Quick reminder that you’re totally allowed to like things without diving completely into knowing everything about them
you like 2 or 3 songs by a band and never listened to more? that’s perfectly okay
you like the Marvel movies but have no interest in reading 50 years of comic books? totally fine
you only play one or two videos games, mostly on your cell phone? they’re fun!
you read and enjoyed the Harry Potter books but don’t care about looking into crazy theories and clues planted in the stories? It’s not for everyone!
You don’t need to meet a requirement to enjoy something and anyone who claims you do is an elitist and an asshole
I will, until I am blue in the face, defend any adult’s right to enjoy whatever silly, all-ages thing they like without being hassled for it.
But there’s a flip side to that right: As adult fans it is absolutely our responsibility to make sure our enjoyment of that thing does not interfere with a minor’s ability to enjoy the same thing in a safe space.
That means putting warnings on fics that have adult themes, that means not posting porn in the main tags, and it absolutely positively means not having any inappropriate interactions with minors you meet on this website, even if it’s their idea.
This is the basic price of admission every adult has to pay for entry into an all-ages fandom.
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