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

[(Anonymous)]

I think this is about how I feel. I'd be totally fine with a sketch type of art, or pencil art, or whatever else is wank du jour, as long as it was done by someone who was about as skilled at art as most exchange participants are skilled at writing (which is to say, at a pretty solid amateur level). I rarely find people giving writing that is technically bad in the way that people give technically bad art; I think most bad bfe writing gifts come from being bad fanfiction (characterization, etc) and not bad writing, simply because 1000 words isn't long enough to get into truly bad pacing or plotting snafus.

[(Anonymous)]

I rarely find people giving writing that is technically bad in the way that people give technically bad art; I think most bad bfe writing gifts come from being bad fanfiction (characterization, etc) and not bad writing, simply because 1000 words isn't long enough to get into truly bad pacing or plotting snafus.

You say this like someone who's never received a gift from one of the infamous badficcers. I've received a lot of terrible fic that's basically unreadable. Bad art is just eh pretty colors, thanks, and I can move on with my life. Bad fic makes me wish I could grab it, cover it with red pen, and give it back with "Corrections expected by end of day tomorrow" at the top.

[(Anonymous)]

I still wish that that time Obsessive_Reader7 posted a Heart Attack gift with a note saying constructive criticism welcome, I'd taken them up on it. It would have taken hours, but maybe things would be different?

[(Anonymous)]

But there's not many people who give that kind of bad fic, and they are immediately infamous for it.

[(Anonymous)]

+1

The word 'most' was in there for a reason!

Bean10 is the only badfic writer I'd say who really compares with someone giving elementary school level scribbles.

[(Anonymous)]

I'd put biblioscribler in the mix. Giveb was clearly a social experiment of some kind in both art and writing.

[(Anonymous)]

karrenia_rune is in there, too.