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Title: Purled Protection
Author: [personal profile] kat_lair 
Fandom: Good Omens
Pairing: Aziraphale/Crowley
Tags: Spooktober, Autumn, Gift Giving, Pre-Relationship, Crowley is a Mess (Good Omens), Protective Aziraphale (Good Omens), some subtle d/s vibes sn(e)aked in, Post-Canon, Not Season/Series 02 Compliant
Rating: G
Word count: 1,896

Summary: “What’s this?” Crowley is holding the parcel gingerly, at arm’s length, as if afraid it’s going to explode in his hands.

Author notes: Spooktober 2024, Day 14/31. Prompt/theme: Scarf.

Purled Protection on AO3

Purled Protection )

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Gnna do like an actual post soon but saw this and am powerless to resist AO3 stats...


Most hits

Technically it's is not the past all shadow but that's definitely because it got caught in some random bot and has over 23k of hits which is implausible for a Lewis gen fic.

A more realist result is where the street have no name with over 9k hits, a Grimm Nick/Monroe undercover as a prostitute romp


Most kudos

Reformation, the Good Omens Aziraphale/Crowley fic a I wrote well before the TV-adaptation was even a rumour but that received most of its 1.2k of kudos within weeks of season 1 airing when everyone was desperaterely looking for content


Most comments


Black Lotus Club with 102 comments (of which half are my replies obvs). This is a Guardian, Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan 'undercover at a bdsm!club fic' that I wrote because it's mostly the dynamic I want to read in every fandom.


Most bookmarks

Fac Mihi Viam, my Harry Potter, Harry & Sirius gen dark horse of a fic that has 384 bookmarks (of which 268 are public, it is still top that way too) that wildly exceeded all expectations I had re reception of it


Most words

There are two fics co-authored with [personal profile] pushkin666 that are at the top here:

Spoonful of Sunday is an extremely self-indulgent Alan Davies/Stephen Fry QI RPF coffee shop AU that we wrote largely to amuse ourselves that comes at over 40k

Bite the Night is a terribly cliched and rather smutty Strictly Craig/Bruno werewolf fic of over 26k. I regret nothing.

The longest single-authored fic however is I'm Your Man which is also over 26k of d/s flavoured Will/Ethan Mission: Impossible shy shenanigans.


Least words

I have... *goes to count* over 70 drabbles of 100 words exactly so I'm not exactly going to list them all here. Instead I picked three horror/dark ones (all pairings mostly in my head rather than explictly on paper)

Postlude (Supernatural, Sam/Dean)

Teeth (Doctor Who, Tenth Doctor/The Master)

Crime (Stargate Atlants, Rodney/Radek)


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I AM A MESS

Aug. 6th, 2023 02:31 pm
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Right, just watched Good Omens 2 and
so very spoilery )


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This is a depressingly short list of stuff that saw the light of the internets this year. However, the total word count of the year is actually much higher because in the autumn [personal profile] dreamersdare and I fell hard for Stray Kids and have since produced a truly obscene amount of words in several different fics all barring one which are in wip status. I did the tally to the best of my ability and in 2022 I wrote just of 51k of fic, the last ~20k of which are SKZ wips lol. In addition I wrote about the same amount for the 'Kat's Irreverent Readers' Digest' of Wheel of Time Re/Read Book Club over at [community profile] tar_valon so... Words were had.

But anyway, traditional summary of stuff that actually got posted.

Fics written/posted in 2022 by Fandom:


방탄소년단 | Bangtan Boys | BTS
Beat Change (Kim Namjoon|RM/Park Jimin, T, 3847 words) – on DW & on AO3
lift you up (hold you when you fall) (Kim Namjoon|RM/Min Yoongi|Suga, T, 4081 words) – on DW & on AO3
Tacit (Kim Namjoon|RM/Min Yoongi|Suga, M, 2920 words, co-authored with [personal profile] dreamersdare) – on DW & on AO3
Taste of Danger (Jeon Jungkook/Kim Seokjin|Jin, Kim Namjoon|RM/Min Yoongi|Suga, Jung Hoseok|J-Hope/Kim Taehyung|V/Park Jimin, T, 2775 words, co-authored with [personal profile] dreamersdare) – on DW & on AO3

Buzzfeed Unsolved RPF
time to sow (Ryan/Shane, G, 281 words) – on DW & on AO3

Good Omens
this ain't a scene (it's a goddamn heart chase) (Aziraphale/Crowley, G, 1692 words) – on DW & on AO3

Guardian
all the things you feared (i was) (Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan, M, 780 words) – on DW & on AO3
Secured (Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan, T, 1526 words) – on DW & on AO3

Marvel Cinematic Universe
Direct Action (Bruce/Tony, T, 681 words) – on DW & on AO3

Original Work
Peace Accords (OMC/OMC, Conquering General/Losing General, M, 2415 words) – on DW & on AO3

Shetland
Skipping Stone Ch2 (Duncan/Jimmy, M, 1701 words) – (on DW only when complete) on AO3

Stargate Atlantis
In Synch (Rodney McKay/Radek Zelenka, T, 1769 words) – on DW & on AO3

Stray Kids
in the course, in the night (Bang Chan/Lee Minho|Lee Know, T, 5343 words, co-authored with [personal profile] dreamersdare) – on DW & on AO3

阴阳师 | Yīn Yáng Shī | The Yin-yang Master (Movies - Guo Jingming)
Bittersweet (Bo Ya/Qing Ming, T, 459 words) - on DW & on AO3


Non-fic things:
The Sea to Love (Cover Art) (Shetland, art for [community profile] smallfandombang) - on DW & on AO3
Stronger Together (Fanmix & Covers) (Sleepy Hollow, art for [community profile] het_bigbang) - on DW & on AO3

