Meme: 30 Days of Fanfic
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argentum_ls15 – Warnings – What do you feel it most important to warn for, and what's the strangest thing you've warned for in a fic?
I think the four set warnings on AO3 are the only things that must be warned for.
When it comes to warnings, I tend to come down on the side of them being content label instead of warnings, per se. I like to know when certain themes are present in stories because they're themes I'm in the mood for or not--though I can certainly appreciate that other people may have stronger responses. I also am interested in knowing what themes are going to be in a story because of how often fandom "bundles" themes; i.e. certain ideas gets grouped together such that if one is present, others are very likely to be. In Teen Wolf fanfic, for example, the label of BAMF!Stiles on a story is very likely to also mean Scott character bashing. So, I appreciate the label of BAMF!Stiles so I can have some idea of what I'm in for with the story.
I think the strangest thing I've ever warned for is "non-consensual grooming" on a story in which one character drugs and restrains another for the purpose of doing her hair and makeup.
I think the four set warnings on AO3 are the only things that must be warned for.
When it comes to warnings, I tend to come down on the side of them being content label instead of warnings, per se. I like to know when certain themes are present in stories because they're themes I'm in the mood for or not--though I can certainly appreciate that other people may have stronger responses. I also am interested in knowing what themes are going to be in a story because of how often fandom "bundles" themes; i.e. certain ideas gets grouped together such that if one is present, others are very likely to be. In Teen Wolf fanfic, for example, the label of BAMF!Stiles on a story is very likely to also mean Scott character bashing. So, I appreciate the label of BAMF!Stiles so I can have some idea of what I'm in for with the story.
I think the strangest thing I've ever warned for is "non-consensual grooming" on a story in which one character drugs and restrains another for the purpose of doing her hair and makeup.
