On Dwarves

[dalishstorm]

Okay. This thing with "no dwarves". You know what, I don't want to see them in my porn, either, but I've made peace with it, and the chances of someone filling your prompt with a dwarf are almost zero because so few people write them. Stop it. It's like dwarves are guro or something. Just stop it, guys. No need to specify and alienate others by doing so. It's becoming a form of wank, and I'm not going to fill a prompt that says "no dwarves" because of it (or I will start intentionally microfilling with dwarves even though I don't like them either).

That said, I think if people state a preference, that's fine. Just don't say "I exclude this", you should be saying, "I would prefer this." As I stated, the chances of someone filling your prompt with a dwarf are pretty much zilch.

If they bother you that much, then copy/paste, find/replace. Seriously, guys, we're pushing away a talented section of the fanbase, and it's mostly the Zevran and M/M crowds doing it.

Comments

[sian-shoe.livejournal.com]

I wish you said this to me at the time that particular fight went down, it would've meant a lot to me.

I always feel excluded on my own damn BSN feed sometimes. It's not that I want everyone to read my stuff and like it (but man that would be nice) it's just that I feel like I'm not part of Team!Zev for doing what I do and my own preference for apparently boring straight people sex.