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Title: this ain't a scene (it's a goddamn heart chase)
Author:  [personal profile] kat_lair / Mistress Kat
Fandom: Good Omens
Pairing: Aziraphale/Crowley
Tags: POV Outsider, Crowley is dramatic
Rating: G
Word count: 1,692
Disclaimer: Not mine, only playing
 
Summary:
Tilda bit back a laugh and turned her attention back to the scene they – and several other onlookers – were observing with that distinct flavour of ‘interested but not interested enough to get actively involved’ Londoners developed out of self-preservation. It was an early evening in July and Soho was full of people, either on their way to a night out or just passing through. Tilda had just been on her way home from a shift at the walk-in-centre, tired from a day of treating sunburns, sprained ankles and handing out prophylactics, when the sight of a black-as-night Bentley careening seemingly out of control and crashing into the display window of an antiquarian bookshop had rather understandably caught her attention.
 
Author notes: Mostly written during a fangirl weekend with [personal profile] pushkin666 and [personal profile] dreamersdare last summer, finished this week. The prompt was the opening line.

this ain't a scene (it's a goddamn heart chase) on AO3


this ain't a scene (it's a goddamn heart chase) )

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Ah, late night procrastination. Ganked this from [personal profile] dreamersdare who shares my fondness for writing related memes. 

Summaries of my ten most kudosed (it's a verb cos i say so) fics. Link will take you to the fic if so inclined. 

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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 [community profile] 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 [community profile] tar_valon! Adventure awaits!

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AO3 Meme

Apr. 24th, 2021 10:03 pm
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In lieu of actual update, here's the AO3 meme I've seen doing the rounds on the flist (I know it's circle on dw but it's always flist to me).

Top 10 most popular by hits

[is not the past all shadow - Lewis, gen - this one doesn't count as the hit count is definitely due to some kind of random download robot malfunction somewhere because there is no way on this godless green earth that 23k people have clicked on a Lewis gen fic with this particular theme]

Five Things JD Doesn't Like About Dr. Cox (No he doesn't, no of course not, why would you say that?) - Scrubs, Cox/JD

Reformation  - Good Omens, Aziraphale/Crowley

Patrick Stump Emergency Procedure (capitals obligatory) - Fall Out Boy/Bandom, Pete/Patrick

where the streets have no name - Grimm, Nick/Monroe

Check-up - Scrubs, JD/Cox

Ready to Rock, Ready to Roll - Hawaii Five-0, Danny/Steve

Manifold - Harry Potter, Harry/Draco

Cinderella, she seems so easy - My Chemical Romance/Bandom, Gerard/Mikey

things which enclose me - Person of Interest, Finch/Reese

Two-Heart Sound
- The Hobbit, Bilbo/Thorin


Top 10 most popular by kudos

(mostly same as above so links only for unique entries)

Reformation  - Good Omens, Aziraphale/Crowley

where the streets have no name - Grimm, Nick/Monroe

Two-Heart Sound - The Hobbit, Bilbo/Thorin

things which enclose me - Person of Interest, Finch/Reese

Patrick Stump Emergency Procedure (capitals obligatory) - Fall Out Boy/Bandom, Pete/Patrick

Ready to Rock, Ready to Roll - Hawaii Five-0, Danny/Steve

Check-up - Scrubs, JD/Cox

and good, this danger (is danger of love) - Person of Interest, Finch/Reese

Fac Mihi Viam - Harry Potter, Gen

i have my reasons (call it my defense) - Buzzfeed Unsolved, Shane/Ryan


Some observations:
  • Proof positive of my slutty, slutty fandom ways
  • Reformation is on this list because the moment GO TV adaptation hit, fandom slammed into that tag like a starved possum on Sunday roast. I distinctively remember waking up to a WALL of kudos for about a week in June 2019 when everyone was tearing through the existing book-based fic before the first wave of new fic hit the internet.
  • Fac Mihi Viam continues to defy ALL my expectations. I am pleased but baffled.
  • Entertained that my two longer Scrubs fics continue to fill a continuous need
  • Buzzfeed Unsolved fandom is EASY (that fic is like less than 1k)
  • The two Bandom ones are... Well. They sure are something just in opposite directions.
  • Manifold is there only because of tentacles and fandom is full of perverts (like me)
  • Two-Heart Sound and things which enclose me are on my personal list of 'that's a good phrase, who wrote that, oh me' so pleased about them



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Firstly, surprise: I'm not dead. Just... Work has been absolute bugger and we shall not discuss the number of overtime hours. So, not dead, but just Knackered = haven't had energy to even sign on to DW for weeks and weeks and Weeks. And I miss people and fandom and I miss who I am among my people and fandom here, but it's just been work, eat, sleep with maybe some mindless media consumption in form of tv or fic in between. For the last couple of years I've given up reading fanfic for Lent but this is not the year to do so not even doing that.

Anyway. Making no promised but it may be that I've broken the back of some work things and may be that I will have some energy for actual updates and other posts before summer. Mayyyy  be.

However, in the meanwhile, whilst it's still at least the first quarter of the year...

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Fic and Art Round-Up 2020

Well, despite it being A YEAR and the fact that I failed both my [community profile] getyourwordsout goal (wrote 86k/150k) and my auction commitments, I did produce some things.

