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MANDATORY FANWORKS HEADER FORMAT
Cap/Iron Man does not have a fixed header format, but creators must include all of the following mandatory elements in their fanworks headers. Failure to do so will lead to a PM requesting alterations, and deletion of the fanwork if the creator does not comply.
Fan art, fan crafts, and other misc posts:
Rating: You may wish to use the G to NC-17 system or something else, but please mark adult content clearly.
Warnings: See our warning policy below.
Fan fiction and fan vids:
Universe: Indicate the continuity the story is set in, be it 616, Ults, Marvel Adventures, Movie, Cartoon or something else. If you're writing a combination of universes, list the ones included. If you're writing an AU, list off which universe your AU is based. (For a wider explanation of the many Marvel universes, see our Multiverse Info Post.)
Rating: You may wish to use the G to NC-17 system or something else, but please mark adult content clearly.
Warnings: See our warning policy below.
As mentioned above, we do not have a fixed header format, but should you want a pre-formatted one that includes all of the requred elements, feel free to copy and past the following text box.
For multi-part works, we recommend linking to previous parts, so new readers can easily get caught up.
WARNINGS
Warnings are, basically, tools for readers to use when deciding whether or not to read a story. Some people just want to avoid things they dislike; others have genuinely traumatic reactions to certain materials. We don't want to stop anyone writing what they enjoy, we just want to make sure we have a consistent set of standards agreed upon, so everyone knows what to expect when they click on a link
Mandatory Warnings
For rape, non-consensual sex (non-con), and sex with dubious consent (dub-con)
Rape and non-con are very similar; they are sexual situations where at least one party is not willing and there is not consent. This includes unwilling participants forced by a third party. Non-con is a broader descriptor than rape, and may include such things as non-consensual spanking. These warning should cover on screen events, and/or detailed discussion or after effects of rape or non-con.
Dub-con is sexual situations where consent is in doubt, but both parties are willing; this can include 'aliens made them do it' 'identity porn' or a manipulative seduction. If you're in doubt about whether your fic is dub-con or non-con, you can contact a moderator or go into more detail in your warning; it's absolutely fine to warn like this: "Issues of consent involving mistaken identity" or "Dub-con due to one partner being under mind-control"
Character Death, and Suicide
Due to the somewhat unique nature of character death in comics, we're going with 'Warn for character death in story even if it is a canon death.' If it's Classic Avengers, you don't have to warn for Bucky being dead, but if you're writing Civil War fic, let us know if you off Cap. Detailed warnings are fine; 'Character death but his ghost hangs around' is fine, as is 'Character dies but returns later'
Again, given the canon, suicide can be complicated in this fandom, but please warn for on-screen suicide, or intense discussion of it.
Underage Sex
If the characters are under 18, please warn. If the characters are clearly children, rather than teens, please warn for that.
Explicit Torture
Fighting, the occasional roughing up of a suspect, no need to warn. Passing reference to past torture, fine. if you're going into detail about the needles under the nails, please warn.
Repeated refusal to post mandatory warnings is a bannable offence.
Other Warnings and Kinks
We've put together a non-comprehensive list of other things that authors may wish to warn for. These are left to the discretion of the authors. We de appreciate their use, however, and given the audience, they're probably even good advertising.
Other warnings: these might include disturbing imagery, graphic violence, unhappy endings, drug use, partner betrayal and so on.
Kinks: BDSM is fine, lots of our members love to read and write it. However, in that BDSM is such a broad phrase, which means different things to different people, it may be more useful to break kinks down into specifics. Examples of this include: domination/submission, slavery, bondage, whipping, spanking, knife play, blood play, asphyxiation, latex, toys, double penetration and so on.
And not that everything is about sex, kinks can include genres like MPREG, gender-swapping, role playing, Nick Fury's Wrath, amnesia, incest, alternate universes, excessively sappy endings, and rainbows.
But warnings will give away the ending!
Sometimes a story will be less enjoyable if we know how it ends. So you can write 'hidden warnings'. There are various ways to go about this; the most comprehensive method can be found here.
