Talks with Aunt Coffeebuddha: I'm too tired and pissed to try to be funny.

[coffeebuddha]

It's late, I'm tired, and I've seen this way too many times today to not want to hit something with a tuba.

Guys. Warning for slash in your headers? Is fucking repugnant.

Let's take a look at some things that are typically warned for and see if you can't figure out why that is without my spelling it out for you.

• Rape/noncon/dubcon/sexual assault
• graphic violence
• character death
• child abuse
• emotional/mental abuse

Basically, these are all things that are generally acknowledged to be potentially triggering for readers. Can we all parse out why lumping a same sex relationship into the category of 'things that need to be warned for' with things like that might possibly be offensive as all get out?

If you want to say that your story contains slash, then have at it. Include it in your summary, in your notes, or in an actual 'Contains' line. But don't fucking warn for it like it's something offensive and triggering.

Comments

[magical-mia.livejournal.com]

God, I cannot explain how much this bugs me. I don't even really like it in the summary to be honest; I think they should just put the pairing and be done. No one puts "het" in their summaries after all.

[coffeebuddha.livejournal.com]

Definitely agreed, but for people who just need to shove it in so that people will ~know~, I'm less likely to start twitching and foaming at the mouth if they include it somewhere other than the warnings line.

I have seen people warn for het before just as a way to point out how ridiculous warning for slash is. It freaking makes my day every single time.