[ SECRET POST #4358 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4358 ⌋

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

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Oh boy- normally, I'm all for non-spoilers, but this I have to say isn't how you do it.
I really hope you're sticking to ff.net, because by any other standard, that's just courtesy.
It isn't some big surprise when writing your fanfic and having someone major die. It's either lead up to, or is completely out of the blue- and at that point, it's just bad writing enough to warn your readers at the get go.
Triggers, and that of the sort, aren't spoilers. Really, unless it's canonly based, no one is going to know who you're planning to kill off. And if you're aware of significant triggers you might include in a chapter/whatever, then mention it in a note at least.

You write fanfiction, if it's for yourself then leave it as it is- but if you decide to publish it, then you need to adhere to other peoples needs. Warn someone if you know it's about to ruin their day, please.

[(Anonymous)]

There is no obligation to warn. On certain archives, there's an obligation to warn if you're choosing not to warn about very specific types of content, but that is all.

[(Anonymous)]

And there is no need to post your content publicly. Posting your works online isn't so simple as a copy/paste, and the only reason people go out of their way to share is for someone else to read, or complement their work.
Obviously you don't need a ten page list of could-be warnings, but as you said, the basics should be covered. I mean it isn't as if you post something and don't know the content of it. But if you post something at all, you should make the reader aware of what they are about to read.
The same way you would list a paring, or genre- you are obliged to warn for basic triggers as well.

[(Anonymous)]

Are there warnings on published fiction though? I mean, I know TV/movies have the obligate 'some scenes may not be suitable for younger viewers' which could honestly cover anything from a nipple to a disemboweling, so not exactly helpful, but I've never seen literature with warnings outside of smaller publishers websites who primarily sell ebooks, and even then not all of them.

For general fiction I would say you could look up reviews and things to see if anyone addresses if there's any content someone might not want to read, but not every book ever is going to get those kind of in depth reviews.

[(Anonymous)]

Hmm. I guess I'm talking more AO3. (archiveofourown) It has tags that allow you to specify the content of a story beyond the summary. It's designed so that possible warnings/triggers can be easily labeled- say rape, death, or abuse/etc. That way you can exclude them in any search you make.
(though most fanfic I've come across /on most sites/ do warn of the content included in the work)

With looking up reviews, most people tend to not comment on their triggers in my experience. By the time you discover if you're comfortable reading a chapter, you've already been spoiled enough to not fully enjoy it.
I guess I just feel that a reader shouldn't go out of their way to uncover if a certain fanfic has content that might trigger them, spoiling themselves in the process/coming across it unwillingly when the writer could simply just list a few things that they know their fic includes. Even if only to mention their work has some obvious triggers, and then specify it in an end note what they are.

[(Anonymous)]

Warn someone if you know it's about to ruin their day, please.

Or people could be adults and not read things that don't have warnings if it's really going to "ruin their day."

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, you have no idea what you're talking about, do you?