LOL, oh ff.net, why so wacky?

[ratherastory]

*scratches head*

So it's not exactly a secret that I am usually pretty happy to get plot bunnies/prompts from people, with the caveat that 1) I may not be able to write them if they don't strike the right cord, and 2) I may not get to them right away. In fact, sometimes it's months before I can get to a prompt.

Someone pinged me on ff.net and asked if I'd be willing to write for their prompt. I answered with the above. I then received the longest prompt to ever be prompted (no, seriously, longer than rainylemons' longest prompt ever, I'm not kidding), which was basically a point-by-point summary of an amulet fix-it fic, complete with a request for a letter from Sam to Dean explaining everything before he dies at the end of 5.22, and a further request that it be made clear that Dean finally understands all of Sam's suffering, etc.

Now, I am a fan of amulet fix-it fic, don't get me wrong. I've written a couple myself. I just couldn't write the prompt as it was given. For one, I don't think either of the Winchesters are the type to write overly long, soulful letters before they die. I don't know what was in Dean's "suicide" note, but I doubt it was particularly soul-searching, that's not how the Winchesters roll. ALSO, while I do like the boys having epiphanies about each other, I'm also not a huge fan of fics in which one brother realizes that they are the sole douchebag in this relationship who doesn't understand the other's pain and suffering and anguish.

Therefore I pinged the prompter, and 1) asked if they would be okay with my taking liberties with the prompt (because I would not be able to write it the way it was outlined), and 2) mentioned that I was swamped with other commitments and that it might be a while before I got to it.

So then the prompter asked me for an ETA on how long it would be before I got to it. Which, frankly, how the hell should I know? I'm working on multiple Big Bangs and a handful of challenges, and occasionally I crank out some fic that's not directly related to a challenge or whatever. I once again wrote back and explained that it might be months.

At which point the prompter thanked me and told me she'd be looking for someone else to fill her prompt more quickly.

Part of me is relieved, and another part of me is a little appalled at the tone of entitlement the prompter adopted through the whole thing. Dude, I am my own person, there is no need to get pissy if I don't fawn all over your prompt.

Comments

[tahirire.livejournal.com]

OOH. I have Dean's suicide note around here somewhere ... it is transcribed in the s5 companion guide, but it may take me a while to dig it out of my lj entries. *rummages*

[ratherastory.livejournal.com]

Oh, wow. Cool! I saw one or two sentences from screencaps, enough to know that it was angsty, but the whole thing would be awesome!

[tahirire.livejournal.com]

Blacklid has it, I know, because when the caps came out we played RP fill-in-the-blank and posted it, and then like 4 months later it turned out we were only like 4 words off, LOL.

I'll try to dig it up for you.

[tahirire.livejournal.com]

Here ya go. :)

http://blacklid.livejournal.com/355972.html

[ratherastory.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[nwspaprtaxis.livejournal.com]

THANKS! I was trying to read it and got like maybe one line out of it...

[tahirire.livejournal.com]

No problem! :)

[nwspaprtaxis.livejournal.com]

Reaction to said letter: *bursts into tears* *cries* *wants to squeeze the living snot out of Dean*