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Offseason #5
Smell ya later.
Yuletide Discord & Exchanges After Dark Discords for Namespacedrama 18+ discussion. Google Group for PHs.
Yuletide Discord & Exchanges After Dark Discords for Namespace
and now we're back to boring old fat wank and various -isms rearing their ugly heads on failmeme.
fuck that place, i only go there to point and laugh. wish this place was active all year round so ppl could actually talk about exchanges.
fuck that place, i only go there to point and laugh. wish this place was active all year round so ppl could actually talk about exchanges.
You could say something about an exchange and then people might turn up to talk about it.
I myself am waiting very, very patiently for soulmates. Ever so patiently. And in the hope that there will eventually be more things from fandoms I actually like. (There are 23 posted works, so there's still I think another 20-ish to go?)
I myself am waiting very, very patiently for soulmates. Ever so patiently. And in the hope that there will eventually be more things from fandoms I actually like. (There are 23 posted works, so there's still I think another 20-ish to go?)
Lol, SuzieAnna and SweetSorcery are part of another exchange where pinch hits are lingering.
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You love to see it! Wonder if they're tempted to take their toys and go home again, or if they're at least smart enough to just email their fics to each other privately if they get impatient this time.
I feel sorry for the mod, though - that's a high proportion of frequent defaulters in one exchange.
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lul_soulmatesex)You love to see it! Wonder if they're tempted to take their toys and go home again, or if they're at least smart enough to just email their fics to each other privately if they get impatient this time.
I feel sorry for the mod, though - that's a high proportion of frequent defaulters in one exchange.
That exchange may also be suffering for being a high-minimum exchange due on the exact same day as fffx, so some of it can be laid to mod planning
lol @ ppl still talking about ars belli on ffa. she's been gone from exchanges for fucking ever. no1curr
let's make a list of recurring wankers/wank magnets who are not gone, I'll start:
rosefox
beatrice_otter
untherius
rosefox
beatrice_otter
untherius
I guess I don't actually have bulletproof tropes after all because that was boring as fuck and the canon sounds awful.
Sure, sometimes you had assholes or "flamers" in your inbox, but I think I liked it more when people earnestly tried to give concrit to the best of their often limited ability than this "if you can't say something nice, say nothing at all" neurotic BS
Because back then, I felt like I could trust the positive feedback better. It's easier to believe someone genuinely likes the things they say they like when they also point out what they don't like, you know?
And it's no wonder that people (arguably) comment less now, and are sometimes downright neurotic or paralyzingly anxious about not commenting in the perfect way, because you can see how this attitude works out in places where commenting still IS part of expected etiqutte, like Yuletide. I'm pretty confident about my writing skills, but goddamn, seeing exchange recips leave gushing comments on their mediocre, deeply flawed, or even downright bad gift fic because they don't want to be rude can really give you trust issues.
I know I'd hate to get a comment like that. A few years ago I started clearly opting into concrit in my author notes but people don't actually take you up on it, and finding good betas who don't have a conflict of interest with you (otherwise known as "you write their rarepair") is often impossible in small fandoms.
(Muphry's Law states the above comment will have at least one egregious typo or SPAG error.... eh I'm not gonna stress about it)
Because back then, I felt like I could trust the positive feedback better. It's easier to believe someone genuinely likes the things they say they like when they also point out what they don't like, you know?
And it's no wonder that people (arguably) comment less now, and are sometimes downright neurotic or paralyzingly anxious about not commenting in the perfect way, because you can see how this attitude works out in places where commenting still IS part of expected etiqutte, like Yuletide. I'm pretty confident about my writing skills, but goddamn, seeing exchange recips leave gushing comments on their mediocre, deeply flawed, or even downright bad gift fic because they don't want to be rude can really give you trust issues.
I know I'd hate to get a comment like that. A few years ago I started clearly opting into concrit in my author notes but people don't actually take you up on it, and finding good betas who don't have a conflict of interest with you (otherwise known as "you write their rarepair") is often impossible in small fandoms.
(Muphry's Law states the above comment will have at least one egregious typo or SPAG error.... eh I'm not gonna stress about it)
no. i don't want to know what a bunch of plebs think i could improve about my fic because they are always wrong, my shit is genius and their shit sucks.
I'm so glad this community exists, because the - how did the fanlore page quote put it - "cult of niceness" in the main communities started driving me up the wall almost immediately. I swear half the time the mods are looking for things to interpret in a negative light even when nothing negative was said and before the other person has even had a chance to clarify if they actually found that upsetting
My short list of DNM requests for Candyhearts was exclusively people I like where we mutually decided to DNM so we don't end up inevitably assigned to each other for our tiny shared fandoms and spoil the surprise part of it.
After looking at this comm, I'm having a very "oh you sweet summer child" reaction at myself.
