This is Yuletide, everybody make a scene

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I am the sock with the tear-away face

Low-effort with your gift and gone without a trace

I am the "who" when you call, "Who does an exchange without acknowledging their gift?"
I am the wanker blowing through your fics comments
I am the coalie dragging your letter at night
Filling your exchange to the brim with fright!

This is Coaltide!

Nominations: Tuesday 22 September to Thursday 1 October

Sign-ups: Friday 16 October to Monday 26 October

Assignments out: between 26 & 28 October

Default deadline: Friday 11 December

Assignment Deadline: Friday 18 December

Yuletide Discord for Hippos. Google Group for PHs. F_F wiki for history.

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Have you ever insta-defaulted, or been tempted to?

[(Anonymous)]

And what was the reason for that?

Re: Have you ever insta-defaulted, or been tempted to?

[(Anonymous)]

I got assigned to a massive wanker from one of my larger fandoms, who had been known to whine about their gift fics in namespace.

Although I did pull back and manage to write something short and sweet after all, I did keep the fic in the anon collection. Recip never acknowledged the story at all, but a few other people did end up liking it.

Re: Have you ever insta-defaulted, or been tempted to?

[(Anonymous)]

I did on my sock, the last year I socked up. I had offered a number of characters from a fandom with a large cast that mostly breaks down into groups. I got someone requesting friendship fic set during a period that canon refers to but doesn't address, about three different characters who never interact in canon, have no reason to interact even during the requested time period, and have nothing in common; the wording of the request made it clear this person had extensive headcanons about these characters, possibly linked to RP. It was just baffling, and nothing about the request sparked any kind of ideas for how these characters could become friends, or why.

Re: Have you ever insta-defaulted, or been tempted to?

[(Anonymous)]

I was assigned someone who had written me DNW-skimming acewank in another exchange the year before. Their prompts for the one fandom we matched on for YT hit bang-on a major DNW of mine. I ended up defaulting within a week and it's still the only time I've defaulted.