** Marks co-authored round-robin fics


Fics posted in 2020 by Fandom:


Bandom
dancing's not a crime (unless you do it with me)** (Brendon/Spender, T, 830 words) – on DW  & on AO3
now i lay me down to sleep (MCR gen, T, 520 words) – on DW & on AO3
scratch your excuse (stitch your noose)** (Patrick/Pete, T, 685 words) – on DW & on AO3
shine a light (burn it bright) (Frank/Mikey, G, 506 words) – on DW & on AO3 
Tithe (Ryan/Brendon/Jon/Spencer, T, 618 words) – on DW & on AO3
was blind (but now i see) (Frank/Mikey, T, 1665 words) – on DW & on AO3
we can live forever (if you've got the time)** (Gerard/Mikey, T, 954 words) – on DW & on AO3

Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Smudge (Tara/Willow, G, 150 words) – on DW & on AO3
The Sun Crown (Tara/Willow, G, 239 words) – on DW & on AO3

Buzzfeed Unsolved RPF
i have my reasons (call it my defense) (Ryan/Shane, T, 666 words) – on DW & on AO3

Deadpool
Retrogression (Logan & Wade, T, 576 words) – on DW & on AO3

Doctor Who
Fix-It (Ten/Jack, G, 303 words) – on DW & on AO3
Open Wide (Ten/Jack, T, 364 words) – on DW & on AO3

Firefly
talk's cheap and so’s your mouth (Mal/Jayne, T, 1336 words) – on DW & on AO3

Good Omens
bright my hopes, and soft** (Aziraphale/Crowley, G, 828 words) – on DW & on AO3

Guardian
restraint (release) (Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan, E, 6364 words) – on DW & on AO3
Second Act (Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan, G, 100 words) – on DW & on AO3

Guardian RPF
let me hear your body talk (Bai Yu/Zhu Yilong, E, 115995 words) – on DW & on AO3

Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters
the sweetest fruit (Gretel/Hansel, M, 227 words) – on DW & on AO3

Harry Potter
Fac Mihi Viam (Harry & Sirius gen, T, 7900 words) – on DW & on AO3
Liminal (Remus/Sirius, T, 554 words) – on DW & on AO3

Hawaii Five-0
Cut to the quick** (Danny/Steve, T, 532 words) – on DW & on AO3
play to win, love to lose** (Danny/Steve, T, 933 words) – on DW & on AO3
(un)said (Danny/Steve, T, 664 words) – on DW & on AO3

Life on Mars
Provocation (Gene/Sam, T, 620 words) – on DW & on AO3
Scattershot**  (Gene/Sam, T, 1202 words) – on DW & on AO3

Marvel Cinematic Universe
your scent on me (for many days) (Bruce/Tony, T, 2446 words) – on DW & on AO3

Mission Impossible (Movies)
realignment (Will/Ethan, T, 2436 words) – on DW & on AO3

NCIS
gotta have faith (Tim/Tony, G, 150 words) – on DW & on AO3
Shelter (Tim/Tony, G, 366 words) – on DW & on AO3

Sense8
revolución del corazón (Hernando/Lito, T 512 words) – on DW & on AO3

Shetland
the reason comes on the common tongue (of your loving me) (Duncan/Jimmy, T, 12158 words) – on DW & on AO3

Supernatural
Priority Claim** (Sam/Dean, T, 1181 words) – on DW & on AO3

Supernatural RPF
push comes to shove comes to pull** (Jeff/Jensen, T, 409 words) – on DW & on AO3

Strictly Come Dancing RPF
misstep (miss you)** (Bruno/Craig, G 973 words) – on DW & on AO3

The Witcher
Toss A Bone To Your Witcher (Geralt/Jaskier, E, 2340 words) – on DW & on AO3


Non-fic things:
I Wade Through Full Lands - Book Cover on DW & on AO3
Lavender for Luck (Art) & the only remedy for love (is to love more) (Mix) on DW & on AO3
The Body Beneath The Blossom - Book Cover on DW & on AO3
Three GeeWay Wallpapers on DW & on AO3


Meme Questions

Total: 24 fics + 4 art + 1 mix
Total Word Count Posted: ~92k (includes all the co-authored round robin fics)


Leitmotifs of the year:
  • Round Robins fuck yeah! [personal profile] pushkin666, [personal profile] dreamersdare and I had many fangirl vid nights to make up for the loss of originally planned in person ones (though we did manage it in July) and started writing Round Robins to get the creative juices going and it was So Much Fun! Otherwise... New fandoms, old fandoms, all the fandoms?
  • And also Big Fat Nothing in the latter quarter of the year because work got shitty

Most popular story:
By metric of hits and kudos, it's Toss A Bone To Your Witcher. By metric of comments, Fac Mihi Viam, which also comes close second with hits and kudos. First I kind of understand because Witcher fandom is still indiscriminately thirsty. The second was the unexpected runaway success of the year. It's older fandom, it's gen... Would not have bet on this story to get the attention it did.

My best story this year:

But I love all my children? Okay, okay, Fac Mihi Viam I am actually pleased with because of the it manages to handle the subject matter with some subtlety. i have my reasons (call it my defense) delivers the atmosphere and impact. now i lay me down to sleep delivers... something. Ugh. Weirdness?

Hardest story to write:
let me hear your body talk but only because of the research element. I spent a lot of time watching muya Thai videos on youtube and googling yoga poses.

Easiest story to write:
Idk... Maybe the round robins because they were just fun things done in short bits and no one cared about plot that much. I also remember being kinda inspired for shine a light (burn it bright) because [personal profile] dreamersdare's story demanded more.

Story most underappreciated by the universe, in my opinion:

now i lay me down to sleep? To be fair, I wouldn't click on it either, being as it is 500 words of weird gen dreamscape psychological horror.

