Share a Content Advisory for your Series!

[skyfarron]

I've just updated my webpage for Ghost Reaper, and it's become necessary to include a content advisory due to the dark nature of the books' subject matter. It includes such highlights as:

• Alcoholism
• Gay Tweens
• Gender Ambiguity
• History Erasure
• Mall Dolphins

Ghost Reaper

If your series had or has a content advisory, what would it look like? What innocuous thing do you think would offend people, or how is it deeper than you yourself give it credit for?

[crowstories]

• weird ideas about religion
• singular they/them pronouns
• cult leaders are sketch
• likable characters who have done terrible things
• taking liberties with mythology
• taking liberties with history
• grey morality
• narrator is kind of a troll

[joannekwan]

While I do have serious disclaimers as the first episodes on both my novels, I guess I can mix it with more light-hearted fare here!

Secunda

• Rough sex
• Monster/Human sex
• Human/Human sex
• Monster romance
• Age gaps
• Historical fantasy
• Coercion and Threats (unrelated to the sex)
• Taxidermy
• It's a novel

Copula (the sequel)

• Monster/Human sex
• Threesomes
• Poly
• Monster/Monster sex
• Human/Human sex
• Extramarital relations
• Male/Male relations
• Brief Bible quotes
• Historical fantasy
• Violence
• Threats
• Hunting
• Animal abuse
• Mentions of racism
• It's a novel

[DanielRKM]

Contents may contain:
* Bleeding hearts
* Sociopathic reindeer
* Awkward hugs
* No tolerance for Imperialism
* Wanton Disregard for Cast Member's Lives
* Prioritizes Witty Dialogue
* (and perhaps the biggest sin) It's a Black and White Webcomic (dun dun duuuuuuuuuuuuuuun)

Unstoppable Monkey Bunny | Tapas

[DanielRKM]

I must... now what a mall dolphin is.

[crowstories]

It's a novel

The greatest sin of all

[Freemints30]

Well.. copied and pasted from smoke and murders
THIS NOVEL CONTAINS

-Stronge language
-Substance abuse
-Graphic violence and gore, complete with some drawn gore occasionally
-Explicit Sexual content (consensual and not drawn as to comply to the apps terms and services)
-Suicidal Idealization and self harm
-Mentions of childhood abuse and Implied sexual abuse and grooming
-Unhealthy relationships

Along with:

vague religious stuff
bad people making awful descions
The breaking of a soft boy
No human X human relationships or sex scenes.. sorry
Boring slice of life in the beginning to trick people
Long as hell
Lying about ones own age
Existential dread
No cis-het sex scenes
Author's poor English skills are evident

Smoke and Murders | Tapas

[Pony_wearing_a_hat]

Let's see... I usually add them into chapter warnings as I go along, but if I wee to list some from everywhere (including future chapters)

swearing
more swearing
even more swearing
alcohol
sex jokes
bleakness
despair
broken people
heavy arguing
tense dynamics
description of emotional child abuse
description of death threats
description of keys messages
panicking
description of social isolation
description of aro erasure

way more as I keep going along.

Post-Apocalyptic Introductions | Tapas

[DesiredUsernameTaken]

Hmm... I'm not actually sure what I'll be including in the content advisory for my web novel. I've been trying to figure that out. It looks like authors on Tapas here tend to include warnings for anything, to cover all possibilities so that anyone who does happen to get offended about something, even if it's not necessarily dark, knows to opt out before they even start. For example,

Gay Tweens

I would think that doesn't actually need a warning, but those who get offended by LGBTQ will at least know to back out before they start, and they won't be compelled to leave a comment about "wasting time before finding out there's LGBTQ stuff". That way, it cuts down on the drama for both the writer, and the potential readers. Is that right?

I tend to like broader warnings for my own stories, like "Various forms of abuse" as opposed to specifics, but it sounds like on Tapas I should be much more specific.

Mall Dolphins

I like that one!

