[ SECRET POST #4057 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4057 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Literally the ONLY way I could keep from accidentally getting blindsided by main character rape and death in my fandom is if I sent a PM every single time I came across a fic using the "chose not to warn" tag. Which would often mean sending several PMs per day.

That's not strictly true, though? You could regard every fic that's labeled "choose not to warn" as potentially having something serious like character death, rape, etc. Because it does, given that's the way your fandom writers label things. I realize it's not ideal, but you wouldn't be blindsided. It's the whole "hope for the best but prepare for the worst" adage.

[(Anonymous)]

Ok, I just realized there's some confusion over what I mean by blindsided. You are (rightly) taking blindsided to mean "Completely out of nowhere" whereas I was using it to mean, "I didn't know it was going to hit me until it hit me."

You are right, one can go through every single fic that uses the "chose not to warn" tag with the awareness that maybe, at some point, X/Y/Z might happen. And I generally do try to have that awareness. But being aware that there's a small chance X/Y/Z might occur has never kept me from being caught off guard when X/Y/Z does occur. Which is why I used the word "blindsided," though I can see why you disagreed with my word choice.

[(Anonymous)]

I... see. I think. But to me this sounds like a quirk that's specific to you and your expectations, and not a problem of fic authors needing to cater to people who know that there's a chance they're going to read something disturbing, read on anyway, then get disturbed. I get how that could be tedious and frustrating over time, but I don't think it's the author's responsibility to warn you twice because you didn't prepare after the first warning.