One Wank After Another

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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.

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Cool prompts, weird prompts, wtf prompts, awesome prompts

[(Anonymous)]

Tell us about some prompts you've noticed!

Re: Cool prompts, weird prompts, wtf prompts, awesome prompts

[(Anonymous)]

So glad I did not match on this person https://marginalia.dreamwidth.org/1001862.html

I understand why someone might think that's a good letter/why someone else might enjoy writing for them but for me it's deeply offputting.

Re: Cool prompts, weird prompts, wtf prompts, awesome prompts

[(Anonymous)]

Some Yuletide I will actually stop bewildering myself by mixing up marginalia (some rando I do not know) and marginaliana (someone I remember fondly from an old fandom of mine), but once again this year is not that year.

Re: Cool prompts, weird prompts, wtf prompts, awesome prompts

[(Anonymous)]

I don't see why this person even writes a letter. All that fits into the sign-up box.

Re: Cool prompts, weird prompts, wtf prompts, awesome prompts

[(Anonymous)]

They put actual prompts in their sign up, though, so this doesn't bother me.

Re: Cool prompts, weird prompts, wtf prompts, awesome prompts

[(Anonymous)]

Unsure about the level of irony served with the 'awesome ladies' comment.

Re: Cool prompts, weird prompts, wtf prompts, awesome prompts

[(Anonymous)]

The weird part to me is - if that's how she feels about writing/receiving, she has written the kind of letter SHE would hate to receive, right?

While also sneering at people who've written the opposite sort of detailed letter.

No one wins!

Re: Cool prompts, weird prompts, wtf prompts, awesome prompts

[(Anonymous)]

Therefore, you are free to write something that *you* enjoy writing! [...] I never want to be this year's bondage Care Bear fic.

But! My muse, she demands Care Bear bondage!

Re: Cool prompts, weird prompts, wtf prompts, awesome prompts

[(Anonymous)]

I've written for them before and they're a really good recipient who leaves lovely comments! They really do seem to be sincere about the have fun thing, though I do understand that no guardrails can suck.

Re: Cool prompts, weird prompts, wtf prompts, awesome prompts

[(Anonymous)]

I would also hate to be assigned to this. Why did you even write a letter.

Re: Cool prompts, weird prompts, wtf prompts, awesome prompts

[(Anonymous)]

do I really have to specify that I do not want all of those things?

Yes?

There isn't enough gen fic, particularly about awesome ladies

Oh christ go away.

Re: Cool prompts, weird prompts, wtf prompts, awesome prompts

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah. I mean ... the truth is that I feel very similarly, but I would never say so in a letter, because talk about demotivating.

Re: Cool prompts, weird prompts, wtf prompts, awesome prompts

[(Anonymous)]

I noticed this when they were on the pinch hit post but I find it weird that Nope only puts a single line in their signup when they have paragraphs of prompts in their letter.

Re: Cool prompts, weird prompts, wtf prompts, awesome prompts

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, especially when they were one of the first to sign up! They had heaps of time!

maybe it's a tradition for them?

Re: Cool prompts, weird prompts, wtf prompts, awesome prompts

[(Anonymous)]

I kinda prefer this approach (short sign-up, long letter) when looking for things to treat. A quick scroll on the app, and then I can click the letter if I'm interested.

Re: Cool prompts, weird prompts, wtf prompts, awesome prompts

[(Anonymous)]

i never care how the information is conveyed as long as it's conveyed. i've known nope for basically as long as i've been in fandom and he rarely ventures off his own blog, so i bet he's just more comfortable in the LJ clone setting than on ao3's challenge signup page. at any rate, he's a good recip and an excellent writer. i wish we had more overlap nowadays.

Re: Cool prompts, weird prompts, wtf prompts, awesome prompts

[(Anonymous)]

Why would that be weird? Isn't that like a super normal thing to do?

Re: Cool prompts, weird prompts, wtf prompts, awesome prompts

[(Anonymous)]

Someone nominated Numbers (Anthropomorphic) with 1,2, and e as the characters... and then didn't request it, because the only requester thinks it's "weird".

I get people nominating things hoping to write them not request them, but what a throw to nominate something like that hoping to write it! (And if you nominated thinking nobody would offer and you could use it to game, I hope you matched the requester. who thinks you're weird.)

Re: Cool prompts, weird prompts, wtf prompts, awesome prompts

[(Anonymous)]

I looked at the previously hidden requests for my assigned fandom and I definitely was assigned the best one. Bullets dodged!

Re: Cool prompts, weird prompts, wtf prompts, awesome prompts

[(Anonymous)]

https://tagset2025.web.app/#/user/ziazippy5379

you can use toggle/hide arrows in the signup form??? :O

I'm never writing a letter again

Re: Cool prompts, weird prompts, wtf prompts, awesome prompts

[(Anonymous)]

I checked who else was interested in a small fandom of mine and found this https://tagset2025.web.app/#/user/Limax_maximus

Which is kind of a normal sign up with no prompts, except that when you click on the letter link, it directs you to their blog, which contains nought else but two placeholders - one for Yuletide 2023 and one for Yuletide 2024. Amazing. You truly could not make this up.

Re: Cool prompts, weird prompts, wtf prompts, awesome prompts

[(Anonymous)]

The person who requested only Occtis Tachonis from Critical Role: Araman and then DNW-ing them not being trans... I hope your assignee got your other requested fandom.

Re: Cool prompts, weird prompts, wtf prompts, awesome prompts

[(Anonymous)]

Someone is requesting a book they've not read based on fanart they saw on Twitter and their pr

Re: Cool prompts, weird prompts, wtf prompts, awesome prompts

[(Anonymous)]

The Mike Mulligan person is based.

Re: Cool prompts, weird prompts, wtf prompts, awesome prompts

[(Anonymous)]

A sign-up with a list of DNWs that includes:
Some sexual kinks (please tell admins to contact me with questions about a specific kink)

The prompt in its entirety: Honestly, I'll be happy with whatever! :)

I am now picturing the mods furiously brainstorming as they try to disguise a real question about, idk, dirty talk or sex toys among multiple decoy questions about diapers, free use, or infidelity.