Trigger Warnings Spoil Anime

True, all trigger warnings for all episodes should be at the beginning of the first episode, to avoid spoilers in between.

@Zarutaku

that defeats the whole point for people who actually need them, as then they won't know when they need they need to keep a heads up to avoid potential panic attacks. It's also not really all that practical, especially for longer running shows to have a long ass disclaimer that would be a complete wall of text for an entire season's worth of content as it would be way too much information to intake at once for someone who needs it, which may lead to them overlooking something important. Episode by episode is cleaner as it has only the information needed in the moment, is more concise, and can be much quicker as a result due to not having to worry about too many characters per second being on screen.

@LSSJ_Chloe It would be a fair trade-off between content warning and crippling surprise moments, and entertainment should prioritize a good experience for the majority audience.

I would rather have small warnings for people that need it due to severe psychological trauma rather than being selfish and letting that get in the way of my enjoyment. Besides, most content warnings only stay on screen for a few seconds at most so they can be easily ignored for people who don't suffer from severe psychological traumas. The reason I bring this up is because I feel like they would be really helpful with an upcoming show I am excited for as someone I am really close to wants to watch it, but there's a chapter in the source material where a character acts like a child predator and that is severely triggering for them due to things that happened to them as a kid. Content warnings exist to help people with traumas like that to be informed on what they are watching instead of possibly being blindsided by something that could send them spiraling into a severe panic attack. I don't give a fuck if it spoils something for you, as it is an accessibility tool that allows more people to be able to enjoy art without having unintended mental health issues. I also really hate how a lot of conservative backlash calls them "trigger warnings" as it has basically turned psychological terms into a political buzzword and has been used for the past DECADE to basically demean people with psychological trauma. Have some fucking empathy people.

There's actually a few instances where I'd argue I wish they had one for myself due to having severe acrophobia and having panic attacks in scenes where people are on the edge of a building about to fall, or falling off an aircraft (yes this has actually happened before). My brain thinks about "oh god what if that happened to me" due to how severe it is and it would've been nice to have a heads up so I didn't start spiraling while watching a fucking 4Kids show.

@Zarutaku

You are completely ignoring my points as to why your idea flat out doesnt work

I would rather have small warnings for people that need it due to severe psychological trauma rather than being selfish and letting that get in the way of my enjoyment. Besides, most content warnings only stay on screen for a few seconds at most so they can be easily ignored for people who don't suffer from severe psychological traumas. The reason I bring this up is because I feel like they would be really helpful with an upcoming show I am excited for as someone I am really close to wants to watch it, but there's a chapter in the source material where a character acts like a child predator and that is severely triggering for them due to things that happened to them as a kid. Content warnings exist to help people with traumas like that to be informed on what they are watching instead of possibly being blindsided by something that could send them spiraling into a severe panic attack. I don't give a fuck if it spoils something for you, as it is an accessibility tool that allows more people to be able to enjoy art without having unintended mental health issues. I also really hate how a lot of conservative backlash calls them "trigger warnings" as it has basically turned psychological terms into a political buzzword and has been used for the past DECADE to basically demean people with psychological trauma. Have some fucking empathy people.

There's actually a few instances where I'd argue I wish they had one for myself due to having severe acrophobia and having panic attacks in scenes where people are on the edge of a building about to fall, or falling off an aircraft (yes this has actually happened before). My brain thinks about "oh god what if that happened to me" due to how severe it is and it would've been nice to have a heads up so I didn't start spiraling while watching a fucking 4Kids show.

Depends on how it's done but I don't generally mind them. I prefer the ones that have a short black screen with the warning clearly visible in the centre for a few seconds. The ones I don't like are ones that just display the warning over the entire screen as the episode is running, covering up details and being harder to read (As there is animation playing behind the text) I recall Happy Sugar Life did something like the latter and it was a bit annoying to see the text blocking the screen every episode.

@Zarutaku

that defeats the whole point for people who actually need them, as then they won't know when they need they need to keep a heads up to avoid potential panic attacks. It's also not really all that practical, especially for longer running shows to have a long ass disclaimer that would be a complete wall of text for an entire season's worth of content as it would be way too much information to intake at once for someone who needs it, which may lead to them overlooking something important. Episode by episode is cleaner as it has only the information needed in the moment, is more concise, and can be much quicker as a result due to not having to worry about too many characters per second being on screen.

I love how you placed smoking (I assume cigarette or other tobacco product smoking) between and alongside gore and suicide. Tone is difficult to detect in most informally written speech in text form on the internet, so I don't know whether or not it was intentional, but this was the single funniest thing I read on the forum on MAL in I don't know how long.

True, all trigger warnings for all episodes should be at the beginning of the first episode, to avoid spoilers in between.

@Zarutaku I once read a book that spoiled the entirety of itself with the trigger warnings. It had 3 characters...

@LSSJ_Chloe Would you really want to get invested and watch 9 episodes of a show only to find out in episode 10 that there is something triggering and you just can't watch anymore because of it? Better to know from the start, right?

I think having a small text at the top corner of the screen is fine. i.e. "gore, smoking, suicide". But a 10 second full screen warning is unnecessary and impossible to ignore if you wish to ignore it.

@JaniSIr It seems that trigger warnings need spoiler warnings beforehand 😂

trigger warnings are a necessary evil just like paying taxes

tbh sounds like a non-issue

just close your eyes at the start of an episode so you can ignore all possible warnings if they bother you that much

I would rather have small warnings for people that need it due to severe psychological trauma rather than being selfish and letting that get in the way of my enjoyment. Besides, most content warnings only stay on screen for a few seconds at most so they can be easily ignored for people who don't suffer from severe psychological traumas. The reason I bring this up is because I feel like they would be really helpful with an upcoming show I am excited for as someone I am really close to wants to watch it, but there's a chapter in the source material where a character acts like a child predator and that is severely triggering for them due to things that happened to them as a kid. Content warnings exist to help people with traumas like that to be informed on what they are watching instead of possibly being blindsided by something that could send them spiraling into a severe panic attack. I don't give a fuck if it spoils something for you, as it is an accessibility tool that allows more people to be able to enjoy art without having unintended mental health issues. I also really hate how a lot of conservative backlash calls them "trigger warnings" as it has basically turned psychological terms into a political buzzword and has been used for the past DECADE to basically demean people with psychological trauma. Have some fucking empathy people.

There's actually a few instances where I'd argue I wish they had one for myself due to having severe acrophobia and having panic attacks in scenes where people are on the edge of a building about to fall, or falling off an aircraft (yes this has actually happened before). My brain thinks about "oh god what if that happened to me" due to how severe it is and it would've been nice to have a heads up so I didn't start spiraling while watching a fucking 4Kids show.

@Nysse Trigger warnings also seem to be solving a non-issue.
You could have just looked.up the plot summary beforehand, instead of expecting everyone else to adapt to you.

@LSSJ_Chloe finally someone normal and wellmeaning here :3

@JaniSIr

You could read "plot summary" for School Days and think that it's just regular some school romcom, there s nothing indicating in the summary it's a fucked up story.