fic labelling
Aug. 2nd, 2004 10:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pezI want to ask for your opinion on fic labelling, particularly if you've been directed here from ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
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I know some people from my flist are against not labelling death fics, but recently I've been thinking that I might not label them anymore. It's like, when you buy a novel at the bookshop, you wouldn't know if the character's going to die or not. Same for when you watch a movie. You will get appropriate warnings for sex, language and violence, but not for death.
Sometimes labelling a death fic just spoils the story. I don't have any death fics in the works right now, apart from [Trials of Trust], but if the death is a twist in the plot then giving warning just spoils everything doesn't it?
I don't really like labelling what pairing the story would be, too, but I guess there's no escape from that. People do pick pairings to read; I do that too. Reading the back of a book usually tells you who falls in love with who, if it's a gay story, etc etc.
So, yeah. I'm not very good at constructing a discussion or anything, but I'd like to hear as much opinion as possible. If you can, please tell me if you support not labelling death fics or not. Doesn't have to be followed up by reasons or anything (although that'd be great too). Comment away!
word_games.I know some people from my flist are against not labelling death fics, but recently I've been thinking that I might not label them anymore. It's like, when you buy a novel at the bookshop, you wouldn't know if the character's going to die or not. Same for when you watch a movie. You will get appropriate warnings for sex, language and violence, but not for death.
Sometimes labelling a death fic just spoils the story. I don't have any death fics in the works right now, apart from [Trials of Trust], but if the death is a twist in the plot then giving warning just spoils everything doesn't it?
I don't really like labelling what pairing the story would be, too, but I guess there's no escape from that. People do pick pairings to read; I do that too. Reading the back of a book usually tells you who falls in love with who, if it's a gay story, etc etc.
So, yeah. I'm not very good at constructing a discussion or anything, but I'd like to hear as much opinion as possible. If you can, please tell me if you support not labelling death fics or not. Doesn't have to be followed up by reasons or anything (although that'd be great too). Comment away!
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Date: 2004-08-02 02:58 pm (UTC)i don't like reading fanfics if i dont know who is the pairing.. i dont like every pairing.. and currenly i'm not in a mood to read death fics, so fics that aren't labled and i read them and find out its death fic would make me more depressed... :(
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Date: 2004-08-02 03:21 pm (UTC)I have to agree with myth720. For me fanfics are developed using characters that we all known and love (well some of them anyway) in comparison to novel where we had no idea whatsoever who the characters are. So I think it is good to label the pairing, have a bit of summary of the story and all that jazz for us the reader. After that the decision is all ours, either to read it or to leave it.