I have a question.
If you are doing a gift exchange, how attached are you to your prompt?
Ride or die | A little put out | Eh, whatever | I can’t even remember my prompt
Eh, whatever. Not at all attached. This is critical for me personally. If I’m attached to my prompt, I want to write it, and if I want to write it, I will imagine it a certain way in my head and risk being unfair to the person who treats it the way they want to. Which they have every right to do, because once I give it away, it’s in that person’s capable hands, and they should do whatever they choose and take the prompt where their unique imagination goes.
In general, I want anything and am thrilled with any gift that honors what I love and pays time and attention to my likes and interests.
“Eh, whatever.”
Honestly, what I enjoy most about gift exchanges is being ‘assigned’ to produce something, having a deadline. That pressure keeps me motivated, and the stuff I’ve done for exchanges feels so much better and more inspired to me than the stuff I do on my own.
I honestly just pull a prompt out of my ass while I’m signing up. I couldn’t care less how loosely my gifter interprets it. They can throw it in the trash and write something totally different, for all I care. I just want them to have fun.
Thanks for the feedback,
ifishouldvanishand @mariequitecontrarie. I know I’m not attached to my prompt, but I also see people tying themselves in knots filling other people’s prompts. I like the social aspect and giving love and of course making something pretty for someone, but I don’t like the stress of trying to make art about a fanfic prompt. (which let’s face it, most of the prompts are) And I actually have time this year to do rcij, so now I’m leaning towards signing up.
@thechloris I for one would adore receiving art from you, and I think many people would feel the same.
If you should ever receive me for a giftee, make me absolutely anything and I will go crazy for it!!!
@thechloris events aren’t just for fic! I’m constantly trying to promote @a-monthly-rumbelling for art (sorry I know this is about RCIJ but it’s relevant) because while people have just done fic for months literally anything is welcome. Drawing? Great! Gifset? Fantastic! Captioned Screenshots? Have fun! I think most people do fic simply because it’s accessible. Whereas graphics require software and practice to know how to use said software.
So please if you want to sign up, I echo @mariequitecontrarie when I say I would be thrilled if you were my gifter. I would put whatever art you made on my ‘always reblog’ list and I would gush in the tags and love it to bits. This doesn’t just go for art but for fan videos or metas, or playlists, or anything else people are inspired to make. There’s more to fandom than fic and everything is amazing and extremely welcome!