poll! KFZ!

[aimeelicious]

So I've been giving a lot of thought to character death in fic, and the fic header warnings that often come with them, but sometimes don't. In the interest of fostering a dialogue on the topic, I've created a poll to gather some general information about reader preferences. This post/poll is UNLOCKED, in the hope that some of you will be willing to PIMP it in your journals and hopefully encourage others to fill it out, as I'd like as much input as possible. ETA: I do plan on doing a results post based on this poll, so please know that your responses will not just disappear into the ether.

Feel free to answer the poll anonymously if you wish, and take over my journal for discussion, just don't get nasty! This has been declared a kerfuffle-free zone (KFZ).

[Poll #450697]

ETA: Sorry for forgetting Smallville as a fandom...it's one of my faves and I left it off! Dang polls, can't edit them.

Comments

[mosca.livejournal.com]

Here via sd_herald. Hi.

My primary fandom is Firefly if it's anything, although I'm about as multifandom as they come.

I don't like being warned for character death, but I appreciate that a lot of people do. I think it's worthwhile for authors to put warnings/headers at the end of the story in these kinds of cases-- that way, people like me can go unspoiled while others can feel duly warned.

[aimeelicious]

Several people have suggested the 'end of story' location for warnings/headers, and I have to admit, I think it's a fairly simple but effective solution that's not common in the fandoms I generally follow.

Thank you very much for participating!