#actually organized my fic bookmarks for once

[planet-marz1]

☆some more of my favorite fics ☆ fic rec masterlist is here

a sheep in wolf's clothing by @jupiter-soups

My Brother's Keeper by @diversemediums

The Two of Us by @yourwinchesterbros

call me by @macfrog

i'll be needing stitches by @thetriumphantpanda

easy, plaid-shirt mornings by @morning-star-joy

Keeping up by @talaok

Tender by @brighttears

bath time by @luvrxbunny

an open invitation by @walkintotheriveranddisappear

Sweet spot by @javiscigarette

give in by @cupofjoel

clouds by @softlyspector

seasons by @loquaciousferret

speak now by @mendessi

stranded by @soullumii

whatever you want by @inkedells

in my hometown by @swiftispunk

in a feud with her neighbor by @proxima-writes

if the door wasn't shut by @heartpascal

I want your video by @tieronecrush

Friendly Neighborhood Handyman by @juletheghoul

Float Like a Feather by @wheresarizona

Yellow by @ilovepedro

heat lightning by @millerscoffee

Falling into My SIns by @inthe-dark-tonight

anyone is welcome to send fic recs to my inbox!💌 i lovee reading them :))

[preseriesdean]

if you don’t mind me asking, could you share some of your favorite fanfics or authors? thanks ❤️

oh hi hello!! yes of course!! i actually haven't read any spn fic in a while but i have spent a lot of time organizing my bookmarks. i'm going to assume that you meant samdean fic but i'll add a few non-samdean ones at the end.

authors!

@zmediaoutlet (deadlybride on ao3)

candle_beck (ao3)

@goshen-applecrumbledore (ao3)

whereupon (livejournal)

Linden (ao3)

sevenfists (ao3)

there are so many more great authors but these came to mind :)

fics!

i am going to list my forever-favorites first - the ones i would recommend to anyone and everyone, screaming-from-the-rooftops kind of love - and then many many more under the cut.

beloved by urchinesque (2016, 1.9k, NR, warning: death) It might be the gentlest thing that's ever happened to them.

in my opinion everyone should read this once. it's quick. they die. it's-- happy, somehow. beautiful. i think about it all the time.

Last Day on Earth by candle_beck (2009, 10.8k, E) A list of things to do if you only have one day to live, presented in inconvenient non-list form.

last year my best friend and i were pondering which fic felt quintessential to samdean for us and somehow settled on this one. i still agree with the choice.

Odysseus, American by coyotesuspect (2010, 10k, M) Dean finds Peter O'Toole's recording of the Odyssey in a bin marked “Audio" in Casa Grande's only used bookstore. The place smells like cigarette smoke and old books, and it reminds him of Sam. Stanford era.

my favorite stanford era fic. i think it captures dean's loneliness and desperation beautifully.

A man with his insides out and his outsides off by britomart_is (2016, 5.3k, E, time travel, underage) They say there are only two stories in the world: man goes on a journey, and stranger comes to town.

another fic i want everyone to read. it's so short and feels like a novel. sam is messed up and dean is in love and everything is miserable.

Breathing Hard by whereupon (2009, 9k, E) The day Dean figures it out.

this is so simple and yet-- everything to me. i can't think about dinosaurs without thinking about this fic, which doesn't tell you much, but you'll see. sometimes this is really all you need.

The Last Outpost of All That Is by gekizetsu (2008, 59k, E) The world ends while they’re asleep.

this fic has stayed with me my whole life. i thought about it even during my years away from spn and fandom entirely. they're alone and you don't know why and they build their life together and you end up wondering, is this hell or heaven? whenever i come across a screenshot of the last couple of paragraphs i want to cry.

see things so much clearer by deadlybride (2020, 11.7k, E) Sam's been acting oddly. Dean learns how to use the history on an internet browser and finds out why.

this is a fic that hits the spot for me personally so well. another favorite preseries fic. i love the idea of sam using livejournal, and of dean finding out this way.

Stay The Distance by lazy_daze (2011, 24k, E) Sam is dependent on Dean's touch and closeness after the wall falls - Dean's presence reminds him of why he chose to wake up, and keeps the memories at bay, allowing Sam to function.

i love enmeshment, and i love that here it's literal. i love that they're just sort of fine with it.

more fics below!

in absolutely no particular order whatsover. please check the warnings and tags on these before reading!

Recall by De_Nugis (2012, 6.3k, E) Sam's having a hard time telling what's real and what isn't, especially when it comes to some voicemails from Dean.

Living in god's blind spot by applecrumbledore (2022, 25k, E) Of all the situations Dean didn’t need his dad to see him in, ‘getting off to being pushed around by a guy’ was in the top three. And ‘a guy’ was a massive glossing-over of reality. Any guy—any other guy—would be bad enough, but Sam was fucking cataclysmic.

Almost At Home by balefully (2008, 24.3k, E) Sam graduates from high school in early June in rural Tennessee. He and Dean start the summer with an all-nighter of celebration; the day after, while both fight hangovers, John calls to assign them their first hunt by themselves.

they said it was the fall of man by jukeboxhound (2016, 7.4k, M) Sam gets his soul back on a Monday.

When I Fall Asleep It Is Your Eyes That Close by britomart_is (2009, 1.9k, E) Post-Season Two. Sam is alive. Dean is happy.

Life As We Know It by sevenfists (2007, 13.7k, M, curtain fic) On the morning that Sam woke up, Dean ran five red lights on the way to the hospital, his half-empty coffee cup sloshing in the holder.

tied up like two ships by orphan_account (2014, 3.1k, E) Dean liked to hold hands.

Gospel Truth by Cerberuss (2020, 15.2k, E, case fic) ‘DOES YOUR BROTHER KNOW THAT YOU WANT HIM?’ Individually placed letters, bold and tinged brown with the weather. Sam can’t look away and he prays, dream dream dream.

