I do understand why you put down your warning, but the funny thing is, most people don't respond to the thing they are warned to, but to other things. I know one story with a warning for a certain scene and nobody objected against that scene, because it was respectfully written. People did however responded to a couple of other things in that story (a lot!) and a whole discussion came to life.Aquarius wrote:As for the warnings, I warn in the story as well as the forum because there is nothing more frustrating than having people hammer at you when they don't like something, despite being fairly warned and having the option of not reading it.
My point of view is: as a reader you are free to disagree or don't like certain things in a story and to point them out. It doesn't mean the reader isn't open minded or living on a pink cloud or someting like that, maybe the reader has a different view. Or something interesting to say (that can improve your story.) As a writer you don't have to agree with the critical remarks your reader gives you, but personally I would not simply dismiss them.
As for warnings: they can be useful, but I think a story can simply speak for itself.