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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Is "[previous gift fic they received] was great, write something like it" an OK prompt?

[(Anonymous)]

Just saw this in the wild. Discuss.

Re: Is "[previous gift fic they received] was great, write something like it" an OK prompt?

[(Anonymous)]

I mean. It is not a prompt.

Do they say anything else about the gift other than that it was great?

I don't love it and it would give me an exasperated chuckle for sure but I'd probably ignore it. On the positive side, it's at least possible to knock this recipient's socks off!

Re: Is "[previous gift fic they received] was great, write something like it" an OK prompt?

[(Anonymous)]

I agree that’s not really a prompt. But also, it’s kinda useless. If I’ve never read that fic or I don’t like it or I like it for different reasons than the recip does, trying to write "something like that fic" doesn’t inherently mean they’ll love my fic. I would probably ignore it and focus on other likes/prompts and any similarities to their other gift would be coincidental.

Re: Is "[previous gift fic they received] was great, write something like it" an OK prompt?

[(Anonymous)]

My last year's recip had that in their signup this year, and I at least don't object! (but also glad I didn't offer again because the rest is a copy+paste of last year and I already did that.)

Re: Is "[previous gift fic they received] was great, write something like it" an OK prompt?

[(Anonymous)]

Were they specific in their praise when commenting on your gift last year?

Re: Is "[previous gift fic they received] was great, write something like it" an OK prompt?

[(Anonymous)]

Yep! Fairly sure they actually did like it and actually do want more of the same, based on their comment, and what they said in the signup is pretty clearly encouraging their new writer to do something similar not just fill the same (fairly broad) prompt. Also my fic was the first fic ever written in the fandom, so I can see why they might have wanted to say something - if their writer checks the fandom tag they will immediately see that I wrote for the same prompt for the same person last year.

(Incidentally I'm in same situation with my recip this year, where I checked the fandom tag to see what sort of stuff had been written and the only other fic was written for them in Yuletide two years ago for what is almost certainly the same prompt. Or at least about the same minor character they said they just wanted anything for. But they didn't mention the other fic in their prompt so I've got no real idea if this is an "I loved it give me more" or an "I hated it let's try again" situation. But I suspect it's also "give me more" based on their comment on that fic, it was pretty good.)

Re: Is "[previous gift fic they received] was great, write something like it" an OK prompt?

[(Anonymous)]

It's pretty pointless unless they say why they liked it, and if they're going to say that, they might as well delete the reference to the previous gift.