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drusillas_rain ([personal profile] drusillas_rain) wrote2011-03-02 08:51 pm
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I really wish RL books came with warnings. I'm really getting tired of unexpected rape scenes within the first 10 pages of a book :(
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[identity profile] furiosity.livejournal.com 2011-03-03 05:32 am (UTC)(link)
I'm actually pretty amazed that for all the hand-wringing over warnings in fandom, no one seems to have stepped up to create a Wiki-style resource where people can submit warnings for mainstream books/movies/tv/etc.

(I support warnings 100% and think they're absolutely necessary; not just in fandom, either. I suppose I am just feeling cynical about many people's real intentions when they participate in online debate/discourse. >.>)

Enforced content warnings on books would be a spectacularly bad idea because of the huge potential for censorship (plus, spoilers), but a socially driven online database editable by anyone would be pretty great, IMO, since it could also warn for spoilers. I personally care about not feeling like I've been hit by a train than I do about some author's ~intricately crafted plot~, so. >.>
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[identity profile] djin7.livejournal.com 2011-03-03 07:22 am (UTC)(link)
This is very sane. I approve of this earth logic.

[identity profile] drusillas-rain.livejournal.com 2011-03-09 07:50 pm (UTC)(link)
I've thought about starting a wiki for this - similar to TV Tropes where you can search a book and then see only the warnings you want to see (e.g. if you're ok with character death you won't be spoiled, but if you want to know if the dog dies, you can check it out).
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