Neil Gaiman's Trigger Warnings: Introduction

I started reading Neil Gaiman’s Trigger Warnings, and I think he has some insightful things to say about trigger warnings and our understanding of and expectations for literature.

I don’t think his discussion of trigger warnings in the introduction to the short story collection applies to fanfiction, though.

I would never suggest a monolithic fandom umbrella under which we all shelter, no one set of standards or rules or social mores that govern fandom at large. I think fandom is more like a school of jellyfish—each jellyfish one central body (canon) from which thousands of tendrils drift in a variety of currents, moving in different ways and to different places and sometimes overlapping. So while I would never posit a One True Fandom Experience, I do think that many fannish spaces have a thing or two in common, one of which is a sense of community.

( such a herd of tl;dr )

I’m really looking forward to this collection. I think Gaiman’s real strength is as a short story writer, so I anticipate a good read.