#trigger warnings are important

[queer-otherkin]

Just wanted to remind you, put gore and animal death warning on your posts with pictures of dead prey. It is very important /info/nm/upset

If possible also put the read more tab on it, especially if it's really gory. Have a nice day you all!!

(if you have any questions, why it's important, etc , ask away!)

[nyarlathotep-thecrawlingchaos]

Hi Nyarla 😅 uh, because you said this is a safe space, I was wondering if I could share something that's been upsetting me lately?

Don't feel forced to read or anything! Please stop if you're not in the right mental space or if you're just simply not interested or something! ❤️

So I've seen a lot of media (especially TikTok and stuff) portraying Crocodile, Mihawk and surprisingly Buggy as abusive towards their S/O 😅 As someone who's undergone abuse it's both triggering and extremely upsetting, and because you write for Poly Cross Guild so much and you stated you understand your brain being your worst enemy, I figured maybe I could list off the reasons I think this shouldn't logically make sense, or at least the reasons I'm trying to convince myself it doesn't, and ask your help and the help of all our community friends with it too? I'm so sorry, again, feel free to ignore this!

Crocodile, it's just...it doesn't 'fit'? In the sense that, sure, he beats up Buggy, but that's because he *CAN'T* kill him because he's serving as scapegoat, but otherwise he'd kill him and be done. Does that make sense? I mean that Crocodile feels like he wouldn't just...put energy into charming someone into a relationship to then hurt them? I'm trying to be so logical here it may come off insensitive and I'm so sorry, I'm just trying to grip into straws here, so I'm telling my brain he wouldn't 'waste his time' being abusive when he can just send the person away, or break up, or stuff. Because I know my brain won't just accept a 'He would just never do that because he is NOT like that and he would love you'. I genuinely feel like Crocodile is a kind of evil man with morals, along the lines of 'It is okay to murder people but it is never okay to disrespect your wife' kind? Also he just...he feels like once he finds somebody that won't betray him he keeps them so close? He very much gives the 'I will treat you how you treat me' kind of person? Plus I know it sounds stupid but with how much he seems to like and care for and protect animals I just don't think he would hurt his S/O? Also?? If it's because he kills other characters or beats up Buggy.....he doesn't??? Love????? Those people?????? You can't apply it to how he'd behave with a S/O?????

Mihawk probably comes from him being seen as very cold and distant, but it just....I detect no reason why he should ever be regarded as abusive either? He seems like he has a good heart, or at last not an evil one? Once again feels very much like a 'He wouldn't put energy into it'? He looks like he has very strong morals? And like he respects people in that sense?

And Buggy just...why? Because he yells at his subordinates and crew? That doesn't translate into anything? Buggy looks like he craves genuine love and clings onto it and falls into people pleasing?

HOLD UP

FRAND NEEDS COMFORTING AND REASSURANCE

This is gonna take a fair amount of typing so lemme sliiiide up to the ol laptop and—

Ow.

AHEM.

Anyway. First and very importantly, no apologizing, I am more than happy to be here in these situations. And you're giving me an excuse to do some good old fashioned character analysis?? Honestly, thank you.

Next, I already don’t like seeing them depicted as abusers in relationships. To each their own, but definitely not my cup of tea.

I hate it even more when it’s presented without trigger warnings. Trauma is a thing, please for the love of FUCK people, ADD TRIGGER WARNINGS. It takes all of TWO SECONDS to keep from making someone’s day worse.

Just fuckin do it mmkay.

Like, I get it. They’re technically villains. All three of them have the capacity to be complete jackasses, but no, I don’t feel like that translates into a romantic situation for any of them. At all. Crocodile, at worst, could potentially be neglectful to a point, in the sense that he ends up too busy with his work to spend as much time with you as you’d like, but he would find a way to make up for it when he becomes aware of it. And for sure the way a person treats animals is a clear indication of their character. It’s an enormous red flag to me when I see anyone that gets their rocks off on being mean to defenseless creatures (I know the bananawanis don’t technically qualify as defenseless, but still, same principle). Sir Crocodile is a busy man. It takes a lot of time and effort to run a successful criminal empire. He wouldn’t give anyone the time of day that he didn’t care about and downright treasure. He could be guilty of snapping off or being a jerk when he’s in a bad mood (who isn’t?), but, as you stated, he’s not going to waste valuable time courting someone just to use them as a punching bag, emotionally or otherwise.