Buy You A Mockingbird by candle_beck (2011, 10.3k, M, underage, outsider pov) A genuine horror story.

because you want to die for love by hathfrozen (2021, 27.3k, E) Sam and Dean settle into their Heaven—and into each other, too.

the constant vow by deadlybride (2022, 119k, E, fem dean-ish) They've just finished up a pretty standard job and are killing time in snowy Wisconsin when Dean wakes up no longer looking like Dean. That's just the start of their problems.

This Fortress Made of Us by mickeym (2009, 10.8k, E) Sam really didn't do very well without his brother. Coda for Mystery Spot.

State of Love and Trust/As I Busted Down the Pretext by cormallen (2010, 2.9k, M) When you know exactly what your brother's thinking, there are some chances you just don't take.

Quiet with the Rain by Linden (2014, 5.3k, T) Dean can spot an undercover cop at thirty paces, a hooker at twenty, and rims that will match his baby's at ten. But the fact that his little brother is in love with him—that, he can't see worth a damn.

have a cigar by deadlybride (2020, 5.6k, E) What happened with Andy and Ansem unsettles Sam. Dean doesn't seem worried.

Heart Shaped Balloon by winsive (2022, 18.5k, E, underage) Sam and Dad are fighting. No surprise, but it's the weekend before Valentine's Day and Dean isn't missing out on the chance to bang a cheerleader just to console his bratty little brother. He does bring back a heart shaped balloon for him, though. It's not supposed to be cursed.

Bare by gracerene (2022, 2.2k, T) Of all the things Dean hasn't done before, Sam never expected something as innocuous as skinny dipping to be on the list.

Speechless by candle_beck (2008, 11.2k, T, case fic) Dean loses his voice and their rapport is only moderately impaired.

Like It Was Yesterday by nomelon (2014, 4.9k, T, fem dean, amnesia) Sam can't remember a time when Dean wasn't there. Dean is always with him. Sam's whole life, there's never been anyone else.

Like a Ghost with Two Voices by Dyed_Red (2022, 46k, E) To cure Dean from the Mark of Cain, Sam has to let Dean, in all his demonic glory, possess him for 28 days. It goes about as well as expected.

Breathe You In (Choke You Down) by orphan_account (2021, 5.9k, E, pwp) Dean really likes the way Sam smells.

lost in yesterday by margaryes (2023, 1k, NR, john pov) John hasn’t seen his youngest son in 18 months.

Unraveling by Linden (2017, 855 words, E) No, he’d said, the first time Sammy had tried to kiss him, sixteen and half-drunk and stupidly beautiful, even though he’d wanted so badly to say yes.

pack up the moon by deathdreamt (2021, 5.9k, T, pre-slash) Sam storms back out from their room, his backpack on and his duffel hanging off his shoulder and isn’t it kind of tragic that his whole life fits in two bags. He looks suddenly much younger than he is, eyes shining. John is back at his guns, whiskey at his elbow, and Dean can hardly believe how rapidly his life is cracking down the centre.

Yesterday, minnesota by applecrumbledore (2022, 30k, E, case fic) Any initial awkwardness filtered away over a hundred miles of highway as Sam thumbed through the missing witch’s diary again. Some people had secret coke habits or secret second wives, and some people had passionate, pitch black, no-kissing sex with a family member every four to six months and never talked about it. You had to find ways to cope.

All Heartless Spectres, Happiness by orphan_account (2021, 5.6k, E) Lisa Braeden receives an email with the subject line, "You Deserve to Know." It contains a single video file and nothing else. (soulless sam)

The Palm Oasis by fictionallemons (2022, 12.3k, E, underage) John strands Dean and Sam at a middle-of-nowhere motel while he investigates possible demon omens in Arizona. The place is nothing to write home about, but at least it has a pool. Dean resolves to think of this as a vacation for him and his studious little brother, but when their money runs out sooner than expected, he considers turning tricks at a nearby truck stop so he can feed Sam.

Other Brothers by homo_pink (2020, 7k, M, underage, outsider pov) A callow boy can go from infancy to someone’s lover in the space of two wildflower summers.

Leader of the Pack by astolat (2007, 14.9k, E) Teaching old dogs new tricks.

Underground Wires by eggnogged (2012, 15.8k, E, fem sam, underage) It’s hard enough being a teenage girl even without all the extra crap: they move around all the time, her family is as far removed from normal as it’s possible to get, and she’s in love with her older brother. Sam has no control on any of it, she’s just trying to stay afloat.

Multitude of Sins by Linden (2015, 4.4k, T, outsider pov) Every now and again, Jim Murphy would look up from his altar and find the Winchester boys at the back of his church.

Like Arrows in the Hands of a Warrior by ADeedWithoutaName (2018, 10.3k, E, underage, dub con-ish, john pov) John Winchester loves his boys, and would take a bullet for either of them. He knows that he's doing it right, the way he's raising them, the things he's teaching them. Not every problem, however, has an easy answer. Like what to do after an incubus case in which their target got his pollen all over both of John's sons.

You Can't Lose What You Never Had by nigeltde (2016, 5.6k, E) You can't spend what you ain't got, and you can't lose what you ain't never had.

Flagstaff by Linden (2014, 7.3k, T, pre-slash, john pov) John tracked Sam down in Flagstaff, four days after he got home to find him gone.

I'll take my chance on a beautiful stranger by fleshflutter (2007, 3.8k, M, outsider pov) If Chase were a better friend, he might try to end the game now, before Brendan loses even more money. But if Brendan is a dick at Stanford, it’s nothing compared to how he is on break.

Cupid's Got A Gun by geckoholic (2012, 13.5k, E, non-con) Fuck-or-die, set in early S4. But they've been fucking for years, so that shouldn't be a problem, right? Wrong. Ever since hell, Dean's in no hurry to get that show on the road again.

Someone Else's Blood by sevenfists (2006, 6.7k, E) The first time, of course, was an accident. (pretend dating)

How Many Floors to Realize by lazy_daze (2009, 26k, E, swesson) AU from the end of It's A Terrible Life, in which Zachariah decides to keep stringing them along a little while longer, because damn if they aren't somewhat entertaining, right?

