One Wank After Another

[coalcube]

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

Speaking as that coalie, you misread me and I think you misread me in a very telling way.

What I said: "if I backclicked out of every gift fic with something I find annoying or not quite up my alley, I'd have more rejected gifts than accepted ones".

Nowhere did I say that every gift that contains something I find annoying/ not quite up my alley is a bad gift! In fact I've been weirdly lucky this year even with wildcards like OW. But in several thousand of otherwise enjoyable prose, it's still quite possible for something to crop up that makes me go 'Eh, not feeling this bit but let's keep reading'.

Annoyance!=bad gift.

Re: Unpopular Opinion Time

[(Anonymous)]

CYRT

I'm not entirely sure if the difference between us is purely semantical or something more fundamental. Because I do think annoying = bad gift (which does point to a fundamental difference) but on the other hand, "Eh, not feeling this bit" (which happens a lot but doesn't really affect my enjoyment of the gift overall) isn't something I would consider something that annoys me. Annoyance is a stronger feeling to me - so maybe it's just semantics after all