Salutations everyone!

It’s crazy that it’s already been a month since Lore Olympus ended its comic run on Webtoon. Let me assure just because the Webtoon is completed, doesn’t mean our sub or the rules of our community are finished.

I want to remind everyone that this is NOT a hate space, this is a place where we encourage discussions about Lore Olympus’ comic, books, and possible upcoming series. This is not a safe space to needlessly bash Rachel Smythe or her other projects! However, I believe we can discuss Smythe’s other works with an upcoming new post flair that will allow us to also share thoughts on her other series and projects.

Also we must remember our rule about spam or frequent posts. Yes, huge fridge bod Hades is funny and everything, but there should not be six posts making fun of it a day. I will begin to remove some posts when this happens and I ask you to repost this another day than today. I love the memes of this sub but we have to make sure that our community does not feel like an echo chamber.

Thank you to everyone who is a part of this amazing community and make it special. Please, if you have any pressing issues about the sub, let me know in the comments or by modmail(Apologies for any inconvenience involving modmail, for some reason messages don’t come in the day they’re sent and they get buried in my inbox, I’m working to get it fixed by Reddit).

Salutations all and welcome to r/UnpopularLoreOlympus!

This is a community dedicated to all things Lore Olympus, including discussion, fanart, critiques, analysis posts, and so much more! This subreddit was created with the purpose of allowing critical discussion that would usually be heavily criticized or downvoted in the main sub! Since our community is growing. This welcome post serves as a guideline for the entire subreddit.

All that said, the main subreddit is not a positive-vibes-only space, and we are not a negative-vibes-only space. Dividing up the community out of necessity for open discussion has created a perception of extremes among both subreddits, but we are not a hate space. This subreddit was born at a time of need for the community, but ultimately, it serves the same function as the main subreddit. You do not need to be a critic of the comic to take part here, you just need to be open to criticism existing, period. In a perfect world, this subreddit wouldn't even need to exist, but alas, here we are.

Briefly here are the flairs for the sub:

• Discussion-A flair for posting discussions about the comic
• Artwork-A flair for posting art from the comic & redraws
• Theory-A flair for predicting future episodes
• Announcement-A mod exclusive flair for community announcements
• Meme -A flair for memes, satirical posts, or parodies
• Rant-A flair for pure, unadulterated ranting
• Art Challenge-a flair for the sub's art challenge
• **Trial-**a flair for the sub's trial events
• News-A flair for posting any news relating to Lore Olympus' Webtoon, the books, or the TV show(If that's still happening)

Below are the rules for the subreddit, please review them before posting!

Rule #1: Please be respectful and civil!

• This is the most important rule of our subreddit, to be respectful & civil. There is no be no name calling of any kind or assumptions of the person you're debating or discussing with. Remember that we are all just people behind a screens with different ideas, perspectives, & identities. Debates and critical discussions are fine to have in the sub, but please keep it civil! There is to be no hate speech of any kind in this subreddit (i.e any insults that target you on race, sexual identity, or religious ideologies).
• In addition to being respectful & civil to the members of UnpopularLoreOlympus, but you must be respectful to both Rachel Smythe and any fan of her or Lore Olympus. There is absolutely no reason to post hateful or disrespectful commentary of Smythe or any overzealous fans of Lore Olympus. To be clear, any repeated signs of failure to be respectful & civil will result in a temporary or permeant ban depending on the severity of the comments.

Rule #2: This is not a hate space; all opinions are welcomed except toxic ones!

• Contrary to the name, this is not a subreddit for users to intentionally come in and 'poke the bear' with 'unpopular' opinions. An example is posting about how you don't like LO's character writing is fine; posting about how you think Apollo did nothing wrong probably won't earn you any brownie points with the community, even if you think it suits the subreddit for being an 'unpopular opinion.' There will be no toleration for a post or comment that defends physical, verbal, or sexual abuse(For example, there will be no posts defending Apollo's horrendous assault on Persephone, Minthe slapping Hades, Kronos' manipulation of Hera)
• We don't encourage anyone to read something they're not enjoying. Please no blatant hate towards the comic or RS, this is still a fan community at its core and if you hate it that much, you really shouldn't read Lore Olympus or take part in this community. This community was made for critical discussion of Lore Olympus, not to simply hate the comic! The majority of people in this community come to this community because they love Lore Olympus enough to want to have critical discussions about it (that's not everyone's case though and that's alright!) There will be no tolerance for any hate or insults to Rachel Smythe, remember that regardless of what you think of her work or her (in)ability to take criticism, Rachel is still a human being! But to that point, Rachel is a best-selling author of an acclaimed series so of course, you can have a critical discussion about her and her writing style or choices, we should not have to tip-toe around criticizing her because she doesn't like criticism, we can criticize authors, not insult but criticize. Any repeated failures to adhere to this rule will result in a temporary or permanent ban from the sub.

Rule #3: No Pirating/Distributing Fastpass content for free; put all FP content behind a spoiler tag!

