Re: Your Yuletide So Far

(Anonymous) 2019-12-29 10:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Sure, but it sucks to get something you don’t like and then have to twist yourself into knots to find things you like that aren’t there.

So many people angst over not trusting 300+ word comments as being sincere. If you want to know that your recip honestly liked their fic, this is someone to engage with. If the thought of a recip not treating all of their gifts the same regardless of their content would hurt your feelings, seek out people who write 300 words on 10k masterpieces and 1k DNW fic.

You can control who you write for (defaulting exists!) but no recip can guarantee a fic they will be happy with. This recip did nothing wrong and neither did the author. It was a bad match. At least the author had other people that liked it. I’m too lazy to check but if that is the only gift the recip got, they’re the one that “lost” this round.

Re: Your Yuletide So Far

(Anonymous) 2019-12-29 10:24 pm (UTC)(link)
They got another fic which they are more excited about.

Re: Your Yuletide So Far

(Anonymous) 2019-12-29 10:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Good to hear!

Author got a great comment from someone else, recip got a different fic they adored: both parties have a happy ending.