Fish what do spoilers spoil

Learn more. Ask Question. Asked 9 years, 3 months ago. Active 9 years, 3 months ago. Viewed times. Improve this question. Paola 3, 3 3 gold badges 17 17 silver badges 26 26 bronze badges. The butler did it. And here I thought it was the one-armed man.

One might call this a GR question. A Google search for "spoiler alert" will answer this question. The first result when I searched for it was wikipedia " Spoiler is any element of any summary or description of any piece of fiction that reveals any plot element which will give away the outcome of a dramatic episode Kris: how so?? This is a simple [meaning-in-context] question, or perhaps just a [meaning] question, which has everything to do with language and almost nothing to do with writing.

Show 5 more comments. Active Oldest Votes. Improve this answer. Spooky Spooky 2 2 silver badges 9 9 bronze badges. Mitch That's a good point! A description should not have spoilers in it, if you have to give an alert, take out the part that raises it.

Add a comment. Markdown has a spoiler-alert feature. You could have used it! How can this be so? How can a reader or viewer feel suspense in relation to an outcome he knows in advance? Scholars have come up with three ways of either de-paradoxing the paradox or denying it. Robert J. In short, there is no paradox of suspense. Just as readers who enter into a compact of faith with an author are able to suspend — hold in abeyance — their knowledge that the features of a narrative flying dragons, magic rings are implausible, so can readers suspend their knowledge of how a story will turn out.

Suspense can be imaginatively entertained and experienced even if, strictly speaking, there is none. If they gatekeep online now, Plot-holes that they found? All to piss off and to troll And needlessly expound…. It seems now that spoiler culture is abound throughout social media.

To be clear to all who I am friends with? Not a single soul said a serendipitous spoiler in any sense of the word for Endgame , Game of Thrones , or even The Price is Right.

And trust me, I was on high alert. Fussypants baby who does not like when mom is not around — whilst we caught Endgame opening weekend. And prior to our viewing, I personally put on social media shutters; with any errant post even using the word …end being immediately flicked and scrolled past. And when I returned home? The bigger question here then needs to be discussed: What is the appropriate amount of time one yields towards spoiler-free postings? Sadly, I personally think there can be no easily set law.

Because each piece of pop culture lends itself to a specific set of rules and regulations for the common courtesy of those we keep in our social circles. Case in point? I caught a late showing of the flick with my Unshaven brother, Matt, a week prior to Endgame. We were alone in the theater and held a belief together that our expectations were mildly low. With that in mind, we both walked out mostly pleased.