GORRAMIT.

[agilebrit]

People need to stop being stupid on the internet. The first one is lulzworthy, but the second one is rage-inducing, and I need to stop reading it lest I do something else truly horrible to Ben to compensate for the fact that there's no way to actually smack someone through the internet.

Okay, seriously, rape victims are getting their ENTITLEMENT all over FANFIC AUTHORS, whose ARTISTIC INTEGRITY is going to be VIOLATED by posting a WARNING for their RAPEFIC? They're shitting me with this, right? Right?

I mean, come on. Even if you're not going to post a specific warning, something for "triggering content" or "every shade of Wrong" is appropriate. Toss the victims a bone, eh? If you want to keep your "artistic integrity" *chokes* intact, think of it as advertising rather than "warning."

Also, I liked the cookie analogy:

And you know what, even if they were remotely equivalent, let's say you're at a party and have a tray of peanut butter chip cookies.

Ten people have no food allergies and will eat your cookies no matter what.

Ten people have some allergies and just won't eat anything without an ingredients list.

Ten more people absolutely fucking love peanuts but are not going to eat your cookies, because they don't know there are peanuts in the cookies.

And one person will eat your cookies and go into shock because almost everything else at the party with peanuts has a GIANT LABEL SAYING 'PEANUTS' on it.

Congratulations, you've just fucked up an otherwise excellent party.

Fanfic is Serious Business, I guess. And I'll just mop up and unlock my caps key. There, that's better.

Oh, hi, Ben...

Comments

[kensieg.livejournal.com]

People are idjits! What are you going to do? The cookie story is good. When you say shock you mean anaphylactic, right?

[agilebrit.livejournal.com]

I'm going to...

Post about it on my LJ. Yeah. And warn for that shit. Seriously, it's not hard. I'd feel awful if something I wrote smacked a rape victim in the face because my "artistic integrity" *gags* precluded me from posting a big fat WARNING on my BadWrong Fic of Massive BadWrongness, y'know?

And I believe she means anaphylactic, yes.

[kensieg.livejournal.com]

Ahh I did spell it right. I like labeling because when I'm down I don't want to read a depressing story. Also I really really don't want to read a torture, sex slavery, dubcon or rape story. These are people who are so narcissistic to believe that if it doesn't bother them it shouldn't bother other people. You aren't spoiling the story if you say something vague like: may squick or possibly triggery. Of course the author may just be a sadist and enjoy sending people over the edge. Artistic integrity sounds like I don't care what anyone thinks.

Is tarring and feathering too much for this? F**king A**holes!

[kensieg.livejournal.com]

I just read impertinence's post and now I know the difference between squick and trigger. They aren't similar at all. Tarring and Feathering isn't too much for this sociopath.

[baron-waste.livejournal.com]

I am SO GLAD I don't get involved with LJ wank. Can you imagine a less valuable use of your time?

[agilebrit.livejournal.com]

It can be either rage-inducing or LOLtastic. And I'm just at the periphery of these, snarking merrily away, but it's been a long time since I've wanted to smack people THIS hard.

[baron-waste.livejournal.com]

In all these years, I've never known your last name. Howdy do!

[agilebrit.livejournal.com]

I changed my "name" because anonymity seems silly when I'm handing out cards with this website address and my full name on them, and I'm getting actually published in places. So...yeah. :)

[crayonbreakygal.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I popped on over there to read the mess. People are idiots. Gah, I think I warn too much sometimes. I even warn for pairings because I know that some people hate certain ones. But fics like this need big, fat warnings in CAPSLOCK. It's just the right thing to do.

[baron-waste.livejournal.com]

Maybe. I'm sorry for her problems, but I'm not responsible for her mental issues. I write what I want to write. If she doesn't like it, she's free to stop reading.

[agilebrit.livejournal.com]

Yes, but stick a warning on triggery stuff, please. Or at least say that you don't warn. Even a book jacket gives you some idea of content. By the time she gets to the triggering content, it's too late, the damage is done.

Shit, now I'm wondering if I should stick a dubcon warning on my seduction snippet...

[baron-waste.livejournal.com]

Well, I have to amend that - I suppose a warning would be simple courtesy. I seldom write anything that even the most entitlement-bound professional victim would call 'triggering,'but if I did, I'd probably say so.

[agilebrit.livejournal.com]

Simple courtesy, YES.

Also, advertising. I mean, there are people out there who love that kind of thing (see: Cookie Analogy, above) and will want to read it if you just tell them it's there.

[baron-waste.livejournal.com]

I like your icon. Odd - I've never before encountered that play on words before, in all my days.

[agilebrit.livejournal.com]

I stole it blatantly from the TV show "Castle" and immediately appropriated it for myself. Considering what I've been writing lately, it seemed apropos. ;)