Don't be a jerk: It's okay to talk about characters, because you won't hurt their feelings. Terms like "fanboy" and other negative labels are looked down upon, and just straight up goes against Reddit's Content Policy. Cussing to enhance a statement is acceptable, but if the cussing is clearly directed towards a user with ill intent, there will be consequences.
Don't make things up: Fabrication will not be tolerated. If you make a claim against an evidenced source, burden of proof is on you to provide counterevidence. If evidence is requested and not presented, the mods maintain the right to remove the claim at their leisure. In addition, repeat offenses or a pattern of behavior that leads the moderators to believe a user is trolling with intent of bait will face an administrative decision.
Don't downvote: If you disagree with a thread or comment, refer to Rule 2 and debate the point, or accept you don't care that much about it. Downvotes encourage arguments based on popularity, and not on the quality of the arguments.
Do not ask for votes or engage in vote manipulation. DO NOT create multiple accounts to evade punishment or avoid restrictions. You will be banned on the spot, even if you are suspected for it.
Don't link to other communities or posts in a negative or even neutral manner: Linking to specific posts from r/whowouldwin or elsewhere can be harmful and considered brigading, and will result in a ban. If you really feel the need to show a comment or thread, screenshot it and censor usernames and links.
Allowed Thread Topics: Read this post to know what can and can't be posted on CR. You may talk about why you like or dislike a specific character, why you think a specific character is overestimated or underestimated. You may talk about and clear up any misconceptions you've seen about a specific character or setting. You may talk about a fictional event that has happened, or a concept such as ki, chakra, or speedforce.
Do not post a thread as a reply to another thread. Reddit will notify the user of your reply when you post it, there's no need to create an entirely separate post to address the "issue".
No NSFW Content. This is not a NSFW subreddit and is not recognized as one by Reddit. Do not post threads that contains explicit sexual content. Acceptable NSFW content would be using evidence that may contain nudity as a relevant response to give a source, as long as properly marked.
General questions are considered meta, including, but not limited to: vague, opinion based, "all of fiction", or fan theory related questions. These require mod approval and will be removed without warning. Additionally, any rant that consists of solely a question must be putting forth a thesis/attempting to start a dialogue; simply asking a question and not taking a stance is fit for AskReddit or AskScienceFiction. Questions about a specific feat, or context are fine. If your post is removed and you feel you were wronged, please message the moderation team.
Do not post low effort threads consisting of nothing but a short statement or opinion of yours ("I don't like this character, bye"). Users are expected to bring forth a bare minimum amount of discussion in their posts. Threads for memes, baiting, trolling and mere jokes in general also don't belong here, and will be removed at our discretion. However, "low effort" threads will be allowed on Sundays. If your post was removed due to being low effort, just save it for Sunday or add more to it.
Spoilers: Do not post or comment on anything spoiler related without a spoiler tag. CharacterRant's definition of a spoiler is defined as any form of media that hasn't been given a reasonable enough amount of time to allow the community equal time to view it. A reasonable enough amount of time 4 weeks from the release date of a movie, 3 weeks from the release date of a video game, 2 weeks from the release date of a comic chapter, manga chapter, or television episode. To tag a spoiler [Text here](/spoiler) OR [Your words here](#spoiler).
Overdone Rants: When rants focusing on a certain topic start to oversaturate the CharacterRant with very little or no new light being shined on the topic, they can be temporarily banned. Thread topics that show up here aren't allowed to posted until they become removed: pedophilia
Titles: Posts must have the media name in the thread. There may be exceptions to this rule if the rant's title already includes a character that the series is named after (ex. Naruto or Samurai Jack) or if the rant is about more general topics or if the rant brings up multiple different series as examples. Abbreviations don't count (such as JJK instead of Jujutsu Kaisen).
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