(no subject)

[flemmings]

Why do people indicate pairing and rating for a drabble? Is some fangirl going to go ballistic about 'you made me waste 30 seconds of my time reading a pairing I *loathe*!!???' Or have the wackymono not realized that stating half the information gleanable from a drabble beforehand immensely reduces the punch of the story? 'This is a joke about a dog who walks into a bar, and the punchline is a pun. So a dog walks into a bar...'

Comments

[kickinpants.livejournal.com]

I don't know...without a "warning", a poor unsuspecting 38-er might be forced to read a hundred words by a Aevil 39-er (or vice versa), and you know what happens then...

THE WHOLE WORLD BLOWS UP.

But, yeah,, summarizing a drabble is pretty out there. But I bet people might complain if they did "have" to read a pairing they didn't like. The same could be said for spoiler warnings on drabbles. "Spoiler- character death" really takes the punch out too.

[flemmings.livejournal.com]

OH NO NOT THE WORLD!!! (rushes to put pairing warnings on all her fics)

Uhh- yeah. I suppose the joy of fandom for some people is it gives them something to take umbrage at. But spoiler warnings on drabbles... kind of takes the cake.

[incandescens]

You could change it to "destroys world"/"does not destroy world". An important fact, and easy to label by!

[flemmings.livejournal.com]

True, but understood only by the cognoscenti. Unsuspecting fangirl clicks link that destroys world and then writes in distress that OMG u shd of said GAIDEN SPOILER!!! cause KONZEN DIES!!!!

[incandescens]

"So sorry, will label it "Destroys sun" next time in the hopes that this is more accurate."

[flemmings.livejournal.com]

You gamers and your secret handshakes...