Most fun story to write:
talk's cheap and so's your mouth because I really enjoy Jayne's voice. Oh and Toss A Bone To Your Witcher (no, I do not accept any criticism on the title) because Jaskier's pov turned out to be fun too. Oh, Retrogression because Deadpool! And actually, all the round robin ficlets because they involved [personal profile] pushkin666  and [personal profile] dreamersdare 

Fluffiest story:
Hmmm...?? A lot of my ficlets tended toward fluff. Sun Crown and bright my hopes, and soft are both about flowers and feelings. Smudge, revolución del corazón, Shelter and gotta have faith all offer sweet relationship moments. Of the longer ones, the reason comes on the common tongue (of you loving me) brings the slowburn friends to lovers romance of maybe not fluff per se but feelings. Oh, oh your scent on me (for many days) has clothes sharing! That's the winner!

Most angsty story:
Idk... Liminal? Because Remus is kind of Like That. Realignment has some h/c but not really angst... Fac Mihi Viam deals with Harry's less that nurturing upbringing though not explicitly but assuming events proceed as canon it casts whole layer of angst to the thing so...

Sexiest story:
restraint (release), also affectionately known as Absolute Filth. It's 6k of edging, oral fixation and every fantasy scenario for the pairing I could shove in there and it is, well, Absolutely Filthy. You're welcome. let me hear your body talk brings the prolonged sexual tension though so if you like your edging more emotional, that's the one for you...

"Holy crap, that's wrong, even for you" story:
I don't know why I keep this question in... I didn't really write anything particularly outrageous this year. Incest, explicit sex, demons, dystopian themes, nightmares, dark fey all featured. Eh.

Biggest Disappointment:
Not finishing my Get Your Words Out target and not finishing my auction fics. This academic year has been the Absolute Worst I've ever experienced in terms of of issues and workloads, to say nothing of the continued remote working which brings its own challenges. Sep-Dec was mostly a wash when it came to creativity because I was just too exhausted to string a sentence together, quite literally some days. So far this year hasn't been much better either... Sigh.

Biggest Surprise:
Fac Mihi Viam because of the reasons explained above. Did not expect it to make much of an impression but apparently it did. i have my reasons (call it my defense) has a stupid hit count for something is just a little ficlet but apparently BFU fandom are still horny for demon!Shane so...

Most Unintentionally Telling Story:
I mean... I'm not exactly subtle about my kinks... Beyond that, I don't think I wrote anything this year that was particularly, idk, revealing. Professional knowledge was used in some fics to a certain degree. Kinks were indulged.

Story I haven't yet written, but intend/hope to:
Just want to have the creative energy to write something, honestly. I have wips on the go and ideas but I just don't know when/how I'm going to claw back the time and mental fortitude.

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Time for Swowflake Challenge #3

Snowflake Challenge promotional banner featuring a chubby brown and red bird surrounded by falling snow. Text: Snowflake Challenge: 1-31 January.

This was one asked me who I "would most want to have dinner with (or tea, or a random afternoon visit), And why? This could be a creator, an actor, a costumer, a set designer, a director, a character, a composer, anybody! What would you talk about? What are you dying to know?"

Okay, generally I'm NOT keen on idea of actually meeting real people I admire. So for example, there's a part of me that would fucking love to hang out with Lin-Manuel Miranda and hear about his creative process. Can you imagine going to the theatre with him? Detailed commentary! He seems genuinely warm and fun and like he would probably give awesome hugs. However, there is also a bigger part of me that is kind of cringing in mortification because my crush on that man's brain (and rest of him) is not small and what if I made things awkward oh god?

Shane Madej and Ryan Bergara from Buzzfeed Unsolved/The Watcher, however, cause no cringing. Maybe because they are ridiculous boys? (and so youngggg) So, yes, would absolutely sign-up for an evening of ghost hunting them at one of the castles or manors that litter the English countryside.

Oh, and also, a night out in West End and Soho with Craig Revel-Horwood and Bruno Tonioli? Yes, would enjoy.

Fictional character wise... Karaoke with the Glee kids? Academic conference with Shen Wei, Bruce Banner. Leonard McCoy, Rodney McKay, Radek Zelenka and Carson Beckett (please, just want to watch them intellectually slay everyone). (Tony got invited but he's probably flying with Sheppard and Kirk, while Zhao Yunlan is challenging them all into some kind of leaning/slouching competition to see who can look the sluttiest against a flat surface). Quiet pint with Jimmy and Duncan from Shetland, and then another with Lewis and Hathaway (okay but now I'm thinking that James and Duncan would hit it off because of the music, why is this not a crossover that exists?). Picnic with Aziraphale and Crowley. Orgy Dinner ORGY AND THEN DINNER with everyone from Sense8. Girls' night in with Tilly from Star Trek Discovery. Every single meal with the Hobbits? Clothes shopping with David Rose.

Phew. Okay, probably should stop there :D

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Title: bright my hopes, and soft
Author: [personal profile] kat_lair / Mistress Kat, [personal profile] dreamersdare, [personal profile] pushkin666 
Fandom: Good Omens
Characters/Pairing: Aziraphale/Crowley
Rating: PG-13
Word count: 828
Disclaimer: Not mine, only playing.

Summary:
"Crowley, dear," Aziraphale says. "Please explain this to me."

Author notes: Another round robin effort from [personal profile] dreamersdare, [personal profile] pushkin666 and me, on the general theme of Beltane.

bright my hopes, and soft on AO3

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Phew! I've done lots of writing lately, largely inspired by prompts and fics from [personal profile] pushkin666, [personal profile] dreamersdare and [archiveofourown.org profile] HanHathma and also by Zhao Yunlan's oral fixation. There was also the [community profile] chocolateboxcomm fic that got done by the deadline so yay. Posted stuff is on my AO3 already but over the next week or so I will very likely post here as well , because I still like having the fics on my journal too even though no one really reads or comments on fics here anymore.

