There's a reason I don't post on ffnet, and the age and sensitivity of the readers is one. I came from a fandom (pre internet) that didn't use warnings (though all the fic was slash, so that problem never came up), and it was the job of the editor of the zine, or the person passing on the story to describe the outline the content ("I know you don't like deathfic, so don't read this one.")
My real problem with warnings is that quite a lot of my work has a 'twist' that a warning would telegraph. I can cover this by warning for 'apparent death', or 'implied rape' but I still feel that I'm shortchanging the reader of the surprise ending.
Whiteout (at least on the LJ post) seems to be the only solution.
either that or I just label everything 'mindfuck'.
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Date: 2011-04-02 06:19 pm (UTC)My real problem with warnings is that quite a lot of my work has a 'twist' that a warning would telegraph. I can cover this by warning for 'apparent death', or 'implied rape' but I still feel that I'm shortchanging the reader of the surprise ending.
Whiteout (at least on the LJ post) seems to be the only solution.
either that or I just label everything 'mindfuck'.