400 fanworks \o/ (icon is highly relevant)

[kat_lair]

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Right, I've just woken up from a 3h nap that I don't regret. It does mean that my higher brain activity is not quite engaged so instead an actual post, let's celebrate the fact that I now have 400 fanworks up on AO3 with a 'fic meme'. And by that I mean...

Option 1. Pick a random number between 1 and 400 (1 being the latest fanwork posted, 400 being the first) and ask me any question about this fanwork.

Option 2. Pick a specifc fanwork of mine that you're curious about and ask any question about it.

Option 3. Give me a made-up fic title and I'll give you a made-up summary and tags that would go with it

Option 4. Comment with a fic premise that 100% sounds like the kind of thing I would write, and I'll tell you how embarrassingly accurate it is.

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Comments

[corvidology]

Option 3. Give me a made-up fic title and I'll give you a made-up summary and tags that would go with it

The Truth is Rarely Pure and Never Simple*

Can I be cheeky and ask if you could you use one of your canons I know well enough to 'get it':
Life on Mars (UK) (12)
Grimm (TV) (10)
Doctor Who (8)
The Professionals (TV 1977) (8)
Person of Interest (TV) (6)
Good Omens (TV) (3)
Shetland (TV) (3)
Deadpool (Movieverse) (2)
The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (2015) (1)
阴阳师 | Yīn Yáng Shī | The Yin-yang Master (Movies - Guo Jingming) (1)

*Yes, I've been reading Oscar Wilde today, thanks for noticing ;D

[kat_lair]

Title: The Truth is Rarely Pure and Never Simple
Fandom: The Professionals
Pairing: William Bodie/Ray Doyle
Rating: E
Warnings: Graphic violence
Tags: case fic, partner betrayal, except not really, undercover, established relationship, violence, kidnapping, sacrifice

Summary: When Doyle finds out his partner has been working for the notorious Grey Dawn, a group bent on 'purifying' the country, all this time, the betrayal of it isn't just professional in nature. Because what does it say about Doyle that he's been harbouring a terrorist in his bed all this time, in his heart?

[corvidology]

Egads, that's a classic Pros set-up if ever I've seen it.

*doffs cap to you*

[kat_lair]

classics are classics for a reason :D

[pushkin666]

Option 3 please. Line from the Foundations of Decay


May your ashes feed the river in the morning rays

[kat_lair]

Title: May your ashes feed the river in the morning rays
Fandom: My Chemical Romance
Pairing: Gerard Way & Mikey Way OR Gerard Way/Mikey Way
Rating: M
Warnings: Graphic violence
Tags: Alternate universe - apocalypse, dystopia, heavily implied sibling incest but you can stay in denial if you want, found family, everyone is a bit fucked up, temporary character death, brain washing

Summary: When Mikey is thirteen, the world ends. When Mikey is sixteen, his world ends when he watches his brother die, the bright red of his blood splattered across the street like a sunset. When Mikey is twenty, a man with Gerard's face stands in front of a crowd and claims change is possible.

[pushkin666]

Can I steal this idea hun, because I really think it's something that myself and L could work on. It's definitely more us :)

[kat_lair]

Lol you can but as payment I require
a) credit in the author notes
b) at least one scene where someone tenderly cares for someone else's wounds
c) cake

[pushkin666]

A) sure
B) probably Mikey
C) L is the cake fiend

[alexseanchai]

what's your favorite line from 214?

[kat_lair]

#214 is a SPN wincest fic with knife play :D Full Tang and on re-reading it I'll go with this:

At the back of his mind, behind the ever-present guilt of ‘not enough, not enough’, Dean wonders how he can be expected to untwist anyone when he’s nothing but knots and tangles himself. Was it any surprise really that Sam had turned sharp around the edges, honed as he was against Dean and John? The thought feels rebellious and tastes like freedom.

[alexseanchai]

poetic!

[kat_lair]

Thank you <3

[trobadora]

What do you remember about posting #301 (aka your 100th work)?

[kat_lair]

The first probably ~150 fics went to AO3 in big batches when I was posting the backlog after getting the account. #301 is a SPN gen drabble Conscription written as a gift. I mainly remember going for the 'raising soldiers' fucked up family feels with it based on the prompt of 'honesty'.

[trobadora]

Very cool, thank you for sharing!

(I should have remembered that the earlier fics probably weren't originally posted to AO3! Time, OMG.)

[celli]

37: how did you come up with the title?

[kat_lair]

#37 is an angsty little Remus/Sirius ficlet called Liminal. The title came from the premise of it which is basically Sirius trying to protect Remus from the world prejudice by keeping him home and safe, but of course you can't do that, that would be the same as caging him, just as bad but in a different way. So it's about accepting that our capacity to protect those we love is always limited, liminal.

[celli]

Aww, I love that.

[sewn]

Option 3!

The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

[kat_lair]

Title: The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
Fandom: The Witcher
Pairing: Gerard & Jaskier or Gerard/Jaskier depending on your slash-goggles
Rating: M
Tags: Canon typical violence, Alternate universe - role reversal, Angst, Strangers to friends

Summary: If Witchers were cats, Jaskier would be the runt of the litter. No one expects him to survive, not the training, not the trials, not even the actual work. Somehow that doesn't change even when he survives, he survives, he keeps on surviving day after day after year, knocked down and getting back up, teeth bloodied and bared in a grin that's nothing so much as a warning sign. People are drawn to him as fast as they flee, like moths circling a burning lamp, no one sticking for longer than a hunt, a night, a too bright flash of his eyes by the firelight. Except Gerard, a scholar with a sword, and a bag full of empty books waiting for a story. Jaskier's story, he says, and doesn't take a no for an answer. Their story. Maybe.

[lunabee34]

Option 3

It's Not My Fault, I Swear! He Made Me Do It

[kat_lair]

Title: It's Not My Fault, I Swear! He Made Me Do It
Fandom: Guardian
Pairing: Guo Changcheng/Chu Shuzhi
Rating: T
Tags: Alternate Universe - non-magical, dares, rescue, hurt/comfort, idiots to lovers, they're both idiots but in a different way, awkward flirting, emotional constipation

Summary: Becoming a star of a YouTube channel dedicated to daring (stupid, so very stupid) stunts had seemed like a good idea but after the third time they'd needed to call the rescue services to extract Guo Changcheng from a tricky situation he thinks he might need new friends. Like maybe the handsome but extremely grumpy police officer who keeps getting him out of trouble. He seems like he could use some fun in his life. And what do you know? That's Guo Changcheng's specialty.

[lunabee34]

I absolutely love this! *dies laughing* I can just imagine. What a fun story idea. <3 <3

[kat_lair]

I wish this to exist so I could read it, but not to write it 😁

[pushkin666]

Option 3 again please. Line from Fall Out Boy.


Your smile reminds me of switchblades and infidelity

[kat_lair]

Title: Your smile reminds me of switchblades and infidelity
Fandom: Supernatural
Pairing: Castiel/Crowley
Rating: M
Tags: Angels and demons oh my, enemies to frenemies with benefit, the benefits here are mutual political support, UST, end of the world, sort of, fraternising with the enemy

Summary: When there's everything to gain and nothing to lose except yourself, you may as well gamble it all. Castiel makes a deal. Crowley refuses to hold him to it. The world burns but that's just climate change, not hell fire or holy fire, so it's no worse than it was.