It is not a tiny ounce (Destiny)

by someotherguy, Hertfordshire, England, Monday, July 27, 2015, 20:07 (3416 days ago) @ scarab

How often is it even remotely necessary to talk about Character A dying, Character B betraying Character C, or Characters A and B being related?

Unless we're going down the "everything is a spoiler to somebody" route, which is silly and a fallacy. While any plot detail could potentially be considered "revealing something the viewer didn't know", only some plot points are important enough to be considered a spoiler.

• Character A is a baker
  
• Character B is a detective
  
• Character C is married to Character A, and likes ducks
  
• Character A ends up in Paris
  
• Character A is betrayed and killed by Character C

Assuming the career paths of chaarcters A and B are not left in question, only one of these is a spoiler in terms of being a plot twist. Paris could potentially be a spoiler, but only if the location is in itself important to the plot. It's pretty obvious though that, of these 5 plot points, only the latter is something that could be "spoiled".

You're arguing that "Well if I don't want to upset people I have to say nothing" when really you just have to use your initiative - Frank Underwood is a fireman vs. Frank Underwood is eaten by a space pirate. Which one would people be surprised by and not want to know about in advance?

If you don't care about spoiling the experience for others, that's one thing, but don't make out that to avoid doing so would be so insurmountably difficult as to not be worth it. It's not true and we both know it.