Subject: What the time before asking Permission is for.
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Posted on: 2013-05-23 15:17:00 UTC

Notice that I don't say "the month before." It's not actually a month; it's however long it takes for you to settle in with the community. Some people have waited multiple months or even years before asking for Permission.

What that time is for is to interact with us, to get to know us and let us get to know you so we can all see if we actually get along, to talk about whatever subjects interest you (surely you're interested in something besides your own characters?), and to learn our ways and established conventions.

That last bit is important. If you're going to ignore the advice of other members and throw our conventions out the window because you're "just stubborn like that," you will not be on the road to Permission any time soon. I have a particular fondness for FicPsych, so if you specifically want to annoy me, by all means keep spelling it wrong, and make sure you go "ha!" every time so I know you're being deliberately disrespectful.

On the other hand, if you actually do want Permission at some point, you could try taking the good advice people like SeaTurtle and Ellipsis Flood are giving you, and you could own up to the mistakes you make instead of, for instance, blaming the forum in all-caps.

~Neshomeh

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