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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[(Anonymous)]

I looked at the DNWs early on, I just offered a fandom that I hadn't reread in literally 20 years and didn't remember just how important the canon genderswap actually was when I first looked at the signup, so I didn't take much note of it. Then I checked back after I scrounged up copies of all of canon, stole book 3 back from my sister over Thanksgiving, did my careful canon reread and realized the issue. Not sorry though because I've fallen back in love with canon and the actual prompts are fun.

Also I still would've come on coal to whine about it if I'd noticed day one and emailed the mods immediately because it's still not hard to actually look at your signup and notice that your request overlaps with a DNW and maybe you should clarify that. It's really easy actually! Most people manage! I would not be complaining if my writer had said "Please avoid mentioning characters' canon gender stuff and focus on other characters", it's manageable and it's what I'm gonna write, or if my writer had said "canon genderswap is fine in this canon, just don't write AU ones". I just want people to actually like. pay attention to what they are DNWing. It doesn't seem like it should be a huge ask.

Possibly the recip also hasn't reread in 20 years and also forgot how important it is in canon but that's on them too.

[(Anonymous)]

Just default and let someone more capable write this.

[(Anonymous)]

because it's still not hard to actually look at your signup and notice that your request overlaps with a DNW and maybe you should clarify that.

I dunno! I think it can be, actually! A lot of people think "but my DNW doesn't overlap with that at all, there's a perfectly obvious explanation" and then here and there you'll have a coalie whining "I can't write Black Jewels without any rape" or "I can't leave out unrequested relationships, there are parents!" This is subjective stuff.

I'm glad you fell back in love with the canon and the prompts are fun.

[(Anonymous)]

There are definitely situations where it's legitimately tricky or a writer does have a question that wouldn't be easily anticipated. You obviously aren't going to catch everything. However, yeah, if you're DNWing rape for Black Jewels, it's not that hard to think "hmm, maybe I should specify if I mean no onscreen rape or no mention of backstory rape, since there's so much backstory rape." If you're DNWing genderswap for the canon with the genderswap MC, it's not that hard to think "Hmm, maybe I should specify I don't mean canon genderswap, only AUs." If you're DNWing animal harm for Watership Down, it's not that hard to think "I really do want only pure fluff after what they went through, I should make it clear I mean even sprained ankles even though canon is much worse". If you're DNWing character death for Highlander fandom it's not that hard to notice you should probably say if temporary death is okay or not.

It doesn't (usually) mean it's literally impossible to write for you if you don't bother with that. It just makes you annoying as a human being.

[(Anonymous)]

I mean, it could be!

Or it could also be that it simply wouldn't occur to them to categorise the character's canon magical gender thing as "genderswap" and it doesn't feel like a contradiction or something they should clarify to them.