Mihawk is still the human equivalent of a spoiled housecat to me. Cats frequently come off as aloof little assholes, they can be incredibly antisocial around other cats and people, but they are very capable of showing love and affection to their chosen human(s). That’s exactly how I see Mihawk. He’s shown a capacity for kindness to others even in canon. He didn’t have to let Zoro and Perona stay on Kuraigana Island when they showed up. He could have very easily killed them or sent them off. He also showed concern for both of their well beings’. He is more than capable of caring about others; he just has a tendency to be subtle about it. Not everyone’s love language is extravagant. Antisocial doesn’t translate to uncaring. Being antisocial frequently can mean just the opposite—that you would rather spend your time and affection on the people you care about than waste your energy making small talk with strangers.

I would like to have a word with whoever tf is depicting Buggy as abusive like?? He’s just a baby?? Okay, his temper could potentially be problematic at times, but abusive? Ex-fucking-SCUSE ME? I don’t track with this one at all. Lil guy is attention-starved. He would be an absolute sweetheart exclusively to his beloved. He would be clingy as hell to be sure, and he would spoil them rotten whether they like it or not, and his abandonment issues could be a lot to handle at times with a potential for jealousy, but none of that translates to abusive.

I say again, TRIGGER WARNINGS PEOPLE. USE THEM.

[brainwormcity]

It's fallen out of the public consciousness since the smut war, but this is a reminder that if you're going to depict smutty art that can be construed as non-consensual, you have a duty to either post it with content warnings or explicitly demonstrate some sort of confirmation of consent or else you're doing a disservice to your followers. You cannot just retroactively claim that it's consensual in the comments when you've already triggered people.

[fandomsoda]

Here is your reminder that triggering content (especially in VISUAL media) should not just be tagged but also warned for at the top of the post. If it’s visual, probably put a read more too. Be as thorough as possible when depicting these things, especially violence. As a creator it is your job to put the safety of your viewers first. And if you do not think that’s your responsibility, you are clearly not mature enough to be making that content in the first place.

[hibiscuslegacy]

I hate Twitter 😭😭 I came across a tweet that was NOT TAGGED FOR RAPE OR NONCON and im still triggered about it days later ngl. Im not even sure the op understood they were describing a rape and I’m also not sure if it’s normal to not give a TW for that on Twitter or smth. If it’s not normal, I need someone to let me know so I can start muting words/characters where I see this happen 😭 Post whatever you want, I would just like a warning if it’s depicting rape

On the bright side, it did give me an idea for a recovery fic, so there’s that. I have an idea for both SukuGo and IjichiGojo

[sofiadragon]

Please Tag Fertility Trauma

Tag miscarriage.

Tag a stillborn child.

Tag fertility issues when they are a big plot point and/or take up the majority of what a main or side character is doing in a story.

Tag it if it is the focus of a whole chapter, or a recurring complication in the background even if it isn’t main plot material.

Nobody wants a dead baby jumpscare. I promise.

If you don't want to spoil things "fertility issues" covers a lot of ground and people with this trauma will appreciate the heads up.

[agender-wolfie]

A special thanks to the bitches for not tagging a trigger warning on their post so now I’m having an anxiety attack ☺️

[smoov-criminal]

today is Disability Day of Mourning, a day when we are to commemorate disabled people who are killed at the hands of their family and/or caregivers. there's so much i could say about it, but mostly i just want people to keep these victims in mind today. here's a webpage that acts as a memorial to these victims and a source for information on the topic. if you can, try to take a moment today to think about these victims and just generally keep them in your heart, they deserve that much.

[inkely]

I had a vision while listening to the song delirium tremendous (it’s very Lazarus pit Jason coded to me) and then this happened. It wasn’t this creepy in my sketch, it just kinda happened but it’s in time for Halloween so imma roll with it

Also this is my first post after lurking for awhile!!! Hi tumblr :)

[fratricideknight]

people with epilepsy: would you be willing to tell me what your preferred way of tagging for flashing lights is? like, 'cw flashing' or just, 'flashing lights' or something? because i'm not sure and i'm also not entirely sure how dangerous flashing lights through a screen can be, so don't want to risk getting it wrong

[poeticlostsoul]

Getting bad again

I'm getting bad again,

it feels so right.

I'm getting bad again,

with a hand between my legs.

I'm getting bad again,

no one knows how deep into the darkness I've gone.

I'm getting bad again,

slowly killing myself.

I'm getting bad again,

and I don't really care.

I'm getting bad again.

Taking another sip.

I'm getting bad again,

swallowing another pill.

