#alternate universe – @aph-japan on Tumblr

*eg. Said character is crushing on multiple people, or multiple ppl are crushing on them, or has a situationship w them, or is dating and cheating on them at the same time (LMAO), or smth else

#a: polyamory #a: various #a: imagine different aus but NOT always separating all ships #a: imagine different or same aus while including polyamory queer themes qprs and open relationships in general #fandom #fandom issues #multifandom #multifandom things #shipping #shipping positivity #alternate universe #queer inclusivity #polyamory #polyamorous relationships #polyamorous headcanons #qprs #qpr headcanons #queerplatonic relationships #queering the platonic #open relationships #media diversity #shipping diversity #diversity #queer diversity #queer community #queerness #queer #anti relationships hierarchy #reject amatonormativity #YOU DO NOT HAVE TO ENGAGE IN ANY SHIPWAR OR FANWAR YOU DO NOT WANT TO AND NO ONE CAN FORCE YOU TO

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centaurianthropology

One thing I would love to see fandom get away from is an obsession with canon. So many fans seem unhappy when what they wanted to see doesn’t become canon, and I am here to tell you that this is exactly what fandom should be for!

Canon is great and all, and if you’re jiving with it, fantastic. But if you’re not, if canon veers in a direction you don’t enjoy, or there are just aspects of canon that aren’t your thing, then fandom is exactly the place you should be able to disregard them. Explore whatever rabbit hole you like. Create alternate timelines to suit your tastes, ship non-canon ships, ship all the ships, end things differently. Do what you like, and stop getting hung up on what canon says. Fandom should be about pursuing your joy, even if (and often especially if) that joy veers of the well-trod canon paths.

Canon is a guideline that brings us all together. It’s not the law. It’s not the only path you can walk. Please, I’m telling you, the sooner you give up canon fundamentalism and embrace the fanon that makes you happiest, the healthier and happier everyone is going to be in fandom.

#fandom #fandom issues #fandom negativity #shipping #shipping issues #shipwars #canon #alternate universe #aus

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koushirouizumi

You know what’s exhausting about stanning characters of color? That you can never explore their flaws. You can never appreciate them if they are selfish, angry, hurt, closed-off or cruel; you can’t explore “what would happen if they turned evil”, you can’t write Villain!AUs…

…because inevitably White Fandom™ will actually grab even the smallest sign of them not being a Literal Angel™ to argue that they are canonically evil and the Real Villain™ of the series, or take your What-If AUs and argue that said character is actually turning evil in canon.

And god forbid you go looking for Darkside!AUs, because you will only find piles and piles of garbage written by White Fandom™ just to demonize said character of color in order to prop up their white fave.