You are responsible for curating your own online experience.
If something upsets you, makes you angry or queasy or triggers you, stop reading/looking at it. Avoid things that might make you feel that way.
Learn to use the Sort and Filter function on AO3, especially the Exclude tools.
On social media, block and mute accounts / tags / words when necessary.
If you hated something, you don’t need to tell that to the creator or start pointing fingers at them publicly.
The Back button is free. Use it.
Addendum:
Yes, for this to work, creators need to tag their works accordingly, so that people know what sort of content they are about to engage with and can nope out if necessary.
I will probably make another PSA about the importance of proper tagging later.
Ship And Let Ship
or SALS
You are allowed to ship whatever you want.
Everyone else is also allowed to ship whatever they want.
You are entitled to dislike or even hate a ship. If you want to do this online, in public, don’t use the ship tags for hate posts.
If you see someone posting about a ship they like and you don’t, there is no need for you to start arguing with them in their replies / comments / QRTs / reblogs. Don’t throw your hate in their face.
Do not harass fan creators or fans for shipping something you disapprove.
All of this also applies to liking / disliking an individual character.
Addendum:
”I agree with this, except when…”
No, then you are NOT agreeing with this.
Let me make this VERY clear. There are NO exceptions. None.
You don’t EVER harass real people over pixels.
If you disagree with this, kindly block and move on.
Your Kink Is Not My Kink
or YKINMK / YKINMKATO
The longer version is ”Your Kink Is Not My Kink And That’s Okay”.
People have different tastes. Not everything is for everybody.
Even if you don’t like a specific kink, other people are still allowed to use it in their creations.
You are entitled to dislike kinky content and think that it’s ”weird”.
Don’t kink shame or judge people based on their kinks.
This goes both ways: your kink is not someone else’s kink, so don’t push it onto those who are not into it.
Be Kind
or Don’t Be An Asshole
Focus on the things you like instead of the things you hate.
Create and unite instead of destroying and dividing.
Don’t harass real people over fictional things.
Stop stirring up petty drama just to get some attention on social media.
Stop trying to ”win”. Fandom is not a competition.
Remember that your own experiences aren’t universally shared. Your perception of things can differ from someone else’s, but that doesn’t mean either of you is necessarily wrong.
Now that The Pitt is up and running again, I find it very important to respect each other in the fandom space.🥰 The world is currently bad enough as it is, we don’t need to put others down because of a fictional show.🥰 Be kind and stay safe out there.🥰
The wide eyes and lack of color on his husband’s face was a state Jack had only seen Robby in a few times before. His husband was seconds away from a full-blown panic attack. Jack knew what to do, knew he couldn’t hesitate.
He’d heard the words, but the shock he felt from them had to be pushed aside. Right now, his husband needed him.
As he reached him, Jack was quick to put one hand to the side of Robby’s face, and grabbing a hold of his husband’s arm with the other.
Robby is looking down at the papers. It’s his. His name, social security number, his age(51), everything… and the results of his blood tests.
He can feel how his own pulse has sped up, it’s all he can hear as he’s looking down at the results.
He’s a doctor, he would have known what these numbers meant. Even without the words from his own regular doctor, whose office he’s currently sitting in.
Had he actually taken the time to think through his own symptoms, he would have.. Should have known. But there's also no doubt that he would never have been able to convince himself of the diagnosis.
He vaguely registers a sound in the room and only reacts when a hand lands on his shoulder.
omfg yes yes yes yes this! Ohhhh I am so invested in this concept *flips a table*
Omg! Thank you! <3 I was hoping you’d like it. Your art and your page were literally my biggest inspiration for this.<3 I hope you have a lovely day.🥰 + There will be more parts.🥰
My brain works in an annoying way.. I write something like the snippet I just posted.. I like it and so I post.. then my brain keeps working on it. Just keeps comming up with additions and changes. And my anxiety then tries make me feel bad for posting without those changes…🙃😅
My writing process is slow, but I’m also impatient. It’s not a fun mix.😅😆
I guess I might rewrite it a little. Especially since I might want to write more.😆
Robby is looking down at the papers. It’s his. His name, social security number, his age(51), everything… and the results of his blood tests.
He can feel how his own pulse has sped up, it’s all he can hear as he’s looking down at the results.
He’s a doctor, he would have known what these numbers meant. Even without the words from his own regular doctor, whose office he’s currently sitting in.
Had he actually taken the time to think through his own symptoms, he would have.. Should have known. But there's also no doubt that he would never have been able to convince himself of the diagnosis.
He vaguely registers a sound in the room and only reacts when a hand lands on his shoulder.
Oh, the life of a Fanfiction writer… 🤭 My current Google search is “Shawn Hatosy arms”.. I needed to know how hairy his arms are.. for research purposes, I swear! 😂 (This is for sure a very mild search… we all know our search history is not something we want leaked to the world. 😂 )
For real though, trying to write something.. slightly spicy.😉
IT’S HERE! 🥰 Just a little Holiday Fluff for the world! I love fluff, had an idea, and then wrote this! Took me a little over a week, I’m quite pleased, and I hope you enjoy.<3
(Kinda meant this as a Christmas idea, but then wrote it and realized it could be either or.😛 I think it’s still quite hallmark-esque.. But I might be wrong… Oh well.. I like the idea.XD )
Get this.
Dennis (26) never moved away from Nebraska. He wanted to become a doctor, but the guilt of leaving his family was too much, and he became a veterinarian instead.
Robby (50-54) stressed out of his mind, finally takes Jack Abbot’s advice and quits his job at the pitt.(His advice in this universe.😛 ) Wanting to still be a doctor, he looks around for a new place to work and maybe even a new town to call home. He stumbles upon one of those job listings that never seem to get picked, the ones all the new, up-and-coming doctors avoid. The main doctor in a little town all the way in Nebraska.
