I got that idea somewhat indirectly from liviapenn's classic post on how to write Yuletide prompts. She mentions toward the end that it can be useful to provide a 'gimme' fandom -- something easy to find and read/watch -- in case your writer has trouble working in the fandom on which they officially matched you. So I figured it might be useful to give an indication of how easy or difficult it would be to pick up a new fandom in case of authorial woes.
And yes, people write in non-matched fandoms all the time! I did that myself one year, when I was matched on a duology of books that I hadn't read since I was in my teens. Upon rereading them as an adult, I discovered that I now loathed the main character and the idea of writing a positive story centered around him stuck in my teeth. Whoops. So I tracked down and read a children's book my recipient had also requested (and which I had never even heard of until that year) and wrote a story for that fandom instead. :D
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Date: 2015-10-26 03:38 am (UTC)And yes, people write in non-matched fandoms all the time! I did that myself one year, when I was matched on a duology of books that I hadn't read since I was in my teens. Upon rereading them as an adult, I discovered that I now loathed the main character and the idea of writing a positive story centered around him stuck in my teeth. Whoops. So I tracked down and read a children's book my recipient had also requested (and which I had never even heard of until that year) and wrote a story for that fandom instead. :D