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coalie ([personal profile] coalcube) wrote in [community profile] coaltide2020-12-25 11:04 pm
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 A WIP. All coalies are welcome to give As to Qs that they imagine a new coalie may have frequently.

Acronyms

(Anonymous) 2021-01-03 02:24 am (UTC)(link)
ITT - in this thread

Re: Acronyms

(Anonymous) 2021-01-03 02:28 am (UTC)(link)
sa / sc - same anon / same coalie (self-replying)
ayrt / cyrt - anon you're replying to / coalie you're replying to (person you are conversing with)
da / dc - different anon / different coalie (commented in the thread before but is not ayrt)
na / nc - new anon / new coalie (new to the thread)
yana / yanc - yet another new anon / yet another new coalie
nayrt / ncyrt - not anon you replied to / not coalie you replied to (could be na or da)

FFA / gentlefailers - [community profile] fail_fandomanon
lolmeme / memers - [community profile] lol_meme
BFE - "bangs, fests, and exchanges" the dedicated exchange thread on ever new FFA post
EAD - exchanges after dark discord

Re: Acronyms

(Anonymous) 2021-01-07 08:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, I thought the c meant comment not coalie! That explains why I only ever see the c versions here.

(Anonymous) 2021-01-03 06:08 am (UTC)(link)
Kittyfic = Reference to http://failfandomanonwiki.pbworks.com/w/page/101645944/Perennial%20Yuletide%20Wankers#KittydeSade

Anyone who takes PHs (or, less frequently, writes treats) without knowing the canon. Fic written for the soul purpose of claiming the author is doing the exchange/recip a favor. The main thing that makes something kittyfic is that the author appears to know nothing about the canon beyond what the canon's Wikipedia page lists.

Buspass = The rough draft version of your fic that you post at the deadline. In the original term, a busspas is a fic that, should you be hit by a bus before 12/25 and therefore cannot replace it, your recip could still enjoy unedited.

More commonly, buspasses are meant to be solid enough that the mods won't yell at you when they go skimming, but isn't the sort of fic you would want your fic to receive when the collection.

Busspass means many different things depending on the author. It may be 1k of a larger fic you are writing that stands on its own. It could be a WIP for a completely different pairing with the names swapped out. It could also be a quickly written 1k of nothing that you will replace completely. The main factor of a busspass is that when the mods skim your fic, there are no glaring [INSERT SEX HERE], idk I'll figure this out later, or lines that don't end mid-sentence the second you hit 1k.

Picklefic = a lazy type of buspass fic that is pure placeholder and which the author never intends to see the light of day.

In the original term, it was imagined that someone copy and pasted the word "pickle" a thousand times. It is an urban myth, but one that feels true. These are the fics that the mods will usually catch during their skimming because they are so obvious. If someone has a 1k gift in the main collection and still gets sent to the PH list after the posting deadline, it is assumed that that 1k fic is a picklefic.

(Anonymous) 2021-01-03 04:54 pm (UTC)(link)
FFA wiki is dead :(

But luckily there's a Wayback capture for kittyfic: https://web.archive.org/web/20160811220948/http://failfandomanonwiki.pbworks.com/w/page/101645944/Perennial%20Yuletide%20Wankers

(Anonymous) 2021-01-04 06:58 pm (UTC)(link)
It could be a WIP for a completely different pairing with the names swapped out.

Agree with the rest, but this isn't a bus pass, since your recipient couldn't read it unedited.

(Anonymous) 2021-01-03 04:53 pm (UTC)(link)
dewclaws - a fic with something so bizarre that you wouldn't have thought to opt-out of it. See: https://fanlore.org/wiki/Dewclaws

Gift Shaking

(Anonymous) 2021-01-03 07:54 pm (UTC)(link)
How to do it

Re: Gift Shaking

(Anonymous) 2021-01-03 08:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Lots of ways; the current easiest is to install this Userscript https://gist.github.com/XtinaSchelin/afa13f2f814fee08c533f825ebfbbb94

It will take you to the exact collection with all the relevant filters. Expand all items in the sidebar and voila! You’ve shaken your gift.

Re: Gift Shaking

(Anonymous) 2021-08-06 04:13 am (UTC)(link)
I don't think installing a userscript is the easiest way. Try shaking by ID

https://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/500841.html?thread=3018093161#cmt3018093161

(Anonymous) 2021-10-29 05:36 am (UTC)(link)
Why does everyone post about butts and rabbits?