SiS gift stories - Thanks, folks, but... Huh???

[aearwen2]

I have four - count 'em, FOUR - gift story notifications from AO3 as part of their SiS event: one each from larienelengasse, lanyon, kalypsobean, and laSamtyr.

Now don't get me wrong. I appreciate gift stories. I've written my share, and I know the work that goes into them.



But...

I didn't participate in SiS. I, as a rule and with very few exceptions, don't read slash. In fact, I haven't been reading much LOTR stuff at all lately, as I'm pretty well involved in working on either original fiction or finishing up some DW WIPs. So to say that I'm suprised and a little confused to receive four - count 'em, FOUR - slash gift stories is a masterpiece of understatement.

I have absolutely NO idea whom these stories were really meant for - and I feel downright horrible that I got a gift notification and the real person being gifted has been utterly ignored.

So if someone - anyone - will let whoever is in charge of the SiS event know that the gifting process went seriously and horribly awry in this particular instance, it would be deeply appreciated.

Thanks.

Aeärwen - (Please note the diéresis/umlaut over the second ä!!!)

On LJ and DW, I believe my username is aearwen2, and at AO3, it is "Aeärwen". There must be an Aearwen there (no special character), and the special character in my username has tripped up something technical... At least, I hope it's something both that simple to explain and that simple to fix.

Comments

[rhapsody11.livejournal.com]

I just send Red, one of the admins the link to this post. I suspect that when the writers did had to enter a name to gift the story too, they accidentially chose the wrong name.

[aearwen2.livejournal.com]

Thanks, Rhapsody. I really appreciate that.

[red-lasbelin.livejournal.com]

I'm so sorry for this error! I think the special character must have tripped things up, as we had a participant sign up for the swap as Aearwen, and AO3 routed them to you.

Aearwen, who participated in the swap, has had major computer issues and as of yet, is unreachable. Thanks for alerting me to the issue though, and I'll see if anything can be done from our side.

[aearwen2.livejournal.com]

I was thinking I'd heard of someone using the same name as me (less the special character.) I honestly wonder which of us was here first?

Don't worry about it, though. I just wanted someone with the proper connections to know that a mix-up was in progress, so that the right person got her gifts properly in the end. Too much work went into those gifts to not try to get them to their rightful owner.

[red-lasbelin.livejournal.com]

I completely agree! I'll make sure she gets links to the stories. I can also get the writers to unlink the stories to your username.

I've known this writer in fandom for ages, but not always by Aearwen, so I'm honestly not sure.