And another one!

[coalcube]

I see my nemesis getting a fic that I love
And I'm like, "Fuck you" 
I guess my 10k letter wasn't enough
I'm like, "Fuck you and fuck morbane, too"
Said, "If I was a long commenter, they woulda gamed for me"
Ha, now ain't that some shit?
(Ain't that some shit?)
And although there's pain in my chest
I still comment it's the best
And runs to coal to shout "Fuck you" 

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[(Anonymous)]

this came up in the discord bc people were discussing whether or not you should tag treats and it shocked me that people would knowingly NOT tag them. I just assumed people forgot. I certainly have loved a treat more than my main gift, but I wouldnt want my writer to know that.

[(Anonymous)]

So what are you going to do if you love a treat more than your main gift and you don't want to let on?

Fake excitement for your main gift? Or hold back on squeeing about your treat? Because either of that seems really shitty.

[(Anonymous)]

I've mostly been lucky in that my main gifts are great, but when I do like the treat more, i try and make the comments equal-ish, as much as i can without padding, which i agree would be shitty.

[(Anonymous)]

Honestly, I find the idea of the writer caring about that to be bizarre, I don’t even really look at what else my recip receives or if I am treating someone what their main writer gives them. I think it’s a little silly and is not disrespectful at all. The only disrespect that a recip can show is by not commenting at all.

[(Anonymous)]

DC

I confess that I do check my recip's other comments. And when I see that they seem to like their other gift better, I either think "oh yeah, wow, this one is really good" or I think "huh, looks like we have an id mismatch because this one is totally meh". But I wouldn't ever think "how disrespectful of them to prefer another fic over mine".

[(Anonymous)]

ok well that isnt what i meant! it's obviously not disrespectful to have preferences and opinions! I just think it's polite to comment on your main gift first and be polite to that person!

[(Anonymous)]

Cyrt

I comment politely on all the gifts I receive (excluding DNW hitting gifts). My order of commenting depends on the fic length and the fandom/tropes, not on who wrote the gift and why.

[(Anonymous)]

dc

^this. I usually don't even notice if something is a treat or not-- if I get more than one gift then I'm ecstatic and will comment based on how long it takes me to formulate a reply.

[(Anonymous)]

dc

Yep agreed. All else equal I MIGHT take treat vs. gift into consideration when deciding what to read and comment on first on Christmas morning, but if the gift fic is even moderately long and the treat is short, I'm definitely reading and commenting on the treat first. It's more about what I have time to devote thought to at that moment than what I appreciate more.

[(Anonymous)]

I read them all and comment later.

[(Anonymous)]

SC

The only reason I would mention as a writer that it’s a treat is because I want to let that person know that I was inspired by their request, but that is more a compliment on them than me deflecting to their other writer.

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, I tag treats because if I do something extra for someone, I want them to know it. It's certainly not because I think of treats as less important.