All of that means that despite falling very behind on my [community profile] getyourwordsout goal I am now only ~200 words away from actually being on track for my overall goal of 150k by the end of the year. At the time of writing this my year total so far is 19,506.

And, here I am, letting you know that you also have an opportunity to make me write even more! My writing services are up for auction at two places, both currently open for viewing with bidding opening next week.

Whilst I have specified some fandoms, the long and short of it is: I am very open to writing in any fandom I either already know or have a reasonable chance in getting familiar with (= access to canon that isn't like 20 seasons long). I am also very open to writing any pairing I've already written and very willing to try others. It's not quite a blanket 'anything goes' as I have some caveats but please, do ask. Also, any ratings, most kinks and most genres. Essentially, if it's not in my 'hard limits' list, then it's probably negotiable ;)

CLICK ON THE BANNERS TO VIEW MY OFFERS:


For [community profile] fandomtrumpshate I'm specifically offering Harry Potter, Guardian and Good Omens fic.




[community profile] fandomforoz allowed for listing more than three fandoms, so I'm specifically offering Bandom, Harry Potter, Good Omens, Guardian, Hawaii Five-0, Firefly, MCU, Person of Interest, Stargate Atlantis, Star Trek AOS fic.

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Yep, yep, the pain fades fast. I have just signed up for [community profile] fandomtrumpshate again. I both upped my bid to min $15 and ticked the 10-20k box because let's face it, the fic is going to end up there anyway. This year I'll be offering are Good Omens, Guardian and Harry Potter. As usual though, I am open to discuss any other fandoms too as long as I know the canon or have a reasonable chance to familiarise myself with it.

The sign-ups are open until 31st of Jan, and you can browse the bids from 17th of Feb. The actual bidding period is short and intense, 24th-28th of Feb. Check the community for details! I'll link to my offer once it goes up in case you are interested in bidding.

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However! I also really wanted to boost the project the community mods are doing: Boosting Fan Labour, i.e. beta reading (and equivalent to vids, art etc), expertise offered in e.g. cultural or professional knowhow, translations...

Check the link for all the details but I thought this was a really cool and worthwhile effort! They are looking for testimonials from fan labourers and those who have benefitted from their efforts, so maybe consider doing that (shout out to my two most recent betas [personal profile] fledge and [personal profile] dreamersdare here!). In addition, they are setting up a 'Regiment of Fan Labourers' to support the FTH writers mostly, where people can donate to the charities listed in exchange for help. You can sign up for that if you don't want to/can't offer fanworks!

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Dear Chocolatier!
(or anyone looking to provide Kat with gifts *g*)

This is my first year participating and I had a heck of a time picking options. SO MUCH SHINY!

Firstly, please note that I would be DELIGHTED to receive fanart also. So whilst the below notes are more directly applicable for fic, I hope there's enough here to adapt to non-writing mediums too.

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General likes: from friends to lovers, UST, first times, food and cooking, 'slice of life' fics, banter, competency, unexpected skills, hurt/comfort, creature AU (werewolves, vampires, magic etc are fine as long as they are known, I like to see world building around that sort of thing), music, poetry, epistolary fic.
  • I am very happy with PG fluff but bdsm/power dynamics are also incredibly welcome! However, note that I have a strong preference for who is D and who s, so pairings are listed below in that order, so e.g. Patrick/Pete means Patrick as the dom, Pete as the sub. My preference is also for that to not just be about sex (super bonus points for bdsm!AU and world-building here)
  • Specific kink/sex related things that are welcome: edging, orgasm delay/denial, chastity, service, kneeling, oral sex, forced orgasm, sex toys, bondage, begging, pegging/strap-ons, breath play, fingers (in mouth, elsewhere...), hair pulling, impact play (from otk spanking to whips), praise kink, obedience, face slapping, responsible knife play, rules and high protocol, marking (bruises, scratches)
Hard limits/Do Not Wants: use of 'cum' instead of come, lactation/pregnancy kink/anything to do with birth or breeding, mommy kink, mpreg, death fic, unhappy endings, adultery, non-con, medical play (so no speculums or the like), sounding/urethra play, scat/diapers, enemas, feeding (as a kink to specifically fatten someone up, hand-feeding and general 'I like to cook you food because I love you' feeding is more than okay!), vomit, gigantism, high school AU, underage, age play/infantilism, vore, bestiality or any animal cruelty, gore, degradation, permanent injury, gaping, fisting, castration, full face mask, dehumanisation, dollification, mummification, extreme body modification/mutilation. Finally, please do not change characters' genders or make them trans.
 
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Fandom Specific Notes:

Good Omens RPF, Sheen/Tennant

I did not know that this was a thing that even existed until Yuletide but fuck me yeah, here for it! NO ADULTERY! Either please write everyone as happily poly with other partners likely nudging the guys toward each other (preferred!) or AU without partners/families. Role bleed, UST, banter, long-distance flirting via texts and public social media posts...

