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On warnings and triggers
Jun. 26th, 2009 03:23 pm
As fandom is in the midst of the annual warnings debate...
I strongly dislike warning on fic. I think much of the time warnings act as spoilers. But you know what? I still put warnings on my fic. Because that's just what you do when you write stuff as dark as I do. You take account of the fact that some of what you're putting out there can hurt people.
This latest iteration of the debate led to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
trigger_fence being created. I started to think about drafting a warnings-policy of my own that I can link to from my fic headers or wherever. But I found doing so a lot more challenging than I expected.
trigger_fence lists the following as things that are triggering and should be warned for:
( Cut for length; discussion of triggering issues under the cut )
I strongly dislike warning on fic. I think much of the time warnings act as spoilers. But you know what? I still put warnings on my fic. Because that's just what you do when you write stuff as dark as I do. You take account of the fact that some of what you're putting out there can hurt people.
This latest iteration of the debate led to
trigger_fence being created. I started to think about drafting a warnings-policy of my own that I can link to from my fic headers or wherever. But I found doing so a lot more challenging than I expected. trigger_fence lists the following as things that are triggering and should be warned for:( Cut for length; discussion of triggering issues under the cut )
