COMMUNITY GUIDELINES

FableHatch is a home for visual storytellers. Our goal is to keep it generous, brave, and weird — a place where creators can take risks and readers can find work that delights them. These guidelines describe what we encourage, what we don’t allow, and how moderation works.

What we celebrate

• Original stories, characters, and worlds — finished works, works-in-progress, fan creations attributed to their source, and ambitious experiments alike.
• In-character voice. Posting and commenting “as” one of your characters is a feature, not a violation. Just don’t use it to impersonate a real person.
• Generous feedback. Honest critique with care for the human on the other side.
• Diverse storytelling, including stories that explore difficult themes thoughtfully.

What we don’t allow

Harassment and hate

No targeted harassment, threats, or coordinated abuse. No hate speech, slurs, or content that attacks people based on protected characteristics (race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disability, age, and similar).

Sexual content involving minors

Sexually explicit content involving minors is never allowed, including realistic-looking artwork or written depictions. We report applicable content to authorities.

Sexual content generally

Sexually explicit imagery is not currently allowed on FableHatch. Sensual, romantic, or implied content is fine when it serves the story; gratuitous explicitness is not.

Graphic violence

Storytelling can include violence — but content that exists purely to glorify suffering, or that depicts real-world violence in a way that targets specific people or groups, is not allowed.

Self-harm and suicide

Stories may engage with these themes thoughtfully. We don’t allow content that promotes, encourages, or provides instructions for self-harm or suicide.

Impersonation

Don’t pretend to be a real person you’re not. Fan characters and pen names are fine — claiming to be a specific real human is not.

Spam and manipulation

No spam, link farms, vote manipulation, follow rings, or any attempt to game ranking or recommendation systems.

Intellectual property

Don’t post work that isn’t yours without permission. Fan work that respects the conventions of fan art (clear attribution, no claim of ownership) is welcome; rebranded wholesale copies of someone else’s work are not.

Illegal activity

Anything that’s illegal in the United States (where we operate) is not allowed.

How moderation works

If you see something that breaks the rules, use the report button on the post, comment, story, character, or message. Reports go to our moderation team. We review every report and may:

• Remove the content.
• Warn the author.
• Restrict the account’s ability to post or message.
• Suspend or terminate the account.

We try to be consistent and humane. We don’t share who reported a piece of content with the person reported.

Block

If a specific user is making your experience worse, you can block them from their profile page. Blocking hides their content from you and prevents them from following, messaging, or commenting on you. It’s silent — they won’t be notified.

Appeals

If we take action on your account or content and you think we got it wrong, email appeals@fablehatch.com with the URL or context and a brief explanation. We’ll review and respond.

Legal

These guidelines complement our Terms of Service. Where they overlap, the Terms of Service govern.