Hmm.

[jedibuttercup]

Well, I got my yuletide in on time-- at 36 minutes 27 seconds, phew!

OTOH, my own requests are now sitting on the Yuletide Treats list, unwritten. *thinks positive thoughts toward last-minute writer crew*

(ETA, if that applies to you, dear reader: my original Dear Author post is here, if you need any additional insight or information on my requests).

In other news: the weather is completely beautiful and bizarre, and my brother and his fiancée picked out their rings on Friday. *does happy dance*
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Comments

[jedibuttercup]

No worries. This seems to happen to me almost every year, and I still seem to end up with a gift worth reading, so... *grin*

It's not about the reading, anyway, in the end; it's about writing something for someone else. (Even if I inexplicably always seem to get the slash requests, go figure.)

[kerravonsen]

Even if I inexplicably always seem to get the slash requests, go figure.
Okay, I'm never signing up for Yuletide. Getting slash-only requests was the reason I decided to stop participating in RemixRedux.

[jedibuttercup]

Well. You can choose not to write the slash; the only hard and fast requirement, according to the setup folks, is that you include every character on the character request line. You can leave off the further details section if you want to. The problem is, if you know that's what the requester really wants, how do you then ignore it?

[kerravonsen]

You can choose not to write the slash; the only hard and fast requirement, according to the setup folks, is that you include every character on the character request line. You can leave off the further details section if you want to.
Ah. That's a weight off my mind. With RemixRedux, it wasn't optional, because one had to preserve the plot of what one was remixing, and if the author one is remixing writes nothing but slash, then there are no other options. The first few times I did RemixRedux, I got gen writers, but the last time, I got a slash writer. I managed to fulfil the request by expanding on an early part of one of the slash stories, before they got to the lusting, so it was still technically gen, and the recipient really liked it. However, I don't want to have to tear my hair like that again, so no more RemixRedux for me.

The problem is, if you know that's what the requester really wants, how do you then ignore it?
Quite easily, actually. Judging by my experience above, if one writes a friendshippy story which could be interpreted as pre-slash by those with slash-coloured goggles, then they enjoy it anyway.
And I don't write slash. Ever.