Basically, you say 'this story has warnings; click here/highlight here/mousehover/ROT-13 to read.' I generally put a second LJ-cut after the main story containing spoilery warnings, and note in the header that it is there.
Authors: if you have any doubts about the warnings policy, contact the mods; we're here to help. We'll give you guidance on how to warn for your story in line with community standards.
Readers: if you have an unusual trigger that is not usually warned for, you have a couple of options. 1) PM the author and ask about it. 2) check the comments to the entry, and see if any of your friends have commented; ask them. 3) contact a mod. We'll read the story and let you know if it has your trigger in it. Please do limit contacting the mods to triggers, rather than dislikes.
PLAGIARISM
If you copy text from another author's work without permission and claim that it is your own work, you are plagiarising. (This is still true if you alter a few words to fit the new context). If you post art or icons made by someone else, and claim you created it, that's also plagiarism.
If someone commits plagiarism, or is accused of doing so, the following will occur. One of the mods will PM the offender offering hir an opportunity to explain. If ze does not do so to the satisfaction of the mods, ze will receive a warning, and the offending fic will be taken down. If this happens twice, we will ban the user from the comm permanently.
(For more information on the distinction between copyright and plagiarism, and plagiarism in fandom, see the Fandom Lore essay here.)
SPAMMING AND ABUSE
We strongly encourage authors to use a beta for stories of over five-hundred words. For more on beta reading, check out this on beta readers, who they are and what they generally do. If you want a beta, take a look at our Beta List over here.
We have also had continued complaints about abuse and spamming on the comm. Abuse leads to a less-then-favourable quality of fic and art, and is considered to include extreme and continued OOC development. Spamming leads to other peoples’ work being lost in the woodwork, which is something none of us wants. To rectify the situation we have made “continued spamming and/or abuse” a bannable offence. But do not live in fear of whether or not your post was spammy or abusive. If you are in violation of the spam or abuse rule we will PM you with a warning and suggestions to help. If you haven’t gotten a PM, you aren’t doing anything wrong.
Spamming
Spamming pertains to instances in which the poster posts content unrelated to Steve, Tony, or the Avengers, or makes multiple posts in a short period without trying to compress things into one post. This applies to works of the same type; if you post a fic, you can still post icons/meta/art separately.If you have written something with multiple parts or drawn a number of works very quickly, wait two days between posting instead of putting each thing up individually. Consider, for example, putting multiple related things -- such as short fics, chapters of WIPs or pictures -- into one post. This makes sure that nothing gets washed away and people don't lose track of everyone’s posts. If you have written a large fic, or multiple fics, consider posting them in your journal, or to an archive, and then linking in a single post to the comm.
Exception: when separation is needed for rating reasons: i.e. “pairing a G rated chibi with unrelated NC-17 sex scenes.”
Abuse
Abuse pertains to posts with extreme and noticeable OOC development and little to no attempts at revision for quality. This does not mean we are cracking down on Crack or AU's, but please try to remember, if you specialize in these genres, that there is a difference between humour and blatant disregard for characterization. Check your canon; back it up.
Note: The mods are not the canon police, nor do we wish to be. This rule is more directed at people who aren't even trying, rather than people who are experimenting with different stuff.
EXPLOITATIVE, MARGINALISING AND OPPRESSIVE CONTENT
While the mods cannot guarantee that the comm is a safe space, we are trying to create more room for historically marginalised peoples. Therefore, content that perpetuates and/or ingrains stereotypes of these groups will not be permitted by the mods. This includes, but is not limited to, content that is ableist, homophobic, racist, misogynist and/or transphobic. If a post is deemed to have oppressive content, the mods will discuss the issue then PM the poster to discuss the nature of the problem. If the original poster does not amend or remove the work, the mods retain the right to delete the post themselves.
This is not intended to limit the depiction of such behaviour - it's fine to write the Red Skull as the racist and foul character he is, for instance - but an author should not be endorsing such behaviour. We do encourage writers to warn if their work contains potentially upsetting incidences of racism, homophobia, transphobia, ableism, et cetera. Members can see further discussion of this policy here, and we encourage any member who is confused or concerned to ask questions, either by commenting to the post or PMing the mods.
