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Coal ruins exchanges around me - spitey spitey fic y'all. 

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Re: Trick or Treat

[(Anonymous)]

Why share this?? Why??? Either the recip will feel bad (which sucks) or they will be justified with their decision since it got them a fic any (so you saying they nearly missed out on a fic from you is moot)?

Re: Rabbit?

[(Anonymous)]

In mustard sauce.

Re: Trick or Treat

[(Anonymous)]

Or they'll take it totally neutrally?

Re: Trick or Treat

[(Anonymous)]

DC

To save other curious coalies the trouble:

https://yuletide.dreamwidth.org/240696.html

also lol choirwoman, they're so tonedeaf always.

Re: Trick or Treat

[(Anonymous)]

If it’s neutral why highlight it! The recip of the ToT fic could take it neutrally too, that doesn’t mean that the author had to say it 💀

Re: Trick or Treat

[(Anonymous)]

calliopes_pen's post was worthless but linked to the fic which had a similar authors note situation to this one. The hits/kudos ratio is very telling lol. Was there wank or did it just land badly within the fandom?

It's 67k in a rare fandom, coalie. A lot of people probably clicked on it just because they were impressed at that word length in Yuletide and then it didn't grab them for some reason.

I don't know, if I ever wrote 67k for Yuletide you bet I'd write a long author's note about my research process. I'd be over the moon. Hopefully my recipient would be too but are we not allowed to pat ourselves on the back even a little? What sort of tall poppy syndrome were you raised with?

Re: Trick or Treat

[(Anonymous)]

CYRT

I think it's totally fine. Am I missing something?

Re: Trick or Treat

[(Anonymous)]

Jesus, this entire thread is why I hate failmemer-style exchange culture. You're all fucking nuts.

Re: Trick or Treat

[(Anonymous)]

What was the post of having a reveals post then! This is someone’s gift, it seems presumptuous and a but rude to gift them something that long (and I love longfic) and also give them a bunch of research notes too. Based on the comments nobody seemed to care, they could have put it in their reveals post for those who enjoy that stuff and not made it even more obvious the fic was their passion project rather than something for their recip. That’s my issue, not that they’re proud of it. Stating the prompt from the start feels like “well you asked for it” and is not a good way to endear someone to your very long indulgent fic.

Re: Trick or Treat

[(Anonymous)]

Even me? I'm the one going "this seems fine?"

Re: Trick or Treat

[(Anonymous)]

Coalie, truly, there is nothing negative here rather than what you put in. There is nothing in this author's note that says they wrote it for themselves RATHER than their recip. There is nothing negative about saying briefly "written for X prompt". What if the recip had multiple prompts even? Is it negative to say which one was written for?

It's like you're writhing in agony over the possibility of this author being perceived as anything other than a gift-delivering machine.

This is someone’s gift, it seems presumptuous and a but rude to gift them something that long (and I love longfic) and also give them a bunch of research notes too.

Rude?????????

Re: Trick or Treat

[(Anonymous)]

Let me guess, you also hate coalies discussing letters.

Re: Trick or Treat

[(Anonymous)]

No?

Re: Trick or Treat

[(Anonymous)]

this same comment could be said of the op fic that started the tread lol

[(Anonymous)]

They're demonstrably not all here.

[(Anonymous)]

After multiple repeats offenses with their recips not getting replacement gifts and tbqh seem to have left on their own.

Re: Trick or Treat

[(Anonymous)]

Dang are y'all really judging yuletide fics by their hits/kudos ratios?

Re: Trick or Treat

[(Anonymous)]

CYRT

Point. I personally wouldn't remark on a pinch hit being one of the very last pinch hits because that means the person got picked last and that isn't the nicest feeling? But they may not care and it isn't really a big deal.

Re: Trick or Treat

[(Anonymous)]

coalie above don't speak for me

[(Anonymous)]

So how about ‘em rabbits?

Re: Trick or Treat

[(Anonymous)]

If they feel bad for a blank sign-up they might actually put something in their sign ups in the future. Which isn't a negative outcome.

[(Anonymous)]

NC

I would rather take the kittyfic every time.

Something mediocre or bad about a thing I care about > something of whatever quality about a thing I don't care about.

Re: Trick or Treat

[(Anonymous)]

My bad. This just sounds to me like the coalies who say "What is the point of letter games? I didn't get any useful feedback on mine last time; I only received feedback that my ideas didn't work for the coalies who commented. Letter games are useless."

Re: Trick or Treat

[(Anonymous)]

Or they'd think "Maybe it doesn't get me treats, but it got me a gift I liked," and feel content, which is also a fine outcome.

Re: Trick or Treat

[(Anonymous)]

NC

I'm one of these coalies and I like or am neutral on post-exchange write ups. I also like 3T1L. Those things aren't all the same. You can like one and hate the other.