Worthless cartography by applecrumbledore (2022, 15.6k, E) Dean didn’t know what finally made him go for it. The djinn’s dream was a catalyst, but the call was coming from inside the house, and he’d been letting it ring for a very, very long time. (They get one night together right before Sam is taken to Cold Oak. Dean has to deal with that.)

The Space Between Sense and Memory by orphan_account (2021, 4.8k, T) There are a hundred unwritten rules on all the acceptable ways brothers should touch each other. There are hardly any ways at all to break them. Or; five times they follow the rules and one time they don’t.

Ions in the Ether by nigeltde (2019, 10.9k, E, case fic) When was the last time you trusted happy.

Crossed Wires by rivkat (2015, 10.9k, E) Dean thinks Sam is dead.

Crown and Anchor Me (or let me sail away) by Sena (2010, 23.7k, E, underage) Sam Winchester is fifteen years old, at yet another new high school in yet another state, he doesn't get along with his distant, distracted father, he's figuring out that he likes guys just as much as he likes girls, his clothes never fit and his limbs ache at the joint ever since his growth spurt started, he has to study for the PSAT and, oh yeah, he's a little bit in love with his brother, Dean, who's taken a break from hunting monsters to work at a local garage for minimum wage.

Wear Him Lika a Habit by sevenfists (2008, 2.2k, M) Their first kiss isn't an accident. It's anticipated well in advance, discussed for weeks, argued over, second-guessed.

Amor Prohibido by phoenixflight (2020, 3k, M, underage) They spent the spring of Sam's sophomore year living in a shitty apartment south of San Antonio. Every Friday night the clearest channel played three hour marathons of a Spanish soap called La Casa del Corazón. There was a mutually understood truce about watching it, because the alternatives were infomercials or creepy kids’ cartoons that futzed into static every fifteen seconds.

Open Road by Mollyamory (2010, 2k, T) Sam's old enough to know what's good for him.

It's the Blueprint of Your Life by queenklu (2011, 38.4k, time travel) Sam jerks awake in the middle of the night and everything goes to hell. Well, not literally, though Dean is staring down the barrel of less than a year before his deal comes due. In the midst of dealing (or not dealing) with his impending death, a killer ghost ship, and Bela showing up out of the blue, Dean also has to figure out what’s going on in Sam’s head to make him so twitchy, why he’s suddenly breezing through this case while writing endless notes in a notebook he won’t let Dean see.

North of Wednesday by Mollyamory (2008, 3.5k, G) Sam's behind the wheel before he realizes he doesn't have the keys. Coda to Mystery Spot.

non-wincest fic.

dean/omc. We Drank a Thousand Times by glorious_spoon (2010, 43k, M, warning: death) They meet in a bar fight in North Carolina when Dean is nineteen, broke, and desperate, then again when a hunt brings the Winchesters into town a few years later. Neither one of them ever puts a name to it but every once in a while, through the years, Dean finds his way back.

dean/cas: terror & desire intertwined by rupertgayes (2022, 39k, M) Faced with Castiel suffering a fate worse than death, Dean makes the decision to let Cas use his body as a temporary vessel. All things considered, Dean thinks, it could have gone worse.

gen, sam&dean: what lasts by deadlybride (2021, 17.2k, M) Not long after they move into the bunker, Dean loses a leg. Most of a leg. After the hospital, Sam brings him home, and they figure out how to live with what remains.

gen, dean-centric: To Repair Broken Men by procrastin8or951 (2015, 3.1k, T) Dad and Sam keep fighting. Dean can't fix his family, so he fixes things around the crappy apartment they are staying in.

dean/michael: our hour came round at last by orphan_account (2015, 1.8k, NR, pwp) "I want to be inside you," says Michael, low and velvet and hungry and that really shouldn't turn Dean on but it does.

dean/lucifer, dean/cas: exploratory by sp8ce (2022, 4.9k, E, non-con) One night, Castiel proposes he and Dean have sex. Except it's a little more complicated than that.

dean/cas: for a healthy heart by Askance (2013, 2.4k, T) A strange black box appears in Castiel's bedroom one afternoon.

gen, sam&dean: charmer & gentle by Askance (2015, 3.7k, G, outsider pov) The afternoon girl calls them Big and Tall, the strangers who come in late every now and then, buying this or that. The night girl doesn't think those names fit quite right.

dean/cas, past sam/dean: whose wings, though tattered, shall carry me home by fleshflutter (2009, 2.2k, T) There is a breeze moving across the field. It stirs the long grass in lapping waves like the sea. Castiel runs his fingertips through it and remembers flying.

[tigereyes45]

20 questions with a Fanfic Author

I got tagged by 3 separate people on 3 different days. XD Thank you for the tags @illegalpaladin , @ncc1701ohno , & @kcscribbler ! 1.How many works on Ao3?

As of right now I have 420 fics posted on Ao3. There will be about 80 if I ever get around to moving the rest of my fics over from ff.net (but I've been saying that I'll do that for years. XD )

Fun fact the last fic I posted was on March 12th, so a day before I got tagged the first time.

2. Total AO3 Word Count?

1,150,568

Wow, I find it hard to believe that I've written that much since first joining in 2015.

3. Top 5 fics by Kudos

Meeting the Team - 426 Kudos - Star Wars

Plo Koon takes a youngling Ahsoka to meet the Wolfpack before they become the squad known by their fierce fighting techniques and unshakable leader. Back when they were first being organized into a lethal force for the Republic.

2. Greed or Fear - 348 kudos - Ducktales (2017)

Donald and Scrooge have a conversation about Louie's own fascination with money.

3. Leaving - 329 kudos - Klaus

Instead of Klaus walking off on his own, Jesper was there to see it. He wasn't about to passively let his best friend disappear, but what could he do anyways.

4. The Calm Before the Storm - 315 kudos - Merlin BBC

Morgana has taken over Camelot with the help of her sister and their undead army. Arthur, Merlin, and the others take shelter within an abandoned castle. There they lick their wounds, and make plans for the fight. Merlin decides now is the best time to reveal a hidden truth.

