Questions and comments on the rules

[rainbowmods]

Hi guys!

We've had some questions and confusion regarding rules lately, so we'd like to ask: do you have any questions, comments, or requests for clarification as regards the rules? If so, we'll answer here and potentially reword the rule in question.

Comments

[shipwreck_light]

As the asker of one of those questions, I just wanted to take a moment out to thank you for answering all of my headscratchy whoyerwhat. Since I know I'm a fairly steady source of that.

I've converted both of the saturations in question to tapestries, btw and LEMMETELLYOU I enjoyed having that option available.

[subluxate]

RIGHT? I'm doing that with Giantfic, and oh man is it better than trying to write it as a Saturation.

Do you think we should clarify any of the rules in question with a rewrite, or just include it in the FAQ?

[shipwreck_light]

I was about to say- Oh, I'm the only person who will ever ask /that/.

And then I realized that was a filthy lie. So, FAQ. Definitely.

[finch]

I basically use tapestries to tell serial fiction and it's awesome. Tapestries are the best.

[subluxate]

That's what I'm doing with Elvish Green and Giantfic. I did it last year for a different AU and covered most of the big events from it in thirty fics written in a planned order. It's fun.

[finch]

I tried to do saturations the way I saw other people doing them and basically in no way am I patient enough for it. SO TAPESTRIES IT IS.

[subluxate]

I do love saturations, admittedly, but Giantfic is shaping up to be 65,000 words (it's already 55,000), and that's... definitely too much for a saturation, even split into three or five posts. (I'd have to split it for readability and character limits.) So it's gonna be an eraser tapestry instead!

[clare_dragonfly]

Hmm, well, I just saw this in your response to Ysabet...

"Saturations do not count toward your completed color list totals, and likewise, you do not need an open list slot to complete a Saturation."

Not that it made any difference to me (I have four active color lists now, and that's the most I've ever had at one time!) but I had no idea this was the case. So maybe that information should be somewhere other than in a comment response!

[rainbowmods]

We've talked it over, and we'll add it to the description of Saturations on the Styles post. Once the FAQs are done, it will be found there instead. Thanks!

[auguris]

No question, just a note that the image for Retouch is KILLING ME.

[subluxate]

=D When Geena (I think; might have been Sara) found it, the others of us went, "WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT." And decided it had to be the one used.