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Assignments!

[(Anonymous)]

How did yours turn out?

Re: Assignments!

[(Anonymous)]

Very pleased, multiple different options, someone I know already! Will have to figure out which i'm most in the mood for.

IPHs?

[(Anonymous)]

I can't remember how it usually goes, and I'm not able to use Discord so I can't see if it's been mentioned there, but: do IPHs usually go out directly after assignments, or will there be a few hours or more in between?

Re: IPHs?

[(Anonymous)]

morbane said on discord it would probably be at least an hour

Would you re-roll the dice?

[(Anonymous)]

If, hypothetically, you were given a chance to “re-roll” your current assignment/recipient, would you do it and why?

Re: Would you re-roll the dice?

[(Anonymous)]

I would. I can tell the fandom we matched on isn't the fandom they really most want and I'd happily give them the opportunity to get something they're going to SUPER vibe with.

Have you ever matched to one of the mods?

[(Anonymous)]

Past or present mods, in either direction? Was it weird or a lot of pressure?

Re: Have you ever matched to one of the mods?

[(Anonymous)]

I realized earlier this year that I wrote for [mod name redacted] in another exchange in about 2017! I actually really like that fic still and I think the writing-for experience was fine. Wasn't in Yuletide itself though.

Reading Your Author's Mind

[(Anonymous)]

Your author just opened their assignment email and realize it's yours.

What do you hope...

...is the fandom they matched on?
...they think of your prompts?

Re: Reading Your Author's Mind

[(Anonymous)]

I hope they matched on the currently airing canon that just dropped a banger of an installment today. It perfectly gave additional context/flavor to my prompts so c'mon author! Write me 5 different fics, they all will be great!!!

[(Anonymous)]

Anyone know what the deal with vandoorne is?

[(Anonymous)]

I hope that whoever picks up their PH knows what's up with them. I'm surprised the mods even allowed their signup.

[(Anonymous)]

I would love a crack/fluff second person POV fic with the POV being a suburban mom who goes to the recent Dave Matthews tour and gets selected by him for a hot one night stand. It would be great if there is a loyal husband texting her throughout the tryst about their kids. Also, can he do scat (singing style) while they are intimate? In the morning, can he please make and serve her chocolate chip pancakes in a sexual way? Thank you!

Okay, I laughed.

[(Anonymous)]

lmao who's this

[(Anonymous)]

I started a treat during the signup period, and it's pretty much finished. It technically meets all the requirements to be their official gift, but it's not a lot over 1k and it's kind of a fringe interpretation of their request. (Although they did say they wanted their writer to go wild.)

If I had gotten assigned them, I would have written a second, more normal one and given both. I didn't get them, though, so I'm not going to write the normal one. When do I post the treat I have done? Do I wait until they have their gift, or do I do it now?

[(Anonymous)]

Wait until Madness opens and post it there.

[(Anonymous)]

Welp. Coadie here. Paypal's now done the same Photo ID garbage to me, so... I have no idea what I'll be able to do about the donations I've been given that I can now no longer use or even move. I'll investigating refunding but WOW this sucks, what.

[(Anonymous)]

Is there another app where we can support you? I promise to ignore your wallet name if you ignore mine!

[(Anonymous)]

yay new post new butts

[(Anonymous)]

Butt-tastic.

[(Anonymous)]

I've already finished my fic but now I am not going to post it until the very last second in case the person receiving it is waiting for their gift so they can default and get something for nothing while also inconveniencing other people. >>>>:(

[(Anonymous)]

If they're doing that, you would still be doing PHers a favor!

I'm with you in not posting, though, because imagine having to wait two months to read your gift D:

Oh no I'm an IPH

[(Anonymous)]

I'm so glad I took the major spoilers out of my prompt in a fit of responsibility

Re: Oh no I'm an IPH

[(Anonymous)]

Live dangerously, state your spoilers upfront.

Hosting for Yuletide Interactive Fiction

[(Anonymous)]

I seem to be in the process of writing a IF game for my recip. Hopefully they like it! I'm not quite sure where to host it, though, as my usual website where I put Twine games is... very attached to my name. Is there any sort of anonymous place where I could upload it, at least for anon period?

- coalie who is thinking very far in advance and also assuming they'll be able to finish the game in time

Re: Hosting for Yuletide Interactive Fiction

[(Anonymous)]

https://twinery.org/cookbook/starting/twine2/publishing_on_itchio.html

ITCH.IO?

[(Anonymous)]

There's a work in the collection already!

[(Anonymous)]

4819 words. Good job, Head and Shoulders 1970s femslash writer.

[(Anonymous)]

When are requests becoming visible?

[(Anonymous)]

Usually once all the IPHs have been claimed.

[(Anonymous)]

Ffa is so insufferable and aggressive lately oh my god

[(Anonymous)]

FFA has been insufferable and aggressive since the dawn of time though

[(Anonymous)]

IPHs still aren't claimed?

[(Anonymous)]

I still only have the first 16 in my inbox, which I suspect isn’t helping since a bunch of the PH list folks rely on those inbox notifications

be more wanky

[(Anonymous)]

be more wanky

Re: be more wanky

[(Anonymous)]

down by the river of the stanky wanky
where the yulebutts jump from bank to banksy

FFA called

[(Anonymous)]

...they want their troll back.

Re: FFA called

[(Anonymous)]

Don't know which troll you mean, but that TERF troll that's over here can sure as hell fuck right off.

What fics are you hoping to see?

[(Anonymous)]

Other than your own gift, what are you hoping gets written this Yuletide?

Re: What fics are you hoping to see?

[(Anonymous)]

Spy Game!

5 PHs left

[(Anonymous)]

Which will be the rarest of the rare?

FIGHT!

I hope Miss_M's gets claimed soon because it must suck to be the last PH to be claimed two years running, especially with completely different canons. Or maybe they see it as a badge of honor. IDK.

Re: 5 PHs left

[(Anonymous)]

I don't think it's really a matter of the rarest or whatever at this point. Most people didn't even get the IPHs in question, and have no clue which ones are still left, etc.

[(Anonymous)]

If British Conservative Politician RPF becomes a thing, I will be very annoyed at you all.

[(Anonymous)]

A previous year already had David Cameron/pig.

Not to mention how David Cameron/Nick Clegg used to be a thing.

Letter Roasting

[(Anonymous)]

Come on, let's have it! Fuck em up!

Re: Letter Roasting

[(Anonymous)]

I ain't reading your google docs!

scare away the failmemers

[(Anonymous)]

talk about all your bodily fluids itt

Re: scare away the failmemers

[(Anonymous)]

This snot is not
Some regular snot
It forms a clot
Almost a knot
And the slow movement of the snot
Alas, cannot
Come to a stop

[(Anonymous)]

Is it just me or are PHs being claimed faster than last year even despite the technical issues?

[(Anonymous)]

Can you scroll back in the pinch hit group thingy and look at last years dates? I have no idea how this works.