5. Escaping Death Yet Again - 269 kudos - Mass Effect Original Triology

Wrex was quick to search and recover Shepard. Now he works to keep her survival a secret as his people looked for the Normandy. There's just a few problems with that.

1. The alliance wants her and Hackett suspects she's alive. 2. The mass relays and most of the technology-based around them are no longer functioning. 3. Keeping her alive. Where's Vakarian when he needs him?

4. What fandoms do you write for?

Ao3 has 82 different fandoms listed on my written for list. If I'm not counting the catch all fandom titles (such as Star Trek, or Dragon Age - all media types) then I've written for 73 fandoms. Though I could have messed my numbers out somewhere along the way.

Right now I'm writing a lot for Star Trek (big surprise), Transformers (I adore Ratchet), and Dragon Age (Varric, oh my heart).

5. Do you respond to comments?

Yes! For the most part. Sometimes on a multi-chap fic I'll try to wait until I have the next chapter out before responding (kind of serves as a notification method when people aren't bookmarking the story).

6. Angstiest Ending?

Man this is so hard to answer. I write a lot of angst. A lot of character death, and unaddressed feelings. Well dear readers, which fic of mine do you think has the angstiest ending? (I have a feeling it'd be one of the star trek fics. Maybe not but it's a feeling.)

7. Fic with the happiest ending?

Happy ending, what's that? Haha, probably From A Distance's ending. It's a Mass Effect Andromeda (Sara) Ryder/Tiran Kandros fic about the two getting together, and guess what? They actually do! XD No sudden deaths, or unspoken confessions or anything. The two save the day, end up together, and are sappy enough that it truly comes across how the whole pathfinder team is family.

8. Do you get hate?

Yeah. Not as much nowadays but back when I wrote Game of Thrones and Star Wars often, I got a lot. Usually people criticizing me for not editing more, or for posting about a specific ship here and there.

9. Do you write smut?

Once again this timing is funny to me because I only began writing smut a year ago (and only for Star Trek). I actually posted my first smut fic on March 20th, 2024. It was a TOS Mckirk fic that was an AU about if Kirk and co ended up stuck on the Return of the Archons planet. You can read it here:

As Archons

10. Do you write crossovers?

Yes! Not often but I do.

11. Ever had a fic stolen?

Uhhhh, hmm. Not as far as I'm aware. One time I found one of my fics posted on a russian website. They had translated and reposted it but with a link to my original fic, so it didn't bother me. I don't think my stuff has ever been outright stolen.

I prefer if people ask first, of course, but so long as my work is linked and credited I don't really mind if people translate it.

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

Actually yes! Multiple times! There was the one fic that was translated into Russian, and another when it was translated into Chinese. The russian fic was one of my Game of Thrones fics (if I'm remembering correctly), and the Chinese fic was the first Optiratch transformers fics I ever posted.

13. Have you ever cowritten a fic?

Yes. Though I don't think either of them has ever been published.

14. All time favorite ship?

How could you ask me this? Don't you know this is the hardest question to answer?

Mcspirk, and Varric x Hawke, and Optiratch, and Janeway x Tuvok x T'pel, and Mariner x T'Lyn, and Cassandra x Jenkins, and so many many more. I have a different all time favorite ship for every different series, movie, and book I interact with.

15. WIPs you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

I have hope that I'll eventually finish all my WIPs.

16. Writing strengths?

Oh I don't know. I like to think that I'm good at invoking emotions within my fics. At the very least I hope I am.

17. Writing Weaknesses?

I am so bad at switching tenses out of nowhere. I think in all tense forms all the time in my head (and it makes sense to me) so I don't even notice when I do it in fics.

18. Thoughts on mixed language dialogue?

I think when it's done consistently in a way readers can pick up on, then it's great characterization! I don't mind using a translator to know what's being said. However I'll never complain if the author wants to include what the word or dialogue is in the notes.

19. First fandom you wrote for?

Oban Star Racers. I wrote 3 fics for this series on ff.net before writing a tmnt 2012 fic.

20. Favorite fic you’ve ever written?

A Scarcity of Comfort is by all measurements my favorite fic that I've ever written. I am still so proud of this fic to this day.

I wrote it after watching Star Trek V - The Final Frontier because I was so upset that it was Sybok who hugged McCoy after the scene about his father. It should have been Jim & Spock.

It's not my most viewed fic, and no where close to being my most commented on, or bookmarked fic, it doesn't even have as many kudos as some of my other star trek fics, but I am so damn proud of it. Probably the best thing I've ever written.

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I'll tag @nalascat , @fernisworm , @greeneyedwildthing , @yellowmagicalgirl , @jenksel , and @aerialworms in case any of yal wanna do it. :)

[ryansbabygirloliver]

tagged by my beloved @hippolotamus for 'what's up wednesday' so let me tell you what's been going on with me.

I once again had to leave work early because I was violently ill this morning. Thankfully I made an appointment to see my doctor this coming friday when I as ill *last* week and had to leave work early. Unsure if it's my medication or some fun new thing my body is doing to me once every week or so (sometimes less, sometimes more), so we'll see what she says. We'll probably have to mess with my dosage but the medication is working on my sugars and a1c so it's like. baaaalllhaaaaah. chronic illness is for the BIRDS.

i got my first mammogram last week and it came back clear so i can stop having random health anxiety about breast cancer which is a fun thing that happens sometimes. (my grandmother died of it and i have the craziest anxieties!). and now i have to go to the obgyn tomorrow for that check up, so that's fun. (not fun the opposite of fun)

work is going a lil better because i met my new regional manager last week and she liked me a lot more than the old one did (felt like i could never say anything right with her and she seemed so unimpressed with me every time we talked and she made me feel stupid and like i couldn't do the one thing i've ever been moderately decent at). she called me passionate. maybe my days are not numbered after all and there might be somewhere to go here. i've been asked to help out at other stores too, which always feels nice because they don't do that if they don't think you have something to bring to that store in knowledge or skill.

fandomly i have not been able to write in a few weeks but i've been devouring fics, some new and some old that i just never managed to get caught up on, so that's been a lot of fun. i've been actually trying to organize my bookmarks on ao3 so i can find things when i want to go back to them instead of just having 100000 untagged fics there and going 'now where would that fic i wanna reread be in my bookmarks'. so reading/rereading/etc. i've been thinking about fics but not actually writing them. maybe probably eventuall.

it's so late in the day i won't tag anyone but feel free to give a little what's up with you if you want!

