1. If I'm not going to sign up, I'm happy to nominate for both historical fandoms. If I am going to sign up, though, two of my nominations will be taken, in order to ensure I can offer 4. So I might not be able to nominate for the Enlightenment. :/ (This is my main complaint about Yuletide: not enough nomination slots relative to the required number of offers.)
2. I'm doubtful about the value of some of these characters, especially Grigorij.
As I see it, the value of character being nominated lies not in whether you want to write them, but whether you want to use them to narrow the range of stories you're willing to write or receive. For instance, if you want to write Grigorij, you can fit him into any request that includes just Fritz or Fritz and Fredersdorf (but you can also write Rokoko babysitting, curtain fic, etc.) If you want to write Fritz/Fredersdorf but *only* Grigorij, then you offer Grigorij but not Fritz or Fredersdorf, thus ensuring you'll only be asked to write that one particular story. If you offer Fritz, Fredersdorf, and Grigorij, that's no different in practice from offering Fritz and Fredersdorf without Grigorij. If matched on someone who requested Gregorij, you can write him; if matched on someone who requested Fritz and/or Fredersdorf only, you can still write him. (I guess unless someone puts him in their DNWs, which is highly unlikely. :P)
And if you request Fritz and/or Fredersdorf, you can get any number of delightful stories, but if you request Grigorij, you're only going to get matched on an author in this fandom who offered Grigorij. Which I'm pretty sure is just going to be Selena, even if you specify "or" in your request. I would request Grigorij only if I *didn't* want any other Fritz/Fredersdorf story, only this specific one. Otherwise, I would just request Fredersdorf and open myself up to receiving any number of stories, including this one.
Now, if you wanted Fritz/Fredersdorf but only with, say, Grigorij or Voltaire, then you could request all four and specify A, B, and either C or D...but is anyone going to do that, is what I'm saying? I'm not. It doesn't sound like cahn is. selenak, if you do that, you're not likely to get matched on this fandom.
And treat-wise, you can get the Grigorij story in the main collection just by having a request that specifies that you're more flexible on "or" matching in treats than in the assignment, as cahn did last year. For example, I could request "Fritz, Katte, and Suhm" with a "Fritz and Katte, or Fritz and Suhm" for my assignment, and a "go crazy" for any treats. :D
While I am *delightedly* looking forward to reading about the handsome hussar episode, it just seems like we could use this nomination slot more efficiently. So unless someone constructs a scenario where we would get value out of offering or requesting Grigorij, I vote for nominating a character who has the potential for multiple good stories, not just one.
Re: Yuletide
1. If I'm not going to sign up, I'm happy to nominate for both historical fandoms. If I am going to sign up, though, two of my nominations will be taken, in order to ensure I can offer 4. So I might not be able to nominate for the Enlightenment. :/ (This is my main complaint about Yuletide: not enough nomination slots relative to the required number of offers.)
2. I'm doubtful about the value of some of these characters, especially Grigorij.
As I see it, the value of character being nominated lies not in whether you want to write them, but whether you want to use them to narrow the range of stories you're willing to write or receive. For instance, if you want to write Grigorij, you can fit him into any request that includes just Fritz or Fritz and Fredersdorf (but you can also write Rokoko babysitting, curtain fic, etc.) If you want to write Fritz/Fredersdorf but *only* Grigorij, then you offer Grigorij but not Fritz or Fredersdorf, thus ensuring you'll only be asked to write that one particular story. If you offer Fritz, Fredersdorf, and Grigorij, that's no different in practice from offering Fritz and Fredersdorf without Grigorij. If matched on someone who requested Gregorij, you can write him; if matched on someone who requested Fritz and/or Fredersdorf only, you can still write him. (I guess unless someone puts him in their DNWs, which is highly unlikely. :P)
And if you request Fritz and/or Fredersdorf, you can get any number of delightful stories, but if you request Grigorij, you're only going to get matched on an author in this fandom who offered Grigorij. Which I'm pretty sure is just going to be Selena, even if you specify "or" in your request. I would request Grigorij only if I *didn't* want any other Fritz/Fredersdorf story, only this specific one. Otherwise, I would just request Fredersdorf and open myself up to receiving any number of stories, including this one.
Now, if you wanted Fritz/Fredersdorf but only with, say, Grigorij or Voltaire, then you could request all four and specify A, B, and either C or D...but is anyone going to do that, is what I'm saying? I'm not. It doesn't sound like
And treat-wise, you can get the Grigorij story in the main collection just by having a request that specifies that you're more flexible on "or" matching in treats than in the assignment, as
While I am *delightedly* looking forward to reading about the handsome hussar episode, it just seems like we could use this nomination slot more efficiently. So unless someone constructs a scenario where we would get value out of offering or requesting Grigorij, I vote for nominating a character who has the potential for multiple good stories, not just one.