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coalie ([personal profile] coalcube) wrote in [community profile] coaltide2022-12-25 04:57 pm
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Merry Crisis

On the 7th night of Hanukkah my vindictive author gave to me....

Madness Opens: Mon 26 Dec
Author Reveals: Sun Jan 1

Mini-Challenges:
Yuleporn| Crueltide | Queering The Tide | Transtide
Two for One | Seasons Treatings | IF | Wrapping Paper | Yumadrin 
 


(Anonymous) 2022-12-28 02:46 pm (UTC)(link)
As someone who has treated in Madness multiple years: alas, yes. It really is just a nice thing you do for your recip, because they are probably the only person who will click on your fic.

But, also, I went through the Madness collection this year and didn't see anything I'd rec (aside from my fic, obviously, which is a perfect jewel of blinding genius). The ratio of cool stuff to bland nothings in Madness is not high enough to merit a lot of sifting through the chaff.

In conclusion: a really strategic author should reserve their wankiest treat for Madness, where it will be safe from the Claw.

(Anonymous) 2022-12-28 02:58 pm (UTC)(link)
As someone who reads, comments and recs from Madness, I disagree. It has just as much nice stuff as the main collection. The main is just bigger, so the proportion of fandoms any given reader knows is makes for a larger quantity of fic.

(Anonymous) 2022-12-31 02:17 am (UTC)(link)
Wasn't the AAM fic that broke out in Madness?