[bridgeybrainrot]

In light of some recent developments, I decided to have a go at my unwieldy bookmarks. And I thought, while doing so, how when I was trying to decide how best to organize myself, I was searching online to find tips on how to go about it. So I thought I might do a recap about how I personally categorize, bookmark, and filter, and I can dive in deeper if anyone is interested! (If you are, feel free to send an ask or a comment).

Generally speaking, right now, all I'm reading on AO3 is Polin so that makes my bookmarks a bit easier to tame. I know some save the stories they want to read as actual browser bookmarks, some do Marked for Later and then remove them from that when they finish, some use bookmarks, and some have 159 tabs open at all times like a chaos gremlin. And I mean that affectionately.

I started out with a system from the get go once I realized I was all in with Polin. I marked my to-reads as Marked for Later and bookmarked my finished reads. Then it was easy to see at a glance if I'd read something before. But I realized I couldn't really filter anything in my marked for later, and there wasn't a good way to organize that section at all. So I moved to bookmarking everything.

But not JUST bookmarking everything. I use bookmarking tags and browser plugins to make it an easier experience. Which is a good segue into the best part of bookmarking for me - Tampermonkey scripts.

These scripts have VASTLY improved my organization. There are some aspects of AO3 tagging, bookmarking and filtering that leaves much to be desired and where those needs aren't met, I've almost always been able to find a script to fill it.

If you've never used Tampermonkey, it's a plugin you can use for Chrome, Firefox and Safari (as well as likely other browsers) on desktop, and in some mobile browsers as well. I use Chrome on desktop and have my Firefox on Android dedicated only to AO3 use. It allows scripts to run when you are on certain sites and can change the look and functionality of those sites.

My faves are:

AO3 Fictracker

This script is AMAZING. It allows you to easily (as in, from your bookmark list!) tag a fic as to read, completed, favorite, or disliked. I don't usually use the disliked function but I have if I've accidentally come across a fic with a concept I won't enjoy reading that maybe wasn't explicitly tagged so I know off the bat. It makes it SO easy to then click on these filtered tags right from the menu bar.

w4tchdoge's AO3 Bookmark Maker

This fic makes bookmarks a breeze. It automatically adds a story synopsis when you add a bookmark (which you can customize) so in case a fic is deleted, you know what it was. I also LOVE their auto-tag button so I can tag my bookmarked fics with their word count and completion status, making filtering even easier.

ao3 savior/ao3 savior config

I use these scripts to filter out authors, tags and themes I don't want to see. For example, I don't really like reading dark!Colin. I also don't really care for A/B/O. So I use the ao3 config to add those to my filter list, and they don't show up in my searches or when I load the Polin tag, and also don't tell me that they're missing (because I know myself and my curiosity). There are other plugins and scripts that do this but this one seems the most customizable to me (for example, some only let you do actual tags - this one lets you do wild matches within tags AND within the summary)

AO3: Comment formatting and preview

This makes both commenting and previewing text SO much easier. I love it for commenting because you can easily add formatting AND it lets you add on your own commonly used or needed text (I have one for easy "Thanks for reading!" to add on to the responses I do for comments on my own fics). This is more a want than a need as far as ease of use and organization but I've really gotten used to it.

That covers a lot of what I use to organize my bookmarks, though I go more in depth when it comes to my filters and searches. I also have other scripts that I use on the regular that aren't essential, but that make my life easier.

Do you have a different way of organizing? I think it's a very personal thing, but I like hearing how others do this to see if I can tweak my own methods. I'll admit it, I'm a nerd!

I'll probably do a part 2, if for no other reason that it makes it a good resource to link to when I do get asked how I customize.

Unrelated but, you might think looking at this that I'm an organized person. And you would be wonderfully, horribly wrong. 💛

[laufire]

favourite headcanon of the year

fic you plan to read next year

fandom resolution for next year

15. favourite headcanon of the year.

Well I answered here but I also obviously need to mention all my malady-related headcanons. I just LOVE to wack my blorbos with the disability stick. Feels good feels organic. Shout out to my recent "Bruce becoming permanently disabled under circumstances that make Red Hood his caretaker could fix them actually" idea. Big brained of me.

19. fic you plan to read next year.

I have a trl list but fuck me if I remember ñaslfkjf, I just download pdfs and put them in their fandom folder. There are some Jason-related long fics that I left unfinished I need to get back to and comment... I'm just a picky bitch that dnfs fics left and right ñaklsdf.

One I remember rn is this Black Sails x Solaris!AU I bookmarked once upon a time... the concept fucks so so hard. That one is definitely first on the list for 2025.

30. fandom resolution for next year.

Less tumblr, more ao3 xD. Both in writing and yes, in reading & commenting. Largely, I want to spend the free time I'll have in 2025 writing (both ff and original) and engaging more with that side of things.

