A quick administrative note about Advent.

[cadhla]

Two, really.

1. If you don't suggest fandoms, it all stops. Saying "this was lovely" and "thank you" make me feel all warm and fuzzy inside, and then I feel better about doing this, and that's awesome. But if you do it without suggesting a fandom for tomorrow, we may wind up with a day where there's nothing that I'm willing to write. That

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[trixiaw]

What is your policy on repeat requests?

More specifically if I were to request Toby verse would that increase the chances of getting two Toby fics in one advent or just piss you off?

[vixyish]

I hope Seanan won't mind my jumping in here--

It's mentioned in the previous advent-admin post that you can keep requesting the same fandom "if you really want to see it, it's not a crossover, I haven't done it yet, and I haven't directly said "no, I will not write that.""

Also from the very first suggestion-post: "I will not duplicate fandoms if I can possibly avoid it."

So, no. One fic per fandom.

[cadhla]

I do not mind. :)

[cadhla]

I'll pretty much only do a given fandom once per year.

[semy_of_pearls]

1. Understood.

2. While I cannot speak for anyone else, when I 'second' a suggestion, it is more so that the person who suggests it knows that someone else believes it's a good idea, regardless of whether or not it is chosen.

[cadhla]

Which I understand. It just really does reduce the odds of my actually writing that suggestion.

[semy_of_pearls]

Fair cop.

[beable]

1. How do you feel about people who comment to suggest a fandom without commenting on that day's story?
I often skip over the fandoms which I have zero familiarity with, and then don't comment on those posts that day, because of my perception that it's rude to comment just to suggest fandoms for the next day's advent.

But if you welcome such posts, I'd start doing it, because I always have suggestions :-)

[cadhla]

I don't mind at all. Especially with the more obscure fandoms, that's actually expected.

[keristor]

I only said thank you without suggesting, because you'd just done mine and it felt greedy to then suggest another one. But if I see one of your Advent posts without any suggestions (hah! like /that's/ going to happen!) I'll suggest some more.

(Similarly, if people have already suggested the same thing I was going to suggest then I think point 2 applies, re-suggesting te same won't make it happen any more.)

[cadhla]

Thanks, honey.

[ladymondegreen]

I do have a tendency to say thank you and not suggest anything, partially because I've had a crack at this lots of times before, but if you're short on fandoms being suggested, I'm happy to jump in.

I think a lot of us are doing a politeness dance.

<3

[cadhla]

See, the politeness dance? Means Advent ends.

[ladymondegreen]

That's fair. I have suggested, and will suggest again. If there's one you like, please feel free to ask me to suggest it again. I am happy to simulate a bot. ;)

Love, and hoping your headache has abated.