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[ SECRET POST #2276 ]

⌈ Secret Post #2276 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[The Vikings]

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[Homestuck]

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[Spartacus]

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[Zettai Karen Children, The Unlimited Hyoubu Kyousuke]

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[From Eroica With Love]

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[Naruto]

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[Homestuck]

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[Ava's Demon]

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[Zero Escape]

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[Colin John Rudd]

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[Once Upon a Time]

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[ASOIAF/Game of Thrones]

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[Community]

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[Evangelion]

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[Discworld]

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[FFIV (Rydia)]

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[Teen Wolf/Harry Potter]

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Notes:

Sorry, late day at work.

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Sorry, OP, but you suck. Not because you have social anxiety, but because it was a shitty thing to sign up for a fest when you know that you have a problem like that. It's not your fault that you have a problem, but it is your fault for taking on an obligation and then not fulfilling it. It's dickish towards the person you wrote for (and towards the mod who organized it). There's nothing wrong with having a mental illness, but there is everything wrong with purposefully bringing yourself in a situation where your problem will impact other people negatively. That's not cool.

This is a dumb comment. If OP said they did this habitually maybe I could see your point but picking on someone who tried to overcome their anxiety by participating in a fest once is just rude. And this is a secret, obviously something OP is ashamed of. Bad anon.

...sometimes people overestimate what they're capable of. Sometimes people want to try to put themselves out there, but in the end can't quite do it. And honestly, it's just a fic fest; in the end, it isn't a huge deal. And things like this usually have pinch-hitters, right? Because they know that some people won't be able to complete their assignments for one reason or another, so they plan for it. It can inconvenience people a little, but it's not a huge failing.

Really, I suspect the OP already thinks they suck enough, and really doesn't need someone else telling them they do. I don't think they suck.

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Cry, baby, cry. Poor you didn't get some fic. Whine to the whole world about how your fic is more important that someone else's health or life.

AYRT

I don't write or read fic, so personally I don't give a fuck. But I see my friends who participate in exchanges and even organize some and people SUCK. It's awful how people sign up for things and then don't write them (or don't send them in or whatever), while others worked hard.

There are a tons of ways to get around this if you care enough not to screw someone else. And I say this as someone who has fake accounts everywhere because I get anxious interacting with people under "my" name or account, and even then I still prefer being anon.

Oh my god, who gives a fucking shit? "Worked hard?" My ass. If doing something for fandom is "working hard," then I'll quite my fucking job and start doing that, because obviously it's worthy of a salary.

This shit is playtime. It's what people do for fun. There's no true obligation behind it, and if there are people who consider it to be "work," then they need to quit fandom and find some other hobby, because there's really no point in spending one's free time on something that isn't enjoyable for its own sake. Your friends are whiny brats, complaining about people not completing voluntary activities that don't produce any benefit and that don't serve any purpose other than to entertain.

Yeah, sure it's not a job, of course it's a hobbie.

But writing a 200 pages longfic takes time and effort, despite being enjoyable. It sucks being given in return a half assed attempt at fic, obviously written at the last minute. Or better yet, nothing, since some people think there is no obligation behind it, so who cares.

If it sucks, then stop doing it. There are always going to be people who opt to either not put effort into or not do something that's voluntary and that there are no consequences for not completing. And most of the time, they aren't going to have the excuse of a mental illness (or a personal emergency, or something that's even remotely understandable); they're just simply going to have been more interested in doing other things.

Either you write fic because you enjoy doing it, or you write fic because you expect something for it. People who are the latter should get used to disappointment.

It sucks being given in return a half assed attempt at fic, obviously written at the last minute.

I agree with the above anon that there's not much you can do about this if you want to participate in fests. Some people put in more effort than others, and assignments are a crapshoot, so you never know what you'll receive as gift fic. (Not to mention that some people put in plenty of effort and still turn out bad fic.)

Or better yet, nothing, since some people think there is no obligation behind it, so who cares.

