Don't Stop Coal Now!

[coalcube]

Tonight I'm gonna have myself a real coal time
I feel alive
And the exchange I'll turn it inside out, yeah
I'm floating around in agony
So, (don't stop me now)
(Don't stop me)
'Cause I'm having a coal time, having a coal time~


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Re: Dear Authors

[(Anonymous)]

da

That's the point, though. The character study of a canon character can be worldbuilding. It's impossible to tell if that's the case without reading the fic. But it's easy to see why a "the canon characters' story is already told and that I want new stories about other people" letter would put someone off who offered worldbuilding but has no intention to write OCs (be it because they won't or they can't). OP can be disappointed by the ODAO, but it's not against the rules.

Re: Dear Authors

[(Anonymous)]

CYRT: It's not hard to write about a canon character that focuses on worldbuilding without it becoming a character study. Don't offer worldbuilding if you don't want to write that.

Re: Dear Authors

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT

I don't think "character study" and "worldbuilding" are necessarily mutually exclusive. Like I said, we don't know how much worldbuilding is in the fic.

Re: Dear Authors

[(Anonymous)]

If there's no worldbuilding and it's supposed to be worldbuilding, then that's just the same as if your requested character doesn't show up. Mods said they wouldn't judge the quality of worldbuilding, but if there's none at all that's not a question of quality.

Re: Dear Authors

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT

I agree with this, I just think it's impossible to tell from OP's complaint whether there's worldbuilding in it. They sound like they're just annoyed that it focuses on a canon character instead of OCs, and that's a fair thing to be annoyed about but not against the rules unless there actually is no worldbuilding in the fic.

Re: Dear Authors

[(Anonymous)]

To me they sound like they're annoyed it's a character study. It's probably just fairly generic Yuletide character-thinking-to-themselves fic.