'Lesbian Space Princess' Sparks 'Great Fandom Truce' as Rivals Unite Against Movie

A TikTok trend has brought together normally competing online fandoms in a mock truce centred on the Australian animated film Lesbian Space Princess, with users temporarily setting aside their rivalries to make fun of the movie.

The trend, referred to online as the 'Great Fandom Truce of 2026,' emerged in August after the 2025 film gained renewed attention on social media. Memes typically show characters from opposing fandoms extending a hand to one another before joining forces, often accompanied by the phrase 'Just this once.'

Fandoms associated with Naruto, One Piece, Jujutsu Kaisen, Invincible, Five Nights at Freddy's and My Little Pony have appeared in the trend. Posts have also spread to Reddit and X, with individual TikTok videos attracting more than a million views, according to sources documenting the trend.

How the Truce Began

Lesbian Space Princess is a 2025 Australian adult animated science-fiction comedy written and directed by Emma Hough Hobbs and Leela Varghese. It follows Princess Saira, an introverted royal from the planet Clitopolis, who sets out to rescue her former girlfriend Kiki after she is kidnapped by the Straight White Maliens.

The film won the Teddy Award for Best Feature Film at the 2025 Berlin International Film Festival. It remained relatively unfamiliar to many online audiences before receiving renewed attention in August, with sources linking that exposure to its appearance in Netflix recommendations in some regions.

Clips, screenshots and discussions subsequently circulated on TikTok and other platforms. Criticism has focused on the film's exaggerated premise, character names, sexual humour and dialogue. Some users have described its writing as overly reliant on internet culture, while political communities have also used the film in wider debates about contemporary media.

Rival Fandoms Join Forces

As discussion grew, the focus shifted from criticism of the film to the unusual combination of communities participating in the memes.

The central format presents rival fandoms as fictional allies. Characters are shown making peace before joining forces against Lesbian Space Princess, with 'Just this once' emphasising that the alliance is temporary.

Know Your Meme's documentation of the trend records several posts attracting millions of views. One TikTok posted on 21 August reportedly received more than 5.4 million views and 535,000 likes within three days. Another fandom edit posted the following day reportedly received more than 2.6 million views and 634,000 likes.

The trend has also spread to Reddit, where discussions have included users who have not watched the film but encountered clips or memes about it. Some have criticised the movie based on what they have seen, while others have questioned whether viral clips provide enough context to judge it.

A New Version of an Old Fandom Meme

The idea behind the truce is not entirely new. The current trend has been compared with the 2012 Tumblr meme known as 'Fandoms Grab Your Weapons,' which similarly imagined different online communities joining an internet conflict.

The earlier meme became part of Tumblr's fandom history, while the Lesbian Space Princess trend uses a similar concept in a more openly satirical format. Its appeal comes from presenting communities with their own rivalries as willing to cooperate over a single shared target.

The 'truce' is therefore a recurring online joke rather than a genuine reconciliation between fandoms. For those taking part, the alliance exists around a shared meme and remains temporary.