[hazellvsq]

i've barely written anything in the past two months (which were rough for several reasons) but i'm trying to get back to it. list of my wips that i actually intend to finish:

dig: holes au for valzhang week murder mystery prompt. late by this point obviously but i will finish it at some point! this was inspired by my workplace showing the movie holes. it started out smaller but at this point i have all of the nine main heroes of olympus characters involved somehow.

black night salt up from the ocean floor: frazel oneshot, just something weird for me, set in 1942 alaska

how many children had lady macbeth?: prequel fic, partly finished, goes back and forth between 1940-41 new orleans and 1942 alaska and sometimes 1927 new orleans.

sequel fic: haven't settled on a title yet, even though this is my longest and most involved wip. covers at least the next ten years of hazel's life if not more

list of notes app wips that i have something down for but probably won't touch until the urge strikes:

frank meets the lost hero trio oneshot. they pick him up on the quest to california to free hera because he's hitchhiking to camp. obviously the timeline's off but i thought it would be funny.

valzhang soulmates au where their name turns up on your arm. canon compliant for how they meet in mark of athena for maximum messiness. an "everyone disliked that" situation

sequel to the halting problem. i have a rough trajectory in mind but its harder because i'm not sure whether to wrap it up during house of hades or include blood of olympus. also most of what i have down is either hazel's distraught inner monologue or percy and frank bullying leo.

frazel tartarus au. honestly i had two scenes in mind and nothing else but i wrote them! hazel drank out of the river of misery and lived to regret it.

the lost hero au where nico and hazel are switched. i genuinely do want to revisit this bc i had several scenes down and i think it would be fun to publish even as an incomplete project. i just have to remind myself that i don't actually have to add to the worldbuilding or actually try to rewrite the lost hero.

underworld siblings modern au where the three of them are all trust fund babies. i decided to make it a frazel bodyguard au while i was at it but its mostly about the siblings and their antics.

frazeleo multichapter au where they're all young adults who become fugitives from camp jupiter and meet each other on the run. they have to survive and stay one step ahead while also having to deal with each other.

a few others that i almost certainly won't finish: yellowjackets au (too long), hazel/reyna story (no plot), platonic frank & hazel au based off of the movie plan b (too undignified) (great movie tho)

i also want to move all of the ao3 fics on my rec list to ao3 bookmarks so i can organize them better, but i don't want to bookmark works without actually reviewing them and i've been putting that off because its time consuming to do all at once, but i'm going to work on it!

[v8nom]

any fic recommendations in general? any genre?

yes!!

under the read more bc it gets long..

all of artistic_groove's stuff is amazing, i particularly like and if I may just take your breath away and one of your girls (tonight) (both smut). and also I want a hundred of your time is delicious (not smut)

sweetsummerday is also fantastic, go check out all their stuff as well! my favourites are: i need your focus on me and tell me baby, am i good at love? (also both smut)

amperis is incredible, their series In another life we... actually changed my life (smut and not smut idk)

westhyo !! another author we are blessed to have in the 9wice rpf world. butter without salt and but the house always wins (smut) are tentatively my top two but also go check out all their stuff.

love is a series of organized chaos is a classic (smut). it's unfinished which is devastating but it's also in like one-shot form so it doesn't really leave a storyline hanging. but really it's so fucking good

ketchup toast ! (not smut) had me lying in bed Pondering about life for hours, days after finishing it. would recommend if you want to go through a quiet and unspecified crisis. it's amazing

Hey, Isn't This Easy is such a nice, good fic. reads really well and is a lovely story

kiss her once is another fic that made me question everything. read it in one sitting listening to last waltz on repeat and i've never been the same since. save me mimo... fucking great plotline + it's so nicely-worded

Kiss Land series (smut with plot) goes so hard too. (edit: just realized it's written by artistic_groove too, but the series was put together by another acct? idk)

if you want something to really Think about, most of Kourinn's English Collection is really good, specifically the MoHyo-verse ones. (they do a deep dive into dynamics and stuff, idk how to explain it but whenever i reread a work of theirs i always discover a new, deeper level to it)

and finally! Seasons by JesusCheese (i've mentioned this author before) is probably my favourite 9wice hurt/comfort fic. (please beware of the tags before you read it)

well there's your 2024 reading list! lol no i've most definitely missed ones I can't think of rn/forgot to bookmark, but tbf that's a pretty long compilation so i'll end it here. if you read them, i hope you enjoy them as much as i did :)

[lowkeyanakin]

Most/Least Tag Game

Thanks for tagging me @demon----dean <333

Rules: give us the links to your wonderful works with the Most hits/Most kudos/Most comments/Most bookmarks/Most words/Fewest words.

Most hits/Most kudos

No surprise here lol, albeit I scarcely believe people actually like my silly little gen fix-it with one of the NICHEST rarepairs ever. Im very thankful for the attention and the love it recieved and I hope i'll be able to publish the next chapter by the end of this year

Most comments/Most words

Stand By Me again technically, so i'll go with the second one with most words!!! My medieval AU!!! It started as a joke and by the end of it I had created so much lore and tradition and culture, it read like another story entirely. I'm super proud of it and extremely happy that I managed to finish it <3

Most bookmarks

Useless to say, Stand By Me is still n1 and Golden Phantom is n2. Third place: the first installment of my FACPOV (sort of?) series, also known as the Catverse because I gave Obi-Wan a cat (and Anakin will get one too). I have one more story I plan to write and it's really funny that it all started from a Tik Tok I saw lmao

Fewest words/Least Subscriptions

For the fewest words category we have this flashfic I wrote after being BOMBARDED with pictures of Ewan's hands and I LOVED how it turned out!!!! Plus: my favourite SW writer commented on it and I still can't believe it happened.

Next: fewest subscriptions. Possibly the fic I liked the most writing and DRAINED ME in the best possible way. It's written as a sort of inner dialogue and man, I love writing crazy shit from Vader's pov. He's so fucked up and broken and full of contradictions. I wish more people read it but it's definitely not everybody's cup of tea.

Least Bookmarks

Another flashfic about Anakin and his relationship with sand that I absolutely adored writing but that basically no one read, yeah. It's a pity but it doesn't suprise me because it's the second fic in an obianidala series and there's not many people into the ship.

Least Comments

My first ever whump obikin fic lololol, no surprise here, it's quite old and not very well-written.

Least Kudos/Least Hits

Category: least kudos! At n1 we have Sky and Sand, then Battle fot the Sun. Third place goes to my pinocchio AU! Obi-Wan is horribly sad in this one because Anakin is dead and writing it was terrible because I kept crying lmao. I still love the concept and I'll probably edit it at some point because it wish it got the attention I think it deserved. It's a good one, at least for my own standards

As for least hits, other than Sky and Sand and Battle for the Sun we have its prequel, in which I make Obi-Wan suffer horribly like he does in the OWK series. Once again, basically no one read it and I wish more people did because I love writing angst and this one is OOOF an angstfest.

