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Originally Posted by Hilarious Joke  I don't think you're being completely fair Qhorin. I think if you wanted to talk about the death of character Y and you titled the thread "About Y *SPOILER*", I think all the people who you would want to discuss Y's death would still look at the topic, and the people who weren't up to it yet wouldn't have the story ruined for them.
It doesn't seem much effort to avoid taking away from that great experience we all had when we read ASOIAF, not knowing what was coming.
Additionally, a lot of people on these forums come on here to discuss books before they've read them (recommendations, what the author is like, etc.), a lot come on to discuss the books as they read them, and a lot of people come on to discuss books after they've finished. The site tries to accomodate for everyone. You don't have to edit all details out of the discussion, you just have to signpost that the discussion is for people who have finished the books.
Perhaps it would be a good idea for a moderator or Brian or whoever to make a section especially for those discussions, but until then I think commonmind's request is a reasonable one. |
I think its reasonable and personally I wouldn't make a thread title very explicit but I still think there is a limit. I'm less likely to click a thread called "About Brienne *spoiler*" than a thread called (AND THIS IS A SPOILER FOLKS)
"Is Brienne going to die on the noose?" or something similar. You need to include some details in your thread topics or all topics will just have character names!