Exactly. This is the a topic that was brought up at the Austin meet-up. There are some things I believe everyone agrees should be warned for: chan, anything extreme (like extreme D/s or BDSM) and non-con. But do we really need to warn for every single thing under the sun?
Some days I think we shouldn't even warn for character death. I have no will-power sometimes and I'm sure I've missed many good fics because the warnings just freaked me out.
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Yes, I realize that makes no sense. But sometimes I would like to be surprised. If the warnings say character death and then the summary tells me "Harry and Severus fall in love while working in the Dept. of Mysteries, but will true love win out?" well, I can kinda guess what happens.
And I'd love for a friendly warnings debate. Anytime.