http://hansons-angel.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] hansons-angel.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] ratherastory 2010-03-17 03:19 am (UTC)

Leaving another comment because I love the discussion about the damn warnings. Gah. I think a story should be "labeled" as Wincest or M-preg but not as a warning so much as to make it easier for a reader to find that genre. I guess the same would go for h/c and the like. When I wrote "Pursuit" for the [livejournal.com profile] hoodie_time fic challenge I actually felt the need to "warn" people that a deer was killed and gutted in the story -- because awhile back I read some story (not in the SN fandom, somewhere else) where people were upset because there was hunting (again, not demon-hunting, hee) and animal lovers were up in arms about it -- that they hadn't been told ahead of time!? WTF? I mean, okay, feel that way in your real life if you choose to, but how can you possibly ever read anything if you're going to be offended by every little thing that you aren't warned about that might cause offense?

I'd be totally fine with not warning people that they're about to read a death fic. Or if it's bottom!Jensen or top!Jared -- again, wtf with needing to warn readers that Jensen is the one on top or whatever? I am facing some warning issues with my Big Bang fic -- and now all this talk has given me more food for thought on the subject -- but in a good way. . .

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