Guardian RFP, Zhu Yilong/Bai Yu
It's always the quiet ones... As above so role bleed, UST, banter, long-distance flirting via texts and public social media posts... But also am very enamoured by the trope of Zhu Yilong not knowing how hot and awesome he is. Alternatively, Zhu Yilong as secret sex god/badass. Like, if he's pushed/teased far enough, he can and will Turn It The Fuck ON. And then other parties may realise they have bitten off more than they can chew... :D

Harry Potter, Remus/Sirius, Harry/Draco, Hermione/Ron/Harry
From friends to lovers (or from enemies to friends to lovers with H/D!) is all very good here! Remus/Sirius: Remus being a secret badass, werewolf possessiveness, Sirius being protective. Harry/Draco: all the tropes of having to work together, awkward flirting, ooops we accidentally magically bonded together etc. Hermione/Ron/Harry: Would love a fic of them getting together as adults, with Hermione/Ron as an established couple who will draw Harry into their family because he's still alone and miserable and they love him. Domestic poly feels basically, please and thank you.

MCU, Steve/Bucky, Natasha/Clint/Sam, Bruce & Valkyrie & Loki & Thor

Steve/Bucky: all the 'from bffs to lovers' feels here with pining and guilt. I can read about a million Winter Soldier revovery fics so yeah, especially if you'd like to incorporate a bit of fucked up 'need for orders and structure' flavour there. Natasha/Clint/Sam: Nat/Clint as established couple setting out to seduce Sam because he's hot as fuck and tragically under-appreciated. Sam does not stand a chance. Shenanigans, flirting, everyone being competent on missions together. Bruce & Valkyrie & Loki & Thor aka Disaster Dream Team: Thor Ragnarok was a Delight. Please more of team adventures and banter and found family feels. Bruce and Valkyrie forcing Loki and Thor to deal with their issues?

Pacific Rim, Hermann/Newt
From enemies to friends to lovers yes please! DRIFT COMPATIBILITY SWEET JESUS. Also, please ignore the sequel because whilst I could see it coming, I did not like what they did to Newt. So post first film getting together because lingering drift. Also, there is criminally litte fic about Hermann's control issues so if you'd like to explore those with Newt's enthusiastic assistance ('if you feel like you can't control anything, control me') that would be... Very Good.

My Chemical Romance, Frank/Mikey, Gerard/Mikey
Stage gay or real feelings? Upping the ante and then angst and pining? Am happy with AUs here from 'omg they were roommates' for Frank/Mikey to magical realism with wings and soul bonds for Gerard/Mikey. If you want to go the d/s route here then Mikey kneels very prettily and looks pretty in lingerie. Just saying.

Fall Out Boy, Patrick/Pete
My 'from friends to lovers' OTP with all the pining. Tour shenanigans and Pete being a little shit (bratty, needy sub that he is) and pushing, pushing, pushing especially in public until Patrick snaps. I also really like the 'Patrick is a secret sex god' trope. Oh and all the 'here is a notebook of lyrics that definitely aren't about my unrequited love for you, no sir' one. Because yeah, Pete and emo poetry is the other OTP of mine, have fun!

Panic! At The Disco, Spencer/Ryan
BFFs to lovers! Are you seeing the theme yet? No but really, childhood friends! Ryan's emo lyrics! All the AUs here as well as long as the 'long time friends with long time pining' vibe stays the same. I just have a lot of feelings about them and I don't mind where they play out, space, university, restaurant kitchen, Hollywood...

Star Trek AOS, McCoy/Kirk
Do I need to say it? From friends to lovers and pining, OBVIOUSLY. I'm here for all Academy era shenanigans as well. But also very much into every space trope! Getting space!married because alien customs! Being mistaken for a couple! Sex pollen fuck yes! Fighting for survival! All the hurt/comfort please. Like, McCoy being very fucking toppy when he gets it on is also... Good. Good.

Grimm, Monroe/Nick
All the Blutbad tropes please and thank you, with Monroe claiming Nick as part of his pack and maybe just his and well, there's scenting and throat baring? And Nick's into it? Loyalty kink! This is served so well here. Hurt/comfort too. Accidentally getting Wesen!married is also a thing I'm into :D Oh and I love Monroe because he encompasses the 'completely unassuming and seems harmless/geeky until the exact second he's not' thing. So maybe if he's sort of forced to throw his weight around a bit, because of circumstances, that would be delectable.

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Fics posted in 2019 by Fandom:

Bandom
here to collect your heart (Patrick/Pete, R, 525 words) – on DW & on AO3
Substitute (Pete/Reader's Choice, NC-17, 367 words) – on DW & on AO3
Sweet Tooth, Sweetheart (Patrick/Pete, G, 754 words) – on DW & on AO3
until the end, until this blood (Gerard/Mikey, NC-17, 20,501 words) – on DW & on AO3

Being Human (UK)
Warmer Together (John/George/Annie, G, 595 words) – on DW & on AO3

Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Kettle Knockout (Tara/Willow, PG-13, 456 words) – on DW & on AO3

Firefly
Carte Blanche (Jayne/Malcolm, NC-17, 1,207 words) – on DW & on AO3
Write It Out (Jayne/Malcolm, G, 658 words) – on DW & on AO3

Good Omens
Lose A Kraken, Gain An Angel (Aziraphale/Crowley, PG-13, 11,622 words) – on DW & on AO3

Grimm
Loyalty (Nick/Monroe, PG-13, 490 words) – on DW & on AO3

Guardian
Character Sketch: Shen Wei (Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan, G, 226 words) – on DW & on AO3
The Black Lotus Club (Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan, NC-17, 16,965 words) – on DW & on AO3

Lewis
Article 11 (Hathaway & Lewis, G, 100 words) – on DW & on AO3
Here Comes The Sun (Hobson, G, 100 words) – on DW & on AO3
starry eyed and gravely discontented (Hathaway/Lewis, G, 101 words) – on DW & on AO3

