Writing Post 2021

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Default deadline: Sat 11 Dec
Assignment deadline: Sat 18 Dec
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Profound clash of fandom and DNW

[(Anonymous)]

I got my Yuletide assignment. The piece of media is unequivocally horror.

I look at my recip's letter. "No darkfic please!"

h o w

Re: Profound clash of fandom and DNW

[(Anonymous)]

Maybe they mean nothing darker than canon, or no additional dark events that don't already occur in canon? Could you get a mod to pass a clarifying question along?

Re: Profound clash of fandom and DNW

[(Anonymous)]

That's a good idea, thank you very much!

Re: Profound clash of fandom and DNW

[(Anonymous)]

Just write something related to the canon that isn't horror? "Darkfic" is a specific kind of grinding, miserable grimdark genre, not just any fic where there's a zombie mentioned in the background, or whatever. Write h/c set during or after the horror, write a character study before or after the canon, write porn involving two characters from the canon, etc.

Re: Profound clash of fandom and DNW

[(Anonymous)]

Porn or a character study would absolutely be my go-to if they hadn't requested worldbuilding (and, somehow, no other characters; I thought we were supposed to request at least one actual character if requesting worldbuilding!).

Re: Profound clash of fandom and DNW

[(Anonymous)]

DC from the worldbuilding rules post: “you could match to a recipient who has asked for Worldbuilding only”

Re: Profound clash of fandom and DNW

[(Anonymous)]

I worked out where I went wrong there; offers had to be Worldbuilding +1, but requests didn't.

Re: Profound clash of fandom and DNW

[(Anonymous)]

Same hat, nonnie, except in my case the request itself clashes with the DNW.

Re: Profound clash of fandom and DNW

[(Anonymous)]

In that case I'd say that the specific request overrides the DNW, but also just in case I'd probably send a message via the mods to clarify your recip's intentions.

Re: Profound clash of fandom and DNW

[(Anonymous)]

this is the writing post, are you new? go back to the other post

Re: Profound clash of fandom and DNW

[(Anonymous)]

You probably should have got your snark in before they got their answers if you wanted them to give a shit.

Re: Profound clash of fandom and DNW

[(Anonymous)]

I think what counts as darkfic depends on the canon. Usually body horror and genocide would be darkfic but in Animorphs, that's tuesday. Now a fic dealing with the host breeding program WOULD be darkfic bc the noncon elements of controllers weren't explored in depth in canon.

Re: Profound clash of fandom and DNW

[(Anonymous)]

Well, now you've got me thinking about writing Animorphs fic...