Re: Dear Author/Dear Recip

(Anonymous) 2019-12-26 05:08 pm (UTC)(link)
AYRT

I read over my whole letter to see if maybe I was just unclear and they were doing their best with weird prompts, but I was even more specific than I remembered. I very clearly said I didn't want the kind of fic they wrote. I keep trying to tie myself in knots over how maybe it's just a misunderstanding, but it really feels like spitefic. I've never gotten spitefic before. I'm considering rejecting it, but I've never done that before, either. The fic itself isn't mod-worthy but it does seem just kind of shitty.

Re: Dear Author/Dear Recip

(Anonymous) 2019-12-26 06:16 pm (UTC)(link)
AYRT

Honestly with that combo (fic that was exactly what you said you didn't want but didn't DNW in a way that would get them into trouble, tagged f/f with a surprise m/f ending) it's either spite fic or they literally read someone else's letter, with a tiny chance of a new writer who really really didn't get the gift concept and stumbled into coal. Whichever it is, it's definitely not your fault!

I've never rejected anything either but that sounds like the sort of thing I would.