We also encourage creators of fanworks to remember that Marvel is quite a diverse universe; though our primary characters here are white men, we welcome the inclusion of women, characters of colour, and disabled characters in fanworks.
LJ-CUTS, TAGS, AND LINKS
LJ-Cuts
LJ-cuts are your friend. They are everyone's friend. We encourage our members to make full use of them. If you don't know how to create an LJ-cut, go here for a tutorial before you post to the community, and if you still don't understand all that alphabet soup, ask one of our more experienced members for help sorting out the coding or try The Handy-Dandy Livejournal Cheat Sheet.
When should I use an LJ-cut, one might ask? Any time you're posting spoilers, full-sized images, content that is not safe for work (NSFW), fics, or icon-posts of more than 3 icons. If the visible "face" of your post is more than half a page, you need to use a cut somewhere. Remember, a lot of people get each and every entry from this community posted to their friends-list, so just try to be courteous.
Tags
Tags are those little helpful words which allow one to navigate journal entries with amazing speed and ease. We have tags for fic, art, scans, genre, rating, universe, challenges, authors (format x: username, if you don't have one, we'll make you one after your first post), and other fun things. Please remember to include them in your posts. While the mods occasionally sweep through the comm and tag everything in sight, it makes life much easier for all concerned when there is audience participation. If you'd prefer not to have your entries tagged, let the mods know, and they'll be left pure as driven snow.
Links
We encourage members to link to material on other journals. However, as a courtesy, please make sure that the entry you are linking to is a public entry. There are several communities in the comics-world, as well as several authors, who post either members-only or friends-only, and there's nothing more frustrating than reading about a really intriguing fic/art/rec, only to click on the link and find that you can't access the promised goody.
Again, please do not link to illegal downloads of comics, movies or tv shows.
If you have any questions, concerns, or suggestions please either PM one of the mods, or comment on this post.
These rules were last updated 13 July 2012.
cap_ironman comm info prior to posting.MANDATORY FANWORKS HEADER FORMAT
Cap/Iron Man does not have a fixed header format, but creators must include all of the following mandatory elements in their fanworks headers. Failure to do so will lead to a PM requesting alterations, and deletion of the fanwork if the creator does not comply.
Fan art, fan crafts, and other misc posts:
Rating: You may wish to use the G to NC-17 system or something else, but please mark adult content clearly.
Warnings: See our warning policy below.
Fan fiction and fan vids:
Universe: Indicate the continuity the story is set in, be it 616, Ults, Marvel Adventures, Movie, Cartoon or something else. If you're writing a combination of universes, list the ones included. If you're writing an AU, list off which universe your AU is based. (For a wider explanation of the many Marvel universes, see our Multiverse Info Post.)
Rating: You may wish to use the G to NC-17 system or something else, but please mark adult content clearly.
Warnings: See our warning policy below.
As mentioned above, we do not have a fixed header format, but should you want a pre-formatted one that includes all of the requred elements, feel free to copy and past the following text box.
For multi-part works, we recommend linking to previous parts, so new readers can easily get caught up.
WARNINGS
Warnings are, basically, tools for readers to use when deciding whether or not to read a story. Some people just want to avoid things they dislike; others have genuinely traumatic reactions to certain materials. We don't want to stop anyone writing what they enjoy, we just want to make sure we have a consistent set of standards agreed upon, so everyone knows what to expect when they click on a link
Mandatory Warnings
For rape, non-consensual sex (non-con), and sex with dubious consent (dub-con)
Rape and non-con are very similar; they are sexual situations where at least one party is not willing and there is not consent. This includes unwilling participants forced by a third party. Non-con is a broader descriptor than rape, and may include such things as non-consensual spanking. These warning should cover on screen events, and/or detailed discussion or after effects of rape or non-con.
