Warning, Will Robinson!

[kerravonsen]

I have stayed out of the warnings debate and have only been following it at a remove (witnessing incredibly bad behaviour firsthand is bad for my blood pressure). I've been around for earlier rounds of the warning debate, but this is the first time the question of triggers versus preferences has come up, and it has been enlightening. PTSD is serious, folks!

So, two things:
1) I don't have warnings on my stories, because, as far as I know, I haven't written any stuff that needs warnings. Should I go through all the stories on my site and add "Warnings: nothing" to all my stories? Am I mistaken in thinking that I haven't written anything triggery?
What do you think?

2) winterweathered has created a community called ficsafezone, the purpose of which is to help people who have specific triggers vet stories without warnings (see community profile and sample post). I like this idea, I hope it works, because even if fans do start warning their stories better, there are still going to be stories out there which don't have warnings, and this could help bridge the gap.

Comments

[kerravonsen]

and I'm incensed that people are claiming that it is
I think part of the anger is that a number of the anti-warning folks have been saying:
a) that they themselves don't give a damn about hurting other people (in other words it isn't that they just don't want to do it, it is that they are explicitly declaring that they don't care about other people)
b) that the people with PTSD are lying about it in order to make themselves feel special

That makes me angry.

[mistraltoes.livejournal.com]

I certainly understand why statements like that would make you angry. But I think I've read nearly every post linked from metafandom (before today's batch), and I haven't seen anybody saying a). Just people *claiming* that people are saying a).

For me, a lot of this whole argument comes down to dueling definitions and a basic, root-level disagreement about who is responsible for non-intrinsic harm resulting from the use of a resource. Is it the person who provides the resource, or the person who decides to use it? For me, it's the person who decides to use it; to say otherwise only discourages people from providing resources, and that deprives everybody.

[kerravonsen]

I haven't seen anybody saying a). Just people *claiming* that people are saying a)
Alas, I have seen this. Well, the words were "I don't give a " [insert four-letter word here that rhymes with 'luck']. Which means the same thing, only with foul language.