[CommanderMarty]

I think its the tweens part that the warning is for

[Lirina]

Sexual Content and/or Nudity
Mental Health Topics
Abuse - Physical and/or Emotional
Physical violence
Blood/Gore
Drug or alcohol abuse
Cursing/Profanity
Suicide and self-harm

The Millionaire's Heir | Tapas

[Stargazer31]

Implied alcohol use
Innuendo
Infrequent mild swearing
Violence
Fantasy violence
Depictions of child abuse
Religious horror (cults, god complex, etc)
Slight blood/gore

Also (none of these things are bad, but people may complain about them, so it's better to be safe than sorry):
Pagan gods
Possibly inaccurate Norse mythology
Possibly inaccurate Scottish folklore
Possibly inaccurate English folklore
Possibly inaccurate Irish folklore
Possibly inaccurate Scandinavian/Icelandic folklore
Sane sex relationships
A lesbian relationship that totally isn't based off Crowley and Aziraphale from Good Omens
Singular them/they pronouns
A plus sized ww2 valkyrie
Plus sized female characters
A genderfluid character
A guy in a skirt
A Norse himbo with a hammer
Furbies
Furby coats
Furby hats
Furby thigh high boots
Suspicious sandwiches
A pub ran by 3 pagan gods
Albino moon gods
Water themed nonotuplets
Hyper troll princesses
Snobby elves
Steampunk dwarves
Giant squirrels
Spooky scary skeletons
Beatles references
Siouxsie and the banshees references
Glastonbury town
Glastonbury tor
Goths
Crossdressing, raven owning drunk magic users
Iceland
Lazy town parodies
Kilts
Old castles
Heavy Scottish accents
Heavy angry Scottish accents
Scotland in general
British accents
British pop culture references
British rude hand gestures
Doctor who references
Good omens references
Bjork
Bad tempered Scottish selkies who don't like the fur trade and may or may not resemble David Tennant

Realmwalker | Tapas

[MeltingCORE]

Well, this is what I have posted on my Tumblr! (For real though, I warn everyone well in advance. That's important and considerate to potential new readers!)

Red Shift | Tapas

[skyfarron]

@DanielRKM

The poor suckers who live at SeaWorld and do tricks for chum

@emmzy @CommanderMarty
Yep! Exactly. That one's to let tweens know it's about to get emotional.

@Stargazer31
APPLE-BOTTOM JEANS, BOOTS WITH THE FURBY, (with the furrbyyy!) THE WHOLE CLUB WAS LOOKIN AT HURBYYY

[indagold]

Gore, Nudity, Drug Use, Cursing, Violence, Depiction of chronic mental illness, Loss of hope, Demons that are sometimes heccin cute for killing people, Everyone is an asshole.

All Broken Gods | Tapas

[Stargazer31]

Bravo, you win the internet with that

[RyzaCobalion]

The Dark Children of the Night

• Gory scenes
• Dark Humor
• Age Gap Dating
• Minor nudity scenes
• Moments of torture
• Mention of Suicide or self-harm
• Mental Health
• Heavy Violence
• Profanity Language

The Dark Children of the Night | Tapas

[KhanSpring]

• Teenage girls who don't talk about boys
• Siblings with a dysfunctional relationship born of their age difference and different responsibilities
• 99,9% of the characters are Slavic
• Romance is practically non-existent
• Occasional death
• Survivor's guilt
  *An antagonist with a predictable and cliche reasoning

Dennica (Daystar) | Tapas

[DasIstWunderblyat]

• It has a prologue
• Irish-Russian
• Having both people who are black and black people
• No lesbians (yet)
• Mentally ill people making fun of equally mentally ill people
• Lack of teen female character
• Pro-choice food porn (and dog meat)
• Accurate representation of readers (as an asshole who only nice to their cat)
• Apparently the author is an asshole too
• The actual series has no content warning

Karana | Tapas

[Azifri]

• Questionable main characters
• Questionable supporting characters
• Character death
• Alcohol, tobacco, and drugs
• Abuse of power
• Child abuse
• No redemption arc(s) and/or no pay for crimes
• Mass murder and genocide
• Self-harm
• Age gap and incest

Probably forgetting some others

Terra Prima | Tapas