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A Warning Sign
May. 8th, 2005 08:54 amYou know, I have to admit I've always been one of those people who tended to scoff at warnings on stories. Obviously if somebody warned me that their fic included OOC characters, castrated protagonists, dismemberment, Lana/Clark, Hermione, tentacle porn, explicit dom/sub violence, rape, Slytherin-bashing and/or non-con, I wasn't going to read it. The warning told me ahead of time that it wasn't going to be my thing; no disrespect to those who enjoy those things or a combination thereof, it just wasn't for me.
And then I happened across a story the other day that had a whole bunch of things that would've kept me away if I'd known about them in advance, and if you think this is the part where I say '...and it was a damn good experience', uh, it ain't going to happen. Talk about fucking traumatic. If anyone has some Clorox Wipes for the Brain (TM) handy, I'd really appreciate them.
I only mention this to say that I have a new found understanding of why people put warnings on their stories, because truly, one man's enjoyment is another man's additional therapy session, and I can promise that you will never see any of those afore mention items in my stories. If they are ever contained in a story of mine, I will put up a warning.*
*But if you're expecting a warning every time I knock off a character, well, that's just not going to happen. ;)
In other news, across the US and Canada, but not the UK or France (so don't freak out and think you missed it, D):
And then I happened across a story the other day that had a whole bunch of things that would've kept me away if I'd known about them in advance, and if you think this is the part where I say '...and it was a damn good experience', uh, it ain't going to happen. Talk about fucking traumatic. If anyone has some Clorox Wipes for the Brain (TM) handy, I'd really appreciate them.
I only mention this to say that I have a new found understanding of why people put warnings on their stories, because truly, one man's enjoyment is another man's additional therapy session, and I can promise that you will never see any of those afore mention items in my stories. If they are ever contained in a story of mine, I will put up a warning.*
*But if you're expecting a warning every time I knock off a character, well, that's just not going to happen. ;)
In other news, across the US and Canada, but not the UK or France (so don't freak out and think you missed it, D):
