[ SECRET POST #5359 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #5359 ⌋

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


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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Here are some things it can be used for:

1. Author wants to avoid spoilers (this does NOT necessarily mean the story contains one of the big four. For example, I've used it on suspense fics where the main characters did NOT die, but I wanted the reader to worry that they might. Lack of an MCD warning would have been a spoiler for their survival)

2. Author can't decide if the violence is graphic enough, or that dead character major enough, or that dub-con close enough to the non-con line to merit one of the four required warnings, so they just decide to leave it in the grey area

3. Author doesn't like the concept of content warnings in general and wants to appeal only to readers willing to take their chances.

4. Author and a reader has a disagreement about whether a certain archive warning was necessary.

I'm sure other people can think of many, many more. It's a very useful tool for authors in a variety of circumstances.

[(Anonymous)]

Huh - I admit I have a tendency to assume it’s #3 or #1, so thanks for this quick breakdown!

[(Anonymous)]

Or whether a main character getting killed in a shocking and painful way only to be resurrected later on (in a canon where Revolving Pearly Gates is not A Thing) counts as Major Character Death for the purposes of people filtering on it.

[(Anonymous)]

That's a great explanation, but how is one supposed to learn that? Like OP, I had no idea what it meant because my nearest guess was nonsensical at best.

[(Anonymous)]

I mean, the simplest, non-nuanced interpretation is that the author chose not to use archive warning tags. Their reasoning for not using warning tags may be up for debate, but at the end of the day, if warning tags are important to you then you know to avoid those authors that decided not to use them for whatever reason. Honestly, how does "chose not to use archive warnings" possibly mean anything other than "chose not to use archive warnings?"

[(Anonymous)]

For me, it’ s most often #2, sometimes specifically to avoid a #4 situation. But I use it sparingly and only when I really don’t feel it is clear whether the relevant tag is needed.