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Re: your ideal gifts

[(Anonymous)]

idk how to do that

Re: your ideal gifts

[(Anonymous)]

You just go ahead and post to yuletide

Just needs a cute title. "Yule Be First"?

Then some copy and paste format, usually username and letter link, list of fandom(s)/characters. I suggest also adding a field for "how to find" since presumably some of these fandoms are obscure.

Re: your ideal gifts

[(Anonymous)]

"Yule Be First" - I love that!!

Re: your ideal gifts

[(Anonymous)]

Cyrt

That’s a great title! Honestly though I’m too lazy and shy to ever make up a mini challenge and figure out all those details, but if someone else here wants to do it, it’d be much appreciated!

Re: your ideal gifts

[(Anonymous)]

I'm not willing to bust the filament-thin bubble of plausible deniability I have about being on coal (I don't know why, it's stupid honestly), but maybe coadie or yulebegay will graciously provide their challenge posting services...

Re: your ideal gifts

[(Anonymous)]

I'd be willing to do it when I get off of work if no one does it before then.

Does anyone want to compile a list of fandoms that qualify?

/yulebegay

Re: your ideal gifts

[(Anonymous)]

you're awesome, yulebegay coalie!

wouldn't it be easier/faster to make it so people can comment if they've requested a 0-fic fandom?

Re: your ideal gifts

[(Anonymous)]

Thanks yulebegay! Yeah I think it probably works (and is less work for you) if people can just comment if they've requested a 0-fic fandom

Re: your ideal gifts

[(Anonymous)]

Are we including fandoms synned with original works? Are we including other-media type 5 minute fandoms? Just leaving that up to commenter discretion, maybe?

Re: your ideal gifts

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, I'd just say "0-fic fandom" and leave it to people's discretion!

Re: your ideal gifts

[(Anonymous)]

I'd say to not complicate it and leave it up to commenter discretion, but honestly whatever the person who makes the post wants to do is fine

/lazy coalie

Re: your ideal gifts - Yule Be First Coal Poll

[yulebegay]

About to post now but I just want a quick opinion poll: should it only be for fandoms, or do we want to include requests where it will be the first fic for a pairing or character too?

Re: your ideal gifts - Yule Be First Coal Poll

[(Anonymous)]

I would love the latter!

Re: your ideal gifts - Yule Be First Coal Poll

[(Anonymous)]

I say just leave it to fandoms but if people want the first shipfic/characterfic I don't have a big problem wiht it.

Re: your ideal gifts - Yule Be First Coal Poll

[(Anonymous)]

coalie who suggested it but was lazy: i'm fine with either. Thanks for taking this on!

Re: your ideal gifts - Yule Be First Coal Poll

[(Anonymous)]

jk, saw that you already posted it! Thank you yulebegay!!!!!

Re: your ideal gifts

[(Anonymous)]

This is my dilemma with the lyrics thing. Do I want to title my fic with lyrics from the rickroll song? Yes. Do I want to give away that I'm on coal? Not really.

Re: your ideal gifts

[(Anonymous)]

use a (well-behaved) sock!

Re: your ideal gifts

[(Anonymous)]

That was why I was pushing for slightly more plausible deniability than a Rickroll. But coal has spoken.

Using a one or two word title is probably still reasonably anon?

Re: your ideal gifts

[(Anonymous)]

To be fair, Africa or the Baby Shark song are almost just as obvious

Re: your ideal gifts

[(Anonymous)]

The be fair, baby shark is way more obvious, and when voting for songs I actually went and checked the lyrics for songs with reasonably versatile title options and rickroll genuinely isn't that bad. Except, you know, in combination.

Re: your ideal gifts

[(Anonymous)]

but coalies , the goal is to browse the collection and go "MY PEOPLEEEEEEEE"

Re: your ideal gifts

[(Anonymous)]

I feel like Africa has more options for lyrics you could pull where people wouldn'r immediately clock it as song lyrics. And also it's at least slightly possible people would use it non-ironically.

Baby shark is obviously worse than all the other options but Sandstorm. :P

(I am the coalie who brought up Rickroll in the first place though so I do realize this is my own fault.)

Re: your ideal gifts

[(Anonymous)]

DA I love that name and I just want to say that coal has been on point in coming up with challenge names this year. Great work team.

Re: your ideal gifts

[(Anonymous)]

+1 I love the challenges and this year has been awesome! Yay coal!