[ SECRET POST #3499 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3499 ⌋

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Comments

Re: Venting Thread

[(Anonymous)]

I signed up to do a writing exchange and I shook the gift I've gotten. If I saw the tags in the wild, I wouldn't click on the fic and now I feel like I'm being obligated to read a fic I have no interest in and then find a way to be gracious without causing wank when all I want to say is WTF, why did you write this?

I'm still holding out hope that the fic is actually good but I just don't see how when it has 2 DNWs. I even listed them but there is wiggle room, I guess. I just can't imagine how anyone would think I would be okay with this. I think I even know who wrote it and I wish they would stop writing for me. We have the same pairings but we clearly like different things. All my enthusiasm for this exchange has turned to dread. Ugh.

Re: Venting Thread

[diet_poison]

I'm sorry :(

Can you say what the DNWs are or would that out you?

Re: Venting Thread

[(Anonymous)]

I sympathize, but learning how to graciously thank people for crappy gifts is part of being an adult. I'm sometimes puzzled by how many people never learned this as a kid (you guys always got what you wanted for Christmas?) or seem to think that it's an impossible feat. It isn't. Find one or two positive things, no matter how small, and thank them for their time and effort. No biggie.

Re: Venting Thread

[(Anonymous)]

Way to be condescending. I am an adult and I have plenty of practice thanking people while lying through my teeth. I don't feel I should have to to someone who blatantly ignored one of my DNWs. They clearly wrote what they wanted and not for me but my name's stuck on the fic. I'll still say the nice things that I don't believe but this is venting thread, so I'm going to vent.

Re: Venting Thread

[kallanda_lee]

I honestly do not get this. I keep seeing this on kink memes, too, and stuff. I don't get why people fill prompts but blatantly disregard something the prompter said they dislike.

Re: Venting Thread

[(Anonymous)]

Who said anything about lying? People seem to think that you can't possibly thank someone for a shitty gift without "lying through their teeth", which is puzzling. You don't have to say you loved it, just find one positive thing to say about and thank them.

Re: Venting Thread

[(Anonymous)]

And if there's a DNW, it is going to be lying because that's going to overshadow any good part. Yes, I can find one decent thing but to suggest that that decent thing will overcome the fact that I'm being forced to read a DNW is a lie. I am not thankful to them for writing a DNW so thanking them for the effort is a lie. I would have rather not had a fic in this case. But I'm not going to be a douche, so I will thank them.

Re: Venting Thread

[(Anonymous)]

Is there any chance there was a mix up with them not seeing or not understanding your DNW list? A longshot I guess, but it is pretty weird to me that they would include not just one but 2 things you specifically listed.

I say, worse comes to worse and you totally hate it, skim-read it and then give really generic praise when thanking them.

Re: Venting Thread

[(Anonymous)]

That sucks. Would the mods step in and do anything if you asked them?

Re: Venting Thread

[leisuretime]

There's always a chance that those tags are anti-gift-shaking measures.