It's 2019, FFS!

[heavensqueen]

My answer to the question, if I'm going to hand over _coal to someone who cares more:

You know, I was thinking for a while, about handing it over too someone. But the chaos of last years open posts showed me, that it wasn't a good idea. I don't know if I can trust anyone to do the right thing. Whatever the right thing is.

if you're as unhappy with _coal as I once was with the yt comm, you will have to create your own space.

Here, you are stuck with me, and my maybe presence

Comments

FIRST

[(Anonymous)]

*rolls around in new post*

Thank you, Heavensqueen!

Re: FIRST

[(Anonymous)]

The real yuletide staple!

hey heavensqueen

[(Anonymous)]

thank you for the new post. you okay? wanna share your thoughts?

link to the new coal comm

[(Anonymous)]

https://coaltide.dreamwidth.org

Re: link to the new coal comm

[(Anonymous)]

You know you can make that linkable now, right?

@ coaltide

no space:

coaltide

Re: link to the new coal comm

[(Anonymous)]

coaltide

:O

thanks nonnie

[(Anonymous)]

i still want nice big round butts for yuletide

[(Anonymous)]

I am debating for the first time in 8 years not participating. I just moved and have house renovation drama and work full time, so I'm not sure I can promise a good fic this year. Maybe it's a treat year.

[(Anonymous)]

ooh. on the one hand, IRL is more important and you should do what makes sense for your schedule

on the other hand, it's a shame to skip when you're this close to a 10-yr streak

on the gripping hand, you can indeed count treating as participating

[(Anonymous)]

I hear you, coalie. It's definitely going to be a treat year for me.

[(Anonymous)]

I've done some "treats only" YTs and recommend them. When you don't have much time, it's great to be working on a prompt you've chosen and the only pressure is self-imposed.

omg new post!!!!111

[(Anonymous)]

between how late we got this post and the creation of an alternate comm i predict coal's barely gonna get any activity tho :o

[(Anonymous)]

This place sucks. The other one is much better and more fun.

[(Anonymous)]

But how would you know.. This post is so new..

[(Anonymous)]

If rehashed FFA wank is your idea of fun, sure.

[(Anonymous)]

Coal has really. even drifting more and more into essentially being a spin-off of FFA. But I do not enjoy this current phase where Coal only seems to wank about stuff that has been frozen or deleted off FFA. If I wanted to be on FFA, I would be there.

What you'll request

[(Anonymous)]

Request thoughts.

Re: What you'll request

[(Anonymous)]

Everything I nominated! Two book canons and a video game.

Re: What you'll request

[(Anonymous)]

All three super obscure comics that I don't dare request in any other exchanges, because they're way too niche. It takes a SuperMega exchange like this to pull them off.

Re: What you'll request

[(Anonymous)]

Tiny book canons. Someone out there will finally write them for me!

Re: What you'll request

[(Anonymous)]

Tiny book fandoms are my jam. Be sure to pimp them!

Re: What you'll request

[(Anonymous)]

I will, I will!

Re: What you'll request

[(Anonymous)]

Urgh, I'm having problems limiting it to six. At this point, most likely seem:

a)A podcast
b)A music video
c)One game
d)One web series

And then the other two slots I'm torn between three games, two web series, one book series and two other alt media (one online one physical).

Re: What you'll request

[(Anonymous)]

Same here, which makes a nice change from the years when nothing seems appealing. I'm trying to winnow based on how much I really want things and how likely it is a request will be filled in a way that makes me happy.

Re: What you'll request

[(Anonymous)]

Sock up.

Letters post is up!

[(Anonymous)]

https://yuletide.livejournal.com/1325002.html

https://yuletide.dreamwidth.org/183284.html

[(Anonymous)]

YAY! The sooty evergreen smell of yuletide_coal!

[(Anonymous)]

One post in a couple of days. Sadly, yuletide_coal appears dead and gone.

[(Anonymous)]

boring

[(Anonymous)]

Hey, heavensqueen. Thanks for running this so long, so faithfully, without payment and mostly without thanks. Don’t know if this space has come to the end of its life, but I just wanted to express my gratitude to you for providing it. Happy Yuletide!

[(Anonymous)]

That's what I came here to do! You are awesome, heavensqueen, thank you for modding this for years. I don't think the majority of coalies were unhappy here, that's not why we made the jump.

I hope everything is going well for you and you have a good Yuletide if you're participating. <3

[(Anonymous)]

Agreed. heavensqueen THANK YOU for giving us all a place to vent and commiserate for so many years. Hope you have a great year-end season in store whether you do the exchange or not.

[(Anonymous)]

another raised glass to heavensqueen, i'll miss this place even as people move elsewhere

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, _coal has been a feature in my life year after year since its inception. Weird as it may seem to be so attached to this hive of scum and villainy, it will always hold a place in my heart. Thanks HQ for all you've done!

[(Anonymous)]

i miss us

[(Anonymous)]

coalie, don't you like the new comm? we're as friendly and wanky as ever