Top 10 Things Fandoms Should Stop Doing

1. Engaging in moral grandstanding over fictional characters

   If you simply dislike a character because they're badly written or poorly acted, that's fine. Nothing inherently wrong with that. However, expecting every fictional character to be a moral saint is reductive and redundant. Art is always going to have morally grey characters to some extent, and to get upset because a fictional medium has morally grey characters is juvenile. If you dislike the characters because of how a certain subject matter is depicted, that's valid. But I've seen people get into debates over the morality of certain fictional characters way too often, and it's excessive.

   Villains are often the most interesting characters.

2. Getting triggered if a favorite ship isn't canon

   You do not want to know about the early Harry Potter ship wars. One Big Happy Weasley Family referred to the canon ships we now know. Ship names included Heron, The Good Ship, and We Believe in Trees for Ron/Hermione, and Orange Crush for Harry/Ginny. Pumpkin Pie and Harmony referred to Harry/Hermione.

3. Harassing others due to how they draw fictional characters, or due to them having different opinions about said characters

4. Overanalyzing a fictional world and nitpicking about it not being realistic enough despite that not being the intention of said work

5. Suggesting or encouraging morally questionable ships, i.e., proshipping immoral stuff akin to incest, bestiality, and other revolting stuff

6. Getting salty if their fan theory ends up being proven false

7. Assuming they know more about a fictional universe than its creator does

8. Getting mad if a creator of a fictional work declares what is and isn't canon within said universe

9. Putting creators of fictional franchises on unrealistic moral pedestals that cannot be met

10. Selfshipping with characters who are rapists

    Oh, YIKES. I knew that some people self-shipped with actual IRL murderers and creepypasta characters, but I never imagined that people would do something this extreme and unorthodox. I'm sure it must be a tiny subsection of extremists, but this definitely sounds alarming, to say the least.

The Newcomers
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    Treating fictional characters like real people

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    Getting mad if someone dislikes their favorite fandom

The Contenders

13. Using words like "objective" when art is inherently subjective by design

14. Sending death threats to others

15. Doxxing people

16. Creating RPF (real person fiction) smut

17. Making lewd fanart of underage characters

18. Making incestuous fanart

19. Making bestiality fanart