Heh, my first reaction to this is "But nooooo! Pinch-hitting!" because (1) I love having the opportunity to do pinch-hits, and I don't find it troublesome or stressful at all-- I think it's incredibly fun and it makes me feel like a superhero! Some people describe it as "all the fun of Yuletide without the weeks of procrastination beforehand," etc. Also, (2) suppose you asked for my favorite fandom and then your writer dropped out, I'd selfishly still want someone to write that story for you, so *I* could read it. *G* But then I tend to think of Yuletide and similar ficathons not really as straight one-on-one exchange mechanisms but a way to communally create a substantial body of work for a certain pairing/fandom/genre.
From the mod's POV, I can definitely see it being useful to have an 'out' where people could say "look, if it's really REALLY tough to find a pinch-hitter for me and you end up just having to absolutely *beg* someone to take the prompt, seriously don't worry about it, I'll be fine" but like Zvi said, a lot of mods are running challenges specifically to create more fic of whatever type they'd like to see more of, and if people are willing to sign up as pinch-hitters, I would rather have mods take advantage of that than not.
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Date: 2009-10-26 11:43 pm (UTC)Heh, my first reaction to this is "But nooooo! Pinch-hitting!" because (1) I love having the opportunity to do pinch-hits, and I don't find it troublesome or stressful at all-- I think it's incredibly fun and it makes me feel like a superhero! Some people describe it as "all the fun of Yuletide without the weeks of procrastination beforehand," etc. Also, (2) suppose you asked for my favorite fandom and then your writer dropped out, I'd selfishly still want someone to write that story for you, so *I* could read it. *G* But then I tend to think of Yuletide and similar ficathons not really as straight one-on-one exchange mechanisms but a way to communally create a substantial body of work for a certain pairing/fandom/genre.
From the mod's POV, I can definitely see it being useful to have an 'out' where people could say "look, if it's really REALLY tough to find a pinch-hitter for me and you end up just having to absolutely *beg* someone to take the prompt, seriously don't worry about it, I'll be fine" but like Zvi said, a lot of mods are running challenges specifically to create more fic of whatever type they'd like to see more of, and if people are willing to sign up as pinch-hitters, I would rather have mods take advantage of that than not.