MyOldFandom sign-ups extended

[brightknightie]

The mod for myoldfandom has extended sign-ups until noon on Monday, March 28 (because Easter Triduum observances might interfere with sign-ups for some).

At this time, I see few requests that I could fill, myself: a D&DC request for a no name, no lines, spear-bearer character (sadly, no other options); an HL request that seems to have listed Duncan/Tessa by mistake (the details specify that the requester wants only slash or gen); HL's Richie or Cierdwyn for ArgentumLS (I don't dare offer Duncan or Darius; the requests show that people want what I can't give); and maybe, if I stretch hard, the Tron (1982) request.

I'm still considering playing. But I'm a bit concerned.

I'm starting to think that I should instead see whether people might be up for some sort of mini events. For example, "If Malinaldarose will write me BSG78, I'll write her... something she wants." ;-) Okay, so that's where it always breaks down, at every scale, finding people who can write what the others want to read. I should probably follow PJ's lead...

Comments

[argentum_ls]

There's still plenty of time. However, I'd suggest signing up, because there're undoubtedly other people who are also waiting to see if they're matchable. You can always delete the sign up later.

Incidentally, I'm not matchable yet, either as writer or recipient.

[brightknightie]

>"You can always delete the sign up later."

I hadn't thought of that! So it's possible to just delete a sign-up, without involving the mod? Is that considered an okay thing to do?

(If you know you're not yet matchable as a recipient, you must be seeing the offers somewhere. Are you thinking of the sign-up summary, or can you see them in more detail somewhere?)

[argentum_ls]

Until sign-ups close, you can delete your sign up without any mod intervention. It's an accepted practice. I did it for shipswap when I saw I wasn't matchable.

I can't see any offer info beyond the numbers. However, I know what I requested and offered, so I know that right now the only fandom I could match on is HL. Since I do a lot of exchanges, I'm familiar with a lot of the other players' preferences. None of the other players are likely to be offering Richie or Ceirdwyn, and I figure both my Methos pairings are obscure enough that no one is offering them. So, I guess I'm not *certain* about matchability, so much as reasonably confident in the odds.

Re: the person requesting Duncan/Tessa: it occurred to me that there might be a definitional conflict. You think the request is an accident because their other requests are for gen or slash stories. I wonder if they're treating "gen" as a category that includes non-explicit stories about pairings. That's how I learned the term, and it's a definition I still catch myself using.

[brightknightie]

>"You think the request is an accident because their other requests are for gen or slash stories."

After specifying "Joe/Methos slash" and other things in the details, the requester wrapped up, without otherwise mentioning Tessa: "or any combination of the individuals in Gen." There's no letter linked for context. ~shrug~

You're right that it may be a definitional conflict! In the '90s, I first learned "gen" as meaning "everything except erotica" (regardless of het or slash; and we didn't yet use the term "het"!). That may have been an FK-specific experience: the FKFic-L email list and FTP archive for what was then called "gen," on the one hand, and the JADFE group for erotica, on the other.

:-) It's been a looooong time since I've bumped into that definition, though. :-)