The Dirty Energy Source

[heavensqueen]

Do you want to make a spreadsheet about spreadsheets?
Do you still need to figure out what two other fandoms you should request beside the only one you really want fic for?
Or are you trolling ALL the letter posts for placeholders, just so you can write those people some nice, dry coal?

We want to know all about it.

Comments

Re: Tips for Maximizing Your Treat Chances

[(Anonymous)]

ayrt

True, but if you like characters A, B and C and I only like characters A and B, it's still possible that you might want to write for one of my A&B prompts, even if I wouldn't want you to include C as well. So the question was if someone just mentioning that they don't like C would also make people go "fuck your A&B prompt, I hate you now". ;)

Re: Tips for Maximizing Your Treat Chances

[(Anonymous)]

It wouldn't necessarily make me hate you, but it could absolutely be a reason I wouldn't write a treat. Two scenarios I can think of based on my past treating habits:

1) If C is a woman or a POC and A and B are a white sausagefest, it is very, very easy for me to be turned off by a "please no C" request, no matter how politely phrased.

2) If C is integral to either the canon or to the kind of story you want, I'm definitely out. I'm willing (however bitter it might make me) to bash my head against that wall for my assigned recipient, but not so much for a treat.

Re: Tips for Maximizing Your Treat Chances

[(Anonymous)]

+10000

Re: Tips for Maximizing Your Treat Chances

[(Anonymous)]

It wouldn't bother me if you just said you didn't want character C in your fic without bashing them. If I absolutely wanted to include character C in the fic I might not write for you, but then you wouldn't want a fic with C in it so it all works out.