#trigger warning guide

hello hello, since my story will be featuring some darker themes i decided to be proactive and create a little tw/cw directory so everyone can be prepared and filter accordingly, because the last thing i want is to be showing people content that triggers them.

below the cut, please find a list of tags i will use accordingly on my heavy content posts

I have a friend that was going to start the series but the attack in the first ep was bloody and she wasn’t sure she could watch more.  I made a trigger warning guide for her and thought that other people might be interested.

It warns for blood and gore as well as some other thing.  I tried to be as vague as I could about events while still making sure people knew when to be prepared for things but there’s obviously spoilers.

So, as we have received some requests for additional triggers, our current guide for submitting is old. Only Nicole knows how to fix it (she does some fancy HTML shit, which is WAY above my tumblr competence), but she is in major thesis-mode right now. So for the time being, if you could just copy-paste the below when submitting a guide that would be great. Although, many of you might not see this, and we appreciate any submission, so we will of course accept the old guides.

tl;dr Copy-paste this updated guide for submissions

Triggers:

Rape and Sexual Assault (including attempted):

Abuse (physical, mental, emotional, verbal, sexual):

Child abuse/pedophilia:

Animal cruelty or animal death:

Self-injurious behavior (self-harm, eating disorders, etc.):

Suicide:

Excessive or gratuitous violence:

Needles:

Depiction of pornography (including child pornography):

Incest (including consensual relationships):

Kidnapping (forceful deprivation of/disregard for personal autonomy):

Death or dying:

Pregnancy/Childbirth:

Miscarriages/Abortion:

Blood:

Torture:

Jump “scare” scene:

Mental Illness:

Seizure Warning:

Triggers:

Rape and Sexual Assault (including attempted): none noted

Abuse (physical, mental, emotional, verbal, sexual): I didn’t notice this at first, but I read an article that pointed out that Elsa’s parents were emotionally abusive to her. Her “parents isolate her, tell her that she’s dangerous and demand that she emotionally castrate herself to control her powers, which inevitably leads to her controlling them less. Elsa’s parents brutalize her instincts so that even as an adult, she lives in constant fear of herself.”

From this article. *It does contain MAJOR spoilers* http://policymic.com/articles/79455/7-moments-that-made-frozen-the-most-progressive-disney-movie-ever

Child abuse/pedophilia: See above.

Animal cruelty or animal death: Characters fight off wolves, who are chasing them, by kicking them, hitting with a stick, and throwing a flamming blanket at them.

Self-injurious behavior (self-harm, eating disorders, etc.): none noted

Suicide: none noted

Excessive or gratuitous violence: none noted

Needles: none noted

Depiction of pornography (including child pornography): none noted

Incest (including consensual relationships): none noted

Kidnapping (forceful deprivation of/disregard for personal autonomy): Characters are locked in a room/temporarily imprisoned.

Death or dying: *Spoilers* The main characters’ parents die, but it is not shown. *Even more of a spoiler* One character is shown dying slowly.

Pregnancy/Childbirth: none noted

Miscarriages/Abortion: none noted

Blood: Note much, if any. There might be a little from scratches or cuts.

Torture: none noted

Jump “scare” scene: none noted

American Horror Story: season 3 episode 12, Go to Hell

Triggers:

Rape and Sexual Assault (including attempted): Towards the end there is a major and legitimate threat to shove a hot poker up someone's butt or down their throat. Not actually shown, but the character gets the poker hot and prepares to do it but is interrupted

Abuse (physical, mental, emotional, verbal, sexual): characters are imprisoned and tortured 

Child abuse/pedophilia: none noted

Animal cruelty or animal death: none noted

Self-injurious behavior (self-harm, eating disorders, etc.): none noted

Suicide: none noted

Excessive or gratuitous violence: Yes. Just always.

Needles: none noted

Depiction of pornography (including child pornography): none noted

Incest (including consensual relationships): none noted

Kidnapping (forceful deprivation of/disregard for personal autonomy): Possibly considered kidnapping, characters are taken to hell. Literally.

Death or dying: Yes, at least two characters are brutally murdered and shown gratuitously and graphically 

Pregnancy/Childbirth: none noted 

Miscarriages/Abortion: none noted

Blood: Yes. So much blood. Mostly towards the end.

Torture: Characters are engaged and tortured. Happens close to the end.

Jump “scare” scene: Not too bad, as most things are expected by the viewer, even if the character is surprised and/or unaware. One character is attacked from behind. 

Mental Illness: Questionable. Since there is so much murder and violence one could consider the characters who commit the acts to have some form of mental illness. But it not depicted as such.

Optional: additional notes: 

Just a reminder that we accept and encourage public submissions! Anyone who has a movie/tv show/book they would like to submit a trigger warning guide is welcome to submit a guide using the template below. 

To submit follow this link: http://trigger-warning-guide.tumblr.com/submit

Here is the updated guide template to use for submissions: 

Movie Title and Optional Picture of Movie Poster

Triggers:

Rape and Sexual Assault (including attempted): 

Abuse (physical, mental, emotional, verbal, sexual): 

Child abuse/pedophilia: 

Animal cruelty or animal death: 

Self-injurious behavior (self-harm, eating disorders, etc.): 

Suicide: 

Excessive or gratuitous violence: 

Needles: 

Depiction of pornography (including child pornography): 

Incest (including consensual relationships): 

Kidnapping (forceful deprivation of/disregard for personal autonomy): 

Death or dying:  

Pregnancy/Childbirth: 

Miscarriages/Abortion: 

Blood: 

Torture: 

Jump “scare” scene: 

Mental Illness: