Writer's Block: Spoilers Below the Cut

[fajrdrako]

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I have done it once or twice inadvertantly. I'm always very sorry when I do that. It's important to me not to have spoilers - I hate inflicting them on others.

And you can assume, whenever you see an lj-cut on my LJ, it may contain spoilers below.

As for being spoiled: I remember a convesation once with maaseru - who loves spoilers, always wants to know how things end before she sees them - in which I said I wanted to see a certain movie, and she said, "Oh, yes, isn't that the one where they all die in the end?"

Hah! There goes any reason I might have to see it. I love suspense. I love not knowing how things turn out.

I don't mind casting spoilers because they are extra-textual, but I try to be careful about them, too.

Comments

[chazzbanner.livejournal.com]

Some years ago a friend and I went to NYC to see an off-Broadway production of The Winter's Tale, with David Strathairn as Leontes. At the end I said to her, Are you glad that I didn't tell you how it ends? :-) I told that story to my brother bluesail_toby and I wouldn't tell him what happens in the last act, much to his irritation!

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

I went to NYC to see an off-Broadway production of The Winter's Tale, with David Strathairn as Leontes

That must have been wonderful. What great casting.

I wouldn't tell him what happens in the last act, much to his irritation!

Hah!

I can't think of that play without thinking "Exit, pursued by bear". Poor Shakespeare.

[louiex.livejournal.com]

I've accidentally given away the plot of a sequel by having a button of an actor as how he appeared in the second movie... which blew up the secret that he survived the impossible setting of the first and a friend of mine was incredibly upset.

Which *laughs* she didn't forgive me for until a few months later after seeing both movies, the sequel which wasn't all that wonderfully epic in the end anyway :D It was Battle Royale and it's sequel btw

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

I've accidentally given away the plot of a sequel by having a button of an actor

It's a shame your friend was upset; because we can't always judge how much another person will know, or will want to be unspoiled. Inadvertent problems like that happen. I am aware that my icon showing the Eleventh Doctor might be a spoiler for people who don't like casting spoilers; on the other hand, if they don't know, they probably won't know who it is anyway.

Battle Royale - is that something I should watch?

[louiex.livejournal.com]

Here's (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0266308/) the IMDB page for the film, it's basically where an evil government weeds out the teen population -delinquents that might cause trouble in the future- by sending them to an island and having them weed each other out. It sounds horrific, and is, but it's rather Lord of the Flies; the book was good ^__^

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the link!

[51stcenturyfox.livejournal.com]

I have been known to read several spoilers in one go on a Friday:

http://www.themoviespoiler.com/

There's only so much time to see so many films.

But I'd never tell someone who didn't want to know.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Good link! Thank you.

[ceindreadh.livejournal.com]

I've done it accidentally to my flatmate a few times.
And once I got a complaint from somebody who thought the title of one of my fics was too big a spoiler (rolls eyes) (dude, if you're reading fanfic in a fandom, you've got to assume the writer has seen all eps even if you haven't)

I've been spoiled frequently myself. Usually it's intentional. I know that if I go to a comm or forum or mailing list for a particular show before I've seen all the eps to date, then I know I'll be spoiled and I accept that risk.
What bugs me is when I go to a forum or read emails from a mailing list for show A and then get spoiled when somebody makes a random comment about something that happened on show B. That really annoys me, especially if i've been deliberately trying to avoid spoilage.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

I've done it accidentally to my flatmate a few times.

Oops!

As for the title of a fic being a spoiler.... The person should have the sense not to read fanfic if they're worried about spoilers. I'm saving Buffy fanfic for when I'm through the series!

I don't think there's any read escape, in fandom, from spoilers one way or another. It's necessary to tread carefully and listen selectively. And sometimes that's difficult.

Spoiler Alert

[filkferengi]

The Tom Smith song, video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofO7__62X2c

:)

Re: Spoiler Alert

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Thank you, that was wonderful! I love his songs and that (as so often) made me laugh out loud. Especially the last two lines.

Re: Spoiler Alert

[filkferengi]

I'm so glad you enjoyed it; thanks for letting me know!

http://www.thefump.com/artist.php?id=4 is the link I used to find it; it's all the songs by Tom Smith on The Funny Music Project [theFuMP.com]. You can listen to them for free and, if you click on each blue song title, there are frequently lyrics included.

Re: Spoiler Alert

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Great link - thank you!

I can see I'm going to spend a lot of time here.

Re: Spoiler Alert

[filkferengi]

Tee, hee, hee.

;)