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The first entry for originalfic_las was due today, and I used my first skip. I just couldn't come up with anything! I promise, though, I will do better in the future. Promise.

In the meantime, I will be voting in this round, and you should, too! There are many good reasons to do so, not the least of which is all the AWESOME WARNINGS posted with the fic!

My attention was drawn to the warnings by the lovely ladylovelace when she pointed out that one author chose to warn for: "a little language, gays (no slash)." GAYS! The author warned for GAYS! I'll have to lodge a complaint as soon as I finish laughing my ass off.

Here are some examples of the other high quality warnings on offer:

Mild innuendo
body horror
brief mention of drug lab
f/f relationships (if not your cup of tea, apologies)
The word 'shit'
hints at a male/male relationship
implied death
Adultery

I'm sure most of these people are well-meaning and just trying to be safe rather than sorry, but seriously: what word do these people live in that they really think someone is going to be shocked and appalled at "mild innuendo"??? Haven't they ever been--oh, I don't know--on THE INTERNET before? There's a lot more than innuendo out there.

And what is 'body horror'? Is it one of those "if you have to ask, you don't want to know" type of things?

TWO MORE people warned for "teh gayz".

LOL at warning for "the word 'shit'". (But did they warn for the warning???)

We now have to warn for even the MENTION of death?

And adultery? Really?

Ay yi yi!

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And "body horror," which I imagine as a Kafkaesque "Wake up in the morning, look in the mirror, discover you are actually a bug" sort of thing.

Ok, I read this comment, went upstairs to make a cup of coffee, watched some BBC America, took a shower, got dressed...and have been giggling about this through all of it. So thank you for that!

It's funny, because when I read that the prompt for this challenge was "change", one of the first ideas that came to me was a take on The Metamorphosis. But let's face it: I am not strong enough of a writer to borrow from Kafka and make it my own!

I think I have to agree with ladylovelace: my absolute favorite warning is for "brief mention of (a) drug lab", as if the mere suggestion of illegal activity is enough to send readers into a fit of hysterics!