It was the Coal of Times

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It was the best of assignments, it was the worst of assignments, it was the age of gaming your offers, it was the age of forgetting to remove that one fandom from your offers, it was the epoch of treat writing, it was the epoch of apocapinch-hits, it was the season of fics of your dreams, it was the season of explicit DNW spitefic, it was the spring of hope that the anon in the comment above is writing for you, it was the winter of ars_belli is your author.

Prompts revealed and Madness opens: Approx 9 November
Default deadline: 11 December, 9am UTC
Assignment deadline: 18 December, 9am UTC
Main Collection Reveals: 25 December (time tba)

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Comments

Re: Well, you sound like a bundle of issues that I'm glad I don't have

[(Anonymous)]

different coalie

I had a shitty year last year too, but I didn't change my letter over it.

Re: Well, you sound like a bundle of issues that I'm glad I don't have

[(Anonymous)]

Would changing the letter potentially prevent you from having a shitty year this year, though? If not, not changing the letter was the right move. If you could have put something in your letter to prevent a repeat of last year and didn't... I don't know what to tell you.

Re: Well, you sound like a bundle of issues that I'm glad I don't have

[(Anonymous)]

Unknown. But expounding at length about how x is a squick in a letter so goddamnit DNW and I don't care how precious your headcanons are is likely to generate wank about me, and going to the mods and getting an EPH in the event that this year's writer crosses the same DNW is sure to generate wank about me too.

tl;dr Can't win. Cutting and pasting last year's letter is less effort, so that's what I'm going with.

Re: Well, you sound like a bundle of issues that I'm glad I don't have

[(Anonymous)]

As a mental exercise - you needn't post them - name off the top of your head the recipients who went to emergency PH in Yuletide last year, or, if you like any who were EPHs in other exchanges.

Re: Well, you sound like a bundle of issues that I'm glad I don't have

[(Anonymous)]

DC actually can name several, but it's because I generally try to treat those people when we share fandoms.

Re: Well, you sound like a bundle of issues that I'm glad I don't have

[(Anonymous)]

So, passive and afraid of others then. Got it.

Re: Well, you sound like a bundle of issues that I'm glad I don't have

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT

I mean, it's up to you. No amount of potential wank would stop me from going to the mods and get a EPH if I got a DNW. If you don't feel the same way, that's fair, but I side-eye your judgmental attitude to people who take a different approach.

Re: Well, you sound like a bundle of issues that I'm glad I don't have

[(Anonymous)]

Do you think that makes you a self-martyring hero taking the high road, or do you think that makes you passive about changes you could make to make your experience more positive?