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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Comments

Re: Unpopular Opinion Time

[(Anonymous)]

DC

"This fic was dissatisfying" and "This fic was unreadable" are very different things to me. Trying to DNW anything that might contribute to a fic being dissatisfying just sounds like trying to DNW bad writing.

Re: Unpopular Opinion Time

[(Anonymous)]

DC

You can't DNW bad writing because that's subjective and vague. You can, however, DNW specific things that make writing bad for you (the most popular one would be people DNWing epithets).

And DNWing other specific and avoidable things that are not "bad writing" per se but also are guaranteed to make a fic dissatisfying to you is normal. As a writer, I would hope that my recip would do that rather than be aware that something makes a gift dissatisfying to them and just not tell me. D:

Re: Unpopular Opinion Time

[(Anonymous)]

CYRT

I kind of doubt that actually works. If someone is bad enough writer to use epithets, then them painstakingly amputating every epithet in their story will probably not save the fic from being bad.

But you (generic) do you.

Re: Unpopular Opinion Time

[(Anonymous)]

SC

*overuse epithets, smh.

Re: Unpopular Opinion Time

[(Anonymous)]

CYRT

I don't disagree. But if someone is *specifically* annoyed by epithets, DNWing them will help them anyway. It doesn't mean that the fic will be great, but it means that it will not have the thing that annoys me.

That's all DNWs do. They don't guarantee you a fic that fits your id like a glove or that's amazing/great/good. But they do guarantee you a fic that doesn't contain any actual dealbreakers.

If a fic not having "good writing" is a dealbreaker for you, of course, then that's a problem. But that's not at all the same as "my dealbreaker are epithets / original characters / unrequested relationships".