Exploding Poohsticks

Huh. I wrote more than I thought...


Fics (1000 words or more):

[FAKE] [Haru] Because I Love You More Than I Can Say. Ryo/Dee and Iwaki/Katou. 2850 words. R.

[Haru] [HP] Histories. Dumbledore/ Mochimune. 1700 words. PG-13.

[Haru] As Strong as Life. Iwaki/Katou & Yoshizumi. 1000 words. PG.

[FAKE] Ten Hats and a Gallon. Ryo-centric. 1665 words. G.

[FAKE] [TDiR] Room. Bikky and Bran, gen. 2187 words. PG.

[HP] [RPF - Rahm Emanuel] Witches Can Be Right, Giants Can Be Good. Harry/Draco and others. 1689 words. PG.

[TDiR] Other Work for Us to Do. Will/Bran. 3645 words. R.

[FAKE] Not As Dumb (WIP - 4 parts planned): Part 1 (2000 words). Part 2 (6800 words). Ryo/Dee and others. Heading toward NWS but not there yet.

[FAKE] [HP] When the Night Falls on You. 2000+ words. Ryo/Dee [Snupin overlay] and others. 2000+ words. Light R.

[HP] Outskirting the Dark. Lupin/Snape. 1600 words. PG.

[HP] Wax Lupin/Snape. 1400 words. PG.


Ficlets (201-999 words):

[Haru] Filling. Iwaki/Katou and Yoshizumi. 427 words. G.

[HP] Cold Fed, Fever Starved. Snape/Lupin. 500 words. G.

[Haru] A Queer Eyeful. Iwaki/Katou. 250 words. PG.

[FAKE] Forward. Bikky. 700 words. PG.

[FAKE] [HP] A Little Bit of Sugar. 265 words. Severus Snape/Rikka Kaito. R.

[HP] Oh Don't Deceive Me, Oh Never Leave Me. Snape/Lupin. 400 words. G.

[HP] Beyond the Lines. Lupin/Snape. 6-page comic (500-word script). G.

[Figaro] [Amadeus] [HP] [Wimsey] three ficlettinos (Cherubino/Barbarina/others, Snape and Salieri, Teddy and Bunter)


Drabbles, poems, and teeny-fics:

[Haru] Good Taste. Mochimune/Miyasaka.

[Haru] A Face Beyond the Face. Kaneko.

[Haru] Earning. Yoshizumi.

[Haru] Place. Iwaki/Katou.

[Haru] Replacements (2 x 100). Yoshizumi, Asano, Katou.

[Haru] [FAKE] Two drabbles about fire: "Saganaki" - Katou/Iwaki and Yoshizumi. "Fair to See" - Ryo/Dee and Iwaki/Katou.

[Haru] A brush with luck (3 x 100). Iwaki, cat, Katou, Yoshizumi.

[Haru] Hazard Cast. Katou and Miyasaka.

[Haru] Encore. Katou/Iwaki.

[Haru] Spillover. Iwaki/Katou, but mainly about Yoshizumi.

[Haru] Bugs. Urishizaki and Rita Skeeter.

[Haru] Suppertime. Yoshizumi, Iwaki, Katou, Snoopy.

[FAKE] Lolita 1, Love 0. Two-minute comment-fic challenge. Ryo and Dee.

[FAKE] [HP] Harried. Severus Snape/Dee Laytner. Not a nice drabble.

[Wimsey] Two villanelles: "Wrought" and "Well-Tempered"

[Wimsey] A Nobleman's Nephew. Charles Peter Parker.

[TDiR] Hunting for a Memory. Will/Bran.

[Wimsey] [HP] Come Again, That I May Cease to Mourn - Teddy Lupin and Mervyn Bunter

[TDiR] A better fate than wisdom. Will/Bran.

[TDiR] Watchful. Will (Bran/Jane mentioned).

[meta] Editrix - for "beta me HARDER" busaikko.

[Vorkosigan] [Wimsey] birthday drabble for cordelia_v. Alys/Simon with a hint of past Bunter and Alys.

[HP] HoneyMoony. Drawble. Snape, Lupin, and Tonks.

[HP] Covered. Lupin/Snape/Black.

[HP] one-line birthday Snupin for schemingreader.

[HP] Won't Leave You Stranded. Teddy/Victoire, Snape/Lupin+.

[HP] The Warm Cave in the Wood. Snape/Lupin with...

[HP] The Light of His Countenance. Snape/Lupin.

[HP] Life Force. Snape/Luna. R.

[HP] a three-line drive-by Harry/Draco smutlet for ravenna_c_tan

[HP] From Knob to Knot. Snape/Whomping Willow. R..

[HP] two drabbles (gen: Victoire and Hermione; George)

[HP] Enough to Go On. Teddy/Victoire.

[HP] Twenty-five Years Later. Teddy/Victoire. (And see comments for Karasu's absolutely perfect illo.)



