Journal of Mistress Kat

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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 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 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 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 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 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 smallfandombang) - on DW & on AO3
Stronger Together (Fanmix & Covers) (Sleepy Hollow, art for het_bigbang) - on DW & on AO3

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( Meme Questions )

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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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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 smallfandombang and 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 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 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 getyourwordsout like a fool so... That's happening.


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For easy access, here's a complete list of my posted fanfic organised by fandom, as well as my original slash fic.

Last Updated: 21 March 2009

( Bandom )


( CWRPS )


( Doctor Who & Torchwood )


( Firefly )


( Green Wing )


( House M.D. )


( Life on Mars )


( Original Fic )


( The Professionals )


( Robin Hood )


( Scrubs )


( Stargate Atlantis )


( Supernatural )

For the last two years I’ve done a yearly writing roundup right about this time. This year… Well, okay, I’m still going to do it even though the word count of finished and published fic is laughably small. I have actually done a lot of writing in 2008, it’s just that a great amount of that is original fic (some my own, a lot co-authored with pushkin666 ) that is both wip and possibly meant for publication which is why it hasn’t been posted openly.

Aaaanyway, in 2008 I posted:


( Bandom: 2 Drabbles and 1 Fic )




( Doctor Who: 1 Drabble-Series )




( Firefly: 1 Ficlet )




( Life on Mars: 2 Drabbles )




( Original Fiction: 1 Ficlet )



( Robin Hood: 3 Drabbles and 1 Fic )




( Supernatural: 8 Drabbles, 1 Drabble-Series and 3 Fics )

After hours of tedious coding and copy-pasting, I'm happy to announce that my Fic Masterlist has been tidied, updated and is once more open for public. Enjoy.

This was originally written for and published in the Gay Flash Fiction online zine, now reposted here as their copyright has ran out.

Title: Limited
Author: Mistress Kat / kat_lair 
Fandom: Original slash fic
Pairing/Category: m/m, experimental
Rating: PG–13
Word count: 444
Summary: There is no number four

Author notes: Thank you to moth2fic  and razorxrosary  for looking over the story and for alexhogan  from the GFF team for a more thorough edit.

( Limited )

Because apparently Sunday is for procrastination... Well, no, I have like firm plans to clean the office, go to the shop, do the dishes and wash some laundry. You're all jealous of my exciting life now, aren't you?

Aaaanyway. Let's do a meme. A writing meme, which is the type I'm chronically unable to resist.

Ask me a question about one of my fanfics. It can be absolutely anything in any fic and I will tell you the honest-to-god answer. Don’t hold back. Ask about major upcoming plot points if you want to. Whatever you ask, I have to answer truthfully.

Fic I've written, fic I've promised to write, WIPs, anything is fair game!

I'm going to include original writings into that as well. Masterlist of everything posted is here. Go to town people!

Happy Friday! Have some original slash, written for and published in the new edition of GayFlashFiction online zine. It’s ever so slightly experimental in style so make of it what you will. All you talented writers on my F-list should consider submitting something for the zine, if for no other reason than to get moth2fic off my back…

 

Title: Limited
Author: Mistress Kat / kat_lair
Pairing/Category: m/m, experimental
Rating: PG-13
Word count: ~444
Summary: There is no number four

Author notes: Thank you to moth2fic and razorxrosary for looking over the story and to alexhogan from the GFF team for a more thorough edit.

Limited (off-site link)

End of Year Fic Roundup Meme

Here are the posted fics/drabbles/random-meme-answers-that-turned-into-mini-ficlets from 2007, alphabetised by fandom.

2007 has clearly been The Year Of The Drabble (35 of them, holy crap!) – not many longer fics got finished and posted, mainly because this year RL has been particularly eventful and taxing. There are several in WIP status that will hopefully see the light of the interwebs in the coming months. 

Possibly next week: The WIP Meme. Interested in sneak previews, y/n?

ETA: Fixed! Stupid LJ deleted parts...