The amount of "but I don't wanna!" in the fact of people's very real pain has depressed the hell out of me. And continues to do so.
I've seen some I don't wanna!, but mostly from established tools. What I've seen mostly, and granted, this is mainly where/what meta I read, is the desire to look at the potential unintended consequences surrounding some of the suggested implimentations.
I warn if the content seems to demand it. In communities, in my personal space, wherever. I'm very, however, wary of the expectation that warnings be considered an obligation in all spaces, and uncomfortable with the notion that doing so is cost-free or low cost to the author, and that shaming people who do not hold the same beliefs is acceptable. I know too many people with triggers related to behavior/expression control from emotional or physical abuse to *EVER* think that.
I think I see. Sounds rough.
Then I admit I'm confused about your previous comment. I was never talking about content in fic.
I think I still had in mind what connie, I think, had said, about being in the midst of writing and taking into account whether or not what she was writing would be potentially disturbing.
And the fact that I'm still on Sudafed and probably am bollocksing everything up.
I have a strong reaction (and nightmares) to anything involving animal abuse (just Dexter talking about it in the first episode turned me away from that series forever) and I am forever grateful that reviews warned me about (the movie) Amores Perros. So I can see why people would like a little warning if there's something graphic, but I can't imagine expecting an author to outline every single possibility of offensive/triggerish content.
I think I still had in mind what connie, I think, had said, about being in the midst of writing and taking into account whether or not what she was writing would be potentially disturbing.
Regarding that, I've been mulling and don't think it will change what I write. If there has to be blood, blood will flow. I think if there's a situation where I'm doubtful that the milieu make something obvious--if it's a Supernatural story, odds are there's going to be demons and attendant nastiness--I'll go with the whitefont warning. That way someone with a psyche the texture of boiled leather can ignore it and someone else can check to be sure.
So I can see why people would like a little warning if there's something graphic, but I can't imagine expecting an author to outline every single possibility of offensive/triggerish content.
The BSC appears to be warn for the Big Known Ones. There's not really a request for every author to warn for every known trigger.
The BSC appears to be warn for the Big Known Ones. There's not really a request for every author to warn for every known trigger.
That seems pretty reasonable then!
ETA: I've got no dog in this fight (npi) since I don't read fanfic.
And the fact that I'm still on Sudafed and probably am bollocksing everything up.
That behind-the-counter stuff will getcha.
The BSC appears to be warn for the Big Known Ones.
The
Babysitters Club
books are full of rape and abuse now?
