I agree 100% with everything you've said here. If I read a kink that's generally outside my comfort zone my feedback will probably start like this:
'This isn't normally a kink I'd read but...'
Because yes, just like some people will occasionally write outside their 'normal' kink zone, I'll sometimes read outside mine. I've also never seen 'trigger warning' used so heavily in headers as I have recently (this is more in Sherlock fic) they trigger warn for incest... In Supernatural the Main pairing is incestuous. Why can't they just say 'possible triggery content ...' It's gotten to the point where the 'warning' section is almost longer than the story.
I think it all boils down to: Your Kink Is Not My Kink, And That's Okay. If more people respected that phrase (used it maybe in place of 'that's gross' in comments) Fandom woul;d be a happier place.
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'This isn't normally a kink I'd read but...'
Because yes, just like some people will occasionally write outside their 'normal' kink zone, I'll sometimes read outside mine. I've also never seen 'trigger warning' used so heavily in headers as I have recently (this is more in Sherlock fic) they trigger warn for incest... In Supernatural the Main pairing is incestuous. Why can't they just say 'possible triggery content ...' It's gotten to the point where the 'warning' section is almost longer than the story.
I think it all boils down to: Your Kink Is Not My Kink, And That's Okay. If more people respected that phrase (used it maybe in place of 'that's gross' in comments) Fandom woul;d be a happier place.