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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.

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Overthinking nonny here, with news that THE CRUELTIDE POST IS UP!

Let me know if there's anything that desperately needs editing in it, and I'll fix as necessary.

Darkfic spreadsheeting nonny, are you still there? I'll edit in the spreadsheet details as and when you get them to me, assuming you still wanted to do that.

yassssssss crueltide!

Yay, thanks coalie, it looks good. I haven't actually finished my letter yet, but once it's done I will be there with bells on.

Awww yisss! I wish we'd had this last year, my assignment fic was super Crueltidey. Ahh well, here's looking forward to this year's crop ^-^

And now.... who will be the first to step up and link their letter, after all the clamouring for the post to go up...

There aren't many yet, but I'm excited already! *claps hands in glee*

I've seen one prompt which is definitely going on my treat list. Now I just have to steal a time-machine and get writing!

I hope it's mine.

Which one?

-totally unbiased interested party, yes....

ayrt

*grin*

It's not a fandom-of-one, and that's all I'm saying.

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le sigh

Why must my work block LJ. Now I'm curious.

I've never seen animal abuse listed as a typical darkfic component. Instant backbutton for me, unfortunately.

wait someone *asked* for that?! Kill/enslave/torture a person all you damn well please in your fics but if you kick a dog I'mma drop that asap.

i've never understood this tbh

it always seems like ~edgy teenager misanthropy~ when someone can watch all the Saw movies but can't handle a fictional animal getting shot

I'm reminded of the cat scene that everyone flipped out over in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo movie. It's like seriously, out of everything that happened in the movie, THAT is what makes you most upset? Talk about skewed priorities.

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+10000000000

Also people that will donate money to animal charities but can't be bothered to donate to ones for children or the ill, or even give a dollar to a homeless person on the street?

Side eye to the max.

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It's just a pretty common squick. I'm not sure what there is to understand about it.

I agree with you but you don't want to start this debate. Every time it comes up people barge in with the "it's an emotional reaction and emotions aren't rational!" and "animals are nice to me and people are mean!" circlejerk.

AYRT

*Shrugs* it's just a personal opinion. I dunno, I work 9-5 at an animal shelter and I've seen a lot of heartbreaking stuff; I guess living in a fairly safe community I'm a lot further removed from eye-witness violence against people?

I love Saw, can't watch/read animal cruelty (skip those scenes in American Psycho every time).

I think my squick is rooted in 'comprehension' or 'understanding'. An adult typically understands what is happening to them, and maybe has more of a chance to get away. An animal (or baby/young child - it extends there) can't.

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I always thought it went hand in hand with the people who don't want bad things happening to kids, something to do with them going in the, "Protect the helpless," section of some people's hindbrain. Usually I only see it applied to pet-type animals, considering your average person gives zero fucks about where and how our food is made. Kick a puppy? Monster. The average living conditions of chickens? Who cares so long as the food's cheap.

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CSB.

Sorry, I can watch people die on tv/fic but omg I refuse to watch shit like The Roommate because I know a cat is killed in it at one point.

AYRT

Not directly, but a lot of people said they'd love anything on the list except for suicide or whatever, and well... Animal abuse was on that list, so.

I was just surprised it was included in that list in the first place. I've never seen it as a typical part of darkfic.

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You can list that as a DNW and still participate in the challenge, you know. You don't have to be open to every single thing on the list.

It's listed as a DNW in my letter because I can't deal... I still need to do my crueltide comment or do I?

Kill humans? Cool. Kick babies? Awesome.

Hit a puppy?

DDDDDDDDDDDDD:

NO Y U HATE ME.

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