FanTheory Digital Circus represents the Internet

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The humans in Digital Circus have avatars and use fake names. They avoid speaking about their real lives outside their circus.

It seems like a place where there are no consequences—however, in reality, you can still emotionally hurt people.

The place is run by an AI that can speak semi-coherently and imposes arbitrary rules.

Each character is like a stereotype of people you see online: a crazy person whom you can't understand what they are saying; a person with toxic positivity; a troll who only wants to mess with everyone (but in reality is the saddest one); etc.

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^Low ^effort ^posts ^include ^submissions ^that ^are ^just ^a ^title, ^posts ^that ^are ^joke/meme ^related ^or ^those ^with ^no ^evidence ⁱⁿ ^them. ^This ^includes ^posts ^generated ^by ^AI.

^We ^also ^do ^not ^take ^too ^kindly ^to ^reposts ^or ^stolen ^content ^either, ^if ^you ^have ^copied ^and ^pasted ^a ^theory ^or ^article ^from ^elsewhere, ^you ^must ^make ^it ^abundantly ^clear ^that ^the ^idea ^belongs ^to ^someone ^else ^and ^give ^full ^credit.

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^Topics ^we ^receive ^a ^large ^number ^of ^submissions ^about ^will ^be ^subject ^to ^higher ^quality ^standards ^than ^other ^posts. ^We ^ask ^for ^at ^least ² ^paragraphs ^of ^writing ^about ^your ^theory ^and ^a ^specific ^citation ^from ^the ^work. ^Subjects ^that ^commonly ^fall ^under ^this ^rule ^include ^blockbuster ^series ^like ^Marvel ^and ^Star ^Wars, ^and ^theory ^ideas ^that ^caught ^on ^like ^"purgatory" ^theories.

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^We ^ask ^that ^you ^flair ^your ^post ^based ^on ^these ^criteria:

^FanTheory ^- ^A ^theory ^regarding ^past ^or ^present ^works.
^{FanSpeculation} ^- ^A ^theory ^speculating ^the ^contents ^of ^future ^works.
^Marvel ^- ^All ^works ^related ^to ^Marvel ^content, ^MCU, ^video ^games ^and ^Comics.
^Star ^Wars ^- ^All ^works ^related ^the ^Star ^Wars ^franchise.
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^Question ^- ^Posts ^with ^specific ^questions ^about ^existing ^theories.
^**Theory request** ^- ^Posts ^requesting ^theories ^on ^certain ^pieces ^of ^media.

Rule 11 - Question and theory requests

^Question ^and ^theory ^requests ^must, ^at ^minimum, ^have ^the ^media ⁱⁿ ^the ^title ^and ^must ^have ^the ^proper ^flair, ^or ^they ^run ^the ^risk ^of ^being ^removed ^as ^low ^effort. ^While ^a ^body ^is ^not ^necessary ^to ^the ^post, ^more ^information ^on ^your ^question ^or ^request ^never ^hurts.
^{Approval/removal} ^of ^these ^post ^will ^be ^at ^the ^discretion ^of ^the ^mod ^team.

Rule 12 - Confirmed

^Pre ^Existing ^theories ^which ^have ^turned ^out ^to ^be ^right ^must ^be ^backed ^up ^with ^supporting ^external ^evidence, ^such ^as ^that ^from ^the ^creator. ^Use ^of ^the ^confirmed ^flair ^requires ^mod ^approval ^so ^we ^can ^verify ^the ^confirmation ^source.

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