Hateful Material in our group

Hello, hello? Uh, I wanted to record a message for you to help you get settled into our group!

Today's message topic is: Negative/Hate Stamps and Art.

The mods have had a discussion about this, and this journal is a result!

This update is good for all of us! Basically, lately the admins and I have been seeing waaay too much unhappy art. And no, i don't mean 'bloody death by animatronics' unhappy (That's just part of the game, silly!). I'm talking about the unhappiness within our fandom!

Our fandom should be a loving and caring community~! Sure, the game is violent and can be scary, but that doesn't mean that we have to be! We should look out for each other, help out the newer members who don't know how to use deviantart, and support each other! Not get into petty fights and arguments and try to make each other look bad.



Starting right now, our group is no longer accepting hate stamps! What exactly are hate stamps? Any stamp that says something like: ' 'animatronic name' does not love your OC ', ' ____ is overrated ', etc.

Those are really mean examples that I've seen! And nobody likes that. Those stamps make me very very sad.

You can have your own opinion about the animatronics! That's fine and we aren't saying that you have to stop thinking that! We're just asking that you don't force it on others in the form of a stamp or a spiteful comic! It just makes everyone who doesn't agree upset. : (

You can make stamps about a character being a bad guy, as long as you do it nicely!




Now, on this topic, we also will not be accepting gross or offensive stamps. And yeah, I know it's bad, but people submit it sometimes. We don't want to accept anything that says something like 'Purple guy x child' or something harmful like that. Shipping is fine, but not something gross like that!

Really quick message on the animatronic gender topic! We will accept cute or funny comics like Mangle being a 'yes' or Mangle not knowing what a gender is, that's harmless fun! Nobody's being offended and it isn't 'MANGLE IS A _____' in big flashing letters. That stuff is fine! We're also fine if you post art that has your version of an animatronic, as long as once again, you aren't making a big deal out of their gender. Everyone's opinions and creativity is accepted when you do it respectively!

I've seen way too many stamps that argue over what gender an animatronic is, and those are becoming tiring. It's not fun anymore to make a stamp that just screams 'THEY ARE A ____ ' . It comes off as forceful! Another reason that is becoming a thing is the minority of people. Some of us see an animatronic as Agender or Genderfluid, or even Transgender,  not just cisgendered! We want a character that represents us! We're constantly erased and ignored for headcanoning animatronics as any of these, and my fellow trans/agender/etc friends have come to me complaining about it. We want recognition too!  There's way more stamps about an animatronic being boy/girl than I've ever seen of something about a genderfluid/agender/trans animatronic! If an animatronic can be cisgendered, they can be anything else. There's more than just boy and girl.




You can make stamps that say 'i think ____'  or  'in my AU _____' . Those are okay! It sounds more like an opinion and you can still submit it! Those are nicer.

We're trying to make this a nice and supportive community that respects everyone! If you have any feedback or questions please post them! We want to hear from you all and what you think! Please, be nice in the comments, rude or snarky comments will be ignored. <3

Well wishes, I love you all~!


~ROTTIEBONES and the mod crew

STAMPS/ART NO LONGER ACCEPTED IN THIS GROUP
★ ' 'animatronic name' does not love your OC '
★ ' the animatronics hate you and want to kill you '
★ ' anti-____ '
★ ' ____ is overrated '  
★ ' _____ sucks '
★ ' Your OC isn't _____ '
★ ' Your OC is stupid '
★ 'animatronic name' is a {male/female}'
★ Anything that forcefully states an opinion

STAMPS/ART STILL ACCEPTED IN THIS GROUP
★ 'MANGLE IS A {yes/unknown}'
★ 'character' is a bad guy (done nicely)
★ Anything that states an opinion in a non-forceful way e.g. 'I think____' or 'in my AU ____'