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?

[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?

[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.