#Strider-centric memes…

[offkilterkeys]

He’s like if we let men understand human emotion.

[wilbraley]

[the-meat-machine]

2022 Fanfic Meme

tagged by @philomayo :D

Word count for the year: 84,876 words posted! This is by far the most I've ever written in a year, so I'm very pleased. In fact, I've written more fic this year than in the entire rest of my life combined.

Number of stories posted to Ao3: 18

Pairings written for: Bro/Lil Cal, Bro/Dad, Bro/Ult Dirk, Bro/Arquius, Dave/Dirk, Dave/Karkat, Dave/Dirk/Karkat, Dirk/Lil Hal/Lil Cal, Doc Scratch/Dirk, and Beta Mom/Alpha Mom, plus drabbles for Rosebot/Ult Dirk, Lil Hal/Roxy, Guardiancest, and Rose/Roxy/Dave/Dirk.

Phew! Can you tell I'm a multishipper? The only pairings I've written more than one fic for this year are Brocal and Dirkdave.

Fandoms I wrote for: All Homestuck, all the time.

Most popular story: tear at me, tear at me (until i'm tame) (Dad/Bro; Sburb-didn't-happen AU)

Story I’m most proud of: Also tear at me, though gonzo is a close second.

Funniest: MAN FICTION. (Dirk and Caliborn pesterlog)

Kinkiest: Ha ha, um. Hmmmmm. There are, shall we say, several candidates for this superlative. I guess I'll go with hey dave do you ever think about laying my neck down in one of those deli counter meat slicers and going to town on it like a salami (Dirkdave god tier snuff) in terms of featuring the most extreme kink.

Saddest: I don't know, are any of these really "sad"? I guess the lil buddy series is not particularly uplifting.

Least Popular: an exercise in sincerity (the Mom/Mom one)

Most Cringe-Worthy: I refuse to cringe away from my own writing. I will stand by it proudly, no matter how ridiculous it is.

Favorite Opening Line(s):

Dirk Strider was made to be a weapon. He is a creature of war, built for the strain of muscles, the clash of steel, the rending of flesh — entire body perfectly sculpted to function as the extension of his blade. (from [o] Sucker)

Favorite Closing Line(s):

The world doesn't end. Tomorrow is another day.

Top Scenes from Anywhere You Would Choose to Have Illustrated: 

The flashstep puppeteer vs. cake-wielding prankster strife in tear at me, and in particular the part where Bro licks frosting off Lil Cal's face.

The snuff scene from hey dave.

Story I haven’t yet written, but intend to:  Oh god. Lots. The big ones are Canon in D Strider (pre-epilogue Dirk-centric fic), the rest of the lil buddy series, a follow-up to tear at me, and a couple ovi fics.

Fic-writing goals for 2023: Write some dirkuu. Continue the lil buddy series. Post some shit that caters to my own fetish for once. And maybe… just maybe… start posting Canon in D Strider.

Tagging (but no pressure): Let's go for... @arquiving, @strititty, @nuclearwinternsfw? (I'm mostly just tagging people who I know do memes like this sometimes. If I left you out, feel free to consider yourself tagged if you'd like to do this!)