infringing videos, website posts and art blocked because of a biased algorithm created by big corporations. We want the law to protect user-generated works, not harm them.
OTW Legal will keep fighting for fan-friendly laws!
Please signal boost if you can’t help directly!
DW: Guys, please signal boost this, and follow the link above if you’re from the EU, Canada or Australia!
Tag: fandom
AO3 needs help from European writers!!
https://archiveofourown.org/admin_posts/10637
OTW Legal and our allies have been active in fighting on fan-unfriendly legal proposals in the EU. Since these proposals were introduced in 2016, OTW Legal has submitted comments opposing them and has joined in calls for action against them. We’ve managed to hold them off so far and encourage some revisions, but a key vote will be happening in the European Parliament’s JURI committee on 20/21 June that could have a significant impact on the Internet and fan sites. In particular, two provisions of the current proposal would be bad for fans. Article 11 would impose a “link tax” that would make it more expensive for many websites to operate, and Article 13 would impose mandatory content-filtering requirements on websites that host user-generated content. These provisions have been hotly debated and revised a bit since the last time we reported on them. (For more on recent revisions and debates, see these discussions by the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the Hogan Lovells Firm) But despite revisions, they’re still bad deals for fans. Importantly, they don’t preserve the “safe harbors” that websites rely on to operate, and they don’t include user-generated content exceptions.
Without safeguards for user-generated content, Article 13 would require your favourite websites to implement systems that monitor user-generated content and automatically remove any content that could potentially infringe upon copyright, giving publishing giants the power to block your online expression. Sites like YouTube, Tumblr, GitHub, Soundcloud, etc., could be required to block the upload of content based on whether it has been “identified” by big corporations, rather than based on its legality. The law is still being debated, and it is difficult to predict how it would impact the OTW’s projects, including the Archive of Our Own, if it is passed. Regardless of how this vote comes out, the OTW will work as hard as we can to keep the Internet fan-friendly. But we need your help. The most effective thing you can do right now is contact your Member of European Parliament. You can use one of these tools to e-mail your MEP or call your MEP to tell them that having user-generated content on the internet is important to you.
Here’s what you can tell them: Without safe harbors for user-generated content, Article 13 of the Copyright Directive would stifle free expression on the Internet. We don’t want mandatory filtering. Algorithms don’t understand limitations and exceptions to copyright like parody, public interest exceptions, fair use, or fair dealing, and we don’t want our non-infringing videos, website posts and art blocked because of a biased algorithm created by big corporations. We want the law to protect user-generated works, not harm them.
OTW Legal will keep fighting for fan-friendly laws!
Please signal boost if you can’t help directly!
If any of my followers are in Europe, please help protect the AO3 (and other fannish archives as well)!
Signal boosting! If you just click on the Ao3 link in OP’s message it takes you through to the relevant page.
On there is another link to click to tell you MEP that you don’t want this.
Its super quick (I just did it in like 2 mins) and the actual message is already filled in so you don’t need to worry about composing anything! Just pop your name, email, and EU country of residence then submit! 👍
all-the-ships-from-all-the-shows:
do you ever notice how like, we have our own language for fanfic that only readers understand?
for example
“36k wip destiel hs au on ao3”
I can’t believe I understood all those words
oh my god
this is so legit
there’s only one real word in that sentence.
Fun story!
My friend and I once did a presentation in a linguistics class about language in fandom. There was a question about a particular concept, and we turned to each other for a second to discuss it in fannish terms before we could explain. When we turned back, the class was sort of staring at us like 0_0. The teacher just said, “And there’s a good example of code switching.”
“Code Switching” is when speakers who share fluency in different languages flip between the languages during conversation, thus confusing the hell out of everyone else.
simpleanddestructivechemistry:
That last level is pretty fucking fantastic, let me tell you.
My favorite fandom graphic.
Years ago…I didn’t think this was realistic.
absolutely accurate.
also I managed to go through all those stages in one week after new content of S4™RIGHT?
Creative integrity is just as important in fandom spaces as it is in published media. Our creations and ideas are just as valid as mainstream media, or media based around original content.
We spend hours, days, weeks, months on our creations – these are purely labors of love. We don’t get anything for them except the reception of our peers, but we do it anyway.
If the Cassandra Claire disaster of the early 2000′s taught us anything, it’s that fandom doesn’t forget. There’s nothing to be gained from plagiarism in any setting, there really isn’t.
As much as fandom is a lovely melting pot of shared ideas and prompts and discussions, there should still be care in credit. It’s courtesy.
A List of Things I Hate to Read in Teen Wolf/Sterek Fics: A Lesson on the Damage of Tropes.
Just a few things I’ve noticed in Teen Wolf (and for the most part, Sterek) fics. What are these you ask? Well, these are some observations I’ve made while reading fanfics, ones that have–for the most part–become uncontested Tropes. These tropes have been grossly reiterated to the point where they actually hurt the characters and the show as a result. They have also become the fanons’ “Canon” or “accepted head canon” without any proof given within the parameters of the show from which these characters spawn.
