The Coalies & Other Stories

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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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Re: Writing THE fic in a fandom

[(Anonymous)]

1. Yes, in multiple ways. I've written several only-fic-in-the-fandom fics. I've also written the most popular fic in a fandom, although not for Yuletide. It was in another exchange and honestly, I think the timing had a lot to do with its success.

2. In the case of the popular fic: yes, I kept writing in the fandom for a while, and did pretty well, including in Yuletide. (I no longer write this fandom as canon closed in a way I wasn't happy with.)

3. I don't particularly think about new fic measuring up or whatever. What I offer/treat has a lot more to do with (1) whether I really love the canon and will enjoy extensive canon-review and mentally spending time in the canon world to write, (2) whether I love the potential recip's prompts (which is independent of whether I've written for them before), and (3) in the case of potential treats, whether I manage to find the time to treat.

Whether fics take off is all down to luck and The Claw. It's not something I can control, so I don't worry about it when offering or writing. Besides, even if the broader fandom doesn't enjoy my new fic as much, there's every chance that the person I specifically tailored it to will enjoy it even more.

One of my most-frequently-recc'd fics is one that was an incredibly obscure crossover between two fandoms that my recip might be the only person to ever have consumed both of. They loved it. They rec it often. It has under 10 kudos, has probably never been rec'd by anyone but my recip, and was it worth it? Hell yes. They obviously adored it, and that's the thing I care about. I'd rather focus on making my recip's day (or week or year) than worry about what the broader fandom(s) want.