I'm pretty fail when it comes to warnings. I've been working on it though. It's not that I want to shock my readers exactly, but more that it doesn't occur to me to warn. There are certain warnings I've managed to make automatic: rape, extreme violence, naughty bits. Character death is a bad one for me, because I'm never certain when the warning is necessary. When you're killing off a character? When you're writing a character as dead, who is canonically dead, but only recently so? I've warned for dead!Steve in Avengers fandom because a) the canon is fluid and multiple; b) I know it's a Big Deal. So I'm learning. But warnings can be hard for some of us to grok.

My favourite warning is 'darkfic'. It tells me clearly to stay the HELL away, due to the high likelihood of florid, overheated prose.

Re teasing: yeah, I'm frustrated by this as well. Not as much because I've got to a point where I just dismiss it. "They're at it again. Meh." I think this is where it becomes obvious just how unprofessional, comics professionals really are. It amazes me that they think this is the best way to promote their work. I mean, honestly? They need to overhaul their whole promotion/marketing system.

It also plays into the too-close, incestuous relationship they have with fandom, and so often claim is a problem (if not THE problem) for the industry. "Because you asked for it!" and the idea that fans don't 'allow' them to take a more progressive tack.