I am here to set the “canon” straight.
P.S. this post is an explosion of high photo content. Your internet connection is advised.
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1. ERMAGERD! STILES N SCOTT TXT LK DIS BC THEY R TEENS LOLOLKBYE.
No
they
do
not
2. Stiles is the Pack Momma! He’s such a wonderful cook! Look how he dotes with tender loving care for his little puppies! He can even clean up after their messes and kiss their booboos away!
and who made you fandom police?
It’s all good and right to point out common tropes and give writers a chance to think and decide consciously about whether or not to use those tropes. You definitely have some points that I actually agree with, some of those tropes I actively avoid cause I can’t stand them.
But you actually have no authority, and no right to claim that any of it ‘hurts characters or the show’ and that you’re gonna set anything straight.
This is fandom. Canon is nothing more than a basis, that every writer can use as much or little as they want.
and the only thing you get to control is who you block, unfollow & which content you avoid. but not what others create.but I guess that’s tumblr these days, it’s not enough to have a casual discussion about things that happen in fandom, to get people to think and consider alternatives, no one can say ‘i don’t personally like this, maybe others feel the same and you might consider that when writing fics’ anymore, it’s always ‘this is harmful and X-ist and morally wrong and you’re all awful and ruining the world with it’, as if fandom isn’t allowed to deal with problematic subjects, or as if it has to live up to some imaginative moral and literary standards.
So this goes to all those fans who don’t give a damn about what bullshit TW canon does these days (or used to do): take your faves and run with them, do what you want and let no one tell you what to do. They are all old enough to look away if they don’t like what they see, and they are not entitled to content that caters to their likes and dislikes.
All you do with these kind of restrictions and rules and attempts to shame others for how they ‘do fandom wrong’ is ruin fandom.
By all means, discuss these kind of things, it’s great when authors are aware of their audience and make conscious decisions, that’s the best way to become a better writer. But drop the condescending attitude and the thought that you’ve got The One Truth that puts you in charge.
Quick reminder that you’re totally allowed to like things without diving completely into knowing everything about them
you like 2 or 3 songs by a band and never listened to more? that’s perfectly okay
you like the Marvel movies but have no interest in reading 50 years of comic books? totally fine
you only play one or two videos games, mostly on your cell phone? they’re fun!
you read and enjoyed the Harry Potter books but don’t care about looking into crazy theories and clues planted in the stories? It’s not for everyone!
You don’t need to meet a requirement to enjoy something and anyone who claims you do is an elitist and an asshole
This, this, this, THIS, THIS!!
when I see my NOTP on my dash
– I do nothing
– I keep scrolling
– I don’t send that person hate
– it costs you 0$ to be a decent human being.
fandom culture is so wild and so far removed from reality like i just don’t enjoy this popular character, tiffany, do i really have to write an entire dissertation on why he doesn’t do it for me personally
Ship Sizes
Supercarrier: fandom flagship. Everybody and their dog ships it. The fandom is glutted with artwork and fic. You cannot escape this ship.
Dreadnought: massively popular. Nearly everybody ships it. You can, with dedication, in theory, reach the end of the AO3 archive for the ship’s tag, but it’ll take a long time.
Cruiser: pretty popular ship. Not everyone ships it, but everyone knows about it. Has a good amount of fic/art, and probably multiple ask blogs.
Frigate: just plain popular. Feels like it could use more fanworks. New people to the fandom might not know about it, but they’ll stumble across it sooner rather than later.
Gunboat: bit of a rarepair. It might have an ask blog or two. A couple big name fans ship it. Probably only takes a few weeks to get through the entire AO3 backlog, and one new fic gets added during that time.
Tugboat: rarepair. Almost never seen except as a side pairing to a more popular ship. You can usually get through everything on AO3 in a matter of days. You’ve forgotten what it is to be picky about what you read.
Rowboat: less than a dozen people ship it. You all know each other. You exist in an endless cycle of the same five people desperately producing art and fic and one person who constantly contributes headcanons.
Canoe: you are one of maybe three people who ship it, and there’s a not-insignificant chance you’ve never encountered those other two hypothetical shippers. You spend your days paddling furiously in hopes of keeping the ship afloat, dreaming of the day you upgrade to a rowboat so you can finally rest.
Submarine: Quite a few people ship it, but nobody wants to admit to shipping it. Will randomly appear and throw the other ships into confusion.
Pontoon: that random crossover ship with that one black dress character/trope/fandom everyone will ship with everything else. Has the potential to turn into a massive party until someone gets sick and everyone goes home.
Pedalo: That iconic bizarre crackship whose proponents claim they’re only into it ironically, but secretly they’re all dead serious.
omg YES
OK but what do you call that one crossover crackship that’s dreadnought size and is always accompanied by a fleet of smaller crossover crackships?
shealwaysreads 