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Fic Talk => General Discussion => Topic started by: nicksgal on February 20, 2008, 03:39:17 PM
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Hey, here's a little discussion that's fun. lol
So I was updating that I changed my countries names and some news and things, and I looked at the first page and was eyeing the warnings on all the stories. There was one that had "Graphic Violence, Graphic Sexual Content, and Sexual Assualt/Rape" and I thought to myself that I would probably never read a story with all three of those warnings...
(I should point out that PBox's warnings are Graphic Violence and Death... I chose graphic violence because I figure, if Nick gets in fights and then spends half his time bloodied up in the story, then graphic is king of the right choice....)
Anyway, I scrolled down and there was another one that had both "Graphic Sexual Content and Mild Sexual Content" as a warning. And I thought, is that really necessary? lol I mean, if you're already warning people about the graphic stuff, do they really need to be warned about the mild stuff? In my case, Nick gets in a fight and is oozing blood because of something nasty... Say a hole in his abdomen. ;) Let's call that graphic viloence... Then later he punches someone in the face. Let's call that mild violence. If I already warned everyone about the gaping wounds, do I really need to warn them about the punch to the face? lol Maybe that was my question...
Anyway, what I really did want to discuss was whether or not warnings influenced if you'll read a piece. :) And that was a long rambly way of asking it. lol
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Warning don't really influence me or turn me away from anything. If something looks like it's promising, either from the summary or the first couple of chapters, I'll probably continue to read it.
What you said about not warning people about mild violence/sexual content if there's already a graphic warning makes sense. Why put both there? Because if you already have graphic stuff, chances are you're going to have some mild stuff...hmm..
When I was posting one of my stories originally, I was kind of hesitant to put the Death warning, just because my big surprise ending is that the main character dies (Aren't I nice?) so I was kind of iffy on putting that there... in the end I think I did, but it kind of worried me because I didn't want to give away too much, you know?
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Warnings don't really make me decide whether to read it or not but I do chuckle often when I read the warnings. For me it's about the summary first and foremost.
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^ agreed. I don't even know if I read the warnings listed. And I also agree with Saka. If you have graphic violence then you don't have to put mild violence, its a given. I think you just have both options so that you can put mild if that's all you have.
I also had the same problem with NYACS. I didn't want to put death/sexual assault and rape because I didn't want people knowing that was what was going to happen. I think I did anyway and I even warned my readers that the one specific chapter got really graphic so skip it if its not your thing. but yeah, sometimes I think a rating "PG" "PG-13" "R" etc should be enough of a warning and I don't think the individual warnings are necessary.
I do, however, like the slash warnings because I have absolutely no desire to read about the boys falling in love with each other. Having gay guys/girls in your stories is one thing, but not telling your readers that your story is a slash is mean. lol.
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Warnings aren't a big deal to me either; I don't really look at them. If the story is good, then I can take whatever comes with it. A good example is "Signal to Noise" by Bobbi (not on AC, but I'm sure a lot of you have heard of it - it's a classic). I'm not one of those Bobbi superfans; that's the only story of hers I've read and really enjoyed, and it has a lot of graphic, uncomfortable stuff in it, but it's such a great suspense story that it doesn't matter.
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^ uncomfortable is the understatment of the year! lol
and I have to say, I haven't seen many slash fics. I wonder if that trend has died down. I remember when that was the 'in' thing to do.
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I don't think I actually put death until people started dying. lol I mean, you only need to warn people about what's already in there, right? lol
Maybe I'm just weird then. lol I think the only reason I took notice of the first story I mentioned at all was because the name "Renee" was in the summary. lol The violence thing doesn't really bug me... Obviously. It's the "Graphic Sex" thing I'm not a fan of.
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and I have to say, I haven't seen many slash fics. I wonder if that trend has died down. I remember when that was the 'in' thing to do.
I'd say the trend has died down because the boy band trend has died down. lol Now the girls have fictional characters from Japan to fantasize about. lmao
And I only say it cuz it's true.
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there should be a this is a stupid story warning or... this story will never be finished so don't bother reading it or... this story relies only on it's banners. It has no substance or... this story will change titles a thousand times or... lol
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lol Now the girls have fictional characters from Japan to fantasize about. lmao
And I only say it cuz it's true.
So very true. Anime fandom scares me sometimes lol
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there should be a this is a stupid story warning or... this story will never be finished so don't bother reading it or... this story relies only on it's banners. It has no substance or... this story will change titles a thousand times or... lol
How about a "Mary Sue" warning lable? lmao "Complete Unrealistic sex life" is a warning lable that would get put to use as well. ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!
There's at least a couple of my stories I would like "This story will never be finished" for... :(
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So very true. Anime fandom scares me sometimes lol
I can say with confidence that that is an understatement as well. lmao
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ooh yes, a Mary Sue warning would be grand lol
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ooh yes, a Mary Sue warning would be grand lol
Can the three of you implement something so that Moderators could put warning lables like that one stories? lmao
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lmao I think there would be a lot of unhappy people if we did that. Especially me. I think Jullily has more reading patience than I do.
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lmao I think there would be a lot of unhappy people if we did that. Especially me. I think Jullily has more reading patience than I do.
Nevermind the authors, why do I ave to read to determine these things? lmao
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there should be a this is a stupid story warning or... this story will never be finished so don't bother reading it or... this story relies only on it's banners. It has no substance or... this story will change titles a thousand times or... lol
LMAO and this is why I chose my avi!
