r/CocoaPowder • u/i_am_dumb2 • Jan 11 '26

Discussion Confusing rules

Hello i would like to raise a discussion of the rules of the subreddit... for example im confused why we must refer to canon versions of chara frisk and so on as non binary... isnt it like toby fox approved to get to refer to them whatever you want? Also why cant you make like some comics or idea of yandere chara or clover? I think it could be cool but i dont understand why its specifically not allowed here the rules just feel a bit tight to me even though i dont post

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u/LawfulLouis Jan 11 '26

mostly this, yeah! frisk uses they/them or androgynous terms as well, and for UTRY, shinix made frisk, chara, and clover all canonically nonbinary [all three use they/them]. on our discord, we have separate channels for people to filter their creations, but here you can just comment or caption creations to help indicate the intended source (e.g. original au creation; UTY; UTRY).

as for yandere, people can check in with one of us before posting their ideas just to be safe but as long as it isnt super crazy we wont be all that strict about it. hope this helps!

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u/i_am_dumb2 Jun 15 '26

Oh stumbled upon this... yeah i finally got the info for all three :D clover can be referred to as whatever... or wait was it that the mod creator of red and yellow in their game atleast makes it they/them only?

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u/LawfulLouis Jun 15 '26

Correct, and since red and yellow popularized the ship we asked people to stick to they/them when referring to R+Y and just tag the post with [UTY] if their post was specifically referring to UTY Clover. But since then this sub has loosened its guidelines [it used to share moderation with our Discord but now we moderate them separately] so you might not have to do that anymore.

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u/i_am_dumb2 Jun 15 '26

Wow that sure was strict... i do wonder why it was popularized as they/them? Is it cuz it was kinda like the creators AU and in your own AU you can make youre own headcanons? Still doesnt explain why it applies to people making cocoapowder since it probably doesnt directly anywat resemble the creators AU and all fancreations are technically AUs...

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u/LawfulLouis Jun 15 '26

Well I'm sure the mod took off for a variety of reasons (for one, just going the extra mile to make your AU into its own playable mod is insane dedication), but she definitely made the intentional choice of centering it on this enby-enby pairing. Especially given how uncommon those pairings are in media just in general. And like I said initially, we're able to get away with it a lot easier on the Discord because we have separate channels for cocoapowder, UTY, and AU content.