Glossary of Fannish Terminology pt1: fandom, fanwork, and fanfiction
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Ship and Let Ship: though not all of Fandom is shipping, it remains a major part of the community. Policing others for choosing to read or write about specific characters is not how fans should interact with each other.

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Your Kink Is Not My Kink: it is not up to readers to decide what creators are allowed to write, and it is not up to readers to police others regarding what they write or choose to consume. That would be considered censorship.
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Don’t Like Don’t Read: Authors are not responsible for creating fanworks to the taste of specific readers. It is up to the readers to police themselves if they enter spaces that might contain material they do not wish to see.

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The (unofficial) Three Laws of Fandom:
1. Don’t Like; Don’t Read (DL;DR)
2. Your Kink Is Not My Kink (YKINMK)
3. Ship And Let Ship (SALS)

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