reading Sasuke/Naruto when you thought you were getting Naruto/Sasuke isn't likely to be a traumatic experience No, but it's a major annoyance if you happen not to like Sasuke topping Naruto and so you end up getting squicked when the sex scene comes along.
I firmly believe that the top/bottom should be properly labeled in fics; it drives me crazy when I get really invested in a story and then get kicked right out of it when I reach the sex.
Sure, lots of people might not care about who tops or bottoms, but there are also a lot of people who do (myself included, obviously), and I think it's really considerate when an author labels their fic correctly, which lets me know up-front if it's something I want to read.
Also, I don't think warnings are necessarily there to prevent a "traumatic experience," they're also they're so people won't get squicked. I mean, people commonly warn for kinks like fisting and watersports and things like that, and those those aren't likely to trigger a traumatic experience so much as they might gross people out.
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No, but it's a major annoyance if you happen not to like Sasuke topping Naruto and so you end up getting squicked when the sex scene comes along.
I firmly believe that the top/bottom should be properly labeled in fics; it drives me crazy when I get really invested in a story and then get kicked right out of it when I reach the sex.
Sure, lots of people might not care about who tops or bottoms, but there are also a lot of people who do (myself included, obviously), and I think it's really considerate when an author labels their fic correctly, which lets me know up-front if it's something I want to read.
Also, I don't think warnings are necessarily there to prevent a "traumatic experience," they're also they're so people won't get squicked. I mean, people commonly warn for kinks like fisting and watersports and things like that, and those those aren't likely to trigger a traumatic experience so much as they might gross people out.