Kink Meme Etiquette?

[cruiscin_lan]

I was going to make another massive kink meme rec post, but when I jumped back into it I found a few things popping up that kept bugging me.

What is the proper etiquette on a kink meme? I mean, is it one fic per prompt? What about claiming - is claiming okay? And if there's a claim on a prompt, can you post a fic you wrote even though it's been claimed? If there's multiple fics allowed per prompt, then what is the point of claiming in the first place?

To me, claiming is just as annoying as seconding a prompt.

I may be showing off my newbishness here (yeah, I still have fandom baby-fat), but whatevs.

Comments

[etoile-dunord.livejournal.com]

The way I've always thought of it, "claiming" a prompt was more about letting the OP know that they were going to get something--giving them something to look forward to. It's totally ok to have more than one fic per prompt, though, just to be polite, I might refrain from posting my version until the "claimer" had posted theirs (but that's just me being Canadian).

[ladyanne525.livejournal.com]

(but that's just me being Canadian)

I literally spat water at my screen when I read this. ;)

[cruiscin-lan.livejournal.com]

I'm going to see how that looks in capslock.

BUT THAT'S JUST ME BEING CANADIAN.

Nah, doesn't work. Too American, I guess.

[psycho-llama.livejournal.com]

The way I've always thought of it, "claiming" a prompt was more about letting the OP know that they were going to get something

Yeah that's what I thought as well. Not "I'm writing this so everyone else fuck off!" It's more of a reassurance than a possessive mine.

[cruiscin-lan.livejournal.com]

I think a lot of it depends on how the claimant words the claim. "Mine mine mine mine mine" is certainly a lot more possessive and immature than "Just FYI, I'm working on something for this, don't dismay!"