The Coal Game

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We're scrolling
And watching coalies make errors
The most pathetical errors!
We're watching experienced coalies
Who stayed up all night tracking a source in its original Latin
Up, writin'
And writin' bad!

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Re: This or That: Coal

[(Anonymous)]

CYRT

With fic? Not in a decade or so, no. I've been reading fic for so long that if a trope exists, I already have some kind of opinion about, so it's either in my likes or DNWs. If it's something where my opinion varies and I'm particular about how I like it, I generally DNW the broad theme rather than say 'if you write A/B/O, please only do it that way and not this way'.

Re: This or That: Coal

[(Anonymous)]

Huh. I'm glad I haven't run into the wall of "no more things I did not know I liked until I found them".

I hope I never do.

Re: This or That: Coal

[(Anonymous)]

Hard agree. That sounds terrible.

Re: This or That: Coal

[(Anonymous)]

CYRT

I suppose it depends on the kind of person you are? I'm really glad that I reached the stage where I figured out exactly what I like and what I don't like. For me that makes it easier to find things I like, because I know exactly what I look for. I wish it was as easy with everything as it is with fic.

Re: This or That: Coal

[(Anonymous)]

What if a new trope is invented? Like hanahaki. Do you update your likes/DNWs list all the time?

Re: This or That: Coal

[(Anonymous)]

CYRT

I do update my likes/DNW list occasionally, though that's rarely about new things and more about clarifying phrasing.

I think that most tropes that are "newly invented" fall under umbrellas that already exist, and which I would already like or DNW. In this particular case, I didn't need to change my details to include hanahaki specifically because it runs against several of my more general DNWs.