I'm getting bad again

contemplating suicide.

I'm getting bad again

and finally everything goes blank.

I'm getting bad again

closing my eyes.

I'm getting...there

[ohnoitsnuance]

It’s been really weird to see this website go from “trigger warnings are important to avoid mental health attacks from those with PTSD or OCD” to “trigger warnings are just an excuse to avoid the horrors of reality by the well off.”

I understand entirely what the second argument is getting at, because people absolutely use the phrase incorrectly to block out ideas or events that might upset them just a little (and should upset them!) but at the same time, now when I use this site, not only can I not brace myself for content that triggers my OCD but I also get double triggered by being told my want of triggers is a moral failing.

[starwrittenfates]

I’m stating it right now for this blog, especially with Season 4 of The Witcher Netflix coming out soon (because I’m not sure how they will make it come off and especially how fans will interpret it…)—

➡️ This blog is Anti Ciri x Mistle & Anti Mistle. I will NOT be shipping Ciri with Mistle. ⬅️

It was NOT a healthy or romantic relationship for Ciri in the books. If I see anyone condoning it or shipping it, I will hardblock!

If you want more info on it, read the below article on it which includes book spoilers (Trigger warning: mentions of sexual assault and manipulation.)

[atomicjellyb3an]

i won’t really comment further on the whole controversy with THAT Arcane fic that’s happening on Twitter right now and i do fully stand by the sentiment that if you don’t like a fic it doesn’t give you the right to harass the author

HOWEVER if you are going to write graphic SA scenes in your fic, that is something that you 100% need to have tagged and have a warning for!!!

your readers should know before even clicking on the fic if it includes something like that

[thedoctordoesmarvel416]

ALWAYS INCLUDE TRIGGER WARNINGS

hello.

pls remember to add trigger/content warnings, because even if it's not something that triggers you, it can trigger someone.

and if you see someone forgot to put a trigger warning, please comment asking them to add the trigger warnings.

thanks to @hopewearsglasses for alerting me that one of my posts didn't have a trigger warning where it should, that was my fault and I'll do my best to remember to do so in the future.

[punch-love]

I have a comment that I was idk I was not really inclined to share. But it’s been on my mind. Your last chap really fucked me up in the sense that it was super triggering to see Peter deal w so much inner turmoil. And I don’t really get triggered very often and I haven’t ever dealt w that much turmoil and I just was feeling overwhelmed by his thoughts and that they were super unhealthy… which I’m sure u know his thoughts were unhealthy because you are creating characters who don’t deal w things in the healthiest way and Peter and wades whole relationship is supposed to show how unhealthy they are but like it was also hard knowing people are mentally struggling that much daily and I couldn’t live within that head space for just the few minutes it took me to read the chap. And idk I was super reluctant to share this comment because I only really post positive praising ones and not that it’s not praise because you were able to make me feel peters thoughts just by your writing but idk it was still kinda hard to read. I’m sorry I hope this doesn’t offend it’s the last thing I’m trying to do

It was my intention for it to be hard to read. I want my work to be difficult to both read and process, because it's important to me that the characters I write about have brains that are genuinely not always pleasant to be inside. I think sometimes people write (and read) about characters as a means of escaping the horrors of the human experience, but personally: I write to highlight and sympathize with the horrors.

I don't write to trigger people, however. I will add a trigger warning to that chapter! It's people's choice to read my work, but I can see how you weren't given enough context pre-chapter to really understand what you were getting into with Peter's perspective. I took a long time writing this chapter, in part, because it wasn't really a fun one - just difficult. I'm going to always write works that have the potential to trigger people, that's just how I exist as a writer. I will take responsibility in being more intentional in preparing my audience for that though!

Also, I don't dislike this comment at all, if anything, it communicates that my writing does exactly what I want it to do - not that I want it to trigger you - but I do want people to have strong reactions to my work. I don't consider this negative feedback at all! You also mentioned struggling with processing, how people struggle with that type of mental process daily. I write a lot from my own experience. I have a very difficult brain, and writing is often the only way I can get people to understand the interior of it. It's absolutely not a fun way to live! I don't blame anyone for not wanting to sit with that.

To me, writing is a way that I can spread my own discomfort into something I can sympathize with/perceive outside myself. I also just really like writing about difficult and human people. I'm not offended that it's not everyone's cup of tea, and sometimes that difficult humanity actually has the capacity to be triggering. I am open to any and all comments of how people connect to my work: the good, and the bad.