See, I wasn't quite with you on the last spoiler post you made, b/c I really don't think the fact that there *is* gonna be backstory is much of a spoiler (or the fact that Sheppard had a father :-), but this one's definitely moving into clear spoiler territory...
I personally have no spoiler concerns but usually try to be careful around those that do (within reason...like I won't post spoilery icons within a few days of the ep, but like months later? or i'll reference spoilers of older shows, b/c I think it's almost impossible to be in fandom and not know...but not of shows still in production, etc.)
I totally made up the thing about Sheppard's father (as it says in the footnote of that post). That was my (not so) clever, euphemistic way of talking about this spoiler.
I understand little spoilers, and things like icons, starting to slip out after an episode has aired (I'm always desperately eager to use my new icons right away, and have to restrain myself). But NOTHING HAS AIRED YET. It's a spoiler for EVERYONE. I... *flails* *takes calming breaths*
Anyway, this one is certainly irrelevant now; I just hope it doesn't keep happening.
well, to me the fact that there's an ep about her and the casting are definite spoilers, yes...
and yes, this is a larger issue than just this instance, and i think everyone needs to find their own comfortzone (and unfrioend those that are too offensive to theirs!)
[of course then there's the entire fflist issue and...i think it's incredibly hard these days to be in fandom and remain spoiler free...
*pouts* But I don't wanna have to defriend anyone! *lives in a naive world full of happiness and friendship and bunnies*
And actually, most of the spoilage I've seen has come from comms and fucking Gateworld. It is incredibly hard to stay spoiler free, but gosh darnit, it shouldn't be!
i do think that communities could try to avoid spoiling; it's a bit differnt with personal LJs after all.
but the spoiler thing *is* incredibly fraught and difficult to decide. is the above icon a spoiler? would the kiss be?
i was bitched out a while back, b/c i spoke of harem!john in a story before the cut-tag (not referencing an ep or anything) before the tower had aired in the US...
i remember a big kerfuffle a couple of years back, b/c someone used a chloe icon the summer after she'd been supposedly killed...the image was from the new season but that was (a) not clear and (b) still didn't mean that she was still alive (flashback ep or whatever could have put her in the ep)
...i think everyone has their own pain threshhold...unless tou're like me and have no spoiler issues at all...which makes life around here much easier :D
Heh. I remember hearing a big to-do about someone announcing an actor's new project and the spoilerphobic complaining that the news spoiled them about him not returning to another show as a regular. There was much snarking about tuning in for Season 8 of Buffy due to not having been spoiled for the show's cancellation.
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Date: 2006-04-22 10:04 pm (UTC)I personally have no spoiler concerns but usually try to be careful around those that do (within reason...like I won't post spoilery icons within a few days of the ep, but like months later? or i'll reference spoilers of older shows, b/c I think it's almost impossible to be in fandom and not know...but not of shows still in production, etc.)
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Date: 2006-04-22 10:19 pm (UTC)I understand little spoilers, and things like icons, starting to slip out after an episode has aired (I'm always desperately eager to use my new icons right away, and have to restrain myself). But NOTHING HAS AIRED YET. It's a spoiler for EVERYONE. I... *flails* *takes calming breaths*
Anyway, this one is certainly irrelevant now; I just hope it doesn't keep happening.
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Date: 2006-04-22 10:28 pm (UTC)well, to me the fact that there's an ep about her and the casting are definite spoilers, yes...
and yes, this is a larger issue than just this instance, and i think everyone needs to find their own comfortzone (and unfrioend those that are too offensive to theirs!)
[of course then there's the entire fflist issue and...i think it's incredibly hard these days to be in fandom and remain spoiler free...
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Date: 2006-04-22 10:41 pm (UTC)And actually, most of the spoilage I've seen has come from comms and fucking Gateworld. It is incredibly hard to stay spoiler free, but gosh darnit, it shouldn't be!
*goes back to bunny-land, apparently*
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Date: 2006-04-22 10:49 pm (UTC)i do think that communities could try to avoid spoiling; it's a bit differnt with personal LJs after all.
but the spoiler thing *is* incredibly fraught and difficult to decide. is the above icon a spoiler? would the kiss be?
i was bitched out a while back, b/c i spoke of harem!john in a story before the cut-tag (not referencing an ep or anything) before the tower had aired in the US...
i remember a big kerfuffle a couple of years back, b/c someone used a chloe icon the summer after she'd been supposedly killed...the image was from the new season but that was (a) not clear and (b) still didn't mean that she was still alive (flashback ep or whatever could have put her in the ep)
...i think everyone has their own pain threshhold...unless tou're like me and have no spoiler issues at all...which makes life around here much easier :D
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Date: 2006-04-24 06:16 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-04-24 06:25 pm (UTC)crazy...
LOL about Buffy's eight season. thank god not!!! (i'm still reeling from XF :-)