Stats

Total wordcount: 35,000+
Fics: 10 + 1 WIP
Ficlets: 8
Drabbles and other: 35, give or take a few

Fandoms: 10 (FAKE, Harudaki, HP, Rahmdom, Dark is Rising, Wimsey, Marriage of Figaro, Amadeus, Vorkosigan, meta)

Subtotals
FAKE - 10 (6 of those crossovers)
Harudaki - 18 (3 xov)
TDiR - 5 (1 xov)
HP - 26 (8 xov; 11 Snupin)
Wimsey - 5 (2 xov)

Most comments on a fic (counting each reviewer only once): 52
Least: 0 (Some things just go splat. One moves on.)





Reflections

Favorite of the year:
At the moment, Other Work for Us to Do. I didn't expect it to connect so strongly with anyone besides its recipient (and I wasn't sure if it would manage that even for her, although I was definitely trying to write to her prompt and preferences), and it's deeply satisfying to know that others have found it compelling enough to reread.

Best of the year:
Witches Can Be Right, Giants Can Be Good received the most comments and recs by far, but that partly had to do with the collision of fandoms, timing, fest culture/traditions, and sheer happy happenstance. But I was still tickled pink by all the laughing and flailing, and it's cool that someone thinks my description of fic!Rahm belongs on a t-shirt. *grin*

Most underappreciated:
*shrug* The manga fandoms are tiny and fragmented, and the feedback historically discouragingly scant, even for lemony pieces. Not As Dumb will likely net depressingly few comments in proportion to the pains I've taken with it, but (as with pretty much every other fic on the list), it didn't exactly give me a choice about not writing it, so yeah, still working on it.

...Plus, many FAKE fans aren't even aware of the extras and sequels that have been published (in Japan only, argh) since Book 7 (I know of at least two people learning about 'em through me), and many of those who are either haven't gotten to 'em or aren't crazy about 'em, so slashing a character that doesn't appear until that season (and only in a few chapters within it) with Severus Snape is totally not the way to go about climbing the fandom popularity trellis ...but if that had been my heart's desire, my heart would have been shredded up and scattered to the winds long ago. So, onwards!

Most fun to write:
I admit I was smirking when I wrote A Queer Eyeful, and I do want to write more Iwaki-Katou-Yoshizumi, because they are each so darn cute, and with a combination of dorkiness and both sexual and artistic intensity that's just irresistible to play with. Part of the fun I'm having with FAKE is writing dialogue for characters who aren't reticent or reserved, and "Witches Can Be Right" likewise let me let loose with language that ought to come with its own jumbo bar of soap.

"Holy crap, that's wrong even for you":
No one actually used this phrase with me (I suspect my years of fervently shipping Whomping Willow/Giant Squid/anyone-in-the-neighborhood might have something to do with that), but I was even more horrified with my brain for Harried than the Rahm/HP collision.

Sexiest Story:
Because I Love You More Than I Can Say.

...Although the reaction to Other Work for Us to Do surprised me (in a very happy way), so what do I know? If nothing else, it suggests that when I lock onto what the characters truly want (as opposed to what I start out thinking they're after, or having to comply with a specific smut requirement), the results may really click with readers in ways I didn't anticipate. Which has happened before, so that's something I need to remember when I'm feeling limp from bunny-battling (as well as staying clear of fests with a R-minimum mandate; nothing wrong with them or their organizers, but they're just not a good fit for me).

Story that shifted my own preconceptions of the characters:
Forward. Not really a shift, though (I hadn't been in the fandom long enough to have concrete preconceptions) -- the story was more my working out my personal fanon for the character in question.

Hardest to write:
Not As Dumb - it's both logistically and emotionally complex, and I'm still sorting through what actually belongs in the story. Moreover, whenever I sit down to the actual writing, characters keep showing up and not shutting up and I then have to re-assess what-all they each (don't) have up their collective sleeves. (I suspect it's going to take more than the four parts I originally envisioned to shake it all out. *clutches head*)

Biggest disappointment:
A larger turnout for my reading of D'accord, d'accord at Terminus would've been nice - like many performers, I like the energy of a full room. (That said, the folks who did show up were awesome, and I still plan to record the fic, so it's not like the prep was wasted.)

I also have three sets of unfinished business from 2007 (a drawing, a fic, and a response-to-translator) that I still need to tackle. If only coffee could make me smarter and more coordinated... *rolls eyes at self*

Biggest surprise:
I'm still kind of flustered at how hard and how quickly I fell for Haru and then FAKE. Never mind the barrage of bunnies...

Most telling:
The drabbles near the end of last winter. And I am still comforted whenever I revisit Karasu's illustration-response to "Twenty-five Years Later."

Plans:
The stuff from 2007. Finishing "Not As Dumb." Mochimune/Miyasaka monster-fic (an expansion of "Encore" and Hazard Cast). Yoshizumi NYR fic. Encouraging you lot and plaguing you with demented plotzillas. *cheerfully waves carrots and blows kisses at all y'all*