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Title: Harvest
Author: [personal profile] kat_lair 
Fandom: Venom
Pairing: Eddie/Venom
Tags: Spooktober, Ficlet, Alien Invasion
Rating: M
Word count: 514

Summary: Eddie. I will not let them take you.

Author notes: Spooktober 2024, Day 30/31. Prompt/theme: Harvest.

Harvest on AO3

Harvest )

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Yes, I realise it's March, but in my defence... Life? So, I meant to indulge in this meme closer to the year change but never got to it. So I'm indulging now.

First Lines of 2019 Fics
(in order of posting)

The sun is out, somewhere behind the air pollution, and there have been no alien attacks, gangland kneecappings, or unethical medical tests so far today - That we know of. - that they know of. (A Fine Day, Venom, Eddie/Venom)

“Did you really just give me carte blanche to do anything I want? Do you have the faintest idea how far that goes?” (Carte Blanche, Fireflye, Mal/Jayne)

Vampires made the best scientists. (non nobis solum, Stargate Atlantis, Rodney/Radek/John)

“Take him to my chambers,” she said with a wave of her hand. “And have him… prepared.” (Vivat Regina, Star Trek: Discovery, Mirror Philippa/Mirror Gabriel)

The ground is wet, grass clinging to bare feet, making each step linger like a kiss. (starry eyed and gravely discontented, Lewis, Lewis/Hathaway)

It wasn’t that he disagreed with the demonstrators, far from it. (Article 11, Lewis, Lewis & Hathaway)

Zhao Yunlan was a desperate man. (The Black Lotus Club, Guardian, Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan)

Laura turns her face to the sun, breathing deep the scent of fragile green buds, of hope and new starts. (Here Comes The Sun, Lewis, Hobson)

“He’s loyal,” the Hundjäger says, shaking Monroe by the scruff of his neck like a recalcitrant puppy, “I’ll give you that.” (Loyalty, Grimm, Nick/Monroe)

Willow opens the cupboard door and contemplates her ever growing collection of herbal teas. (Kettle Knockout, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Willow/Tara)

Jayne ain’t much for words. (Write It Out, Firefly, Mal/Jayne)

“Pete?” Patrick pushed through the gas station shop door, the bell jingling merrily. “Pete, you still here?” (Sweet Tooth, Sweetheart, Bandom Fall Out Boy, Patrick/Pete)

“Thank you,” Zelenka said, taking a wrapped item from a marine and handing another one in return. “Pleasure doing business with you.” (Priorities, Stargate Atlantis, Rodney/Radek)

“Oh my god, are you seeing this?”
(X-tra Dimensional, The X-Files, Scully & Mulder)

The heating is off. (Warmer Together, Being Human UK, Mitchell/George/Annie)

The bottom of the ravine seemed very far away, viewed from this angle. (Vlarian Oath, Original Work, OFC/OFC)

Crowley woke up to a ringing phone and a bad feeling.
(Lose A Kraken, Gain An Angel, Good Omens, Aziraphale/Crowley)

It's bigger than him, bigger than any real dick Pete has ever seen, sucked, been fucked by, but oh god he wants it bad, wants to feel it pushing him open, until he's gaping and sobbing, so fucking greedy, greedy for it. (Substitute, Bandom Fall Out Boy, Pete/Reader's Choice)

What comes through the door is not Patrick.
(here to collect your heart, Bandom Fall Out Boy, Patrick/Pete)

Years are like stones, tossed one after another into the lake of his life until the waters rise, flooding the fields and villages and forests. (Character Sketch: Shen Wei, Guardian, Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan)

In the end, there are words, always words, twisting, flowing, smooth and jagged, dropping from his mouth like fireflies. (Character Sketch: Lin-Manuel Miranda, RPF, LLM)

Inside Rodney’s mind, there are galaxies, swirling around and around, shining horses on an endless carousel.
(Character Sketch: Rodney McKay, Stargate Atlantis, team)

Evan’s first impression of Dr Rodney McKay takes place in a dark and chilly storeroom in Antarctica. (take this longing from my tongue, Stargate Atlantis, Rodney/Evan)

It happens to Gerard around four in the afternoon. (until the end, until this blood, Bandom My Chemical Romance, Gerard/Mikey)

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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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Title: A Fine Day
Author: [personal profile] kat_lair / Mistress Kat
Fandom: Venom (2018)
Pairing: Eddie/Venom or Eddie & Venom depending on your goggles
Rating: PG
Word count: 1002
Disclaimer: Not mine, only playing

Summary: We’re fine, Eddie. Venom’s internal reassurance rumbles through him like a gentle rockslide. I’ve got this.

Author notes: Second of the monthly Scribblers writing challenges (set between [personal profile] dreamersdare, [personal profile] pushkin666 and me). The challenge (from [personal profile] dreamersdare) was to write min 500 words for the prompt “Are you kidding me? We’re not ‘fine’.” The ficlet needed to include a character we hadn’t written before. This is super late but… I also think the others haven’t done anything yet either so… I win? :D


A Fine Day )

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Whee! Guess who has two thumbs and is on holiday until Mon 29th now? That's right, this bitch right here! *points at self and winks*

Spent start of the holiday in Manchester, visiting [personal profile] trialia, [personal profile] moth2fic and [personal profile] fledge, and also a lovely long date with myself. It involved glorious food, getting the tragus piercing I've been wanting a while (healing well btw) and buying this Highly Accurate Badge that I have now iconised for everyone's delight. Should I wear it to work, y/y?

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Anyway, I wanted to just share the delight of 'Holiday = Writing'! Zero writing this year because of reasons and now, over the last few days:
  • [personal profile] pushkin666 and I have co-written over 1k of crack fic for [personal profile] margaret_r's birthday. One word: BIRDIES.
  • I got my Guardian 520 Day Reverse Exchange assignment yesterday and today I have written over 2k on it already. Why? BECAUSE THE PROMPT IS THE BEST! Nghhh such id fic. (*sings to self* somebody's gonna get fucked against a wall...)
  • Also, also, I just opened the Venom ficlet I started eons again for the Scribblers writing challenge with [personal profile] pushkin666 and [personal profile] dreamersdare and... kind of finished it?

Idk how long this will last but am gonna ride it as hard and as far as I can.

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Other things: [community profile] smallfandombang art post on 20th (um, should also finish that... tomorrow!), Clean All the Things (tomorrow!), some socialing, Cooking Proper Meals, ALL THE TV SHOWS (Line of Duty, Umbrella Academy, rest of Daredevil, Star Trek Discovery)

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