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how evil would it be to request a crack rarepair?

[(Anonymous)]

Because I just saw that Dandadan was eligible and ngl I kind of want to request Jiji/the hot grandma

Re: how evil would it be to request a crack rarepair?

[(Anonymous)]

Well you can't request ships in Yuletide, so in that sense it's not really an option.

But there's nothing evil about requesting the two characters and putting prompts for shippy fic in the optional details.

Re: how evil would it be to request a crack rarepair?

[(Anonymous)]

sounds a totes cute idea but that is such a setup for them spiteficcing you and gifting you gen.

Re: how evil would it be to request a crack rarepair?

[(Anonymous)]

Or not spiteficcing you but still giving you gen.

Re: how evil would it be to request a crack rarepair?

[(Anonymous)]

+1

Re: how evil would it be to request a crack rarepair?

[(Anonymous)]

ayrt

I think "and gifting you gen" is a realistically possible outcome for any character combination in Yuletide, and not necessarily because of spitefic. But I don't think it hurts to mention being open to specific ships, as long as coalie knows they can't count on receiving it.

Re: how evil would it be to request a crack rarepair?

[(Anonymous)]

If you put in only shippy requests and say you only want ship, you're asking for spitefic and if you get it you deserve it.

If you put in some fun gen options and also say you'd love ship... that's literally what yuletide is for, *especially* if it's a rare crack pairing, and if you get gen it is not going to be spitefic??? it's gonna be someone doing yuletide as intended?

Re: how evil would it be to request a crack rarepair?

[(Anonymous)]

"it's gonna be someone doing yuletide as intended"

Yuletide is not and never has been a gen exchange. And I'm sure the intention is to write something your recip will like, so you're wrong on there too.

Re: how evil would it be to request a crack rarepair?

[(Anonymous)]

You're right it isn't a gen specific exchange, but it also is not a ship exchange, and requesting only a ship particularly a crack pairing that people may not have anticipated anyone requesting may well end up with a gen fic. And that writer would be doing yuletide exactly as intended, writing for the requested fandom, including the characters they matched on.

Re: how evil would it be to request a crack rarepair?

[(Anonymous)]

CYRT

The difference here is neither I nor anyone else said it was a ship exchange or that those who only prompt for gen deserve to get spitefic.

Re: how evil would it be to request a crack rarepair?

[(Anonymous)]

o cyrt I will say it! If you DNW "all ships" you also deserve spitefic. Glad to help!

Re: how evil would it be to request a crack rarepair?

[(Anonymous)]

+1

Re: how evil would it be to request a crack rarepair?

[(Anonymous)]

DC, but you did suggest that someone not writing what the person wanted, or not pleasing the recipient was not doing yuletide as intended and that is wrong, as a writer who fulfills the rules is doing yuletide as intended, and implying that they're doing yuletide wrong by not writing the crack ship is not correct.

Re: how evil would it be to request a crack rarepair?

[(Anonymous)]

Maybe bother to parent up first. The A AYRT RT was the one doing the ~suggesting in the first place, and on a hell of a lot more malicious level than merely saying you should try to write something your recip will like.

Re: how evil would it be to request a crack rarepair?

[(Anonymous)]

cyrt Look, last year I requested a rare crack slash ship in a secondary-world fantasy world. As usual when I want a rare crack ship, I said I'd love ship fic but gen fic about the two characters' canon relationship would also be good, and offered a couple of ideas, because it's Yuletide and in Yuletide your writer is explicitly not obligated to write you ship, and if you'd hate anything but ship, request something else.

I got a fic about one of my two characters discovering Jesus and becoming Saved.

I still don't think it was spitefic. It's yuletide, you roll the dice.

Re: how evil would it be to request a crack rarepair?

[(Anonymous)]

Uh, okay? Cool story, good for you, etc. But the ayrt never said a word about spitefic.

Re: how evil would it be to request a crack rarepair?

[(Anonymous)]

Why do people keep saying "if you write gen for someone who wants a ship, it's spitefic"?? That's just ODOA. Spitefic is a much more specific and rare thing than just going ODAO.

Re: how evil would it be to request a crack rarepair?

[(Anonymous)]

Because people have used "spitefic" to describe things that are not spitefic since the term entered use.

Re: how evil would it be to request a crack rarepair?

[(Anonymous)]

Because see above. They are convinced "yuletide is not a gen exchange" and if you don't write them exactly what they prompted, even if they only gave you one option, then you must hate them specifically.

Re: how evil would it be to request a crack rarepair?

[(Anonymous)]

Are you seriously stupid or what? The person saying all that nonsense about spitefic is the one claiming it isn't for ships at all.

Re: how evil would it be to request a crack rarepair?

[(Anonymous)]

I am that person and that's not what I said?

Re: how evil would it be to request a crack rarepair?

[(Anonymous)]

Yes, it is.

If you put in only shippy requests and say you only want ship, you're asking for spitefic and if you get it you deserve it.

if you get gen it is not going to be spitefic??? it's gonna be someone doing yuletide as intended?

Re: how evil would it be to request a crack rarepair?

[(Anonymous)]

1. If you expect to force your writer to write you ship you're doing it wrong.

2. If you request ship and get gen instead, your writer is not doing anything wrong.

Sorry I didn't think I needed to add in my original comment, because I thought it was a given,

3. If you say you'd like ship without excluding gen, and get ship, that's great! You both did things right.

I forgot coalies have persecution complexes and zero reading comprehension. It's been a year, my bad

Re: how evil would it be to request a crack rarepair?

[(Anonymous)]

NC

???? How is this even a relevant reply? It's like you were proven a liar and then just started talking about something completely different while whining about how everyone else is so dumb and blah blah.

Re: how evil would it be to request a crack rarepair?

[(Anonymous)]

You can't literally say that people deserve to get spitefic if they only give shippy prompts and then try to blame "zero reading comprehension" when people call you out for it.