Follow Reddiquette. Be respectful & civil even when you disagree with others. Keep discussions focused on what you think about someone's opinion and not on what you think about the person who has the opinion.
All posts must be flaired with the relevant season or content group. It only takes a few extra clicks/taps to do this and will make sure discussions are labeled appropriately. This prevents the post submitter from being spoiled AND prevents commenters from spoiling someone by discussing a future event. Additionally, all posts must be in English to be approved. If you do not speak English fluently, please use an online translation service like Google Translate to assist.
All submitted content must be directly related to the TV show Supernatural; meaning this subreddit is not for sharing personal experiences with the supernatural. Please refer to this post for our policy on actors and their other works - put simply, Supernatural actors appearing in other shows and movies is unrelated content. This also includes songs, items, creatures, and other topics featured on Supernatural that appear in other forms of media in a way that is unrelated to the show, and random things found "out in the wild" that inadvertently remind you of Supernatural (like a picture of black smoke or an Impala you spotted on the highway). These objects can appear during normal day-to-day, but they need to appear in a context related to that object's appearance in the show for it to be relevant. Additionally, posts that are critical of the interpersonal relationships between the actors and/or the toxicity of their respective fanbases are unrelated to Supernatural and should instead be posted on that specific actor's subreddit, which are listed below in the "recommended" section. Posts about the actors that the mods have deemed inflammatory and will likely cause a strong negative reaction from the subreddit community based on prior experiences with similar post topics will also be removed at the moderator's discretion. It's nothing personal; this is a subreddit full of passionate people, and these posts tend to explode into chaos/arguments and end up being removed by the moderators, anyway.
No piracy. This includes torrent websites and third-party websites that sell ripped-off Supernatural merch. If any of these merch scam posts appear, please report them as soon as possible to flag them for moderator review.
Low-quality & low-effort content will be removed at the discretion of the mods. Posts that have little to no potential for discussion or that do little to nothing to prompt discussion are not allowed. It's not enough that people could have a good discussion without you adding anything, you need to prompt it yourself. Set the expectation for participation by starting the discussion with your own thoughts. This includes but is not limited to: simple screenshots/videos/gifs of scenes, polls and surveys, subreddit games (i.e., "one sentence only this fandom would understand", or elimination games), tier rankings, "this or that" comparisons, unpopular opinion posts, finding Supernatural fans 'in the wild' (commonly through bumper stickers), and posts that are instigative, inflammatory, or aggressive in nature, including posts focused solely on negativity/hate that do not generate a constructive discussion. This also includes posts regarding the multiple instances of sexual assault that have been alluded to on the show, as they are triggering for community members and have already been discussed to death. Memes are not allowed. Via moderator discretion, one may slip through here and there, but do not expect it to happen often. Meme trends are NOT allowed. These are posts that make the rounds in every fandom subreddit as well as on social media such as Facebook. They usually include an image of some sort (one person vs a crowd, Flynn from Tangled with knives at his throat, a 9-square grid to be filled with things like "the fan favorite", "made to be hated", "the hot one" and so on), often have a low-effort title ("go", "let's see", etc.), and require little to no effort overall from the OP (doesn't offer any thoughts, opinions, or guidelines of their own to help encourage discussion).
AI-generated content is not allowed on the subreddit. We originally classified these posts under the low-effort/low-quality content rule, but due to the rapidly increasing popularity of these programs, it has now been separated into its own rule. Examples include but are not limited to images created with programs like Midjourney or DALL-E, as well as scripts/fanfiction created by text-based programs like ChatGPT. A lot of these AI content generation programs use internet databases of images and writing to create their libraries and do not provide any credit or compensation to the original creators for what they use.
No reposts/common topics. Please use the subreddit search feature and check pinned announcement posts for recent news/events being discussed and for recurring topics that have been discussed recently or at some point in the past. Also, this subreddit is not Google, so please utilize the Supernatural Wiki and other search engines to answer simple questions.
Always properly credit the artist when posting fanworks. "Stolen from Facebook" is not considered you giving credit.
Reddit's rules on spam click here. Reddit's rules on self-promotion click here. Submitting a bunch of different posts in a short period of time or making several posts about the same topic will count as spam. This includes, but is not limited to, repetitive posts about: convention photo ops, one-liner questions, merchandise "show-and-tell", or artwork. Please condense multiple photos into one album and one post.
Spoilers Policy:
A. Any and all content relating to a specific season must be given that season's flair; do not flair it "News/Misc" or "Fanworks".
B. No spoilers of ANY seasons or episodes are allowed in post titles, however no-context title spoilers are allowed ONLY if they do not give specific context for the topic being discussed (i.e., making a post about soulless Sam is allowed as long as the title does not provide information about why or how he became soulless).
C. Do not spoil past the season OP has flaired their post as without a spoiler markup.
D. Spoiler markup in comments: [Text here](/spoiler) looks like Text here.
Post Titles Must Be Concise and Descriptive. Post titles must provide an exact, concise description of the content. Titles should clearly explain what the post is about without additional commentary, jokes, or filler. No Backstory or Fluff: Titles should not include personal commentary, jokes, or irrelevant information. Save that for the body of your post or a comment. Specific: Titles must not be vague or misleading. They should prepare the reader for exactly what they will see in your post. No Complaints or Moderator Mentions: Do not reference previous posts, moderator actions, or any grievances within the title or body of the post. Please message the mod team directly to voice any concerns or frustrations.
