I don't do many warnings, but then I don't write much that I think requires warnings. But I figure if I put a rating of R or NC-17 on it, and there's a label of Spike/Xander, then people shouldn't be surprised. I did get a complaint from the early days of Career Change about Spike and Vamp!Giles. I think she used the word "icky".
Mal: Which one you figure tracked us? Zoe: The ugly one, sir. Mal: Could you be more specific?
'Out Of Gas'
Fan Fiction: Writers, Readers, and Enablers
This thread is for fanfic recs, links, and discussion, but not for actual posting of fanfic.
Connie Neil - Nov 16, 2004 9:17:12 am PST #9208 of 10000
brillig
Am-Chau Yarkona - Nov 16, 2004 9:18:14 am PST #9209 of 10000
I bop to Wittgenstein. -- Nutty
I sometimes regret my inability to develop plots which have surprising twists in, but this discussion is making me happier about my tendency to write many variations on the "boy meets boy, boy angsts over boy, boys have sex" story. No twists, no angst over whether to label or not.
I still respect writers who can write twists, though.
Consuela - Nov 16, 2004 9:21:01 am PST #9210 of 10000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
The thing is, by using broadly-stated warnings, I don't think I've damaged anyone. I've never been flamed, and frankly my rep precedes me: if you can't handle some damage, you don't read my stuff. It's not that hard.
::shrugs::
Am-Chau Yarkona - Nov 16, 2004 9:40:05 am PST #9211 of 10000
I bop to Wittgenstein. -- Nutty
A fair compromise, Consuela. Whatever works for you, you know. And for an author like yourself who is well-known enough to have a rep, "by X" can be enough warning or description or whatever. It's unlikely to ever work for me, though.
Nutty - Nov 16, 2004 9:47:25 am PST #9212 of 10000
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I wish there were warning labels like NOTICE: BAD PROSE HEREIN or CHILDISH CHARACTERIZATION or FLEE! FLEE FOR YOUR APOSTROPHES' LIVES!!
Alas, even if there were a social convention for such labels, the people who need to use them would not understand that need.
Connie Neil - Nov 16, 2004 9:48:32 am PST #9213 of 10000
brillig
WARNING: XANDER SPELLED WITH A "Z"
P.M. Marc - Nov 16, 2004 11:27:16 am PST #9214 of 10000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Speak of the topic, and a good writer shall give good rant on the subject.
Consuela - Nov 16, 2004 12:11:54 pm PST #9215 of 10000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Hah. I had a rant about warnings a while back. I'm fairly hardcore on not wanting to warn for specific plot elements, but if the entire basis of the story is about death I suppose it doesn't give much away to warn for it.
Emily - Nov 16, 2004 5:18:14 pm PST #9216 of 10000
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Oh, dammit! I just remembered what I meant to request for my Yuletide fic! Ah well, I probably wouldn't have gotten it anyway. Still... I've always really wanted Pretty in Pink Steff/Blane. Ah well.
SuziQ - Nov 17, 2004 8:34:32 am PST #9217 of 10000
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Ok, I have to admit that I have gone back to reading that mpreg story. In my hunt for something else to read I came across a Hermione story that hooked me to start with and then went way downhill. I figured, that other story had me hooked, was consistently well written, and it is a magical world...soooooo.
I'm coming around on my stance of warnings. Thanks for opening my eyes on this. I still feel like such a newbie.