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holmesticeWhen, in the course of Holmestice Events, it becomes necessary to secure a Pinch-Hitter, and said-Pinch-Hitter steps up to the plate and delivers a Home-Run for Holmestice-- occasionally, things happen. Sometimes the originally-assigned Creator is able to produce a gift before the posting period has ended. Who is the true Creator? Is it the person who finished first? The person who was assigned first? Well, here at Holmestice, we say BOTH! Which is why we occasionally have two gifts for one Recipient.
And what if the Pinch-Hitter is suddenly running into timing issues (because we all know the Real World can suck)? Then we might just pinch-hit a Pinch-Hitter!
And what if a Mod who shall remain unnamed (coughCOATcough) mismatches a prompt at the very beginning, causing a Creator to not have a Recipient for whom to create? Then we may give them a replacement who is already assigned to someone else!
But, why are you telling us this right now?
As we Sherlock Holmes fans are quite good at deduction, you probably already know this means we are about to receive the first of a few duplicate gifts. Possibly even more than duplicate, given the unique circumstances of each round.
This used to stress a Mod who shall remain unnamed (coughCOATAGAINcough) no end, until they got it through their thick skull that this means MORE GIFTS! Soooooo... the first of the "bonus" entries is coming up. Now.
And what if the Pinch-Hitter is suddenly running into timing issues (because we all know the Real World can suck)? Then we might just pinch-hit a Pinch-Hitter!
And what if a Mod who shall remain unnamed (coughCOATcough) mismatches a prompt at the very beginning, causing a Creator to not have a Recipient for whom to create? Then we may give them a replacement who is already assigned to someone else!
But, why are you telling us this right now?
As we Sherlock Holmes fans are quite good at deduction, you probably already know this means we are about to receive the first of a few duplicate gifts. Possibly even more than duplicate, given the unique circumstances of each round.
This used to stress a Mod who shall remain unnamed (coughCOATAGAINcough) no end, until they got it through their thick skull that this means MORE GIFTS! Soooooo... the first of the "bonus" entries is coming up. Now.
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Date: 2026-06-06 02:13 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2026-06-06 07:01 pm (UTC)*opens up AO3 in another tab*
However shall I cope?!
*wriggling myself into a blanket cocoon*
I guess I will have to endure fic number two now!
For real though, mix ups and real-life disruptions happen and I think it is quite impressive how smoothly these holmestice exchanges go off every time (at least from the perspective of an outsider 😉).
So yeay, two gifts! (I had a short moment of confusion, because I just read gift number 1, came back to dreamwidth and read the description of fic number 2 which kinda matched some of what I had just read, but not completely 😅)
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Date: 2026-06-07 12:18 am (UTC)