After looking at this comm, I'm having a very "oh you sweet summer child" reaction at myself.
I'm bored. I want smut4smut to be in signups already so I can have something to look at.
Welp. Soulmates is extended for lack of pinch hitters.
wonder how long it will take sweet sorcery to pull their fic
What's up with all these delays in Holly Poly for editing and issues and approval? Do they go over each fanwork THAT closely for DNWs or what?
No one knows, despite the unnecessary information they do give out.
I’m pleasantly surprised they announced it’s nearly ready to go live, though. I was expecting another delay.
I’m pleasantly surprised they announced it’s nearly ready to go live, though. I was expecting another delay.
https://fffx.dreamwidth.org/50612.html#cutid5
I have another big PH to finish before I could even touch this but man we need to get TheFlirtMeister something. AFAIK both Chocobox and Yuletide have been duds for them. I love their writing and they seem pretty nice so I feel sorry for them.
Fandoms:
Original Work, Knives Out (Movies), Watchmen (Comic), The Batman (Movie 2022), Jaws (Movies)
Their request is compatible with partial pinch-hits (so only writing 5k, not 10k).
I have another big PH to finish before I could even touch this but man we need to get TheFlirtMeister something. AFAIK both Chocobox and Yuletide have been duds for them. I love their writing and they seem pretty nice so I feel sorry for them.
Fandoms:
Original Work, Knives Out (Movies), Watchmen (Comic), The Batman (Movie 2022), Jaws (Movies)
Their request is compatible with partial pinch-hits (so only writing 5k, not 10k).
The other pinch hits look tasty too! But I agree, TheFlirtMeister ought to get something nice as a change.
should i sign up for smut4smut or not? so much to do but oh god if i don't the fomo...
hehehehe someone who doesn't like me in namespace kudosed a fic of mine that's still anonymous
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can we make a list of all frequent noncommenters too instead of just the really bad wankers
(Anonymous) 2024-02-05 11:17 pm (UTC)(link)we hates them precious
Re: can we make a list of all frequent noncommenters too instead of just the really bad wankers
(Anonymous) 2024-02-06 12:34 am (UTC)(link)Let's.
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(Anonymous) - 2024-02-24 11:21 (UTC) - ExpandA list of things people can do to make themselves pleasant exchange participants
Make gifts that, to the best of their knowledge, their recip will like.
Doublecheck DNWs before posting gift.
Comment during anon period at least 90% of the time, mentioning at least one thing specific to the work that they enjoyed.
Manage signup quantity/real life so they don't default more than 25% of the time.
Only post things that are reveal ready.
Respond to mod emails if necessary.
Be at least competent in medium of choice (decent spag for writers, art that doesn't make people flinch and say "oh no" on opening it).
Change up their requests and/or prompts now and then.
Only offer and request canons they have consumed.
Take pinch hits as possible.
Doublecheck DNWs before posting gift.
Comment during anon period at least 90% of the time, mentioning at least one thing specific to the work that they enjoyed.
Manage signup quantity/real life so they don't default more than 25% of the time.
Only post things that are reveal ready.
Respond to mod emails if necessary.
Be at least competent in medium of choice (decent spag for writers, art that doesn't make people flinch and say "oh no" on opening it).
Change up their requests and/or prompts now and then.
Only offer and request canons they have consumed.
Take pinch hits as possible.
fuck everything else i just want smut, man
who's doing smut4smut with me?
who's doing smut4smut with me?
me, and I'll bet my butt my fandoms and freeforms land me as an lingering IPH.
but I'm going to be stubborn this time and not add fandoms. i want the porn i want and that's all there is to it
but I'm going to be stubborn this time and not add fandoms. i want the porn i want and that's all there is to it
Seems like a lot! Any look interesting?
nope, gotta be treats for me this time
on a scale of 1-10 where 1 is visceral cringe horror and 10 is love it darling, how do you feel about doing fandom/talking about fanworks on reddit
1. Reddit is where I go to make fun of people with unbelievably shitty sociopolitical opinions. I would rather not do fandom at all than do it there.
a good egg is one that makes a good eggy fart smell
I was going to write treats this weekend but my roommate gave me covid yesterday and all I want to do is lie in bed and suffer :(
If you're going to be suffering might as well just maximize your suffering time and write at the same time.
I wish anyone who constantly brags about how much they write had ever produced anything I enjoyed reading
my daily EAD bitchposting is that if there's going to be only one channel with activity happening I wish it were one I cared about.
(I suspect that would solve your vent tbh)
(I suspect that would solve your vent tbh)
What are you excited for or planning to sign up for?
Now I'm curious. What's the longest a collection reveal has ever been held up?
4 years*
*not because of pinch hits
*not because of pinch hits
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