We're all just Dreaming of Sunshine (forum)

Forum · Message Board
Name:	We're all just Dreaming of Sunshine
Date(s):	June 2015–present
Moderated:	yes
Moderators/List Maintainers:	Fell's Apprentice, donahermurphy, MathIsMagic, Silver Queen
Founder(s):	Fell's Apprentice
Type:	discussion, recursive fanfiction
Fandom:	Dreaming of Sunshine, Naruto
Scope:	Anything written by Silver Queen
URL:	on fanfiction.net on archive.is
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We're all just Dreaming of Sunshine is a fanfiction.net forum for fans of Silver Queen's Naruto fanfiction, Dreaming of Sunshine where fans discuss the fic and its worldbuilding, rec other fics, and engage in the plotting, writing, reading, and discussion of recursive fanfiction. Fell's Apprentice created the forum in June of 2015 and gave the forum this description:

I've come to the realization that we fans of Silver Queen's "Dreaming of Sunshine" need a place to properly discuss this incredible story. So here it is, and have fun.

The forum was the main hub for Dreaming of Sunshine fandom activity for several years, although recently the community has drifted to the Dreaming of Sunshine Discord server.

Rules

The rules thread on the forum wasn't made until 2017, as before then the community hadn't felt the need for a formal rules list. Users tended to police each other, especially in regards to people being rude or impatient about Silver Queen's update rates, as she was known to read and occasionally comment on the forum at the time. In response to someone being impatient about not having had an update in two weeks, two other forum members responded:

Seriously, you've got no right to demand a new chapter. Silver Queen is doing this for free in her spare time and has made no promises about when a chapter will come out. You're being incredibly childish by demanding a chapter just because you want it now.

I agree [...] you need to back off. I know you are excited about the fanfiction but this is harassment. The goal of this forum is to politely discuss Dreaming of Sunshine and create amazing spin offs in other threads. Just because Silver Queen hasn't updated doesn't mean that you have the right to demand that she does. I find it extremely off-putting and offensive to see these demands. Please stop. If Silver Queen is anything like me, I would refuse to update because of your comments. She will write when she writes.

As of 2018, the rules post reads in part:

Welcome to "We're All Just Dreaming of Sunshine," the DoS forum where we can all discuss, debate, and contribute to the Dreaming of Sunshine community! For everyone who is new (and as a permanent reminder to everyone who is old) here a a few quick guidelines to keep in mind to keep this community a fun, safe place.

Basic Rules:

1. This forum is rated 'T' just like DoS, so swearing and teen topics are allowed, but don't go over that on the thread itself. Take it somewhere else.
2. Don't insult or attack people on the forum. Disagreements are fine, but try to keep them cordial, and definitely don't let them get personal.
3. This forum is for fun. Participation here, as well as the writing of any fanfic to begin with, is voluntary. So please respect the writers. No one is entitled to someone else's work. So don't ask that someone (especially SQ) write something, or that they write it a certain way. This includes asking writers to post their stories as separate fics. Exceptions to this rule are listed below*
4. If there's any problems, or you have any questions please feel free to contact the mods (listed at the bottom of every page) and/or submit a forum report. (Preferably contact Dona and Math first, as they are the most available at the moment.)
5. You can also ask us to clarify rules here, if you think it's something general others would benefit from seeing explained
6. This forum is an open community where we freely share and add to each other's ideas. While this doesn't have to influence the initial poster's canon, be aware that people may take ideas and fics posted on the forum and run with them without getting express permission from the original poster.
7. Have fun!

Modding Policy:

We abide by a 'three strike' policy here on the forum. After three infractions, you will be banned. If you are warned or called out by a mod for breaking the above rules, that is a strike (or two, if there were several infractions before mods could arrive, but non-mods informed the offender their behavior was breaking the rules).

At that point, the offender should feel free to contact the mods via PM to discuss the issue. Discussing the infraction can help people understand what they did wrong and how to avoid it in the future. It can also help mods gauge the sincerity of the offender that they did not mean to break the rules, which can potentially get a strike relaxed. Continued misbehavior will accrue strikes that can lead to banning, and multiple strike will be awarded for committing the same infrastructure multiple times after the first warning, even if mods do not arrive in time to alert you of your second strike before you commit your third.

There will be some flexibility taken into account for frequency of misbehavior - people get upset and occasionally make mistakes, so strikes will be forgiven after a few months - as well as severity. Some things absolutely unacceptable on the forum, and will result in an instant ban.

Instant bans:

-Threatening other people

-Using racist, sexist, homophobic, disabled etc. slurs on people

-Plagiarism (reposting fics from this forum as your own; this is not the same as continuing an idea or verse from the forum with your own writing)

Major Threads

Major threads on the forum are:

• General story stuff
• Recursive Fanfiction
• DoS crossover Plotting
• Soulmark Fic and Discussion
• Shipping