Journal of Mistress Kat

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Fic and Art Round-Up 2021

Somehow I did even worse with writing this year than I did in 2020. Didn't think it was possible but apparently yes. I did count up all the posted fics and wip scribblings from this year and they come up to just over 21k which is not nothing so...

Anyway, now that I have finally posted everything that was finished in 2021, even if I didn't quite get to posting all of it until this year, let's have a round-up


Fics written and finished in 2021 by Fandom:

Bandom
inadmissible (Patrick/Pete, T, 388 words) - on DW & on AO3

Buzzfeed Unsolved RPF
with fear, with fervent favor (Ryan/Shane, M, 300 words) – on DW  & on AO3

Craig and Bruno's Great British Road Trip
Carpe Diem (Craig/Bruno, G, 700 words) - on DW & on AO3

Friends RPF (i fucking know, okay)
The One Where They Finally Talk About It (Matt LeBlanc/Matthew Perry, M, 3663 words) - on DW & on AO3

Guardian
Confined (Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan, G, 715 words) - on DW & on AO3
gather your armour, raise your shield (Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan, T, 3457 words) - on DW & on AO3

Guardian RPF
kiss by kiss (i cover your tiny infinity) (Bai Yu/Zhu Yilong, G, 737 words) - on DW & on AO3

Harry Potter
pull my corners gently through (Sirius/Remus, G, 674 words) - on DW & on AO3

Original Fic
Ad Astra (Original Female Character & Original Alien Character, T, 632 words) - on DW & on AO3

Shetland
Skipping Stone (Chapter 1/?, WIP) (Duncan/Jimmy, M, 1348 words) - (on DW only when complete) on AO3

Star Trek: AOS
Kiss It Better (Kirk/Bones, T, 1534 words) - on DW & on AO3

Star Trek: Discovery
Averment (Michael & Sylvia, G, 406 words) - on DW & on AO3

Supernatural
Indelible (Sam/Dean, E, 4515 words) - on DW & on AO3


Non-fic things:
Halloween Icons - DW only
Wheel of Time Text Icons - DW only

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Meme Questions

Leitmotifs of the year:
Is 'not writing' a leitmotif? It should be. Anyway, apart for that it's probably... Ficlets. And gift fics. Most of the things I wrote were written for other people/from prompts.

Most popular story:
By metric of hits and kudos, it's Indelible. By metric of comments, it's weirdly Confined. Idk, Guardian fandom continues to be active AND interactive. This is supported by the fact that gather your armour, raise your shield hasn't been out more than a few days and is getting some gratifying pets.

My best story this year:
The one I only finished this year and therefore isn't listed here. Eh, okay, kiss by kiss (i cover your tiny infinity) captures the feeling. And, well, The One Where They Finally Talk About It  - yes, the fucking Friends RPF fic, idk how that happened either - actually does a solid job at the understated angsty feels.

Hardest story to write:
Nothing comes to mind here. Probably because I struggled with writing so much generally so when I did managed to produce something it felt easy by comparison!

Easiest story to write:
Uhh....? The One Where They Finally Talk About It poured out in a couple of days. Kiss It Better, Confined and kiss by kiss (i cover your tiny infinity) were all written in one day for a kissathon challenge (that was a good writing day), and Skipping Stone (will be continued, I swear I have half of ch2 in my wip folder) also was like one evening of angry typing.

Story most underappreciated by the universe, in my opinion:
Idk, everything feels appreciated. Like if you look at AO3 metrics Ad Astra is low but it's original gen ficlet so that's as expected. Same for Averment that is also a gen ficlet.

Most fun story to write:
gather your armour, raise your shield because the Venn diagram of trobadora's likes and mine is an almost total circle so I just got to shove in there all the characterisation and relationship dynamics I also enjoy. Carpe Diem probably because I really loved the series and it was self-indulgent.

Fluffiest story:
kiss by kiss (i cover your tiny infinity) is perhaps more... delicate than fluffy. pull my corners gently through has domestic fluff

Most angsty story:
inadmissible has 'fuck my bff that i also love turned into a vampire' thing going for it so...? The One Where They Finally Talk About It is sort of retrospective angst and addiction being dragged up. In Skipping Stone has some canon-compliant angst.

Sexiest story:
Indelible is actually the only explicit story I posted last year! Bruises and incest ftw? Someone did describe gather your armour, raise your shield as the 'kinkiest T rated story they've read' so I'll take that.

"Holy crap, that's wrong, even for you" story:
The Friends RPF. Okay. I admit it. That was wrong, even for me. Otherwise there's nothing particularly unusual there. For me. Oh wait, there's fear kink in with fear, with fervent favor. Does that count?

Biggest Disappointment:
That the ambition of 'extra day off = extra day for writing' fell apart spectacularly on all accounts. Work honestly was shitty in the spring too and so was my health. Both things got better toward the summer and autumn/winter has been almost like normal and so too has my writing mojo. So, right direction?

Biggest Surprise:
That the total written (= more than the finished and posted listed here) was over 21k. The One Where They Finally Talk About It came out of left field and slapped me in the face.

Most Unintentionally Telling Story:
Nothing I've written this year is in the 'dredged this from the pit of my soul' category. Maybe that's the problem?

Story I haven't yet written, but intend/hope to:
There's a little Good Omens fic I just tidied yesterday that will be posted shortly. Other than that there are various wips I'm poking at... Ch2 of Skipping Stone is probably closest to being posted. Auction fics are actually making little progress. That Hustlers fic is like 500 words from the finish line...

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Firstly, I am verklempt over the lovely comments on my Holiday Meme tread. I also definitely know who some of the people responsible but to protect them from having to openly discuss icky feelings I'm going to pretend I don't.

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Secondly, after at least a couple of years of not having energy for these things, I have signed up for fandomtrees. You can find my extensive list of fandom requests here. I honestly could have continued for much longer but had to cut it off somewhere so we have: Guardian, Guardian RPF, Harry Potter, Good Omens, BTS (sigh, I know), MCR, FOB, PATD, Start Trek AOS, Grimm, MCU and Witcher. Being multifandom is a gift and a burden.

I've strolled through the entries posted so far and identified some with tempting prompts... And have about 1k for one of them at the moment, whoo writing!  

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Thirdly...

We will be starting a read/reread of Book 1. Eye of the World on 1st of December, with initial schedule (to be adjusted if needed!) of roughly book per month. Besides that, any and all fanworks or other content relating to both the book series and the TV adaptation, are welcome on the community.

If Wheel of Time is an old friend (it was a genre staple for many of us in the comm) or a new acquaintance and you'd like some peer support in tackling the series, and opportunity to fannish chatter, gather your sword, mount your steed and ride toward tar_valon! Adventure awaits!

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Wheel of Time Book Club?

Robert Jordan's ginormous Wheel of Time series and I go way back, all the way to my teenage years when I devoured the first few books in parts as Finnish translations (they were chopped up on account of being So Fucking Long). Then I moved countries, picked it up again in original English but failed to finish it on account of a) life and b) it being a series that never ended. I mean, it sure did, and moth2fic  eventually donated the whole series to me and I told everyone I was going to read it as soon as I finished my PhD. I finished my PhD almost a decade ago. I have not (re)read the series.

Now, however, there are two things happening. 1) A TV series is coming out. 2) annathecrow was foolish enough to express mild interest in re-read efforts with me. On account of that, we were wondering if Anyone Else had such an Interest. Wheel of Time Book Club? Anyone? Share emotions, revisit questionable teenage choices or discover the world for the first time, cringe your way through the worst of it together and fall in love with the characters again?

You in?

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