[ SECRET POST #2924 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2924 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

nayrt

Read the "Choose Not to Warn" and move along. Problem solved. Everyone is happy. No need for lectures.

[(Anonymous)]

da

This. Some people still like to bitch even if there is a "choose not to warn" tacked on, but they don't have a leg to stand on as far as I'm concerned. Not my fault if you ignore it

[(Anonymous)]

oh, i do. and so do others. if you want to alienate potential readers, that's your prerogative. it just doesn't actually make any fucking sense, and when you look at the reasoning behind it, it always amounts to the person being totally full of themselves. which, hey, i'm pretty sure i don't want to read somebody's bloated crap excuse for writing, anyway.

[(Anonymous)]

na

I do it now because some people in certain fandoms warn for everything (like "mentions of vomiting," "needles," etc) and I don't want to comb through my fic to look for anything that might upset someone's delicate sensibilities, but I'll still give additional tags for major things (unless doing so would actually spoil a plot point that I don't want to give away)

[(Anonymous)]

sa

i honestly think that there are a billion things, in my case, that i wish authors could warn for. but i don't actually expect them to, and i don't begrudge them that they don't. i don't even personally care very much whether there is a warning for character death, because i always read comments before i read a fic. but because there are SO many people who can't stand major character death, it's an easy thing to tag for, just like non-con. and it's also something that can't be skipped over, as it's usually a major point or conclusion of the story. there aren't that many people who would find a warning for needles relevant to their preferences, and it's easy to skip over a scene involving needles. it's not like the villain is going to be a giant needle, you know?

[(Anonymous)]

I do not understand how you feel a CNTW is alienating potential readers. I feel it is *alerting* potential readers. That IS your warning - there will be no specific warnings, there is one big-ass warning.

I may be misunderstanding you, but I feel as if you are saying that CNTW is not good enough for you, as you still seem to be casting aspersions upon those who use it. Maybe I'm not following you, but that's what I'm getting from "when you look at the reasoning behind it, it always amounts to the person being totally full of themselves."

[(Anonymous)]

you're aliening readers because a lot of people will skip your work with a warning like that. a LOT of people. whereas if you actually put specific warnings, like for, say, non-con, some of those people who would have otherwise skipped will choose to read it because they like, or don't mind, non-con.

i'm not saying they aren't good enough. i have literally NO idea where you got that, but hey, whatever. i'm saying there there is no reason to use that "warning" because the only thing it can possibly do is prevent somebody from reading your fic, not actually invite them to read it.

NAYRT

[(Anonymous)]

And.. people skipping my work is fine with me. I originally write for myself. Then I put it in the wide world to attract others who are possibly interested in what I am interested in, and have similar views to myself. That's how I make friends. It's a good common ground. If someone is so sensitive that a common fictional occurrence or plot device will give them flashbacks they can't deal with.. then that's fine. But as a friend, I would be constantly walking on eggshells around them, and that's not fun.

So, you want to hang with me at my party, yay! If you don't because I Choose Not to Warn? That's fine, and hope you find something more to your taste. :)

Re: NAYRT

[(Anonymous)]

that's perfectly fine if that's what you want to do.

i would just like to point out that for a lot of people, it's not about triggers. it's just about putting time into something. not everyone has endless hours to read every fanfic they come across, so tagging your stuff is just a way of helping people filter out stuff they really aren't going to like. but yeah, your choice makes sense for you, i just hope that everyone realizes this isn't just an issue of triggering.

Re: NAYRT

[(Anonymous)]

This whole "but it saves time!" argument feels pretty weaksauce to me. How long do you have to read something before you figure out you don't like it? I've never finished Moby Dick. I didn't spend hours on it before realizing it wasn't for me and putting the book down.

Reading fic isn't a necessity of life, so arguing that it should be made super easy for you is like arguing that someone should carry you up Mt. Everest because you don't have the time to hike it yourself.