End of Year Fic Meme
Stolen from mizzy2k.
Total finished fic count: 39 fics = 70,216 words (WIP wordcount is 44,207 for a total of 114,423 words written this year. Maybe if I could finish things, I wouldn't be looking at so many fics that need to be finished in the new year.)
Fandom breakdown:
Leverage
when you find the answer, let me know; it ain't classy (unless you have a fake Elvis); dinner isn't a high priority (when I've got you); all the wishes in the world; go forth and sin no more; Turn & Turn Again; be fine this time; my arms can carry you; like we stop time; enough to survive; maybe it's true I can't live without you; all that might come to be; something I rely on to get home; out here on the other side; like the words are new to you; sometimes it's more than just enough; where the freaks all come around; the innocent can never last; we're doing nothing at all; falling apart and tearing at the seams; saw a faint silhouette of you; take my word for what it's worth; I'll be right home to you; can't seem to get away; hanging on a moment of truth; with the taste of dust in your mouth all day; the fight inside is breaking me again; what I choose when it's all left up to me; take me away from this old game; it's a means to an end; there's nothing new under the sun; missing keys and broken strings; state of grace; not the same; we fall into each other; like coming home; All I Want for Christmas
Suits
you take what is yours (and I'll take mine); Nothing to Lose
Best of the batch: Tie between Turn & Turn Again and it's a means to an end. I'm still really proud of doing my first big bang (we're ignoring the fact that it was a reverse big bang, word count was twice the minimum) and it turned out way better than I thought it would and is going to result in an eventual sequel. it's a means to an end just came out better than I thought it would and it's one of the few fics that I'm truly satisfied with.
Most popular: I think it's where the freaks all come around but it might also be it ain't classy (unless you've got a fake Elvis).
Most underappreciated by the universe: it's a means to an end. I mean, I got feedback from the person I wrote it for but for the most part, it seems to have been ignored.
Most fun to write: Turn & Turn Again. I got to play with a lot of different ideas and I successfully pulled off a plot twist. A mostly implausible one, but I'm working on explanations.
Sexiest fic: it's a means to an end. More sexual undercurrents in that than any other fic.
Fluffiest fic: maybe it's true I can't live without you. Happy Nate/Sophie, functional Nate/Sophie. That happens almost, well, never in my writing.
Most angsty: Toss-up between Turn & Turn Again and you take what is yours (and I'll take mine).
Most canon: you take what is yours (and I'll take mine). First fic in the Suits fandom and it fell directly into canon.
Least canon: There's a few. my arms can carry you, All I Want for Christmas, and like coming home all fall into that category because I took great liberties with the Leverage canon and timeline.
Holy crap, that's wrong even for you fic: all the wishes in the world. I normally refuse to write de-aged fic on principle because it's kind of creepy. It sort of worked out but, still, it is creepy.
Fic that shifted your own perceptions of the characters: Turn & Turn Again, hands down. I had never really understood Sterling and throwing him into the conflict not only changed my perceptions of him but also of the Leverage team because I had an outside perspective of who they are.
Best title: Oh, I tend to like my titles a lot. Um, top three: it's a means to an end, you take what is yours (and I'll take mine), and it ain't classy (unless you have a fake Elvis).
Hardest fic to do: you take what is yours (and I'll take mine). Nerve-wracking because I was so new at it and trying to pry into Donna's mind was definitely not easy.
Biggest disappointment: missing keys and broken strings. It just didn't come out the way I wanted. That, and there's nothing new under the sun. Neither of those came together the way I wanted them to no matter how much I pushed. Also, the fact that I did not finish here to kingdom come this year is really my biggest disappointment.
Biggest surprise: Turn & Turn Again. That ending was a last-minute change that made a huge impact on the whole story and I kind of didn't even know what was going to happen half the time.
Popular themes: family, trust, love, history, choices, death, guilt, grey morality
Most unintentionally telling: missing keys and broken strings and go forth and sin no more - because I have that kind of relationship with music and religion. And both fics were very unhappy things.
