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coalie ([personal profile] coalcube) wrote in [community profile] coaltide2024-10-20 09:54 am
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Demure

 
Default deadline: December 11 (9am UTC)  
Assignment deadline: December 18  (9am UTC)
Main Collection Opens: December 25 (9am UTC)  
Madness Opens: December 26 (9am UTC)  
Author reveals: January 1 (9am UTC)

Yuletide Discord for Hippos & Exchanges After Dark Discords for Namespace drama 18+ discussion. Google Group for PHs.



Re: Yuletide Lucky Dip!

(Anonymous) 2024-11-07 12:33 am (UTC)(link)
First go: I got a kittydesade fic with bad characterization for one of my most beloved fandoms. Boo! But I’ve never dared writing that fandom. Maybe I’d do worse.

Second go:
https://archiveofourown.org/works/140466

Fic for the song All Along the Watchtower. Not bad. Some things I’d quibble with but it flows well and has a good atmosphere.

Re: Fic in a Box Pinch Hits

(Anonymous) 2024-11-07 12:36 am (UTC)(link)
Alas!

Re: Yuletide Lucky Dip!

(Anonymous) 2024-11-07 12:42 am (UTC)(link)
Hey, I got two fandoms I recognise! A nice though short little Discworld ficlet from Madness 2013 about Pepe and Madam Sharn:
https://archiveofourown.org/works/1100361

And a Narnia fic from all the way back in 2007 about the Pevensies readjusting to life, which I also enjoyed:
https://archiveofourown.org/works/154341

Not a bad result! I was pleasantly surprised. (I also see the total number of works in the parent collection is sitting at 49198, so I guess we'll be passing the 50,000 Yuletide fics mark this year!)

Re: Who is on your DNM list?

(Anonymous) 2024-11-07 01:02 am (UTC)(link)
then you get to die in childbirth afterwards. no thanks.

i think anne of cleves got the best deal.

(Anonymous) 2024-11-07 01:11 am (UTC)(link)
just sent off my candy swap. it's always fun picking out candy.

used to do drink swap, but picking out coffee and tea is harder.

(Anonymous) 2024-11-07 01:15 am (UTC)(link)
I'm the opposite - I guess I could pick out some candy but I'd struggle, but I really enjoyed picking out tea in previous years. However I get so procrastinatory about mailing things that I decided to stop putting myself and the mods through it. Are you sending very far?

Re: Yuletide Lucky Dip!

(Anonymous) 2024-11-07 01:19 am (UTC)(link)
hmm, swallows and amazons gen longfic. that's a blast from the past. might give that a go!

Re: Yuletide Lucky Dip!

(Anonymous) 2024-11-07 01:37 am (UTC)(link)
Fun idea, coalie! I think it's always extra fun to get comments on older fics, so I hope this does indeed lead to people doing that. I've only left one so far, but I'll keep refreshing and see what pops up. Anyway, I'm laughing a bit at getting two fics with very similar so-called summaries on one try:

"I think the title pretty much says it all."

"Just what it says in the title."

(Anonymous) 2024-11-07 01:48 am (UTC)(link)
only next country over, which didn't cost too much this year, thankfully.

i used to do ok with choosing coffee but i don't drink tea so know less about it.

does kittydesade still do yuletide

(Anonymous) 2024-11-07 01:49 am (UTC)(link)
?

Re: Yuletide Lucky Dip!

(Anonymous) 2024-11-07 01:51 am (UTC)(link)
The Yuletide "Oh crap I forgot I need to slap some kind of summary on this thing before I can actually post it" phenomenon is real. Definitely been there at 4am on the morning the collection is supposed to go live.

Re: does kittydesade still do yuletide

(Anonymous) 2024-11-07 01:59 am (UTC)(link)
no, she was elyn's friend and took on some of the pinch hits as a personal favor to elyn, and after the backlash about the 33 pinch hits one year she faded away.

Re: Yuletide Lucky Dip!

(Anonymous) 2024-11-07 02:00 am (UTC)(link)
I didn't post any summary at all for my ToT treat this round. Feels freeing. The title sucked though.

Re: BUTTS

(Anonymous) 2024-11-07 02:03 am (UTC)(link)
Their discussions of anti Arab racism and Islamophobia upsets the trolls as they don't like their racism being called out, it's very telling that they're not trying to derail the US election posts, apparently the racist fart trolls are okay with some nonfandom topics, just not ones that are about racism , which like the other coalie said makes them racists for wanting all talk of racism to go away.

Re: BUTTS

(Anonymous) 2024-11-07 02:06 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, it's very telling that people aren't on coal 24/7, you stupid fuck

food for when you're writing

(Anonymous) 2024-11-07 02:10 am (UTC)(link)
trying to write my fic right now, but i'm hungry. any suggestions for something good to eat that encourages creative thoughts and isn't too complicated to make?

Re: does kittydesade still do yuletide

(Anonymous) 2024-11-07 02:11 am (UTC)(link)
i haven't seen her around in ages. she could've changed usernames for all we know, though.

Re: food for when you're writing

(Anonymous) 2024-11-07 02:13 am (UTC)(link)
tiny easy snack: cup-a-soup/ soup from instant powder + frozen vegetables

Re: food for when you're writing

(Anonymous) 2024-11-07 02:22 am (UTC)(link)
+ crack an egg in it as it cooks

Re: food for when you're writing

(Anonymous) 2024-11-07 02:24 am (UTC)(link)
my go-to is instant mac and cheese for situations like this. or fruit if you're preferring something sweet.

Re: food for when you're writing

(Anonymous) 2024-11-07 02:26 am (UTC)(link)
CYRT

Oh, I was thinking of the kind of instant soup where you just dump in boiling water and stir, but agreed that cracking an egg into a broth- or maybe canned tomato-based soup to cook in it can be a good easy way to make the soup more filling!

Re: food for when you're writing

(Anonymous) 2024-11-07 02:31 am (UTC)(link)
Putting it in boiling water will cook it enough!

Re: food for when you're writing

(Anonymous) 2024-11-07 02:33 am (UTC)(link)
Not if you're adding water you've just boiled to a cup that includes frozen vegetables, surely?

Re: food for when you're writing

(Anonymous) 2024-11-07 02:33 am (UTC)(link)
nc

true - i often add frozen veg and an egg to ramen like that.

Re: food for when you're writing

(Anonymous) 2024-11-07 02:35 am (UTC)(link)
Why wouldn't you microwave the vegetables first? Otherwise they won't get up to safe temp just from sitting in hot water.