Toying With the Thought of Making a Dungeon Meshi Community

[bedes]

I've been pondering making a community for one of my interests. None of my current 'big 3' hyperfixations (Alien Stage, Dungeon Meshi and STUDIO INVESTIGRAVE games) have a community of their own. I know for a fact that INVESTIGRAVE's games do not have an audience here on Dreamwidth, because I'm the only bitch who comes up when you search "Dead Plate" (their most popular game). If we, again, use searching via interests as a reference point, there is more of an audience for Alien Stage, but nearly half of the results for it have journals which have never updated even once. Which leaves Dungeon Meshi -- 3 whole pages of people who name it as an interest!

I went ahead and made the community, gave it an icon and made it an associated graphic. I thought I might-as-well claim the username now, as I could always just delete it later. It's still being set up, though, so I'm not gonna link it until it's actually ready for members.

So far, this "Creating a Dreamwidth community" masterpost that was shared with me has helped a lot with the fine-tuning. I'm currently having to duke it out with the current "can't apply styles to communities" glitch, and with figuring out the final details.

Currently, the rules I've decided on are as follows:

• The "treat others with respect" rule. This includes bigotry and harassment.
• A rule regarding which content requires a cut. Right now, I'm requiring a cut for triggering content, image-heavy content, large images, explicit sexual topics, and long text (3+ paragraphs). I'm also more or less yoinking the approach of bnha_fans regarding spoilers for the anime: spoilers for the anime require a warning and cut, but, unless a post is tagged as anime-only, the comments are fair game for all discussion.
• Provide a source for fanworks you didn't create, and only do so for artists who are okay with credited reposts.

I'm running into an issue with regards to "taboo" content. I'm a survivor who is triggered by subjects that a lot of fandomfolk on here tend to enjoy, which means I would not be able to moderate said content. (I also just plain don't really like to interact with folks who post that stuff a lot, if I can help it. I probably wouldn't be able to help it, though, if I ran a community, which is fine, I guess. Community-runners have to talk to all sorts of people they may not like.) However, if I put, "No fanworks depicting these things," in the rules, I know from experience that I'm going to get a bunch of disgruntled people (either to my face, or in "fandom wank"-type communities) yelling at / about me for being a prude, anti, fascist, probably not even a real victim (yes, real example), etc. Which, you know, I would prefer to not happen. But that still doesn't change the fact that I can't moderate that without triggering flashbacks, which I would also prefer to not happen.

Ugh, I hate dumbfuck fandom discourse. Why is "I don't want to see triggering content" seen as a declaration of war on among fandom olds?? Christ.

Comments

[haunted_cherries]

ok to start HI HELLO FELLOW DEAD PLATE FAN 👀

And congrats on getting the community together, everything aside!! If anything I feel like the opposite where I'm a fandom old who wants to avoid that kinda "taboo" content at all costs and get called "boring" or "a prude" b/c of it. (Which is hilarious considering that a lot of them are all "block what you don't wanna see", but then you get called "sensitive" when you do just that. Can't win for trying xD)

I don't blame you for feeling uncomfy with it, especially after the negative experiences you've had already ; o; It's one of the top reasons why I avoided making a zine for poly OCs b/c I didn't wanna get attacked for respectfully declining taboo stuff. Sucks that it's "nature of the beast" when it comes to stuff like that @@;

All in all, good on you for taking the first step in building a comm for Dungeon Meshi!! That anime deserves so much love for all the joy it brings xD

[bedes]

HOLY SHIT DEAD PLATE FAN?????????? HI I HAVE DRAWN 50 BAJILLION PIECES OF FANART AND WRITTEN MANY META POSTS AND ALSO MADE A WEBPAGE DEDICATED TO IT I'm sooo normal

Also, I'm so glad I'm not the only one in this boat (￣▽￣*)ゞ I would totally totally love to see a zine about poly OCs!! That sounds super fun -- we need more poly rep! You shouldn't let that sort of thing hold you back... which makes me realize that I probably should take my own advice here, hehe! (Do let me know if you ever do make that zine though!)

[haunted_cherries]

OMG FUCKING HELL YEAH, IT'S SO GOOD I DON'T BLAME YOU FHDJKFHSKJD That and for some reason the art style scratches such a satisfying itch on my brain xD

And trust me NO WORRIES AT ALL, it's largely the reason why I don't lead communities or anything b/c I know my rules for stuff would be a bit strict and most folks are used to kinda just freeballing it so I just sit on my hands in the shadows xD The poly zine specifically rotates in the back of my mind every so often, so maybe one day I'll try it and just restrict it to close friends and mutuals like I've seen for a few recent zines! Hopefully you're able to find a solution for your DunMeshi comm!! If you're excited about it, GO FOR IT!! (Should probably take my own advice on that one but SHHHHHH xD)

And WILL DO!! :D I would LOVE to see poly ships get more love!! Idk why but I've always been so fascinated with exploring the different dynamics of OT3s+, so much so that my friends have called me a polycule enthisiast MORE THAN ONCE xD

[(Anonymous)]

>I'm running into an issue with regards to "taboo" content. I'm a survivor who is triggered by subjects that a lot of fandomfolk on here tend to enjoy, which means I would not be able to moderate said content.

urgh, i don't quite have the constitution or big enough fandoms to make a comm on here, but this is something i've wondered on how to handle myself. i've been in a discord server that more or less allowed people with any opinion on this content to participate as long as they're civil, but this server was for a pretty niche subject within fandom, so the amount of members was tight-knit. that's not something that would work for an all-encompassing larger space

tbh i think the only real answer is if you want it to be the overall dunmeshi hub on DW, a requirement to warn for things and you can't *post* it, but you can *link* to it off the comm is key. ppl should be allowed to do things in their own corner, but not bring it to what would be the "town square" of the fandom on DW. i think someone outright posting something like n**c*n under a cut in the comm would be iffy, but if it was like, a link to their AO3 or journal with a "btw this fic containts [content]" as a warning in their post, it should be a biiiiit better as a middle ground ig?


- DW lurker nonnie

[bedes]

That's a really great idea! Like, seriously. I'll definitely be incorporating this as the rule, thank you :)