Thanks for the keywords post. I'm going to implement a tumblr blacklist when my workday is done.
I've had good luck with official game-guides (the book kind, not the fanmade ones) keeping spoilers in the back and clearly marked, away from tactical gameplay info and little warnings about missables. That said, I now play bioware games with no more info than the list of people I need to recruit, and I save the game guides for second PTs.
That Anders spoiler on AO3: Ouch. That one really sucks. Those story summaries on ff.net and AO3 can be spoiler mines. After an on-and-off FFXII fanfic binge in 2007-09, I rarely read fanfic anymore beyond things in shared worlds or by specific fan-authors (if even that, these days). It's pretty easy for me to stay spoiler free on that front but fanart? Ouch. That can be spoiler-central, especially when the art is backed with narrative visual information. The old "a picture paints a 1000 words" problem.
I've already started a few tumblr side blogs (that I need to update tonight) but given the likelihood of spoilers, I'm about to create a tumblr safezone for me under a different email address so I can continue using tumblr for art inspiration/reference and other things *without* DA3 spoilers getting through pictorially.
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I've had good luck with official game-guides (the book kind, not the fanmade ones) keeping spoilers in the back and clearly marked, away from tactical gameplay info and little warnings about missables. That said, I now play bioware games with no more info than the list of people I need to recruit, and I save the game guides for second PTs.
That Anders spoiler on AO3: Ouch. That one really sucks. Those story summaries on ff.net and AO3 can be spoiler mines. After an on-and-off FFXII fanfic binge in 2007-09, I rarely read fanfic anymore beyond things in shared worlds or by specific fan-authors (if even that, these days). It's pretty easy for me to stay spoiler free on that front but fanart? Ouch. That can be spoiler-central, especially when the art is backed with narrative visual information. The old "a picture paints a 1000 words" problem.
I've already started a few tumblr side blogs (that I need to update tonight) but given the likelihood of spoilers, I'm about to create a tumblr safezone for me under a different email address so I can continue using tumblr for art inspiration/reference and other things *without* DA3 spoilers getting through pictorially.