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Fics posted in 2019 by Fandom:Bandomhere to collect your heart (Patrick/Pete, R, 525 words) –
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on AO3 Substitute (Pete/Reader's Choice, NC-17, 367 words) –
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on AO3Sweet Tooth, Sweetheart (Patrick/Pete, G, 754 words) –
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on AO3until the end, until this blood (Gerard/Mikey, NC-17, 20,501 words) –
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on AO3Being Human (UK)Warmer Together (John/George/Annie, G, 595 words) –
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on AO3Buffy the Vampire SlayerKettle Knockout (Tara/Willow, PG-13, 456 words) –
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on AO3FireflyCarte Blanche (Jayne/Malcolm, NC-17, 1,207 words) –
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on AO3Write It Out (Jayne/Malcolm, G, 658 words) –
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on AO3Good OmensLose A Kraken, Gain An Angel (Aziraphale/Crowley, PG-13, 11,622 words) –
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on AO3GrimmLoyalty (Nick/Monroe, PG-13, 490 words) –
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on AO3GuardianCharacter Sketch: Shen Wei (Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan, G, 226 words) –
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on AO3The Black Lotus Club (Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan, NC-17, 16,965 words) –
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on AO3LewisArticle 11 (Hathaway & Lewis, G, 100 words) –
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on AO3Here Comes The Sun (Hobson, G, 100 words) –
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on AO3starry eyed and gravely discontented (Hathaway/Lewis, G, 101 words) –
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on AO3Original WorkVlarian Oath (OFC/OFC, NC-17, 16,531 words) –
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on AO3RPFCharacter Sketch: Lin-Manuel Miranda (LMM, G, 140 words) –
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on AO3Star Trek: DiscoveryVivat Regina (Mirror Georgiou/Lorca, NC-17, 1285 words) –
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on AO3Stargate AtlantisCharacter Sketch: Rodney McKay (McKay, G, 192 words) –
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on AO3non nobis solum (McKay/Zelenka/Sheppard, NC-17, 328 words) –
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on AO3Priorities (McKay/Zelenka, G, 669 words) –
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on AO3take this longing from my tongue (McKay/Lorne, NC-17, 16,597 words) –
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on AO3The X-FilesX-tra Dimensional (Mulder & Scully, G, 469 words) –
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on AO3VenomA Fine Day (Eddie/Venom, PG-13, 1001 words) –
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on AO3Non-fic things:so the blossoms fall Wallpaper (Lewis) –
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on AO3Uber Mood Board Small Fandom Big Bang Art (All-New Ghost Rider) –
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Meme QuestionsTotal: 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
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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 T
he 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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