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I will not read them in a Canon-Divergent AU.
I will not read them in Third Point-of-View.
Not in a Crossover! Not in Genfic!
Not in Shipfic! You let me be!

I do not like them in Fanart.
I do not like them even in the Fic of My Heart.
I will not read them in fic of my NOTP.
I do not like them with my OTP.
I do not like them here or there.
I do not like them anywhere!
I do not like my DNWs!

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Similar to the point above, saying you don't want something ought to be enough - you don't need to talk about how terrible it is. The character or kink you loathe may be your writer's favourite.

Boy, I wish some people in my fandom would get the message on this. I don't require everyone to like my villainous fave, but it's not an incentive to write treats when someone dedicates space in their completely unrelated prompts/DNWs to talking about how horrible and stupid he is. I'm capable of liking more than one thing at a time!

Otherwise, I think it's fine. It won't stop wank from happening but it's handy enough. "Specify how you want DNWs that occur in canon dealt with" is especially relevant to my past experiences with aggravatingly vague DNWs.

(new coalie)

I need to take out an overly detailed DNW, I know I do. I just hate this guy so much (he is a long-ago historical personage) and it was cathartic to write a little diatribe about how he does not deserve nice things and I do not want him to get them. But really I know all I have to do is DNW him, nobody needs to know the depth of my wrath. And I suppose it's barely possible that someone likes him and would be put off. xD

Write it all out and then remove it and hang on to it! It’s like one of those advice tips for exorcising a breakup, except it’s a long-dead historical personage you can’t stand.

If it's Thiers, I vote you keep it in. Even people who like Thiers will appreciate your rant about how Thiers does not deserve nice things.

He does not deserve nice things!

He does not!

I confess to a certain fondness for Thiers, but even I recognize that from time to time it becomes necessary to burn down his house.

This this this. As someone who loves widely detested characters it's unbelievably soul-crushing to read rants on why most of the fandom hates them. Trust me we already know.

NC 10000% this.

I just read a letter. It's a request for - well, to use a non-Yuletide-eligible fandom, let's say it's a request for the 11th Doctor. And I like the 11th Doctor! I'd consider treating! But the 10th doctor was my fave. So if you open with a diatribe about how much you hated the 10th Doctor and how glad you were the 11th Doctor showed up because the 10th Doctor was terrible and horrible and no-good, boy, you almost stopped watching the show, he was so horrible...

...anyway, this person is not on my treating list.

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