Unfinished fic carried over into the new year:
here to kingdom come - Leverage/Hunger Games crossover
The Places You Have Come to Fear the Most - Leverage AU
Haunted - Leverage
Dog Days Are Over - Leverage zombie-apocalypse AU
Total finished fic count: 39 fics = 70,216 words (WIP wordcount is 44,207 for a total of 114,423 words written this year. Maybe if I could finish things, I wouldn't be looking at so many fics that need to be finished in the new year.)
Fandom breakdown:
Leverage
when you find the answer, let me know; it ain't classy (unless you have a fake Elvis); dinner isn't a high priority (when I've got you); all the wishes in the world; go forth and sin no more; Turn & Turn Again; be fine this time; my arms can carry you; like we stop time; enough to survive; maybe it's true I can't live without you; all that might come to be; something I rely on to get home; out here on the other side; like the words are new to you; sometimes it's more than just enough; where the freaks all come around; the innocent can never last; we're doing nothing at all; falling apart and tearing at the seams; saw a faint silhouette of you; take my word for what it's worth; I'll be right home to you; can't seem to get away; hanging on a moment of truth; with the taste of dust in your mouth all day; the fight inside is breaking me again; what I choose when it's all left up to me; take me away from this old game; it's a means to an end; there's nothing new under the sun; missing keys and broken strings; state of grace; not the same; we fall into each other; like coming home; All I Want for Christmas
Suits
you take what is yours (and I'll take mine); Nothing to Lose
Best of the batch: Tie between Turn & Turn Again and it's a means to an end. I'm still really proud of doing my first big bang (we're ignoring the fact that it was a reverse big bang, word count was twice the minimum) and it turned out way better than I thought it would and is going to result in an eventual sequel. it's a means to an end just came out better than I thought it would and it's one of the few fics that I'm truly satisfied with.
Most popular: I think it's where the freaks all come around but it might also be it ain't classy (unless you've got a fake Elvis).
Most underappreciated by the universe: it's a means to an end. I mean, I got feedback from the person I wrote it for but for the most part, it seems to have been ignored.
Most fun to write: Turn & Turn Again. I got to play with a lot of different ideas and I successfully pulled off a plot twist. A mostly implausible one, but I'm working on explanations.
Sexiest fic: it's a means to an end. More sexual undercurrents in that than any other fic.
Fluffiest fic: maybe it's true I can't live without you. Happy Nate/Sophie, functional Nate/Sophie. That happens almost, well, never in my writing.
Most angsty: Toss-up between Turn & Turn Again and you take what is yours (and I'll take mine).
Most canon: you take what is yours (and I'll take mine). First fic in the Suits fandom and it fell directly into canon.
Least canon: There's a few. my arms can carry you, All I Want for Christmas, and like coming home all fall into that category because I took great liberties with the Leverage canon and timeline.
Holy crap, that's wrong even for you fic: all the wishes in the world. I normally refuse to write de-aged fic on principle because it's kind of creepy. It sort of worked out but, still, it is creepy.
Fic that shifted your own perceptions of the characters: Turn & Turn Again, hands down. I had never really understood Sterling and throwing him into the conflict not only changed my perceptions of him but also of the Leverage team because I had an outside perspective of who they are.
Best title: Oh, I tend to like my titles a lot. Um, top three: it's a means to an end, you take what is yours (and I'll take mine), and it ain't classy (unless you have a fake Elvis).
Hardest fic to do: you take what is yours (and I'll take mine). Nerve-wracking because I was so new at it and trying to pry into Donna's mind was definitely not easy.
Biggest disappointment: missing keys and broken strings. It just didn't come out the way I wanted. That, and there's nothing new under the sun. Neither of those came together the way I wanted them to no matter how much I pushed. Also, the fact that I did not finish here to kingdom come this year is really my biggest disappointment.
Biggest surprise: Turn & Turn Again. That ending was a last-minute change that made a huge impact on the whole story and I kind of didn't even know what was going to happen half the time.
Popular themes: family, trust, love, history, choices, death, guilt, grey morality
Most unintentionally telling: missing keys and broken strings and go forth and sin no more - because I have that kind of relationship with music and religion. And both fics were very unhappy things.
Unfinished fic carried over into the new year:
here to kingdom come - Leverage/Hunger Games crossover
The Places You Have Come to Fear the Most - Leverage AU
Haunted - Leverage
Dog Days Are Over - Leverage zombie-apocalypse AU