[ SECRET POST #2207 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2207 ⌋

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

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Comments

[citrinesunset]

I agree. I think it's a good thing to acknowledge that it's possible for someone to be triggered, and to respect that. But I think the way that fandom, in general, has latched onto triggers as a reasoning for giving warnings actually makes it more difficult for many people to understand what triggers are, and trivializes the issue.

There are a lot of things that many or most people would agree can be upsetting. Violence, for example.

People who have survived things traumatic things may be triggered by depictions of them. But they may also be triggered by seemingly innocuous or mundane things that happen to remind them of those experiences. Or they may not have triggers at all.

A lot of people have things that upset them a lot, but that aren't necessarily triggers.

I definitely believe in showing consideration to people who do suffer from triggers. But you also can't warn for every possible trigger. And simply finding something upsetting to read about is also legitimate.

Triggers aren't the only reason why it can be good to have some warnings or content notes. A lot of people want to know what they're getting into with a story. I think the way focus has shifted to triggers has muddled the issue a lot.

[(Anonymous)]

I completely agree. I feel like the word trigger is abused so frequently partly because it has become a sort of litmus test for whether warning requests are legitimate. "Hey-- your unexpected and unwarned-for rape and sexual torture scene bothered me a lot." "BUT WERE YOU TRIGGERED???"

I don't have any real triggers, but there are certain scenes and themes in fic that will deeply upset me, bring up bad memories, and push me into a negative emotional spiral. The fact that I do not have any triggers, as defined, does not make these experience less real or unpleasant. I do not need to have a trigger for my request to warn for commonly upsetting themes to be legitimate.

And even on a more basic level, sometimes I just want to know what sort of fic I'm getting into, and it's impossible to tell from the summary. Warnings help.

[(Anonymous)]

Not only that, but sometimes authors WANT things to be upsetting. If I write an abuse scene, I WANT it to invoke a sort of visceral horror and sense of helplessness. I want the readers to feel what the character is feeling, only on a lesser scale. I feel like if my readers don't come away from a disturbing scene feeling upset, then I've failed as a writer.

[(Anonymous)]

Yes, but presumably you don't want those upset feelings to stay with your readers for the next two days, interfering with their ability to perform everyday tasks.