This, otoh, you can do something about. Choose fests run by experienced and reliable mods who have a clearly stated pinchhitting policy along the lines of "every participant who turns in a fic on time will receive a fic in return." Still no guarantees on quality, of course, but at least you'll get your gift.

DA

So, you see no problem with breaking promises and obligations that you've agreed to, as long as you're not being paid to complete them? And you're totally okay with people making promises to you and then flaking with no explanation, as long as you weren't paying them? Okay.

This, yo. I'd bet all the change in my pockets that if this person were someone who didn't receive something they were promised with no explanation, they'd be here whining about how awful it was to not get their story (after they worked SO HARD to make one boohoohoo).

Nope. There'd be disappointment, sure, but I'd get over it rather quickly and I sure as fuck wouldn't whine about it (particularly since it's not awful to not get a story. That's pretty low on the list of things to actually get properly upset about, as far as I'm concerned).

I'm okay with all of this if it has to do with something that has absolutely no meaning outside of base entertainment. Writing fanfic is a meaningless activity that's done solely for the fun of it. If you get upset because someone didn't write you the fanfic that they said they would, then I honestly believe that you need to get your priorities in order.

AYRT

I get annoyed if someone makes ANY commitment and then blows it off without a good reason. If you think that entertainment- or hobby-related commitments are meaningless and you're under no obligation to do them, then don't make the damn promise.

This has nothing to do with OP, who has a mental illness that caused them to fail to fulfill their commitment. But if you seriously just don't give a shit because it's "just for base entertainment"? Then don't participate in elements of the hobby that require you to make a commitment.

Keeping promises and commitments you've made and expecting others to do likewise isn't having skewed priorities. Do you randomly ditch your friends when you make plans to spend time with them, since it's "just for entertainment"?

Not to mention the person who just wasted their time and energy beta-ing a fic that's never going anywhere. Beta-ing can be hard ass work, and I'd be fucking pissed if it were all for naught.

It's fucking fic.

Try beta-ing a work that someone wants to publish only for that someone's agent to say that it isn't the right time to shop said work.

You people don't actually know what wasted time is. You're a bunch of entitled brats who think that fandom actually means something (*gasp* IT DOESN'T!). As I've said elsewhere, if you aren't getting enjoyment out of it, then stop fucking doing it. And while you're at it, stop complaining about shit that you've volunteered to do for fucking fun.

Why are you here?

Why wouldn't I be?

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Wow you are so incredibly selfish I can't even comprehend.

Have you considered that the OP may not have known that this would be too much for him/her?

No, of course you haven't, because that would involve you being a decent human being.

Why don't you look in a mirror? You're the one being a dick. Dick.

This is the dumbest comment I've read in a long time. I don't even understand your argument. It makes no sense.

As someone who's modded exchanges and had experience with people flaking and dropping out last minute (and then having to write a last minute pinch as a result), I actually have to disagree with you. Yeah, it sucks a lot when someone signs up for an exchange and then either drops out right at or after the deadline or just vanishes into thin air, but based on the secret, it doesn't sound like OP has done it multiple times. It sounds like they thought the fest looked like a fun idea, then found out they couldn't go through with submitting a fic for posting. It can be frustrating when people drop out, but there are also valid reasons for it, and I think this qualifies. It's not like they signed up and then decided they couldn't be bothered to write their fic because they would rather go on vacation or they just weren't feeling it. As long as I'm reading it right and it's not something they've done multiple times knowing they won't be able to follow through, I really don't think it's fair to say they suck at all.

I also may be parsing language here, but if it's a fest, I'm assuming it was more of a write-something-based-on-this-couple-theme-whatever and not actually writing fic for someone else, as in an exchange. I could be wrong, though.

My guess is that the OP signed up for the fest in good faith, and things just didn't turn out the way they'd hoped.

Also, "poor mod" my ass. Mods are generally aware that 10-20% of signups will need pinch hits in any kind of fic exchange. As long as OP dropped out by the time they were supposed to, it's a no-harm, no-foul.

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