[ SECRET POST #4057 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4057 ⌋

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Comments

Re: ??

[(Anonymous)]

It sounds horribly entitled to expect an author to drop everything and do a Q&A with you

...Okay, um. Why would you think I meant that I expected fic authors to "drop everything"? I never said that. What's standard in my fandom is for fic authors to be willing to respond to PMs inquiring about the content of their fic. That doesn't mean they respond within the hour. I've waited up to a week before, for a fic author to get back to me. (Which I don't hold against the fic author in the least, but it's yet another reason why PMing people to ask about the content of their fic isn't always a feasible solution to the "what does your meaninglessly vague tag actually mean" conundrum.)

Re: ??

[(Anonymous)]

DA

So you do expect them to respond at some point? You said in your original comment about this that you would find it "rude" and "out of step with fandom" if an author was annoyed by your request for a Q&A.

Re: ??

[(Anonymous)]

It's definitely out of step with the fandoms I'm in if a fic author won't respond to content inquiries. It's nothing that gets wanky. Authors who are active in the fandom just do get back to people and it's uncommon if they don't.

Also, I have never in a decade and a half had an author refuse to divulge any potentially triggering (or just plain upsetting) content in their fic. If I (or someone else) contacted them to ask specifically about triggering or upsetting content and then refused to say, I would find that really strange.

Re: ??

[(Anonymous)]

I'm not saying that normal authors would refuse to respond to your inquiries. I'm saying that normal readers don't feel the need to make such inquiries.

Re: ??

[(Anonymous)]

Jesus, what is with you people? You're objecting to stuff that is so damn normal even a lot fic writers invite people to do it.

Op, it's totally normal for readers to ask an author for more info about what happens in their fic before there, arent clear tags. I do it all the time.

Re: ??

[(Anonymous)]

No, this is nowhere near normal. I've been posting since 2006 (right under hundred fics now) and this has happened to me exactly once. And the person was damned rude too.

Re: ??

[(Anonymous)]

I've been in fandom since the 90s and never once have I asked an author about what was in their fics nor have I ever had anyone ask me about the contents of mine.