[ SECRET POST #2420 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2420 ⌋

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

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 03 pages, 064 secrets from Secret Submission Post #346.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 1 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

As someone who's been the recipient of a gift fic, you guys are absolute assholes for getting pissed about it. An online friend of mine wrote a fic for me because my mom died. I was so apathetic about everything, reading fic was the last thing I wanted to do right then so I didn't read it until I was ready.

Sometimes, somebody doesn't respond because they have things going on in their lives that are more important than fandom (and your fic).

[(Anonymous)]

That is definitely true in some cases, which is probably why the OP gives people such a long period of time to respond.

But some of the anecdotes people have provided in the comments don't sound like that at all. If someone continues to make a lot of fandom-related posts and to squee about other fics, then I think it's a safe bet to say that that person is blowing off the person from whom they've received a gift. And that's very rude.

I would also point out that your situation is a bit different, in that your friend wrote the piece in question in order to cheer you up during a difficult time. The expectations that she would have as regards your response would be very different from the expectations of someone who filled a prompt.

[(Anonymous)]

Thank you. I'm glad someone mentioned this. RL happens to all.

[badass_tiger]

That's quite true, and perfectly plausible, but it's much more likely that it's actually a case of something mentioned by the above comments, and the OP does give them a year. That's a long time in most terms.

[(Anonymous)]

And? They still gave you a gift, and it's not like they're throwing a huge Tumblr fit over it. If you haven't so much as said "thanks" in the year after receiving a customized gift, it seems a small penalty to have your name removed from the fic. Like, does it even affect you at all? Do you even notice?

SA

[(Anonymous)]

I wanted to say sorry to the OP. I was thinking about my mom all day today and I lashed out at you. I'm really sorry. I really don't think you're a jerk at all for your secret.

Re: SA

[(Anonymous)]

No worries, I didn't even notice.

(Everyone had shitty days.)

[(Anonymous)]

Also, I think there's a difference between "A friend made a present because my mom died." and "A stranger, for whom I did a pinch-hitter story/art because their match flaked out."

[(Anonymous)]

But you probably wouldn't, looking back, be pissed because your name was removed from the gift story, would you?