Date: 2019-05-09 05:53 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] erinptah
So, look, I don't want to jump down your throats here, but...

1) The rules say "no underage" and "no RPF", but nothing about suicide, rape, murder, or violence being "not acceptable."

2) Literally anything can be triggering, because anything can be involved in a traumatic incident. For some people, fic about consensual sex is triggering. Other real triggers include tooth-brushing, couch cushions, and Jello. If your definition of "safe space" is "only fic that contains no triggering content for anyone," that's an impossible standard.

3) ...you know something else that could be triggering? For a reader who has struggled with suicidal urges (no idea if that includes the prompt OP, but it probably includes at least a few readers of this community) to be told, suddenly and out of nowhere, that "a story about someone like you being rescued and comforted" is "not appropriate."

4) Part of the fun of a kink meme is that it's a safe space...for people to explore things in fiction without being shamed. Even if those things are sexy, kinky, weird, or dark.

I get that you want to make it easy for people to avoid fics that will be bad for them -- but a better way to do that is by giving people the tools to manage and control their own reading experience, not by trying to control it for them. (Note that loss of control is a big factor in PTSD! And getting a sense of control back is a big part of healing.)

What I mean is, start requiring warnings. And not a general "warn for triggering content," because that's impossible (see point 2). Come up with a clear, specific list of topics that need to be warned for. People whose triggers are on the list will find them refreshingly easy to avoid, and people with non-listed triggers won't be dangerously misled into thinking they're covered.
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