Fandom Etiquette

I’ve been around for a really long time in various fandoms, and no one ever writes this stuff down. I’ll start. Please add to the list. We can’t expect people to follow “rules” they don’t know exist.

written with the help of @unbreakablejemmasimmons

Fanart

if you like something, reblog it. Help the artist get their work out there in front of more people. Share the joy that it brought you.

if you want more of it, support it. This can be via commissions, reblogs, recommending the artist to other people, shouting in the tags, or sending the artist asks/messages.

if you hate it, keep scrolling. Keep the hate in a message window with a friend, not in the artist’s notes.

if you want to use it, ask permission. Artwork is beautiful and you want to show it off. But please ask the artist before you throw it into your header or your icon.

if you use it, give credit. And not just a post where you say “Do you like my new icon? X made it!”. Put it in your blog description, that way when someone rolls around your blog three months from now, they also know where your icon/header came from.

Fanfic

if you like something, reblog it. Help the author get their work out there in front of more people. Share the joy that it brought you.

if you want more of it, support it. Kudos are fine, but if you want more of the thing you like, you should comment. Subscribe to the story or the author. Send them a message about how much you like what they wrote.

if you read it, kudos it. Or give it a thumbs up. And this is just if you managed to get all the way to the end. If you finished the story and you actually liked it? Comment and reblog.

don’t demand content. Be patient. Stories take time. You can encourage without being demanding. Show your love for what’s there without telling them to post more often.

be gentle with criticism. Some people want it and some people run away from it. If you don’t know what type of person the author is, it’s best not to go there. “If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything.”

Fandom

ship and let ship. You love your ship and other people love theirs. No one needs to “win” when we’re all going to end up in tears anyway.

if you hate it, stay out of the tag. This has two meanings: 1) don’t deliberately put hateful commentary in a tag and 2) if you hate a tag, don’t go and read through that tag just to make yourself angry

if someone makes you something, appreciate it. Read and comment the fic. Like and reblog the artwork. Pimp it out and tell them how much you loved it. It’s a gift, treat it like one.

if it’s a gift, put some effort into it. You signed up for that exchange three months ago and now it’s a week before you have to send the gift and you don’t have the time or the inclination to do the thing. Well too bad. Someone out there has been working hard in your gift, so you should do the same for them.

none of us are “better” than anyone else. We’re all trash for our particular show/film/book/ship/artist/what-have-you. My fave is no better than yours and yours is no better than mine.

actors are not their characters. They are people. Treat them like people.

Skip if you are not caught up on the manga. (Final vol.)

(You've been warned.)

I don't care what anyone says, Hawks still looks handsome in his early-thirties. He's been through living hell, almost died on multiple occasions, and suffers trauma and lifetime permanent scars. He lost his quirk and went through experiences that would have mentally broken anyone. He got his wish in the end, he can relax and enjoy his life.

Hawks is one of the strongest characters in the manga, and I don't mean physically. He most definitely went to therapy for all the trauma and possibly to help adjust to losing a whole sense (his quirk) and his wings. Rather than retire from hero work, he became president of the commission, to which he now helps lead the new generation of heroes and looks after the safety of Japan. He still cares about others, and rather than lose his shit over all the trauma he experienced, he lives happily. He sleeps well and clearly takes care of himself. He is most definitely on happy pills and possibly suffers from PTSD, but at the very least, he is alive, happy, and well. He kept moving forward and finally became the person he wanted to be.

AND TO ANYONE WHO SAYS "Oh, he's ugly or looks like his dad, or he's not my Hawks." Shut up and listen. You aren't going to stay handsome after surviving multiple near-death experiences that left multiple scars along with possibly destroyed nerves. Recovery, even with how advanced the medicine is in their world, isn't going to restore you to your youthful self. If you've ever met someone who had battle scars or suffered heavy trauma, they aren't going to look how they used to. Plus, genetics? Of course, at some point, he'd look like his mother and/or father. Whatever the case, Hawks is still the same character I love and adore. I will continue to adore and love him for who he is.

I don't care what anyone says, I will fucking die on this hill.

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hawksinacup

3 years ago

Should I? (MHA Manga spoilers)

Should I write a Hawks x Reader fanfic? But like, it takes place years after the whole war arc and society is back to normal? Like Hawks is older and his scars are fully healed but visible and hair has grown back to its normal length, with his wings healed. The reader being quirkless (because it’s better than having people very opinionated with whatever quirk the reader has), and a year or two younger than Hawks. Maybe have him 26 or 27 years old. Idk, im tempted, not sure if I should though.

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hawksinacup

2 years ago

I lil preview for tomorrows post

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hawksinacup

2 years ago

Is the order I'll be doing this in. Probs release 2, later this month.

Bit of a poll on what major work, I should do next.

The origin of how Fanon Hawks came into Canon Hawks' world

Pt. 2 of Villain Hawks AU

Pt. 3 of Quirk Mutation

A date with two birds. A Canon x Reader x Fanon

Canon vs Fanon: How they would react to you asking them out

Akira (OC) meets Hawks for the first time

These are some that I had in mind, and will at some point do all, but I'm curious on what y'all are lore interested in seeing first.

Though if any of y'all are interested ij something else, please feel free to comment or just send a submission!

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hawksinacup

9 months ago

MHA SPOILERS AHEAD FOR YOU NON-MANGA READERS

Man... theres so many Hawks posts I want to make but can't because I don't want to spoil the anime-only watchers.

Spoilers anyways

I still love that Hawks keeps in touch with Mera. And has a good relationship with Lady Nagant.

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hawksinacup

3 years ago

Took a small break, but I'm back now and will get to things soon

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hawksinacup

3 years ago

Gonna be posting chapter 4 later this week. It would have been sooner but I've been held back due to work. Hopefully I can get it done before the week ends

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hawksinacup

2 years ago

Just realized that season 6 is right around the corner. I AM NOT READY FOR WEAK VOICE, RECOVERING, AND OPTOMISTIC HAWKS AKFIWOGOWJ

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hawksinacup

2 years ago

C.Hawks: Woah there, careful next time, don't need you falling off the building!

F.Hawks: You should have let them to see if they can stick the landing.

C.Hawks: ...