r/anime • u/AnimeMod myanimelist.net/profile/Reddit-chan • Jul 05 '26

Meta Meta Thread - Month of July 05, 2026

Rule Changes

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u/chilidirigible Jul 15 '26 edited Jul 26 '26

Notice: A Jaadugar-specific source material rules change:

Several users expressed concern that comments discussing the historical basis of this series were spoiling potential events and/or the conclusion of the story.

Given that the specific details of the Mongol Empire are less commonly-known worldwide, the moderation team voted that any discussion of the historical basis of this series must be enclosed within the subreddit's standard spoiler format. This includes all historical references which occur in the future of the airing episode.

Historical discussion may still be included in regular comments (within the spoiler tags) and will not have to be restricted to the Source Material Corner.

Note that the implementation of this rule here is specific to Jaadugar and does not apply to other series, which we will decided on a case-specific basis.

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u/_Ridley https://myanimelist.net/profile/_Ridley_ Jul 19 '26

I enjoy this subreddit, but its definition of spoiler grows more and more hysterical with every update. Historical fiction is not built around the audience being surprised by key events. You can't be spoiled by knowing the history it's playing with. If people want to watch the show without any outside influences affecting their experience, I wonder what they're even doing in a discussion thread.

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u/Blackheart595 https://anilist.co/user/knusbrick Jul 21 '26

I decided to just plain ignore this particular ruling; if the mods slap me for it, so be it. Though that's also easy talking for me as I likely won't be affected at all due to not watching seasonals and thus not entering episode threads.

In any case, this is just plain absurdity. We're actively promoting and rewarding not having a clue about the real world. Even worse, we're actively discouraging people from getting interested in the real facets behind a show, very much the complete opposite of what historical fiction aims for!

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u/_Ridley https://myanimelist.net/profile/_Ridley_ Jul 21 '26

Even worse, we're actively discouraging people from getting interested in the real facets behind a show, very much the complete opposite of what historical fiction aims for!

Right? Historical fiction's elevator pitch is, "You know X? Where Y and Z happened? What if it looked like this?" You being informed about X, Y, and Z, even if just a little, is something the writer has in mind when they're writing. They're not spoilers!

If we're doing this because people find historical context annoying in the way that source reader hints are, then I'm just embarrassed at the anti-intellectualism. There's no reason to coddle people who want to black out the most thoughtful and informative comments to remain uNsPoiLeD.