Yuletide reveal

[dbskyler]

Yuletide is over, and I've posted my fic to my journal. The fandom was Five(ish) Doctors Reboot, which was a fandom I did have to think about before deciding to offer, as RPF is one of my squicks. However, the more I thought about it, the more I realized that I really was completely fine with writing Five(ish) Doctors fic, because the characters are so obviously not meant to be the real people. (I'm pretty sure that John Barrowman is not a closet heterosexual.) Ironically, AO3 disagrees with me, and my fic is officially tagged as Doctor Who RPF, and although I did send a ticket to support about it, the wrangler refuses to change it. I guess, coming from the RPF side, Five(ish) Doctors feels like a cracky RPF sub-genre? I wouldn't know since I'm not familiar with the RPF culture at all. Anyway, hopefully the people who actually like Five(ish) Doctors will still manage to find it, and either way it's a Yuletide fandom, so the readership is bound to be small.

Once I got assigned Five(ish) Doctors, I had a blast writing it. (Well, except for the times when I got stuck, but that goes for all my fic.) My recipient gave me a great prompt, and told me to have fun, and I really did. And it's something I would never have written if not for Yuletide, which for me is a large part of the exchange. Even if it was once again Whoniverse-related, like almost all of the rest of my fic.

This time around, my fic actually was recced by someone on my flist while it was still anonymous, which was an interesting experience. Basically, I discovered that it didn't make any difference. I guess I've always felt that when I get a rec from someone on my flist, it's not because I'm the author, but because they really like the fic, and the only thing being on my flist contributes is that they're more likely to have seen the fic. So my reaction to the rec was feeling happy, but not at all "I can be sure they're not pretending to like it just to be nice because they don't know I'm the author." In other words, I don't think anyone on my flist is ever just being nice? ; ) But I mean that in the best possible way.

Comments

[dbskyler.livejournal.com]

Oh, and about the anonymous stuff -- yes, it was really interesting, because I discovered that it didn't make a difference, and I would have thought it would. Maybe if I curried a reputation, and was in a circle of friends who were all expected to like each other's work, I would care more about anonymous comments? Not to say that you do. It must just be a personal thing. But I don't know what you're talking about in terms of other awful fics. One of the reasons I guessed right about the Press Gang fic was because it was good!

[thisbluespirit]

I just have moments where I get a little paranoid about my fic. One worrying point in 2010 when my health & mental health was deteriorating, I did actually get paranoid about it - my fic is awful! Anybody commenting nicely is making fun of me! - so I suppose, even though I don't feel like that any more, a bit of anonymity for an exchange is both fun and reassuring - well, provided at least somebody likes the fic!

And your fic was awesome, and I don't rec things unless I like them, anonymous or otherwise, you're right! I'm not nice. ;-p

And, aww, thanks! ♥

[dbskyler.livejournal.com]

Aw, I hope you're over the paranoid feeling, even if it is still nice to get the anonymous feedback.

And even thought I don't believe that you're nice ;p, it was fun to have you rec me without knowing it was me. :D

[thisbluespirit]

The better I get, the more rational I get again, don't worry, so yes! And at least I know now that it's me being weird if it does happen, and then just wait for it to pass, or read past nice comments or recs or something. ♥