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carabeleWith all the back-and-forth with regard to how to classify and label fanfic stories that has gone on the last few days both here on ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
mfu_canteen and on MFUfans, I've decided to go with a new concept on my own website with regard to Content Notices for my fanfic works posted there.
Below is a sample of what I am calling the "red ribbon":
Note in the header of the document a red section of Content Notices with specifics about what folks can expect in the story with regard to the usual "reader flashpoints", e.g., sex, death and violence in various forms. These notices apply to MAIN CHARACTERS (Napoleon, Illya, Waverly) only. (OCs are fair game. [chuckle])
I am not putting Genre itself in the red ribbon, as that is clearly labeled on my stories from my own index page or from an archive summary blurb. And honestly the Content Notices (as Warnings) are in those locations as well, if sometimes a little less detailed there. But the idea of the red ribbon is, if a reader came into the story directly (not through my index page or an archive summary blurb), they would have those Content Notices readily visible.
Labeling is truly a pain-in-the-butt, but I'll see how this new concept works as a whole. For right now it does seem a viable solution from my personal viewpoint.
mfu_canteen and on MFUfans, I've decided to go with a new concept on my own website with regard to Content Notices for my fanfic works posted there.Below is a sample of what I am calling the "red ribbon":
Note in the header of the document a red section of Content Notices with specifics about what folks can expect in the story with regard to the usual "reader flashpoints", e.g., sex, death and violence in various forms. These notices apply to MAIN CHARACTERS (Napoleon, Illya, Waverly) only. (OCs are fair game. [chuckle])
I am not putting Genre itself in the red ribbon, as that is clearly labeled on my stories from my own index page or from an archive summary blurb. And honestly the Content Notices (as Warnings) are in those locations as well, if sometimes a little less detailed there. But the idea of the red ribbon is, if a reader came into the story directly (not through my index page or an archive summary blurb), they would have those Content Notices readily visible.
Labeling is truly a pain-in-the-butt, but I'll see how this new concept works as a whole. For right now it does seem a viable solution from my personal viewpoint.