hey quick question!! how would someone be able to not read a fic with triggering shit in it without a warning without reading the shit that will trigger them? idk just a fucking though that it takes 0 fucking effort to warn for shit and you’re so annoying for being like ummm it’s not my responsibility actually! like grow the fuck up and give a shit about other fucking people.
hey quick question!! how would someone be able to not read a fic with triggering shit in it without a warning without reading the shit that will trigger them?
Simple. Don’t read fics that don’t have trigger warnings. Don’t watch movies that don’t have a “does the dog die” page. Don’t read books without a comprehensive list of trigger warnings someone else made.
idk just a fucking though that it takes 0 fucking effort to warn for shit
Not true, it actually takes a lot of effort to consider all the possible things in your fiction that someone else might want a warning for.
and you’re so annoying for being like ummm it’s not my responsibility actually!
It’s not my responsibility. Your feelings are not my responsibility. Your mental health is not my responsibility.
like grow the fuck up and give a shit about other fucking people.
How about you grow the fuck up and take responsibility and have some agency in your own care instead of expecting the rest of the world to cater to your comfort specifically?
how about you care about other people by not demanding that everyone cater to your preferences?
LOL
“How would someone be able to not read a fic-” that is actually very easy to do
Was fandom just better before AO3 because fics didn’t come with warnings and tags, so people had to actually be mature about interacting online? About what they interacted with?
It used to be ‘I read something i shouldn’t have’
Now its ‘you wrote something you shouldn’t have’
Side-swipe but bear with me–
Triggering.
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
A concept can scare you, offend you, horrify you, disgust you … and not trigger you. A psychological trigger is stimuli that causes an overwhelming physical/emotional reaction (for me, it’s people screaming at their kids– instant panic attack). When it’s bad, it can kick off deep depressions, panic attacks, self-harm episodes.
As adults, it’s our responsibility to know where our triggers are, avoid them where possible, and know how to deal when they happen. Artists cannot account for every single possible trigger in every single person in the world … and they shouldn’t have to. Take responsibility for your own well-being, and accept that consumption of art is done at one’s own risk.
You keep using that
word. I do not think it means
what you think it means.
Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.
Watching fandom (generalized) pitch off the side of a cliff into aggressive entitlement is fascinating and a little sad.
Trigger warnings are a courtesy, not a moral imperative. It’s generally considered “good manners” to include them, but it’s by no means a requirement, and flying into a rage because someone didn’t do it isn’t exactly good manners, either.
Plus, as has been pointed out, “trigger” is a term that has become so diluted that in some circles it’s functionally meaningless. A trigger is something that causes a visceral psychological/physical reaction. Sweating, difficulty breathing, a sense of panic, etc.
A growing number of people, however, use “trigger” to mean “anything I don’t like.” It’s a shitty, obnoxious, entitled thing to do and it causes a lot of harm to those who need the term by reducing it to a joke/something not to be taken seriously.
I could go on and on about how people maliciously misappropriate terms for their own selfish use, but that’s almost beside the point. Writers, especially fic writers, don’t “owe” you anything. We aren’t being paid to do this (legally sneaky fringe cases aside). We aren’t required to update fics in a timely matter that suits your needs or portray characters in a way you think is “correct.” And we aren’t obligated to include trigger warnings, content tags, or even blurbs. Those things are helpful, yes, but there are no legal imperatives (or “moral” ones) that compel us to use them.
Even on AO3 the policy is, generally, to leave it up to the creator’s judgement to use content warnings or the blanket “chose not to warn” tag. NOT using them isn’t a violation of the TOS and isn’t considered abuse. (X)
You can, of course, always ask a creator to include a warning. POLITELY. They don’t have to obey you, though, and getting mad about it serves no purpose. Getting preemptively mad and assuming malicious intent is even more of a dick move. Often it’s a case of a writer forgetting to include a tag or them simply not thinking something needed one.
Anyway, there’s way too much anger in the world already. If someone’s fanfic is reducing you to sweary rants and petty accusations maybe you should just go read a different fic. One that makes you happy.
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