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]

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.