Fandom Poll and Discussion: The Fundamental Fanfiction Exchange Thread

[themostepotente]

Since fanfiction exchanges seem to be so big in fandom, I thought I would do a huge discussion to gauge everyone's opinions on them. The two biggest Potterverse exchanges -- merry_smutmas and reversathon -- were huge successes and this year will mark the third round of merry_smutmas, now in full swing.

First off, I'd like to start by applauding the efforts of gmth hostess of merry_smutmas, fluffyllama hostess of reversathon, lysrouge and lizardspots hostesses of hpvalensmut, starrysummer hostess of hp_springsmut, and underlucius hostess of the first annual harry_holidays. I know it can be very time consuming, and without the cooperation of its participants, quite hectic I'd imagine.

I, for one, am a big fan of fic exchanges and have participated in four since I joined fandom. I regret passing on this year's reversathon, but I hope to participate next year and happily enjoyed the entries of those that did.

And this year's merry_smutmas looks to be the biggest and baddest yet!

So without further adieu, I bring you the ultimate fan fiction exchange thread: part poll and part discussion. Looking forward to everyone's thoughts and input!

[Poll #561327]

And what's a TMP discussion without a few essay-type questions? *G*

1.) Are you generally satisfied or unsatisfied with the fics you submit? Explain.

2.) How do you think the drop-outs (last minute or otherwise) and the complainers (those who are unsatisfied with their assignments and bitch to the hostess) should be handled?

3.) What are your thoughts on pinch-hitting? (Writing a last minute emergency fic)

4.) And lastly, what has been your favorite fic exchange and why?

--P

Comments

[reposoir.livejournal.com]

And to answer the questions...

1. Yes, I think I am. I think they are decent quality work, something that the recipient should like based on the requests I worked with and they are edited and polished.

2. Honestly, I think if you have ANY doubts you might not be able to handle the fest, don't even bother to sign up and drop out later. It must be very frustrating for the mod to have to rearrange things for the dropouts and/or complainers.

3. I feel absolutely horrible for the recipients of dropouts- I really do. And the pinchitters are admirable for their willingness to help out in so short a time. I wish I had the time to do the same!

4. My favourite? Maybe Smutty_Claus because I enjoyed sneaking around asking friends of ceilidh things about her and I was really surprised and flattered by the reception of the fic (seeing as I was a wee bit worried about whether or not she'd be "eh" about it and kinda just say she liked it anyway).

[themostepotente.livejournal.com]

(seeing as I was a wee bit worried about whether or not she'd be "eh" about it and kinda just say she liked it anyway).

That's definitely a reasonable fear.