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Sometimes I write stories that have twists, and sometimes I don't want to give those twists away, and often I'm extremely reluctant to post spoilery summaries of anything I write. That might make me pretentious by fandom standards, but whatever, I'm okay with that.

But I would never want any story that I write to cause someone to relive a traumatic experience. Some of the comments I've been reading claim that how can we be expected to warn for triggery stuff if there's no consensus as to what can be triggery, but I think there is consensus--or at least, I feel that it's been made very clear to me that I should specifically warn for anything involving dubious consent. Beyond that, if I write something that includes violence or dark themes or whatever, I warn for content that may be disturbing or whatever. If anyone were to comment to ask me to warn for something triggery that I hadn't warn for, then it doesn't seem like it would be all that difficult for me to edit the original entry and type a few words in order to keep someone else from reliving trauma.

I don't have anything to add to this debate beyond adding to the chorus, really, I just. Don't understand how this is even an issue. It's not about my reluctance to spoil my story where Merlin cheats on Arthur with Gaius, it's about us as a community doing what we can not to contribute to rape culture.

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it's about us as a community doing what we can not to contribute to rape culture.

YES THIS. I've been trying to figure out what to post about this for about the last hour. But yeah. This exactly.

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I am very much missing out on whatever the wank is about (prithee, don't enlighten me -- it's one of the only good parts about being out in IJ-land), but IAWTP in general.

It's not even that hard to code roll-over spoily text, if that's what people want to do! I figured it out, so believe me when I say that anyone can.

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Hey, I'm a random lurker, but I wanted to thank you for this post. It's pretty spot-on, as far as I'm concerned.

Yes. Thank you for this.

it's about us as a community doing what we can not to contribute to rape culture.

a-fucking-men.

This is such a good, clear post. Thank you.

I think there *are* acts/plotlines that we can agree on that we might want to 'warn': sexual violence and under age sex. Violence in general is more of a grey area in terms of how much of a warning is needed, but I'd toss it in as a strong maybe.

as someone pointed out it is important to draw the line (at least in terms of what we can realstically expect from writers) at wanting 'warnings' for the rest of life's experiences. ex: some people feel that warnings need to be issued if there is a significant age difference between people even if both people are over 18. others want warnings for consensual powerplay. others want warnings for sex acts they find repulsive - BDSM, rimming, enemas.

And because the list is long, people tend to toss their hands in the air in frustration. But offering information for your readers about the Big 3 is a good start.