Original Work
Vlarian Oath (OFC/OFC, NC-17, 16,531 words) – on DW & on AO3

RPF
Character Sketch: Lin-Manuel Miranda (LMM, G, 140 words) – on DW & on AO3

Star Trek: Discovery
Vivat Regina (Mirror Georgiou/Lorca, NC-17, 1285 words) – on DW & on AO3

Stargate Atlantis
Character Sketch: Rodney McKay (McKay, G, 192 words) – on DW & on AO3
non nobis solum (McKay/Zelenka/Sheppard, NC-17, 328 words) – on DW & on AO3
Priorities (McKay/Zelenka, G, 669 words) – on DW & on AO3
take this longing from my tongue (McKay/Lorne, NC-17, 16,597 words) – on DW & on AO3

The X-Files
X-tra Dimensional (Mulder & Scully, G, 469 words) – on DW & on AO3

Venom
A Fine Day (Eddie/Venom, PG-13, 1001 words) – on DW & on AO3

Non-fic things:
so the blossoms fall Wallpaper (Lewis) – on DW & on AO3
Uber Mood Board Small Fandom Big Bang Art (All-New Ghost Rider) – on DW & on AO3


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Meme Questions

Total: 24 fics + 2 art
Total Word Count For the Year: ~92k


Leitmotifs of the year:
  • Old fandoms (hello SGA, Bandom, GO!)
  • New fandoms (hello Guardian, Venom, ST Discovery!)
  • Original fic (holy shit yes!)
  • Everything is typically either drabble/ficlet or well over 10k, there is very little in the middle
  • No icons and not very much graphics. Loss of all my textures and fonts in the Great Laptop Crash of Summer 2019 has kind of taken the wind out of my art sails. But I did sign up to do art for [community profile] smallfandombang and [community profile] het_bigbang again soooo...

(As usual, I can't pick just one answer to any of these really...)

Most popular story:
How to measure? I mean the last two were only posted very recently so there's not much to say about their popularity yet (although a surprising number of comments on take this longing from my tongue). Hits/kudos/comments suggest that The Black Lotus Club takes the crown (geddit?) here. I was really blown away by how enthusiastic the fandom is. A Fine Day comes as a surprise second because I don't even really go there but... Venom fandom easily pleased? Good to know I guess!

My best story this year:
Vlarian Oath or so people tell me. I am pleased with the world-building. here to collect your heart because of the pacing and delivering the impact. I don't write a lot of dark!fic but on occasion... The Black Lotus Club because of some of the language and descriptions. Lose A Kraken, Gain An Angel because I'm pleased with the style, the footnotes, the fact that it has made people laugh and cry.

Hardest story to write:
Vlarian Oath, take this longing from my tongue and until the end, until this blood all very difficult but only because of the time pressure. Each was pretty much written in less than a week all together, though with pauses in between. until the end, until this blood certainly was squeezed out between Christmas and NY. Last minute winner! I didn't write anything with like emotionally difficult themes this year.

Easiest story to write:
Hmmm... Maybe some of the Character Sketches or Substitute cos I wrote those drunk :D But also Lose A Kraken, Gain An Angel, because I find the Pratchett'esque irreverence and liberal use of footnotes rather relaxing.

Story most underappreciated by the universe, in my opinion:
Idk, the fic with lowers hits/kudos are the short ones I never expected much for anyway. I guess maybe Lose A Kraken, Gain An Angel but then again GO fandom is super oversaturated with excellent fic atm. But like, my original fic got way more hits and kudos that that which is puzzling! Art most underappreciated though: Uber Mood Board! I'm really proud of it but it's such a small fandom indeed... Would btw recommend the story!

Most fun story to write:
Lose A Kraken, Gain An Angel because irreverence and footnotes! I also had fun with Carte Blanche which was pretty much pure id fic. Oh, and A Fine Day because Venom voice is something I enjoyed a lot!

Fluffiest story:
Sweet Tooth, Sweetheart is pretty sugary, literally :D And Warmer Together just has some pre-poly snuggles so...

Most angsty story:
Depends how you look at it. Like until the end, until this blood has some consent and 'fuck or die' related angst. The Black Lotus Club has the 'I'm trying to keep away for your own good but feelings' angst that is given for SW/ZYL, also a heavy feature of the Shen Wei Character Sketch. However, for proper angst I'd go with here to collect your heart because... No happy ending in sight.

Sexiest story:
A surprising amount of explicit sex this year! Vivat Regina, Carte Blanche, Substitute and non nobis solum were all explicitly porn focused. All the longer fics also had sex scenes, though they weren't the focus per se. Except maybe for Vlarian Oath were getting in some alien tentacle f/f action was totally the driving force (just required a lot of world building to get there lol). Personal winner for me though is The Black Lotus Club though because the drawn out d/s ust and manhandling and SW controlling the pace while SYL rides him... Special mention for the scene with the chocolate tasting in until the end, until this blood.

"Holy crap, that's wrong, even for you" story:

I don't think I did anything newly outrageous. There was some alien tentacle sex in Vlarian Oath (tentacles done before), incest in until the end, until this blood (incest written A LOT, although this was first time for Sentinel!AU)... Oh, maybe the outright non-con in Vivat Regina and the implied vore in here to collect your heart?

Biggest Disappointment:
I'm not really that disappointed about anything writing related. 92k is fucking good going. *pats self on the back*

Biggest Surprise:
Vlarian Oath has done way better than I expected, considering it's original f/f with a rather niche concept. It also got recced. I also got a really long rec on an older fic (that Hansel/Gretel one...) which was such a lovely surprise. Oh and all the awesome art HanHathma has done, including several pieces I'm still trying to convince her to post on AO3 and not just like WhatsApp me.

Most Unintentionally Telling Story:
I mean... The Black Lotus Club is pure id fic. Never made any secret of that. But also Vlarian Oath in a way.