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there should be a this is a stupid story warning or... this story will never be finished so don't bother reading it or... this story relies only on it's banners. It has no substance or... this story will change titles a thousand times or... lol
LMFAO!!!!!
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OMG The Graphic sexual content and mild sexual content thing always bothered me too. I mean obviously sometimes you'll have graphic sex scenes and then others you'll do more the fade to black type thing, but I think if it has graphic scenes in it go with the more intense warning to cover yourself. That's what I do. I use the Graphic sexual content warning although I'm obviously not as graphic as some people.
I also love when someone puts the graphic sexual content warning and it's like the tamest sex scene going lol. Maybe they're just trying to lure the perverts? lol
ALTOS has mild violence because there is a dream sequence where Nick gets shot and some small physical fights, but its probably not even that necessary. I also use the Death warning for reasons I cannot yet reveal... Actually a minor character will die later on... I guess there are a few themes of death through the story too.
LMAO I LOVE the "Unrealistic sex scenes" warning Dee! Sadly after I posted my last chapter i think almost every one of my readers wrote OMG Nick could NEVER be bad in bed (because it came up in the chapter) Poor Nick... I hope he never runs into any of you. He's got a LOT to live up to.
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LMAO I LOVE the "Unrealistic sex scenes" warning Dee! Sadly after I posted my last chapter i think almost every one of my readers wrote OMG Nick could NEVER be bad in bed (because it came up in the chapter) Poor Nick... I hope he never runs into any of you. He's got a LOT to live up to.
lmao well he probably has had a fair amount of practice :P
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I don't really pay much attention to most of the warnings either. At least not usually. I don't find slash appealing-and I think that was one of the warnings available from the list-so I might skip a story with that, but not always. I usually go from the summary. Sometimes I think the warnings are added on because it's in the story, but it doesn't always make up the story-if that makes sense. For example, One of the stories I have written (it's not up yet, it's on my list though) will have a sexual assualt/rape warning. My story doesn't really revolve around this, and I don't go into a lot of detail about it, so it's not really graphic, but it's mentioned/discussed. Because of this, I feel I should add that warning there. Does that make sense?
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there should be a this is a stupid story warning or... this story will never be finished so don't bother reading it or... this story relies only on it's banners. It has no substance or... this story will change titles a thousand times or... lol
In the little world I live in, trapped inside my/our brain... all of the stories on AC have warnings like this instead of the regular kind
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lmao well he probably has had a fair amount of practice :P
Even the most practise can't give you a 12 inch penis lol Soooo I think he still has a lot to live up to when it comes to people who put their expectations into fic form
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^ LMAO soooo true!
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In real life, where "books" exist, you don't know whether or not the book you picked up is going to have graphic sex, or just the regular kind, or graphic violence or finger jammed in a car door, you basically go off of the summary, and the reputation/writing history of the author.
I have a point here, it's that I think warnings aren't completely necessary. Even if you write slash you would put that it's gay m/m f/f etc in the genre description.
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true. You've convinced me altogether. Warnings aren't necessary. I like a ratings, but not warnings...
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Even the most practise can't give you a 12 inch penis lol Soooo I think he still has a lot to live up to when it comes to people who put their expectations into fic form
lol good point julilly!
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In the little world I live in, trapped inside my/our brain... all of the stories on AC have warnings like this instead of the regular kind
lol same here
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LMAO I LOVE the "Unrealistic sex scenes" warning Dee! Sadly after I posted my last chapter i think almost every one of my readers wrote OMG Nick could NEVER be bad in bed (because it came up in the chapter) Poor Nick... I hope he never runs into any of you. He's got a LOT to live up to.
Sure Nick could be bad in bed... What is he, a sex god?
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In real life, where "books" exist, you don't know whether or not the book you picked up is going to have graphic sex, or just the regular kind, or graphic violence or finger jammed in a car door, you basically go off of the summary, and the reputation/writing history of the author.
I have a point here, it's that I think warnings aren't completely necessary. Even if you write slash you would put that it's gay m/m f/f etc in the genre description.
That's very true. I'm not really a fan of warnings myself... Though it's better than when the pairings are listed in the summaries. lol
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Even the most practise can't give you a 12 inch penis lol Soooo I think he still has a lot to live up to when it comes to people who put their expectations into fic form
LMFAO!!! Julilly I think that comment just about made my night! I heart you! Lol
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Warnings do not turn me off or on to a story since I'm against censorship and ratings of stories to begin with. I understand the ratings online since you don't have areas to call stories Children's, Young Adult or Adult...
But yeah a Mary Sue warning would be GRAND!
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In real life, where "books" exist, you don't know whether or not the book you picked up is going to have graphic sex, or just the regular kind, or graphic violence or finger jammed in a car door, you basically go off of the summary, and the reputation/writing history of the author.
I have a point here, it's that I think warnings aren't completely necessary. Even if you write slash you would put that it's gay m/m f/f etc in the genre description.
I didn't think of it like that...that's a really good point. I completely agree with you on this.
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Julilly I've always thought that way about books. That you only go off the description/summary on the back of the book but there is no little box that says "Warning this book contains material not suitable for all ages" *shrugs* That is where the genre comes in. If you pick up a Harlequin romance expect more of the graphic sex description. If you pick up a Young Adult book .. violence will be more mild and if there is sex in the story you question why it's in the young adult section.
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I usually look at the summary first, then if it catches me, I check the rating. I stay away from anything that says "Graphic Sexual Content," or graphic-anything, I think, no matter how interesting the story seems; unless it's an old favorite.