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CrypticMirror Since: Jan, 2001
2019-01-12 16:49:24

If you are coming to read recommendations for stories about a work, you should know already what went on in the work.

Tharkun140 Since: Apr, 2016
2019-01-12 16:54:18

I'm not talking about the recommendations, but about fanworks with their won pages (or their own examples on trope pages I guess). And the issue is that some fanfics are based on works that keep being updated.

Apathy is Death. Worse than Death, because at least a rotting corpse feeds beasts and insects.
jamespolk Since: Aug, 2012
2019-01-12 17:25:06

Spoiler tags are always bad.

wingedcatgirl MOD (Holding A Herring)
2019-01-12 19:21:30

Any spoiler from the original work that's referenced by the fan work is a Late-Arrival Spoiler and doesn't need to be tagged on that page.

Spoilers from the original work not referenced by the fan work rarely have reason to appear on the fan work's page in the first place.

Suddenly I'm... still rotating Fallen London in my mind even though I've stopped actively playing it.
Arivne Since: Jan, 2001
2019-01-12 22:27:51

"Damn it, why aren't Fanfictions a category here?"

We have pages for Fanfic and Fan Works.

The works themselves are in the Fan Fic namespace.

On a trope page they're collected under Fan Works, as noted on Media Categories.

Edited by Arivne
RallyBot2 (Elder Troper)
2019-01-12 22:33:04

^^^ What are you trying to say? Spoiler tags exist for a reason.

^^ Agreed. A page for a sequel or derivative work should assume knowledge of the source work. ("Source work" means any other work from which characters or settings appear.) The spoilers also have to be relevant to the sequel/fanwork; no casually dropping spoilers that are completely irrelevant to it.

To give an example, a cross between Worm and Harry Potter where Taylor and Amy attend Hogwarts (yes, one exists) assumes the reader is familiar with both works, while one that has Taylor gain access to Potterverse magic (while not having any Harry Potter characters or settings appear or be referenced) only assumes knowledge of Worm; Harry Potter spoilers would be tagged (or avoided entirely) on the latter's page.

To give another example, if the premise is "Ash Ketchum gets a Death Note" (again, one exists), the fanfic's pages shouldn't be talking about the events that occur in Death Note unless it's actually relevant to the fanfic. No casually mentioning how a bunch of people die and all that.

edit: ninja'd

Edited by RallyBot2
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