User blog comment:VicGeorge2K9/Creative liberty vs. puritanism/@comment-5449478-20191130215803

I'm pleased we're taking this approach. I will always err on the side of creative liberty because I believe it leads to better writing. In addition, they're all fan works - nothing is official here, so it's not as if a body of work one takes issue with is the one true timeline.

Someone can always decide to make their own idyllic world where the smurfs are nothing but innocent, but there are valid criticisms of that work - namely the repetitiveness, predictability and lack of depth. Likewise there are valid criticisms of more liberal work, though "I find this offensive/disrespectful" is generally not one of those.

At the end of the day, we all come to write fanfiction that appeals to our personal tastes. As long as no one is infringing the site rules, I think we're good.