Hee, the original manip is by a russian artist named Eneada. There are other manips of hers running about in icon form. I had to come and look what icon I used. How sad is that?
Anyway, I had some other thoughts while I was afk
Regarding the questions in your poll about does it matter who is the person dying in the fic - it does matter to me.
I mean, I'm not going to cry too much if Voldemort gets it, you know? Or Glory, or ...well I hope you see what I mean.
I think it also matters how important the character death is to the story as a whole. It's one thing to say, "Ron was killed in the war and Harry missed him every day" and then get on with the rest of the story. (not a big Ron fan, can you tell?) It's quite another to have the story completely revolve around Ron's painful death and Harry's own slipping into grief and madness as a result. You see what I mean?
I don't particularly think the first example needs a character death warning since the death is not intrinsic to the story. You could take out the death of Ron and for the most part the story would continue just the same. Those stories that deal more intensely with character death and which would not exist without it, or which deal with other than "the bad guys" or "minor characters", I'm in a gray area about.
I think it's a bit like bondage play or excessive amounts of come or cutting or things that are likely to cause massive squickage for readers. I might not squick at the 1st but have issues with both of the other two, as an example. That doesn't mean someone else may be triggered in a negative way by bondage and therefore I have a duty to warn potential readers.
As a final note, I don't read books or see movies that are likely to have content that I find disturbing so it's not like I'm holding fic or fic writers to another standard. Movies like The Grudge, Gothika, The Cell are all on my "never, ever, ever going to watch this" list. I had to walk out in the middle of a theatre showing of Silence of the Lambs on a *date* (yes that's how old I am, omg) because it disturbed me so much - as a basis of comparison. I won't read books of a certain "thriller" genre for the same reason.
The difference is, I can see the trailer of any of those movies above and many others on line and usually, the trailer is a fairly accurate diagnosis of the content of a movie. (not necessarily it's quality but it's content) I can read the back of the book, I can read reviews to get an idea of the content of said book.
The header is the only thing I have to judge whether I want to read a given fic, and sometimes a rec, depending on how thorough the rec really is.
Blah, I aparrently like the sound of my own "voice". Sorry to type your ear off.
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Date: 2005-03-08 07:03 pm (UTC)Anyway, I had some other thoughts while I was afk
Regarding the questions in your poll about does it matter who is the person dying in the fic - it does matter to me.
I mean, I'm not going to cry too much if Voldemort gets it, you know? Or Glory, or ...well I hope you see what I mean.
I think it also matters how important the character death is to the story as a whole. It's one thing to say, "Ron was killed in the war and Harry missed him every day" and then get on with the rest of the story. (not a big Ron fan, can you tell?) It's quite another to have the story completely revolve around Ron's painful death and Harry's own slipping into grief and madness as a result. You see what I mean?
I don't particularly think the first example needs a character death warning since the death is not intrinsic to the story. You could take out the death of Ron and for the most part the story would continue just the same. Those stories that deal more intensely with character death and which would not exist without it, or which deal with other than "the bad guys" or "minor characters", I'm in a gray area about.
I think it's a bit like bondage play or excessive amounts of come or cutting or things that are likely to cause massive squickage for readers. I might not squick at the 1st but have issues with both of the other two, as an example. That doesn't mean someone else may be triggered in a negative way by bondage and therefore I have a duty to warn potential readers.
As a final note, I don't read books or see movies that are likely to have content that I find disturbing so it's not like I'm holding fic or fic writers to another standard. Movies like The Grudge, Gothika, The Cell are all on my "never, ever, ever going to watch this" list. I had to walk out in the middle of a theatre showing of Silence of the Lambs on a *date* (yes that's how old I am, omg) because it disturbed me so much - as a basis of comparison. I won't read books of a certain "thriller" genre for the same reason.
The difference is, I can see the trailer of any of those movies above and many others on line and usually, the trailer is a fairly accurate diagnosis of the content of a movie. (not necessarily it's quality but it's content) I can read the back of the book, I can read reviews to get an idea of the content of said book.
The header is the only thing I have to judge whether I want to read a given fic, and sometimes a rec, depending on how thorough the rec really is.
Blah, I aparrently like the sound of my own "voice". Sorry to type your ear off.