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.

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

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Comments

Re: Unpopular Opinion Time

[(Anonymous)]

That’s one of those things where the modern Yuletide doesn’t really line up with Yuletide from 20 years ago. Like I remember early on there was a lot of “omg I thought I was the only one who wanted Jo and Laurie to end up together” type stuff, people excitedly rewriting favorite childhood canons, etc, but now that it’s more “fic for a fandom that gets little to no fic” I feel like the subversive element is mostly gone and I agree it’s awkward when people request a dark canon and DNW most of the canon elements. But it’s also one of those things I can’t really see more rules fixing, just modern exchange culture.

Re: Unpopular Opinion Time

[(Anonymous)]

I don't think those two things you're contrasting are in conflict, nor do I think one has given way to the other over time. There's still plenty of the former. And "little to no fic" is a weird way to describe Yuletide when a fandom can have more than 1k fic before filters and still eligible. SOME people use Yuletide to ask for fandoms with little to no fic, but lots of others don't.

Like, I just don't recognize the supposed trend you're describing.

Re: Unpopular Opinion Time

[(Anonymous)]

DC

TBH I still see '1k before filters' as little to no fic, and I assume CYRT meant more along the lines of the various megafandoms that still end up in the tagset by virtue of a technicality.