You know what writers owe readers? The very best story they can come up with. Period. Now, a write who feels like offering warnings certainly should. There's nothing wrong with it. A writer who feels like playing games with the conventions of warnings also should. (In a recent Nero Wolfe/Doctor Who crossover, when posting to a comm that required "warnings" I put "Warnings: Shrinkage." If a "Disclaimer" is required, I usually use a "claimer" claiming ownership of the fandom, the canon, the internet, and the reader.)
But all you owe your reader is your very best storytelling.
I so agree with this! I'm a writer, and I'm serious about my writing. Just because my genre of choice is fan fiction doesn't mean it's not important to me. Strangers expecting me to neuter my stories for them is insulting, and it's something I'm not going to do.
For many reasons, chiefly because you have one of my favorite all-times characters as your icon and also because you're amazingly sane (as are all merricatk's friends), I've friended you. Friend me back if you like. Either way is okay.
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Date: 2009-06-24 10:21 pm (UTC)But all you owe your reader is your very best storytelling.
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Date: 2009-06-24 11:58 pm (UTC)And I love your warnings and disclaimers!
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Date: 2009-06-25 02:13 am (UTC)