moral dilemmas

[kindkit]

Say, hypothetically, there was a very needy fandom on the Yuletide signups, with several requests and no one offering to write it. You have a hammer could write this fandom; in fact, you're written it before in a non-Yuletide context. But you don't really want to write it this Yuletide; then again, you feel guilty about those people who'd like a fic in this fandom, especially since a couple of your own fandoms are needy and you know how frustrating it is.

What would you do?

Comments

[franzeska]

I would not offer it because offering it means you're bound to get it and the person who requested it will be thinking: "Yay, someone else loves my obscure fandom with all of their heart and is dying to write it! SQUEE!" and then they will get your story, which will be more like: "Stuff happened. Meh." And they will realize that you had a miserable time writing it and then they will feel bad because, no, no one likes the obscure fandom of their heart after all, plus they've clearly ruined your yuletide. (Or, you know, the same general feeling but with less melodrama.)

If you always feel like this about most of the fandoms you write, fair enough, but if there are other fandoms you're dying to write in and you can be easily matched, there is absolutely no reason to feel guilty or add more to your signup. Besides, have you seen how fierce competition is for pinch hits? Sometimes even when nobody knows the fandoms?