#this isnt directed at everyone btw some of you were a real pleasure to work with bless u

[gendice]

hey so i’m PISSED

lacey and i created the voltron secret santa as a fun sort of exchange for people who wanted to participate in a secret santa and make/receive gifts, but didn’t sign up for earlier secret santas and we also wanted to make this an all-inclusive event so that everyone in the fandom can participate if they want to. idk what you guys think this is but planning an event like this especially when it’s not a 100% anti or 100% shaladin event is hard as fuck, especially when we have to cater to each person’s preference 

all that we ask of you guys is to 1) stick to the guidelines and 2) meet the deadlines and yet there were so many people who were acting so fucking entitled as if hosting this was a piece of cake and that the entire event revolves around them and we had to cater the event to their specific preference??? 

1. we had people acting super fucking entitled from the beginning during sign ups; we received multiple asks from someone shitting on us for not allowing shaladin ships like if you’re a shipper who wants to create a secret santa that allows for shaladin ships be my guest??? idk why you have to send those to us like we still won’t allow it so. and if you’re a shipper who doesn’t feel comfortable with the idea of participating in an event hosted by people who don’t ship shaladin then just don’t join?? why do you feel the need to join and complain about it in the sign up form (someone filled in the additional comments section with something along the lines of “i cant put anything here since nothing i want is allowed lol” like. if you dont have any legitimate comments just dont put it???) 

2. we had to repeat it over and over again for people to turn on their anon asks? like i get it if you’re on mobile and it’s impossible to turn on anon (fuck u tumblr mobile) but the fact that this dragged on for at least half of the work period is so. frustrating?? we specifically checked and reminded people who didnt have it on to turn on their anon asks and some did but others just didn’t do so?? some people didn’t even have their regular asks on and i just hhfjfkwjnwewe im so fucking frustrated. as if that’s not fucking enough some people who didn’t have their own anonymous asks on had the gall to message me asking why their own giftee didn’t turn on anon asks like hm i dont fucking know maybe it’s because some people have the same selfish mindset as you expecting everything to be set up nicely for you while not doing the basic respectful thing and doing the same back. IT’S SO !! FUCKING !! SELFISH !!!!!

3. we literally. do not owe you anything. stop acting like you’re our superiors and we have to listen to everything that you say. it’s rude and frankly i’m so fucking tired of it; it’s basic manners to just speak to someone with respect but some of you can’t even do that? we just host the event and pair people up together and make sure that  the gifts are coming along fine, we have literally no say in what your gifter chooses to make or when they choose to post it so can you fucking think about how shitty and rude your actions are for one (1) second and consider maybe treating us with basic respect. what your gifter does (or doesn’t do) has literally nothing to do with us it’s out of our control so in my humble fucking opinion you really shouldn’t hold us accountable for someone else’s actions 

4. speaking of which, i’m really stressed out by the very possible lack of gifts from certain people. it’s super fucking unfair to people who have created and posted their gifts and are expecting one in return. it’s also unfair that some people are getting gifts while they don’t create any in return. it’s unfair that someone has to create two gifts within the same time period that others create one, just because of your irresponsibility, while you yourself receive a gift despite not putting in any effort. as the moderator for this event i’m really anxious about this because i’m seeing a lot of people who have yet to post their gifts and i feel really bad for those who aren’t getting any gifts. when you sign up for this event it was kind of expected that you should be able to make something, making this a fair give-and-take event. if you had some personal issues that made it impossible for you to complete your gift, that’s fine, that’s why we had a dropout date and are giving extensions too. but if you drop out like 1 day before the gifting date, or you straight up don’t tell us that you can’t give anything, or you straight up don’t respond to anything and proceed to go mia after filling up the sign-up form, that’s super fucking irresponsible on your part and your actions affect other people as well so i’m just fucking frustrated and pissed i literally have no words 

5. i’m not here to discredit people because everyone has different styles/is at a different skill level and that’s fine, it’s the thought that counts. and i’m sure that if you put in effort that your giftee can see it too and they’ll appreciate the gift (which a lot of you did and yall produced really lovely gifts). but the fact is that it’s really fucking obvious that some of you just aren’t putting in the effort at all for your gifts and it makes me feel really bad on behalf of whoever is on the receiving end of the gift because some people put in their 100% in making their gift, only to receive one that someone else put in less than 50% in. we had guidelines for you to follow when making the gift and the fact that some of you didn’t follow them is really upsetting and, once again, irresponsible and selfish

that being said this isn’t directed at all of you and to be honest if you followed the guidelines and stuck to the deadlines in making the gifts i am literally so fucking grateful and i can’t thank you enough for making the whole thing easier for us. also thank you so fucking much to the people who were super flexible and were okay with being shuffled around due to some admin stuff + people who made second gifts as a backup gifter you guys are literally lifesavers 💞💞