Content Warnings:Gore?

[RustedFishbones]

How much is too much(to the point where I would need to do the content warning thing)? Like is talking about heart removal and blood and whatnot fine? Or do I not really need to worry about it unless its some kinda weird stuff.

 

[LeilaniOtter]

How much is too much(to the point where I would need to do the content warning thing)? Like is talking about heart removal and blood and whatnot fine? Or do I not really need to worry about it unless its some kinda weird stuff.

If you're not Clive Barker-level, you should be okay. *^^*

 

[RustedFishbones]

If you're not Clive Barker-level, you should be okay. *^^*

okok, i should be fine then prob, assuming that "Clive Barker-level" is more than just blood and sacrifice :DDD
tysm!

 

[Representing_Tromba]

Anything that goes into detail about the gore usually warrants a warning to readers. If you are just describing a medical surgery then it can be done without a warning so long as the descriptions about each part of the surgery do not go into too much detail.

There is a difference between, "he made an incision to carefully remove the cist," and, "digging into the fleshy tissue, the doctor slid the razor along the bloody meat, plying the puss-ridden bubble from where it oozed a diseased green."

 

[LeilaniOtter]

okok, i should be fine then prob, assuming that "Clive Barker-level" is more than just blood and sacrifice :DDD
tysm!

Well, have you read Clive Barker's work? It's really not for the squeamish. *^^*
It takes violent horror up a notch.
Gore, in my viewpoint, would mean excessive violence, a lot of blood and innards, a lot of graphic details. (not just the dismemberment of a body but the gooey results, for example. Another "gore" example might be "The Substance" movie. *^^*

 

[CharlesEBrown]

Well, have you read Clive Barker's work? It's really not for the squeamish. *^^*

Depends - Books of Blood (which included "The Hellbound Heart" - the story the Hellraiser film franchise grew out of, among other brutal short stories) is pretty darned gory, but some of his other stuff, like Weaveworld or The Great and Secret Show not at all. And "Cabal" (the story Nightbreed was based on) was slightly less gore-soaked than the average 80s horror story. Though, IIRC (read it in the 90s and, unlike the rest, it didn't stick with me) Imajica seemed to kind of split the difference with a few intense scenes but not on par with his earlier (or some of his later) stuff.
And the comic run he led (as overall creator and editor but not writer) in the 90s was ... tame compared to a lot of his stuff (and to what Image was getting away with at the time) but a lot more brutal than most mainstream titles (The Razorline imprint of Marvel - Ectokid, Hokum & Hex, The Hyperkind and Saint Sinner; had the first issue of each and full runs on two of them - series didn't last long, sadly; one of the Hyperkind had knives for hands, which was kind of awkward...)

Personally, if the intent of the gore in the scene is meant to evoke horror or dread, then it deserves the tag. If it's just reporting what happened/matter of fact gore that can't be easily avoided (like a typical surgical procedure), then it does not.

 

[RustedFishbones]

Anything that goes into detail about the gore usually warrants a warning to readers. If you are just describing a medical surgery then it can be done without a warning so long as the descriptions about each part of the surgery do not go into too much detail.

There is a difference between, "he made an incision to carefully remove the cist," and, "digging into the fleshy tissue, the doctor slid the razor along the bloody meat, plying the puss-ridden bubble from where it oozed a diseased green."

ermmmm what about digging out still beating hearts outa ppl and offering it as sacrifices to a god(But like not super descriptive)

 

[Representing_Tromba]

ermmmm what about digging out still beating hearts outa ppl and offering it as sacrifices to a god(But like not super descriptive)

If there is no description then it is fine.

 

[LeilaniOtter]

Depends - Books of Blood (which included "The Hellbound Heart" - the story the Hellraiser film franchise grew out of, among other brutal short stories) is pretty darned gory, but some of his other stuff, like Weaveworld or The Great and Secret Show not at all. And "Cabal" (the story Nightbreed was based on) was slightly less gore-soaked than the average 80s horror story. Though, IIRC (read it in the 90s and, unlike the rest, it didn't stick with me) Imajica seemed to kind of split the difference with a few intense scenes but not on par with his earlier (or some of his later) stuff.
And the comic run he led (as overall creator and editor but not writer) in the 90s was ... tame compared to a lot of his stuff (and to what Image was getting away with at the time) but a lot more brutal than most mainstream titles (The Razorline imprint of Marvel - Ectokid, Hokum & Hex, The Hyperkind and Saint Sinner; had the first issue of each and full runs on two of them - series didn't last long, sadly; one of the Hyperkind had knives for hands, which was kind of awkward...)

Personally, if the intent of the gore in the scene is meant to evoke horror or dread, then it deserves the tag. If it's just reporting what happened/matter of fact gore that can't be easily avoided (like a typical surgical procedure), then it does not.

I adored "Books of Blood"
Probably one of the most innovative and disturbing stories ever conceived by man comes from there. "In The Hills, the Cities" is pure nightmare fuel of the tallest order. A bickering couple traveling in a quaint countryside come upon the most unusual, bone-jarring battles between cities ever. I can't even put it into simple words.
Loved "Great and Secret Show" also. Was meh on "Waveworld", but really loved "Nightbreed" and "Cabal" too.
Face it, Barker redefined horror for me. It could be Lovecraftian yet brutal and unflinching in some ways. *^^*

 

[Ai-chan]

How much is too much(to the point where I would need to do the content warning thing)? Like is talking about heart removal and blood and whatnot fine? Or do I not really need to worry about it unless its some kinda weird stuff.

If the readers will see guts or organs or eyeballs are flying, you need the warning. If it involves promiscuous depictions of blood being shed, you need the warning. Better to have it than not.

 

[GreenLemonShark]

I added a gore warning in my story because someone crushes a rat in the palm of their hand, in my later on chapters. I figured if it makes you wince while writing it, that was probably the line for a content warning.

Example from Cursed Destiny:
"A tail dangled limply from between his fingers. Something unrecognizable oozed out between the cracks in his grip, thick and purple. Bits of fur clung to his knuckles. The creature's head, still intact, peeked out sideways in a grotesque way. Its beady eyes frozen in its death."

 

[LeilaniOtter]

I added a gore warning in my story because someone crushes a rat in the palm of their hand, in my later on chapters. I figured if it makes you wince while writing it, that was probably the line for a content warning.

Example from Cursed Destiny:
"A tail dangled limply from between his fingers. Something unrecognizable oozed out between the cracks in his grip, thick and purple. Bits of fur clung to his knuckles. The creature's head, still intact, peeked out sideways in a grotesque way. Its beady eyes frozen in its death."

As a cat lover and owned by cats, I winced just imagining it. ?

 

[ConansWitchBaby]

Would the visceral reactions of someone getting stabbed and thrashing while the perpetrator holds them close to keep jiggling the knife in em count as gore? I mean describing the heavy breathing, whimpering and body going limp.

 

[LeilaniOtter]

Would the visceral reactions of someone getting stabbed and thrashing while the perpetrator holds them close to keep jiggling the knife in em count as gore? I mean describing the heavy breathing, whimpering and body going limp.

That, to me, isn't "gore". That's more "graphic violence". I know it sounds weird and there's a grey area involved but "gore" should mean exactly that - graphic depictions of blood and other results from injuries. Take it from me, I was a zombie in the original "Dawn of the Dead", and worked with Tom Savini. I can share a lot of stories of "gore". lol