I am thinking that we are all good people with discretion we trust each other-- we don't have a lot of newcomers-- perhaps the comics policy should be that people discussing comics should use their discretion to not spoil people who do not read the comics? Which is sort of what we do anyway?
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Sophia Brooks - May 07, 2015 3:03:27 pm PDT #5881 of 6786
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-t - May 07, 2015 3:35:47 pm PDT #5882 of 6786
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I don't feel strongly about the comics-as-spoiler question at all, but Sophia sums up what I do want, I think.
It's not a bright line, but the issue is not exactly a problem that needs solving. Muddling through has been fine so far.
Jessica - May 07, 2015 3:38:33 pm PDT #5883 of 6786
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
So in Other Media, the policy is:
Please use spoiler font for new releases until after the weekend following release.
I would be fine making this a blanket spoiler policy for the board regarding comics.
I feel like board culture mostly leans towards spoilerfonting upcoming HSQ moments so that the comically inclined can watch the non-readers capslock in amazement, but I don't think we need to codify that.
aurelia - May 07, 2015 5:27:10 pm PDT #5884 of 6786
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
I don't feel a burning need to address comics differently than we have been. As someone who doesn't follow comics much I tend to find the bits of discussion I've paid attention to more informative than spoilery. My $ .02.
Connie Neil - May 07, 2015 6:27:31 pm PDT #5885 of 6786
brillig
I don't read the comics but I would be quite surprised if anyone who follows the MCU hasn't seen other comics points elsewhere in the wild. Heaven knows it's all over the other boards I read. I'm find with no spoiler font on comics.
Zenkitty - May 07, 2015 7:12:05 pm PDT #5886 of 6786
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I'm find with no spoiler font on comics.
Me too. Especially since there's no guarantee that what happened in the comics will happen that way, or at all, in the MCU.
SailAweigh - May 08, 2015 3:04:30 am PDT #5887 of 6786
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Seriously, what happens in MCU can be radically different from the comics, especially with characters that have been in print for 40 years or more: origin stories change, plot points differ by 180 degrees, it's more like hearing about an AU of what's occurring on screen. I'm more or less current with the main Marvel comics right now and I find them so confusing, anyway, with the way they keep rebooting and pulling in older story lines to regurgitate them that it makes no difference if I know the comics or not. I treat the TV/movie versions as just one more take on where they started from in the Marvel universe.
Wolfram - May 08, 2015 7:31:55 am PDT #5888 of 6786
Visilurking
I am thinking that we are all good people with discretion we trust each other-- we don't have a lot of newcomers-- perhaps the comics policy should be that people discussing comics should use their discretion to not spoil people who do not read the comics? Which is sort of what we do anyway?
This.
I plan on infrequenting the MCU thread and don't really keep up on the comics, but I'm not worried that something terribly spoilery will come out from them. The MCU liberally changes comic canon anyway, so there's always a decent chance that they'll pivot and go a different direction on anything that comes up.
Connie Neil - May 08, 2015 4:59:47 pm PDT #5889 of 6786
brillig
(I'm certainly hoping so, in re: Civil War)
DebetEsse - May 08, 2015 6:49:08 pm PDT #5890 of 6786
Woe to the fucking wicked.
I could imagine someone wanting to stay unspoiled for Bucky. I'm not sure how you do that on the Internets, but I can't really think of another similar-HSQ canonical thing.