This was fun to do, I no-pressurely nominate @edgeofn1ght @complementaryhalves @jabba-theslutt @maiaspen @barmadumet @obiwaned @purrvaire <333

[raincitygirl76]

I’m looking for a Wilmon fic, and can’t find it in my AO3 bookmarks. It’s more of a fic series than a single fic. It’s an Erik lives AU, and it starts out very lighthearted, lots of banter. Some chapters are in regular descriptive prose, while other chapters are Text messages between Erik and Simon, and group text chains with Simon, Rosh, and Ayub. It’s all quite sweet and fluffy until during Christmas break, both Erik and Wilhelm get into a car crash. Erik is in a coma, Wilhelm has a broken leg. I can’t remember what happens next. Is this ringing any bells for any of my YR mutuals?

Edited to add:

@chinitade helped me figure it out. The fic series is called “It’s Like a Multicolored Snapshot (Stuck in my Brain)” by isnt_that_wizard. Link to the series below.

Actually, no, I think the fic in question was “You’re simply the Best” by Cloudymilk (link bflow). I started reading the fic above, and it was good, but it wasn’t the specific fic I was thinking of. My thanks once again to @chinitade

Oh no, oops, it was actually @impossibleknots who recced the Cloudymilk fic.

And it turns out that fic is part of a series:

[wildlife4life]

Do you have any creative process for like organize your ideas?

My notes app on my phone really. If something comes to mind I add it there. Each fic I have in the works has its own note page. And then for like research, I have folders with different bookmarked web pages. So like for my nfl buck fic I have the schedule from the rams 21-22 season, along with stats and scores, there’s also a bookmarked page for different players, and whatever else I need for the most accurate fic.

Some ideas don’t ever leave the notes app, some are even deleted bc of creative reasons or bc of canon show events that differ too much. I try not to have too many wips going at once bc I get overwhelmed easily sometimes and my life is hectic enough.

But if I do really like an idea I come up with, I actually try to type up a few paragraphs, feeling it out and then I’ll start up some research, make a new note page with character details, maybe a timeline, and some ideas on what I want in the fic at some point.

A little messy and chaotic but it is actually organized to my standards.

[keysandopenmind]

new New Dream fic - More Than He Could Hope For

So back in July, it was New Dream Appreciation Week and @nerdasaurus1200 wrote this adorable AU for the "forbidden love" prompt, which left me with a silly grin on my face.

And around the same time, I read just this heart with much too much to share, which was written back in 2014 (I bookmarked it then and took nine years to read it, whoops), so before the series or anything. And there's a scene in that where Kristoff and Eugene are talking about their relationships with their respective Princesses and Eugene says he initially wasn't allowed anywhere near Rapunzel once he brought her home, due to his reputation. And while I am quite confident that's not what happened, I thought it was interesting angle to explore and so here we are!

I'm not an especially fast writer, so 7400 words took me a full month to get down and honestly I'm surprised it happened that quickly. My initial plan was just a couple thousand words of angst/fluff followed by a happy ending, but then it developed an actual plot. Which is definitely new for me in terms of fic writing.

Back when I was in my 20s and writing fic regularly before, I generally stuck to short missing scene and character study-type one shots. At the same time, I really struggled with planning and finishing any original projects. So I think the fact that I wrote this and wrote it quickly (for me) is a testament to how my skill as a writer has developed in the last few years, and I'm feeling pretty proud of that!

[therulerofallpotatos]

Fic Stats Tag Game

rules: give us the links to your fic with the most hits, second most kudos, third most comments, fourth most bookmarks, fifth most words, and fic with the fewest words.

Most Hits (still and is also the reason I will not be posting my multi-chaps until they're finished. This fic would have greatly benefited from me reading it all at once before posting)

Second Most Kudos (somehow. I would have forgotten this fic existed otherwise)

Third most comments

Fourth Most Bookmarks (again)

Fifth Most Words (Got bumped down to 5th place today actually)

Fic with the fewest words (This one feels like cheating because it's a poem.)

Shortest flash fiction piece (one of my few gen fics)

Tagging: @realmermaid333, @discontentedwinter, @sissytobitch10seconds, @obsidianpen,

[pugs-cats-bb-8]

AO3 Stats Meme

Rules: Give us the links to your wonderful words with the most hits, most kudos, most comments, most bookmarks, most words, and least words.

Most Hits-

Most Kudos-

This is the 2nd one because Autonomy Is Within My Reach is number 1.

Most Comments-

Old Coldest Hits fic.

Most Bookmarks-

Once again this is the second one.

Most Words-

This is actually the third one.

Least Words-

Old Superantural fic.

This wasn't included but.

Most Subs-

This is actually the fourth one.

[m34gs]

For the fic writer ask: 3, 13, 25, 37, 40, 42.

Hi friend! Thanks for the ask!! (from this post!) Excited to answer!!

3. Describe the creative process of writing a chapter/fic

My creative process? Well, I have an idea, I try to summarize it in one sentence. Then I decide if I want to do a one-shot or a multichapter fic. If it's multichapter I start thinking about how I'm going to divide it up. Assign character roles, then I write out an entire bare-bones plot and divvy it up into chapters. When I start on a chapter I use that as a guideline and let myself work from point A to point B as organically as I can. Sometimes as I'm writing further in the chapter, something clicks and I scroll back to pop a detail in. For one-shots I usually allow myself a lot more freedom and just jot down a few concepts before I launch into writing the actual fic.

13. What’s a common writing tip that you almost always follow?

Learn the rules so you know when and how to break them. Seriously, the rules are important so that you can break them at the right times for maximal impact.

