I am pro-warnings. I try to warn for things I know are common triggers or die-hard squicks in my writing and my co-written stuff. Frequently, especially on my older stuff, I've included warnings that are joking or written in a facetious tone (I think I once warned for "disparaging remarks about President Grant" in a Mag7 fic). This doesn't mean that I don't take the need for warnings seriously.
If there are any fics I've written and posted that you think do not have adequate warnings, feel free to comment on the fic or PM me or seanchai and we will add a warning.*
Likewise, if you have any suggestions, criticism, or comments on the warnings and genre tags and other metadata at the Tales of Suspense website (a tag you would like to see included, an issue with the way something is currently being labeled or warned for), please feel free to either comment here about it or to PM or email myself or seanchai.*
ToS currently has a list of optional warning tags, with two mandatory-warning exceptions: major character death (yes, even if it's Steve's death that happened in canon, and no, I don't care if that's silly) and non-con/rape.
The non-con/rape warning is mandatory both because issues of consent in general and onscreen rape in particular can be major triggers for surviors of sexual abuse or assault, and because several people in the fandom specifically asked for such a warning on the site.
A generic "Kink!" tag is currently included on the ToS archive's list of warnings. I am considering altering that, and making a seperate metadata category for kinks, because several people have said during the ongoing warnings/triggers discussion currently going on in wider fandom that they dislike it when authors lump consensual sex acts in with death/abuse/assault. We'd also welcome y'all's opinions on that, as well as any suggestions on specific kinks you'd like to have the option of labelling for.
If there are any fics I've written and posted that you think do not have adequate warnings, feel free to comment on the fic or PM me or seanchai and we will add a warning.*
Likewise, if you have any suggestions, criticism, or comments on the warnings and genre tags and other metadata at the Tales of Suspense website (a tag you would like to see included, an issue with the way something is currently being labeled or warned for), please feel free to either comment here about it or to PM or email myself or seanchai.*
ToS currently has a list of optional warning tags, with two mandatory-warning exceptions: major character death (yes, even if it's Steve's death that happened in canon, and no, I don't care if that's silly) and non-con/rape.
The non-con/rape warning is mandatory both because issues of consent in general and onscreen rape in particular can be major triggers for surviors of sexual abuse or assault, and because several people in the fandom specifically asked for such a warning on the site.
A generic "Kink!" tag is currently included on the ToS archive's list of warnings. I am considering altering that, and making a seperate metadata category for kinks, because several people have said during the ongoing warnings/triggers discussion currently going on in wider fandom that they dislike it when authors lump consensual sex acts in with death/abuse/assault. We'd also welcome y'all's opinions on that, as well as any suggestions on specific kinks you'd like to have the option of labelling for.