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One Wank After Another

A blank assignment is a funny thing, isn't it? When you have it, you don't appreciate it, and when you miss it, it's gone.

Wednesday 10 December: Default deadline (9pm UTC)
Wednesday 17 December: Assignment deadline (9pm UTC)
Wednesday 24 December: Main collection works reveals (9pm UTC)
Thursday 25 December: Madness collection works reveals (9pm UTC)
Thursday 1 January: Author reveals, end of event (9pm UTC)

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what is it?

I'm going to play the video game to do canon review.

Re: 1 Good Thing About Your Assignment

(Anonymous) - 2025-10-27 05:43 (UTC) - Expand

Re: 1 Good Thing About Your Assignment

(Anonymous) - 2025-10-27 15:47 (UTC) - Expand

They're asking for a very dark dynamic I like and don't get to write very often (two rapists or simply abusive people sharing a victim).

Re: 1 Good Thing About Your Assignment

(Anonymous) - 2025-10-27 06:09 (UTC) - Expand

I love the canon and the recipient's a great person.

It was very easy to canon review for, and was also pretty easy to come up with an idea that won’t get into scope creep and will hit a lot of their likes!

I get to do canon review on something I haven't consumed in some time as a refresher!

It's a bit bigger canon than the very small ones I'm usually in, so there's a good chance other people will read the fic as well

I've written for my recip before, so I know their taste, and they always leave lovely comments!

They are into the same ships as me and have intriguing prompts!

I've finished it. I recently reviewed the canon, recip wanted missing scene, I had some very peaceful time at work and it's done. Recip's prompts may not have been detailed but they were very clear about what they wanted!

Re: 1 Good Thing About Your Assignment

(Anonymous) - 2025-10-27 10:32 (UTC) - Expand

Recip has managed the rare art of a very short sign-up with one single DNW and no letter that somehow still gives me a good sense of what they are hoping for, and luckily it's pretty much exactly what I've been hoping to write.

Recip has great taste in minor characters!

I've treated this person for this fandom and characters before and they clearly love the way I write it.

It's in a fandom that I usually write, and get good responses for, in seasonsofdrabbles, but of course, 300 words vs 1000 is a vast difference.

Re: 1 Good Thing About Your Assignment

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Re: 1 Good Thing About Your Assignment

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Re: 1 Good Thing About Your Assignment

(Anonymous) - 2025-10-29 20:02 (UTC) - Expand

I think I can get it over with quickly, I guess?

Is that a good thing? Idk. Everything about this assignment sucks. Mods need to take away the "any" option for requests (possibly for offers too, considering the person elsewhere who said they didn't think anyone would offer that particular character combination... but that's not my immediate problem).

I hadn't considered the missing scene they asked for and now I'm excited about figuring it out.

I matched on two canons I've written quite a lot of and can write either request pretty easily.

We match perfectly on two fandoms, down to the details in the prompts, and I can write two stories that are somewhat connected, if I have time and spoons.

I already thought of the perfect last line.

I just have to come up with the rest of the fic now.

Based on their letter my recip and I have almost identical opinions and tastes about the canon

Great fandom, short and simple DNWs.

Offered this fandom on a whim but now I’m doing canon review and I think I love it more now than did reading it the first time.

While I was initially disappointed that it won't be as much of a challenge as I usually go for, I'm excited for the (short) canon review, and I'm pretty sure I can write it quickly and well. For the first time ever, I might be able to successfully write a treat or two!

It's two characters I never expected to see requested together, and I'm very interested in getting into their dynamic.

I'm in the mood to write something spooky, and I matched on a horror canon. Woo-hoo!