thirty days of fanfic, day fifteen
Sep. 15th, 2011 10:36 pm( previous days )
15 – Warnings – What do you feel it most important to warn for, and what's the strangest thing you've warned for in a fic?
Hot button topic! I take a cue from AO3 because they've found a good middle ground, and I warn for character death, graphic violence, non or dub con, and underage sex. I've only ever written underage sex and some minor character death. I very much want warnings for character death and non/dub con, and I think there should be warnings for the other two.
After that, I just think people should actually write summaries instead of giving me a touching quote or a line from a Muse song. Books have blurbs on the back, movies have trailers, and you could find all kinds of info about books/movies/tv shows in reviews that were in newspapers long before they were on the internet. But for fic I'm going in completely blind, especially as so many write fic that is very much not in the tone of the canon (which is totally fine!). I'm reading for pleasure here--I don't know why I have an obligation to let your fic upset me because you couldn't be bothered to give me a proper summary or any kind of warnings. Don't like, don't read, absolutely--but jeez, give me enough information to make that decision.
I once wrote for a big bang that wanted writers to warn for fluff, which I found odd. So that's the strangest thing I've ever warned for in a fic.
15 – Warnings – What do you feel it most important to warn for, and what's the strangest thing you've warned for in a fic?
Hot button topic! I take a cue from AO3 because they've found a good middle ground, and I warn for character death, graphic violence, non or dub con, and underage sex. I've only ever written underage sex and some minor character death. I very much want warnings for character death and non/dub con, and I think there should be warnings for the other two.
After that, I just think people should actually write summaries instead of giving me a touching quote or a line from a Muse song. Books have blurbs on the back, movies have trailers, and you could find all kinds of info about books/movies/tv shows in reviews that were in newspapers long before they were on the internet. But for fic I'm going in completely blind, especially as so many write fic that is very much not in the tone of the canon (which is totally fine!). I'm reading for pleasure here--I don't know why I have an obligation to let your fic upset me because you couldn't be bothered to give me a proper summary or any kind of warnings. Don't like, don't read, absolutely--but jeez, give me enough information to make that decision.
I once wrote for a big bang that wanted writers to warn for fluff, which I found odd. So that's the strangest thing I've ever warned for in a fic.