Writer's Block: Spoilers Below the Cut
Jan. 30th, 2009 09:06 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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I've never done it unless the person to whom I'm talking has given me permission to give spoilers, usually because they aren't going to read the book/see the movie or show for themselves.
I've had it done to me. People have done it accidentally, which didn't bug me too much because I knew they regretted it. When people do it on purpose, though, it irks me. People who do that are clearly trying to spoil someone else's fun. Oh, they may claim that it shouldn't matter, that it's the story that matters and not just the ending, but they spoil endings simply for the purpose of upsetting people, so they know that it really DOES matter. I was the kid who never ever peeked at her Christmas presents in advance, even knowing full well where they were hidden. I LIKE surprises. I like twists in plots. I like watching stories unfold as though they were real, as though there was no way I COULD know what was going to happen until it actually happened.
I've never done it unless the person to whom I'm talking has given me permission to give spoilers, usually because they aren't going to read the book/see the movie or show for themselves.
I've had it done to me. People have done it accidentally, which didn't bug me too much because I knew they regretted it. When people do it on purpose, though, it irks me. People who do that are clearly trying to spoil someone else's fun. Oh, they may claim that it shouldn't matter, that it's the story that matters and not just the ending, but they spoil endings simply for the purpose of upsetting people, so they know that it really DOES matter. I was the kid who never ever peeked at her Christmas presents in advance, even knowing full well where they were hidden. I LIKE surprises. I like twists in plots. I like watching stories unfold as though they were real, as though there was no way I COULD know what was going to happen until it actually happened.
