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Re: DNW Questions

[(Anonymous)]

"unrequested pairings" feels like you're saying "how dare you expose me to any of those *other* pairings" whereas "dnw anything but x/y" feels like you're saying "this is what I want in this specific exchange, please!"

Hah, that must be our problem. I was thinking the exact opposite! To me "DNW anything but x/y" feels like "everything besides x/y is bad," whereas "DNW: unrequested pairings" feels like "I request different things depending on the exchange or my mood, but for this exchange these are the things I'm requesting."

Also at this point "unrequested pairings" has more wanky history

Does it? Yuletide is almost the only exchange I do, and I'm not in any fandoms with ship wars as far as I know, but I haven't heard anything about "unrequested pairings" wank. I usually see "DNW: unrequested pairings" suggested as a safe, neutral DNW when someone is asking how to, for instance, DNW het or slash without being wanky.

Re: DNW Questions

[(Anonymous)]

There have been several cases (in other exchanges mostly) where people have DNW'd "unrequested pairings" and then ask for an eph because, for example, the fic mentioned a character's parents having been together. Plus multiple times on every coal dnw thread where someone runs into it in a way that makes them need to ask the mods wtf the recip actually meant. And people asking how to word it in a away that their writer will know that, idk, background canon pairings are okay.

Like I'm sure 90% of the people who use it are fine, but I only encounter it when it goes bad (or in my match letters, at which point I roll my eyes and make a note not to mention that parents exist.) So it definitely doesn't read as the wank-free option anymore.

If you want to DNW slash or het just do that, just don't say it gives you seizures. If you want to DNW one specific pairing do that, just don't talk about how it's gross. If you don't want ship fic focused on anyone else, but background pairings, mention of oc past loves, or or gen with canon pairings is fine, say that! If you really will be triggered by a reminder that anyone other than your OTP has ever dated, say that. You writer will thank you, and won't have to guess which of those you meant.

Re: DNW Questions

[(Anonymous)]

Ah, okay. I was aware of some of that. I do state in my DNWs that I'm fine with parents and other OC pairings, among other things. (I'm trying to avoid repeating my exact phrasing here since it might be de-anoning, but it's detailed enough that I don't think anyone would be confused about what I mean.) I get your point, though; in fact I was one of the people upthread who suggested that OP should ask the mods about the DNW, because I assume most people are fine with background OC pairings, but some may not realize they need to say so.

Re: DNW Questions

[(Anonymous)]

Yes, but Aurae is a known troll, and, much like Spiders Georg, should not be counted.

Re: DNW Questions

[(Anonymous)]

Yep. You can't DNW around a bad actor.