what do you think about people not using warnings like ‘Major Character Death’ in their fics? i’ve seen it several times (over 10) in just the past few days, where i click on a fic tagged “fluff” or “hurt/comfort” where a member of the ship i’m reading for is killed off and that’s not something i want to read- which is why i filter out anything with the aforementioned tag. most often, in the comments they say it’s a “spoiler” but i still feel like it should be tagged regardless.
hmm, this is. a complicated question, to be honest
on one hand, i completely agree with you- tags are there for a reason, and it’s not fun to suddenly get something you really don’t want to see thrown in your face
on the other hand, i also see where the writer is coming from. throwing those punches at your reader is a joy, and if it’s a longer fic, warning about the character death from the very start can be kind of frustrating
(though also why a fic that features character death has fluff as a tag boggles the mind)
it would be kind of neat with a spoiler tag system- like it’s hidden unless the user specifically agrees to be shown the spoiler, though how that’d work is a mystery to me
i guess a way around it would be to like. mention it in the author note, or something? like put it behind a link. but that’d be kind of annoying to set up, especially if the writer is very prolific
atm, i guess the solution is the Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings tag, but eeeeeh, i’m not sure that’s particularly helpful? because while there’s a warning that there’s some kind of warning tag, there’s still no actual like. telling. of what tag it is
(and that’s not even touching on the fact that not everyone gets exactly what that tag means)
idk man, i don’t think there’s a good answer to that question. though i hope you’re okay! it’s not fun to get something like that suddenly thrown at you