Dub-con is sexual situations where consent is in doubt, but both parties are willing; this can include 'aliens made them do it' 'identity porn' or a manipulative seduction. If you're in doubt about whether your fic is dub-con or non-con, you can contact a moderator or go into more detail in your warning; it's absolutely fine to warn like this: "Issues of consent involving mistaken identity" or "Dub-con due to one partner being under mind-control"
Character Death, and Suicide
Due to the somewhat unique nature of character death in comics, we're going with 'Warn for character death in story even if it is a canon death.' If it's Classic Avengers, you don't have to warn for Bucky being dead, but if you're writing Civil War fic, let us know if you off Cap. Detailed warnings are fine; 'Character death but his ghost hangs around' is fine, as is 'Character dies but returns later'
Again, given the canon, suicide can be complicated in this fandom, but please warn for on-screen suicide, or intense discussion of it.
Underage Sex
If the characters are under 18, please warn. If the characters are clearly children, rather than teens, please warn for that.
Explicit Torture
Fighting, the occasional roughing up of a suspect, no need to warn. Passing reference to past torture, fine. if you're going into detail about the needles under the nails, please warn.
Repeated refusal to post mandatory warnings is a bannable offence.
Other Warnings and Kinks
We've put together a non-comprehensive list of other things that authors may wish to warn for. These are left to the discretion of the authors. We de appreciate their use, however, and given the audience, they're probably even good advertising.
Other warnings: these might include disturbing imagery, graphic violence, unhappy endings, drug use, partner betrayal and so on.
Kinks: BDSM is fine, lots of our members love to read and write it. However, in that BDSM is such a broad phrase, which means different things to different people, it may be more useful to break kinks down into specifics. Examples of this include: domination/submission, slavery, bondage, whipping, spanking, knife play, blood play, asphyxiation, latex, toys, double penetration and so on.
And not that everything is about sex, kinks can include genres like MPREG, gender-swapping, role playing, Nick Fury's Wrath, amnesia, incest, alternate universes, excessively sappy endings, and rainbows.
But warnings will give away the ending!
Sometimes a story will be less enjoyable if we know how it ends. So you can write 'hidden warnings'. There are various ways to go about this; the most comprehensive method can be found here.
Basically, you say 'this story has warnings; click here/highlight here/mousehover/ROT-13 to read.' I generally put a second LJ-cut after the main story containing spoilery warnings, and note in the header that it is there.
Authors: if you have any doubts about the warnings policy, contact the mods; we're here to help. We'll give you guidance on how to warn for your story in line with community standards.
Readers: if you have an unusual trigger that is not usually warned for, you have a couple of options. 1) PM the author and ask about it. 2) check the comments to the entry, and see if any of your friends have commented; ask them. 3) contact a mod. We'll read the story and let you know if it has your trigger in it. Please do limit contacting the mods to triggers, rather than dislikes.
PLAGIARISM
If you copy text from another author's work without permission and claim that it is your own work, you are plagiarising. (This is still true if you alter a few words to fit the new context). If you post art or icons made by someone else, and claim you created it, that's also plagiarism.
If someone commits plagiarism, or is accused of doing so, the following will occur. One of the mods will PM the offender offering hir an opportunity to explain. If ze does not do so to the satisfaction of the mods, ze will receive a warning, and the offending fic will be taken down. If this happens twice, we will ban the user from the comm permanently.
(For more information on the distinction between copyright and plagiarism, and plagiarism in fandom, see the Fandom Lore essay here.)
SPAMMING AND ABUSE
We strongly encourage authors to use a beta for stories of over five-hundred words. For more on beta reading, check out this on beta readers, who they are and what they generally do. If you want a beta, take a look at our Beta List over here.
We have also had continued complaints about abuse and spamming on the comm. Abuse leads to a less-then-favourable quality of fic and art, and is considered to include extreme and continued OOC development. Spamming leads to other peoples’ work being lost in the woodwork, which is something none of us wants. To rectify the situation we have made “continued spamming and/or abuse” a bannable offence. But do not live in fear of whether or not your post was spammy or abusive. If you are in violation of the spam or abuse rule we will PM you with a warning and suggestions to help. If you haven’t gotten a PM, you aren’t doing anything wrong.
