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Last year I was a complete jackass about my card and I made some people feel bad about their kinks, which is the exact opposite of what Kink Bingo is meant to do, and once it was pointed out to me that I was being an asshole I kind of hated myself for a few days. So I'm not going to complain about my card this year, because it was seriously uncool of me to do that, and I am trying to be a better person. I understand that the stuff that squicks me hardest is the stuff that some people love the most, and I'm sure the reverse is true too.
So I promise not to be a douchebag this year, and if I break the promise, feel free to take me to task about it, because I absolutely do not want to denigrate anyone's kinks or make anyone feel bad about liking the things they like. I'm going to keep my opinions to myself, like I should have done in the first place. And if I get a card that makes me unhappy again this year, I'm going to suck it up and put on my big girl panties and deal with it like a mature human being and not a childish bitch.
I'm sorry again for my behavior last year, I'm really, really sorry to anyone I made feel bad with my thoughtless words, and I'm not going to do it again, I swear.
Also, I may be soliciting assistance in finding appropriate stories to podfic as fills, once I figure out what bingo I want to go for. You all came up with some really fantastic ones for me last year, I hope my line this year will be as interesting.
Although, OOH, they allow original fic this year for the first time, so I may very well fill everything with writing this time around! I haven't finished a piece of fanfiction in almost a full year now, but I've been writing original fic pretty steadily, and I have a much easier time handling my own characters now. (Which isn't to say I don't miss the days when I was pumping out 30K of Heroes fic in a month, but I haven't been seriously inspired for a fandom since the Star Trek movie came out, which is kind of sad.)
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And it's okay to be honest about your squicks, really it is, so long as you can tolerate them in others. And it's really good training to write stuff you don't want to write.
I'm looking forward to your results.
I expect it will be easier to write things that bother me with original characters than it will be for fandom, I have a decent number of characters who are far more kinky than their fairly vanilla author will probably ever be.
Hopefully my results will be appealing to those who like the kinks, whether I'm a fan of them or not. I'm going to try my hardest to do justice to whatever I feel like I'm capable of attempting.
And btw, I remember that happening last year now that you mention it. Don't feel bad about it--I don't think there's anything wrong with saying that that particular kink doesn't do it for me. Yeah, totally bashing it and saying it's disgusting and wrong can be found offensive, but I don't find it offensive when people say they just personally find a kink a turn off. It happens.
Hope you get an awesome card! :-)