Story I haven't yet written, but intend/hope to:
The [community profile] smallfandombang fic, the first draft of which is due in, oh, four weeks. Haha. Ha. Anyway, I really hope I can pull it off and don't have to withdraw last minute. It's going to be Amos/Alex from the Expanse and in the well-loved genre of 'then they all had some space adventures together, probably had to pretend to be a couple at some point and maybe some d/s vibe happens too, as it does. in space'. The 4th season is out now but I haven't watched it and not sure I'm going to incorporate much canon beyond the basic premise. More likely set somewhere between seasons 2 and 3. Otherwise, I both nominated and plan to sign up to [community profile] chocolateboxcomm for the first time. I would like to also write the purely self-indulgent Guardian porn about Zhao Yunlan's oral fixation that I've had in my mind for ages. Generally, I just pledged at [community profile] getyourwordsout like a fool so... That's happening.


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So my lovely [archiveofourown.org profile] HanHathma has spoiled me with plenty of art based on my fics. Which obviously is a guaranteed hit with any writer. It is all amazing and deserves to be ogled by others beside me. Please go leave her kudos/love, each thumbnail is a link to the corresponding AO3 post.

Look at this gorgeous, warm and intimate piece for my single Star Wars story i don't want to hear sad songs anymore (Rey/Finn/Poe)





Then there are two lovely Good Omens drawings. This first one (wingsss!!!!) goes with my older fic Reformation (Aziraphale/Crowley)...





...and the second one with my newest fic Lose A Kraken, Gain An Angel (Aziraphale/Crowley) and just oh god look at how grumpy the Kraken is *cuddles it*





Finally, keeping with the theme of wings and tentacles, observe this breathtaking original f/f art for Vlarian Oath. Look how happy they are! Look at Zadra's skiel! All kudos for visualising my vague description :D




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Title: Lose A Kraken, Gain An Angel
Author: [personal profile] kat_lair / Mistress Kat
Fandom: Good Omens
Characters/Pairing: Aziraphale/Crowley
Rating: PG-13
Word count: 11,622
Disclaimer: Not mine, only playing.

Summary:
Hastur needs help. The Kraken is vexed. Crowley would just like to get back home. Erm, the Bookshop.

Author notes: For H, who loves both Hastur and the Kraken. She also provided the title and was emotionally blackmailed into betaing this. Except the Epilogue which she didn’t know about… :D 8th fic for the 100 Fandoms Challenge I’m doing with [personal profile] pushkin666 and [personal profile] dreamersdare. AO3 Collection here.

Fic on AO3


Or read right here under the cut )


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Some successful writing today, so today's post is another snippet. Total word count of this thing is now 4,8K. Suspect it will be another at least another 3K before the finish.

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The Kraken was.

That much was the same. The Kraken Was. It existed, still here, now, wholly itself. 

Well. Only… somehow a little less so than before. A lot less, in fact.

It didn’t really have a very complicated understanding of mass or dimensions, but it knew that Before there had been the Kraken and Other Things, and that the Kraken had been bigger than almost all of the Other Things. Now, the Kraken still Was, but almost all the Other Things it could observe were bigger than it.

This was vexing.

Also vexing was the sudden limit to its Being. Namely, the space in which the Kraken Was. Before there had been A Lot More of it, any limits distant and made of continents and the deep ocean floor. Now, if the Kraken stretched all its tentacles out at the same time, each of them encountered a Limit, one that was smooth and transparent and most, most vexing.


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Final answer to the Kinky Fuckbuddy, Vanilla Fuckbuddy, One Night Stand meme.[personal profile] dreamsofspike gave me Tenth Doctor, Crowley (Good Omens) and Crowley (Supernatural), a very clever linking indeed (especially as Mark Sheppard was also in Doctor Who... small circles!)

One Night Stand: Crowley (Supernatural)





Hot? Yes. Funny? Very. Would disembowel me without a second thought just because he felt like it? Absolutely. Out of all of these, he's the one most likely to murder you for funsies (I mean, Ten will do it if your death serves the greater good according to him and GO Crowley would only do it if you were stupid enough to threaten his angel) so all things considered, would prefer the äwham, bam, thank you m'am' night with him.


Vanilla Fuckbuddy: Tenth Doctor





Last time I did this meme, I had Ten as my Kinky Fuckbuddy. My thoughts on it being like playing wtih a very sharp knife are still valid so I wavered here, but I think this time (and with the below option) I would go with Vanilla Fuckbuddy, because (maybe because I'm older?) I actually find Ten quite deeply terrifying... And as such, I'd be reluctant to go poking around with anything that would open up his psyche too much... Let's just keep it nice and casual, fund and light with mutual orgasms and then go on our separate ways. Of course, I'm not at all convinced he's capable of that, and there is a high risk of opening your door and finding a rain-soaked version of him full of Dramatic Post-Apocalypse Feelings. He projects, he imprints, he burns planets for you... Do you really want to bring in additional excitement to that?

On that note, everyone has seen this vid right? The one that called Ten's unhinging before Waters of Mars even aired. The one that shows exactly why this version was fucking terrifying...

(Dowload here)




Kinky Fuckbuddy: Crowley (Good Omens)





Yes, I know I had him as Vanilla Fuckbuddy in a previous post of this meme BUT look at my options! By 'kinky' I totally mean taking everything I said there (praise, opportunities for service, sensory play) to the softest extreme. Have him kneel in front of you and see how long he could take hearing all the ways in which he is good and beautiful and helpful and perfect and deserving etc before he cried. I'm guessing no longer than an hour.

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