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coalie ([personal profile] coalcube) wrote in [community profile] coaltide2020-01-01 04:21 pm
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Offseason #1

Use this post for any exchanges running from January onwards into the first quarter of the year. Try to keep final Yuletide thoughts in the last coal post of 2019 for ease of conversation.

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Re: Chocolate Box - Letter Discussion

(Anonymous) 2020-01-02 03:41 am (UTC)(link)
Early annoyances: everyone who's requesting my fandom but not my ships.

Re: Chocolate Box - Letter Discussion

(Anonymous) 2020-01-02 04:10 am (UTC)(link)
Worse annoyances: people who are requesting my ships wrong, who I can't game away from because then I can't offer my ships.

Re: Chocolate Box - Letter Discussion

(Anonymous) 2020-01-02 04:40 am (UTC)(link)
ODAO right?

Re: Chocolate Box - Letter Discussion

(Anonymous) 2020-01-02 04:41 am (UTC)(link)
Some people aren’t into the idea of writing a fic their recip won’t like, so no.

Re: Chocolate Box - Letter Discussion

(Anonymous) 2020-01-02 04:52 am (UTC)(link)
That and someone has DNWed something that's central to the ship dynamic, so I'm not sure how to go about fulfilling their request even if I wanted to. It's like if they requested Humbert Humbert/Lolita but DNW age differences.

Re: Chocolate Box - Letter Discussion

(Anonymous) 2020-01-02 05:02 am (UTC)(link)
What's the ship?

Re: Chocolate Box - Letter Discussion

(Anonymous) 2020-01-02 05:03 am (UTC)(link)
+1

Is it canon?

Re: Chocolate Box - Letter Discussion

(Anonymous) 2020-01-02 05:23 am (UTC)(link)
The pairing is rare enough that I don't want to name names, especially because the letter writer is generally a good egg. Sorry; I know how obnoxious vague-coaling is.

I'm just boggling and somewhat annoyed. Maybe I won't offer the ship and I'll just treat? I dunno.

It's not a canon pairing so it's open to a fair degree of interpretation, just... not this much.

Re: Chocolate Box - Letter Discussion

(Anonymous) 2020-01-02 01:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Is anon turned on in their journal? You could leave a comment asking for clarification.

Re: Chocolate Box - Letter Discussion

(Anonymous) 2020-01-03 03:40 am (UTC)(link)
Well now I'm scared it's me. Can you vague a little more about the canon medium or the conflicting DNW or something?

Re: Chocolate Box - Letter Discussion

(Anonymous) 2020-01-03 04:07 am (UTC)(link)
It's a slash pairing in a recent western live action canon, if that's any reassurance?

Re: Chocolate Box - Letter Discussion

(Anonymous) 2020-01-04 02:24 am (UTC)(link)
Well this does not relieve me because I am requesting something that fits the bill. It's not a TV show, is it?

Re: Chocolate Box - Letter Discussion

(Anonymous) 2020-01-08 02:29 am (UTC)(link)
Er, maaaybe?

Sorry, coalie. /o\

Re: Chocolate Box - Letter Discussion

(Anonymous) 2020-01-03 01:45 am (UTC)(link)
Is it the Endeavor/Hawks requester who wants fic about Hawks meeting Endeavor's kids but DNWS the canonical child abuse?

Re: Chocolate Box - Letter Discussion

(Anonymous) 2020-01-03 04:04 am (UTC)(link)
No, although from what I've osmosed of that canon that seems similarly tricky navigate. I guess it could just... not come up? But if you're interested in how kids are going to react to their father's boyfriend their relationship with the father seems pretty relevant!

Re: Chocolate Box - Letter Discussion

(Anonymous) 2020-01-03 06:30 am (UTC)(link)
I'm having this problem. Most of the fandoms I want to offer, I can't unless I want to risk getting matched to a request I absolutely do not want. I realize that could happen thanks to a last minute signup no matter how careful I am, but over half of my offers are no-gos already without a lot of risk of a crappy match. :\
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