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yuletide_coal2014-10-18 02:28 am
heavensqueen) wrote in yuletide_coal2014-10-18 02:28 am
The Dirty Energy Source
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.
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.
Re: People You'd Default On
(Anonymous) 2014-10-20 09:18 pm (UTC)(link)No, it's just that you sound so sanctimonious about it all. That brings out the (so-called) OAA in otherwise reasonable people.
Re: People You'd Default On
(Anonymous) 2014-10-20 09:23 pm (UTC)(link)I'm not going to show up in the comments of the fic they get and be like "Oh, you should be thanking me for defaulting on you! It's all thanks to me that you went on the PH list! Otherwise you would've gotten stuck with me!"
If I powered through and wrote against their one, reasonable, optional detail, coal would be up in arms over how I should have defaulted. Or they'll rake her through the coals for being upset that I ODAO and that she wasn't happy for a fic that didn't go against her DNWs. Why screw either of us over like that?
It's too early in the week for you to be this upset over me doing what's best for both me and a hypothetical recipient. I hope the rest of your week goes great too.
Re: People You'd Default On
(Anonymous) 2014-10-20 09:38 pm (UTC)(link)I've found this convo interesting to read, but honestly, I'm still not sure why any fic you write for them "wouldn't be what they're looking for, since it goes exactly against the optional details they requested." Why would you HAVE to write something different than they requested? Have you ever found this inflexibility limiting in exchanges?
Actually, I'd be interested in hearing other people's thoughts on this, too. How close does a prompt have to be to your own interpretation for you to agree to write it? Why is that?