? The start of this thread was someone saying their idea they haven't written yet might skirt a dnw. That is the scenario. I was giving examples of when an idea skirted a dnw and turned out fine.

Also, tbh, I would say if a story skirts a DNW it still skirts the DNW even if the recip ok's it. Saying you don't mind if something glances off a DNW a particular way doesn't change what the original dnw was (and in a yuletide context, doesn't change what anyone looking at the original request would think the DNW was.)