25. What fic do you wish you got more of a response on?

Hmm, I don't know if it really counts because I'm actually really happy with the response I got on it, considering it's a rarepair in a fandom that's still pretty new...but I am incredibly proud and happy with A Different Kind of Magic; my multichapter Kalim/Idia fic for Twisted Wonderland. I love it very much and am always happy to see that someone else has liked it or commented or bookmarked it 💜

37. How do you choose where to end a chapter?

Well, I actually do this prior to even writing the actual fic. I have a detailed outline that allows me to group certain points together into chapters and then I highlight them in the work as I work through them, so that I know what I've hit and what I still need. I try to limit it to only a few points per chapter, but the actual amount just depends on how long I want to spend on each of the points. If it's a super important or heavy topic that takes a lot of work and words to get across properly, the chapter may only really have one "point".

Once I've hit the points in the chapter and covered them in the depth I want to, I end it.

40. If someone were to make fanart of your work, what fic or scene would you hope to see?

Honestly, if anyone ever draws anything based on my fics, I will cry happy tears. It's such an honour and I really can't pick or choose which ones I would rather have. I would be so flattered.

42. What’s the last fic you read? Do you recommend it?

The last fic I read was...Just a Normal Citizen (Not a Dimension Traveler), a lovely Twisted Wonderland mafia au that I *highly* recommend everyone check out! It's so fun. (I love you friend and I love everything you write!)

Thanks again for the ask!!

[terresdebrume]

I saw this game in the Dead Boy Detectives tag, posted by @sixbynine-da and I figured "why wait until I'm tagged if I can do it right now" xD Also I'm going to separate this game into general and bday play because that's the only way any DBDA fic is going to appear on this list xD

I'm tagging @ghostinthelibrarywrites, if you wanna do it^^

Rules: Give us the links to your fic with the most hits, second most kudos, third most comments, fourth most bookmarks, fifth most words, and fic with the least words (feel free to interpret however you would like; if not on AO3, can be on Tumblr or FFNET, etc)!

General round

Fic with the most hits:

S.O.S Écrits Avec De L'Air (aka seadla), Mature, discontinued.

This baby, which got abandoned for cause of I needed to move away from it after figuring out I was trans, is sitting pretty at 43 868 hits in 13 years. This fic was by far the one that reached the most readers, in large part because I happened to join the FrostIron (Tony Stark/Loki) fandom before it got popular: it's not hard for your name to become recognizable when there's like, ten people writing for a ship, max xD

2nd most kudo'd fic

Wooer Wooed; FrostIron, General audiences, complete one shot.

With 1 401 kudos, this one is only beat by another MCU fic called We Shall Have Peace. I think people enjoyed WW because it's light hearted and geared towards humor... And in any case, I had fun writing it x)

3rd most commented fic

Clark Kent, of Krypton (Mature, Clark centric, 98k words)

This fic received a total of 128 comments! It's preceded by SEADLA and another FrostIron fic, because that's what happens when you publish over 100 works in the same fandom xD

CkoK is basically a transition story, from Kal-El to Clark Kent, and I'm very proud of it.

4th most bookmarked fic

Wooer Wooed gets that one too! With 291 bookmarks, it is beaten by SEADLA (3rd place), CkoK (2nd place) and We Shall Have Peace, which I somehow never remember received such love!

5th longest fic

Once more, with kissing (Digimon Adventure/Adventure 02/TRI, mature)

This one was heavily inspired by the plot of Emma (by Jane Austen) as Taichi, the series' main character, fucks up royally in his attempt at matchmaking, and ends up getting together with his childhood best friend.

At 40 995 words, it's almost 60k words shorter than my actual longest fic: a (abandoned) French language epic fic centered on Legolas Greenleaf's adventures in the modern world. I'm honestly kinda bummed I abandoned that one before I could send the elves into space looking for a new way to Valinor but oh well. Maybe one day I'll think about retooling it xD

Shortest fic

Han Solo, Anakin Skywalker, and the weekly Falcon malfunction (General audiences, gen, humor)

Technically, even with only 92 words, this isn't my shortest work on AO3, but I decided to ignore the fic covers and go for my shortest fic xD

DBDA round

Fic with the most hits

The Almost Case of the Swimming Pool (12k +, Teen And Up, tw for homophobia, racism, and major allergy reactions)

Sitting proudly at 1 388 hits so far! In this modern AU, Edwin is still being bullied in the 2010's at St Hilarion, only this time when Simon organizes a deadly prank, Charles is here to intervene. I'm still really happy with this one and the verse that sparked from it, and hopefully I'll be able to publish the next installment of the series before the school year is out xD

2nd most kudo'd fic

Dining at the Ritz (Teen and Up, 2k+ words)

This fic got 228 kudos so far! It's set in the same universe as the Almost Case, though over seven years later. In this one, Edwin's dad is being a dick about Edwin's stimming and Charles ends up taking drastic measures.

3rd most commented fic

Dear Edwin: Greetings from Scotland! (Gen, 603 words, epistolary)

This one got 32 comments, including mine, and I absolutely LOVED writing it because Niko's voice is a delightful voice to write in! I love the way she speaks in the show, this mix of enthusiasm and constant monotone, and I had fun trying to replicate part of that in her letter :)

This is still set in the same universe as The Almost Case, only much closer to it, time wise.

4th most bookmarked fic

Something soft to land on (Teen & up, 700+ words, ft. Non sexual intimacy)

This fic was bookmarked 23 times, including 8 hidden bookmarks (so like, I know they exist but I can't see who made them or what they say, in case you're worried) but in my heart it has at least three times that.

It features my very favorite thing in this fandom: Charles having an emotional breakdown because he finally feels safe and secure in the knowledge that he is loved.

5th longest fic

I'll still take your number (Teen and up, morning after, POV Crystal)

Still in the same series, because that's most of what I published so far for this fandom xD

In this one, Crystal and Charles hooked up, and then Crystal spends 2448 words figuring out how to deal with the morning after now that she's trying not to be an asshole... Featuring Jenny's reluctant brand of helpfulness.

Shortest fic

Thumbprints (General audiences, 221 words)

The second fic I ever wrote for this fandom! It's a brief, somewhat poetic look at Edwin's impression of Charles' speech on the steps out of hell

I have also ignored several fic covers, since this game is about stories ^^