Most people keeping up with this issue will have read zvi's post on the matter; but I'm going to direct you to ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
anjak_j and her post, which I felt expressed many arguments-beneath-the-uppermost-arguments quite aptly.
My personal take is brief and goes like this:
I think that fic should hold warnings. I think it's something that the author should observe out of politeness, although obligation seems a strong word. It is not the responsibility of someone else to make everywhere 'safe' for someone else. And sometimes I would like to draw someone through a story without them being forewarned of what's going to happen.
On the other hand, there's the consideration of my fellow fan: I should hate to be the cause or reason for someone's trigger-point, and so (on the rare occasions when I write something that might be triggery) I try to warn for things that may be problematic for others in a broad and generalised way. I can't guarantee that I will always catch everything - I can't promise a 'safe space' for absolutely everyone - but that's where the balance between my general responsibility to be considerate in society and the reader's specific responsibility to themselves and the degree of their triggers intersect.
Does that make sense?
anjak_j and her post, which I felt expressed many arguments-beneath-the-uppermost-arguments quite aptly.My personal take is brief and goes like this:
I think that fic should hold warnings. I think it's something that the author should observe out of politeness, although obligation seems a strong word. It is not the responsibility of someone else to make everywhere 'safe' for someone else. And sometimes I would like to draw someone through a story without them being forewarned of what's going to happen.
On the other hand, there's the consideration of my fellow fan: I should hate to be the cause or reason for someone's trigger-point, and so (on the rare occasions when I write something that might be triggery) I try to warn for things that may be problematic for others in a broad and generalised way. I can't guarantee that I will always catch everything - I can't promise a 'safe space' for absolutely everyone - but that's where the balance between my general responsibility to be considerate in society and the reader's specific responsibility to themselves and the degree of their triggers intersect.
Does that make sense?