Spamming
Spamming pertains to instances in which the poster posts content unrelated to Steve, Tony, or the Avengers, or makes multiple posts in a short period without trying to compress things into one post. This applies to works of the same type; if you post a fic, you can still post icons/meta/art separately.If you have written something with multiple parts or drawn a number of works very quickly, wait two days between posting instead of putting each thing up individually. Consider, for example, putting multiple related things -- such as short fics, chapters of WIPs or pictures -- into one post. This makes sure that nothing gets washed away and people don't lose track of everyone’s posts. If you have written a large fic, or multiple fics, consider posting them in your journal, or to an archive, and then linking in a single post to the comm.
Exception: when separation is needed for rating reasons: i.e. “pairing a G rated chibi with unrelated NC-17 sex scenes.”
Abuse
Abuse pertains to posts with extreme and noticeable OOC development and little to no attempts at revision for quality. This does not mean we are cracking down on Crack or AU's, but please try to remember, if you specialize in these genres, that there is a difference between humour and blatant disregard for characterization. Check your canon; back it up.
Note: The mods are not the canon police, nor do we wish to be. This rule is more directed at people who aren't even trying, rather than people who are experimenting with different stuff.
EXPLOITATIVE, MARGINALISING AND OPPRESSIVE CONTENT
While the mods cannot guarantee that the comm is a safe space, we are trying to create more room for historically marginalised peoples. Therefore, content that perpetuates and/or ingrains stereotypes of these groups will not be permitted by the mods. This includes, but is not limited to, content that is ableist, homophobic, racist, misogynist and/or transphobic. If a post is deemed to have oppressive content, the mods will discuss the issue then PM the poster to discuss the nature of the problem. If the original poster does not amend or remove the work, the mods retain the right to delete the post themselves.
This is not intended to limit the depiction of such behaviour - it's fine to write the Red Skull as the racist and foul character he is, for instance - but an author should not be endorsing such behaviour. We do encourage writers to warn if their work contains potentially upsetting incidences of racism, homophobia, transphobia, ableism, et cetera. Members can see further discussion of this policy here, and we encourage any member who is confused or concerned to ask questions, either by commenting to the post or PMing the mods.
We also encourage creators of fanworks to remember that Marvel is quite a diverse universe; though our primary characters here are white men, we welcome the inclusion of women, characters of colour, and disabled characters in fanworks.
LJ-CUTS, TAGS, AND LINKS
LJ-Cuts
LJ-cuts are your friend. They are everyone's friend. We encourage our members to make full use of them. If you don't know how to create an LJ-cut, go here for a tutorial before you post to the community, and if you still don't understand all that alphabet soup, ask one of our more experienced members for help sorting out the coding or try The Handy-Dandy Livejournal Cheat Sheet.
When should I use an LJ-cut, one might ask? Any time you're posting spoilers, full-sized images, content that is not safe for work (NSFW), fics, or icon-posts of more than 3 icons. If the visible "face" of your post is more than half a page, you need to use a cut somewhere. Remember, a lot of people get each and every entry from this community posted to their friends-list, so just try to be courteous.
Tags
Tags are those little helpful words which allow one to navigate journal entries with amazing speed and ease. We have tags for fic, art, scans, genre, rating, universe, challenges, authors (format x: username, if you don't have one, we'll make you one after your first post), and other fun things. Please remember to include them in your posts. While the mods occasionally sweep through the comm and tag everything in sight, it makes life much easier for all concerned when there is audience participation. If you'd prefer not to have your entries tagged, let the mods know, and they'll be left pure as driven snow.
Links
We encourage members to link to material on other journals. However, as a courtesy, please make sure that the entry you are linking to is a public entry. There are several communities in the comics-world, as well as several authors, who post either members-only or friends-only, and there's nothing more frustrating than reading about a really intriguing fic/art/rec, only to click on the link and find that you can't access the promised goody.
Again, please do not link to illegal downloads of comics, movies or tv shows.
If you have any questions, concerns, or suggestions please either PM one of the mods, or comment on this post.
These rules were last updated 13 July 2012.
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