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yuletideI'm always a disaster at the requesting part. This year I made the same As You Like It request I always make, and managed to remember to nominate My Fair Lady so I could request it, and then had to struggle to find two more. I went with The American President, because yay Sorkin and I'm in a yay politics place right now; and then I saw "Gilbert and Sullivan" listed, with characters from multiple operas, and I about flipped out. How awesome is that? My request has to do with a state visit between the royal houses of Barataria and Japan, but honestly, there cannot be G&S without wacky hijinks, so I'm sort of hoping my request lands with someone who knows G&S. If they don't know As You Like It. :-D
Offering is generally easier. As a matter of personal policy, I don't offer fandoms where I can't offer "any" for character selection. This year I've eliminated one or two things I've written before, as well, because I don't know if I could come up with something different in them if I had to; and I've decided not to offer anything I've requested. Also, I'm glad I decided to double check who appears under the character list before offering a fandom, because there's one where I'd happily write any characters in the source, but given the very few that are listed, I'm inclined to suspect a request in that fandom this year would make me uncomfortable and I wouldn't enjoy writing it (or, conversely, I would write something the recipient wouldn't love to the max). So I have not offered it, although I know it cold. Am now contemplating whether I think I can offer a couple of other things ... and I suspect not. A lot of the time I don't think I can bring the same kind of funny as the original writer/creator. Alas.
Offering is generally easier. As a matter of personal policy, I don't offer fandoms where I can't offer "any" for character selection. This year I've eliminated one or two things I've written before, as well, because I don't know if I could come up with something different in them if I had to; and I've decided not to offer anything I've requested. Also, I'm glad I decided to double check who appears under the character list before offering a fandom, because there's one where I'd happily write any characters in the source, but given the very few that are listed, I'm inclined to suspect a request in that fandom this year would make me uncomfortable and I wouldn't enjoy writing it (or, conversely, I would write something the recipient wouldn't love to the max). So I have not offered it, although I know it cold. Am now contemplating whether I think I can offer a couple of other things ... and I suspect not. A lot of the time I don't think I can bring the same kind of funny as the original writer/creator. Alas.
