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C.R.E.A.M

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Just revealed! Any wank yet?

Yes.

Someone doesn't know how to do anonymous exchanges: https://archiveofourown.org/collections/trickortreatex2021/works/34853848

The author's note pats themselves on the back for having written a late pinch hit, oh, so hard, so much labor! So much research! And then they de-anon at the end by saying, "This was a pinch hit. I love receiving treats, so if you'd like to write me something in return..." and linking to their letters for other exchanges, de-anoning themselves.

Possibly unpopular opinion but the post-exchange write ups people do about their process each year for Yuletide is just as cringy as this.

Genuinely, why?

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I love reading post-writing process writeups of any kind. Obviously, not a snide one, but I like these in general.

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major cringe

Oh dear. Maybe they're teachable. The specific details they've included in the work are pretty cool! And they also read like they HAD to fit all these cool details in, who cares if each detail actually furthers the story.

I genuinely envy this person the energy they put into doing the research. I'm so self-defeating at research - I let myself get stuck and hung up on tiny details and I tell myself it's too hard.

Yiiikes. Tacky there, author.

They've already edited out the letters, at least.

Holy cow

This made me decide to go look at last year's wrap ups.

seal_girl: I was looking back at these and I decided that the pinch-hits that I wrote in two days were fics that I like better than the ones I had months to fret about and faff around with.

I wonder how that makes their recips feel and if they can tell which ones were rushed or if they agree if they're better or worse. Is it good to admit publically that you know some are better when you could have defaulted again to make sure they got a better fic? Maybe they should have only taken one PH?

choirwoman straight up admitted they were bragging and consider a reveals post bragging, which is charming.

primeideal admits a couple of their fics are self-inserts which isn't always the best.

lannamichaels admits to writing a sequel maybe? And that they gifted drawerfic that happened to work out. Would not have admitted that and would feel a bit sad if I saw my author bragging about it in longform. This one shouldn't have been linked to the post and could have been saved just for her flist.

dragonbat2006 is bold for admitting what they struggled with. I wonder how I would feel if I also thought those parts were weak and my author outright admits it. Couldn't they have found a beta or something?

estirose talking about why they weren't going to treat someone and yet decided to claim them as a PH leaves a bad taste in my mouth. This one didn't need to be linked either.

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?

luthien's is one of the most embarassing thing's I've ever read, from the storytime in the third person to...everything else.

I think I've realized that I'm not the target demographic for this stuff and I would be heartbroken if my author ever did one???? That was agony.

I was hoping estirose's was so much wankier but it's just them saying a blank signup didn't grab them the first time.

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DC

To save other curious coalies the trouble:

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

also lol choirwoman, they're so tonedeaf always.

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?

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I didn't read all of these but I read some, and they were all fine. It sounds like you "read" by looking for small words or phrases that you could try to stretch to sound as wanky as possible, when they're not wanky at all. Way to read with bad faith and intentions!

you really took all the time to do this huh

you sound like a terrible recip

If you hate listening to people talk about writing, I don't know why you're on a fandom anon meme about writing.

Who was it? Since they've edited out their letter.

Not a sporting question.

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

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

Seriously

For people who disparage tweens who tell the over 18s to get off the internet and go pay their taxes, a whole lot of failmemers sure do act the exact same way. soooo ~cringe~

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this is COAL you imbeciles, we talk about yuletide here not other SUBPAR exchanges

we would talk about Yuletide if there was some good wank, but there isn't - so we talk about ToT.

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