Tiers of fanfic accessibility:
1. Written for general audiences
2. Presumes familiarity with the source material’s major characters and the broad outlines of its premise
3. Presumes familiarity with the events of individual episodes/chapters of the source material
4. Presumes familiarity with a particular fandom AU
5. Presumes familiarity with a specific headcanon, joke or meme known only to those who’ve been following the author’s blog since 2012
(This isn’t a joke or a callout post - at least, not entirely. I’m certainly not saying it’s wrong to write anything above a 2 or a 3, but it does pay to be aware of what tier you’re on. There’s a big difference between intentionally writing for a particular audience, and unwittingly limiting your readership because you don’t have a clear notion of what you’re demanding of them.)
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