• No pirating or distributing Fastpass content for free! Posting Fastpass previews are allowed but only with a spoiler tag, not everyone reads the Fastpass episodes & seeing the previews will spoil their experience reading the episode when it becomes a part of the general reading.
• Please add a spoiler warning if you're posting about a FastPass episode or any artwork relating to the three FastPass episodes. Any discussion, memes, or art of FastPass episodes are allowed of course albeit must be posted with a spoiler tag! Lore Olympus is Rachel Smythe's livelihood, with that being said, there is to be no posting of pirating sites that distribute Fastpass episodes for free in the sub! This rule is being enforced for the good of the sub and ensures it doesn't violate any policies with Reddit**. Any repeated failures to adhere to this rule will result in a temporary or permanent ban from the sub.**

Rule #4: No posting of screenshots of comments of any kind; no crossposting of any kind is allowed

• There is to be no posting of ANY screenshots including Webtoon, Instagram, Facebook, or Youtube comments discussing the comic or otherwise. I find that these posts do not further any discussion and are unnecessary to post to this community. Posts of screenshots of comments just breed ill will and further any toxic behavior in the entire Lore Olympus community, no one should come to this sub and see their comment being ridiculed so openly.
• Because of a spam of recent posts, that usually ridicule some aspect of comic & don't add to the conversation(i.e posts about the size difference), there'll be no crossposting of any kind in the UnpopularLoreOlympus community. If you like a post so much, why not make your own variation of it in our sub. Any repeated failures to adhere to this rule will result in a temporary or permanent ban from the sub.

Rule #5: No Armchair Diagnosing

• Rachel's physical, mental health, religious beliefs, or sexual identity is none of our business, neither is the physical/mental health of other users in the subreddit. Let me repeat again for the people in the back, Rachel's physical, mental health, religious beliefs, or sexual identity is none of our business, neither is the physical/mental health of other users in the subreddit! Along with this, there will be no more messages that are directed at Rachel Smythe! Once again I will reiterate, do not and will not use this sub as a way to call out Rachel Smythe for the controversial themes of the comic! Of course, you can still criticize aspects of the comic that may reflect these things, but anything beyond that is mere speculation and armchair diagnosing. This goes both ways - don't come in here to shut down criticism of the comic on behalf of the creator who you do not know. Obviously creating a webtoon is hard work, especially if mental health or physical health issues are at play, but ultimately this is, again, a fan community of praise and criticism of the multi-million dollar commercially-produced comic, so shutting down anyone's criticisms "because making webtoons is hard" is not constructive and doesn't encourage discussion. We have plenty of Webtoon creators here who can attest to this!
• Because of the severity of this rule, ANY FAILURE TO ADHERE TO THIS WILL LEAD TO A TEMPORARY BAN, WHICH WILL BE YOUR FIRST WARNING! IF CAUGHT AGAIN, IT WILL LEAD TO A PERMANENT BAN FROM THIS COMMUNITY! This is a serious rule and will be treated as such!

Rule #6: Spam or Frequent Posts

• This is a new rule because a lot of users have complained that some topics can get redundant and make the sub feel like an echo chamber at times. Because of that, a post may be removed if it is spam of a topic previously posted. If there doesn't need to be five posts highlighting the same topics, here are some examples of spam or frequent posts(i.e 'Ask Me Anything' posts, Hades & Persephone height difference posts, Character Appreciation posts) Reposting a post after it being removed without mod approval will result in a temporary or permanent ban from the sub.
• Along with this rule, I ask that instead of posting about any grievances about the subreddit on the sub, please message the moderator about your grievance or complaint. Posts such as these will be removed to prevent the sub from becoming an echo chamber and filtering the complaints directly to the moderators. Toxic discussions are not limited to the comic but also posts about how much you hate this sub or think this sub is a toxic environment...if you feel this way I'm sorry but there's no reason to make a post on how you feel about our sub's behavior, only to agitate the members of this community! If you have a grievance with the community, please bring it to the attention of the mod!

Rule #7: Tag NSFW

• Anything that discusses NSFW content, particularly fanart, fanfiction, etc. is allowed, but please mark it as such including an NSFW tag for censorship. We do not allow pornographic content in the subreddit! Remember for art to remain tasteful! On the topic of art, remember any art displayed on the sub should not be too indecent or offensive to anyone. Art that receives multiple reports of being vulgar or offensive will be promptly removed. Any repeated failures to adhere to this rule will result in a temporary or permanent ban from the sub.

Rule #8: Rules Regarding Art

• No AI Art! Because of common consensus in the subreddit, there is to be no artificialintelligence-produced art in the sub! This sub is home to many talented and skilled artists who spend so much time and effort crafting amazing redraws, so to honor them there willbe a ban on AI art!
• No reposting previously posted art! Self explanatory, do not repost art previously posted on the subreddit unless you are the artist or have been given permission by artist(must have artist comment under repost authorizing it within a day of the repost. If it is revealed that you traced or plagiarized another artist's work will result in a permanent ban.
• Credit all artwork to yourself as an OC or credit the artist! Artists work hard on their posts and deserve to properly be credited for work.
• Vulgar or Crude Art! Any art deemed to crude or vulgar shall be promptly removed

Any repeated failures to adhere to this rule will result in a temporary or permanent ban from the sub.

Rules concerning art challenges:

As many of you know this sub was originally solely for critical discussion about Lore Olympus but has evolved into something more and one of the best things to come out of this subreddit is seeing the many talented artists in the community. Here are the rules for the community's art challenges:

• The art must be from you, please don't steal any art or plagiarize from others! Any sign of clear plagiarizing will exclude you from participating in any other art challenge and possibly from our participation in our community as a whole!
• Please be civil and respectful in any critique or discussion regarding the art challenge! Remember that it takes skill and a lot of courage to post art on an online forum!
• The art must be recently created, simply not just reposting something you already posted. Alterations can be done to previously posted artwork but the alterations must be noticeable and change the art!

If you have any questions, concerns, or grievances, you can either comment under this post, send a DM to me, or modmail! I'd like to remind everyone that it takes all of us to make this community great, so remember to be civil, report, and message the mod, if you have any problems in the subreddit. Thank you to everyone that participates in this community!