#author of the year 2024

[jilyawards]

Author of the Year 2024

Winner: @wearingaberetinparis (ritaskeetered on AO3)

[drarrily-we-row-along]

Roasted Marshmallows

"C'mon," Harry urged, pushing Draco through the door of a cottage that looked like it had seen better days. "It's freezing out here."

Draco allowed himself to be shoved through the door but paused the moment they were through to survey the absolute mess that had been left. "You've got to be joking." This day had gone from bad, to worse, to even worse.

"Look," Harry said as he shut the door behind him, "I know it's not ideal-"

"Not ideal?" Draco all but shrieked, he could feel his blood pressure rising, he was trying to remain calm, honestly he was. "It's horrible!" he exclaimed. "My mother's been attacked and is in Mungos as we speak, my apartment was ransacked with who knows how much damage done, it's three days from Christmas and I haven't gotten any of my shopping done, and now I'm here in this horrible little safe house until the bloody DMLE can catch whoever it is that's been trying to kill me!"

Harry winced, looking around uncertainly.

Draco deflated, "and I know none of this is your fault. I know you're trying to help me. I know you had to call in a few favors to be the auror assigned to watch me. And I appreciate that, I really do, but-"

"Listen," Harry said, his warm hands cupping Draco's shoulders, "I know the past 12 hours have been a lot. Why don't you take a bath? I brought some of that lavender bath salt that you like, I'll put on some music for you, and by the time you come out everything will be right as rain out here."

He pulled Harry in, wrapping his arms around his waist and pressing his head against Harry's neck, "Thank you."

"Don't mention it, love," he murmured, pressing a kiss to Draco's temple.

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When Draco emerged from the bath, feeling practically like a new person, he found that Harry hadn't been kidding. The whole cottage had been set to right, the couches had been uprighted and repaired, the floors cleaned, walls scrubbed, a fire burned merrily in the fireplace.

The smell of homemade food drifted through the cottage, something warm and hearty by the smell of it and Draco followed the scent to the kitchen where Harry was pulling something out of the oven. "Hey, you," he said over his shoulder as he set the pan on the top of the stove. "I made us a shepherds pie."

His eyes started to sting and before he could fully process what was happening, Draco was crying.

"Hey," Harry said, immediately dropping the spoon he was using to start serving their dinner. "Hey," he pulled Draco into his arms, "Don't cry." His lips brushed over Draco's forehead, "don't cry love. Everything's going to be alright."

"You made shepherd's pie."

"Sorry!" he said quickly, "I can make something else. We don't-"

Draco couldn't help it, he just started to cry harder. "Stop. It's not that I don't want to eat your shepherd's pie. I'm just," he shrugged, "I don't deserve you."

"Don't be silly," Harry said, rubbing Draco's back and directing him to a chair. In a matter of moments there was a glass of red wine in front of him along with a healthy helping of shepherd's pie. Then Harry was sitting down beside him and bumping his knee against Draco's. "Eat," he said softly.

So Draco did.

Once they finished dinner, Harry shooed Draco from the kitchen, telling him that his book was on the table by the sofa. It wasn't long before the other man also emerged from the kitchen, carrying two mugs with what Draco felt quite certain was homemade hot cocoa.

He set them down but before Draco could reach for one, Harry handed him a roasting stick and held out a bag of marshmallows. "Whoever was here last left the bag in the cupboard," he said. "I thought they might be just the thing we needed to go with our hot chocolate on a day like today."

"Thank you," Draco whispered, too overwhelmed by all of the emotions that he'd been feeling to say much else.

"Don't mention it," Harry said, bumping his shoulder against Draco's as they moved to sit in front of the fire and toast their marshmallows.

He swallowed, "I meant it, what I said earlier."

Harry raised an eyebrow uncertainly.

"I really don't deserve you."

"Darling," Harry murmured, pressing a kiss to his cheek. "You've had a terribly traumatic day. Making you some dinner and cleaning up the cottage was the absolute least I could do."

"But-"

"No, I mean it," Harry said, waving him off. "I have genuinely done the exact same thing for other people that are in the Ministry's safe houses."

"Oh," he said, brow furrowing.

"But," Harry said, wiggling his eyebrows at Draco, "What I have planned for you after hot chocolate is exclusively for you."

He couldn't help the grin that spread across his face. His day may not have started out terribly well, but it looked like it was going to end markedly better.

[deimosatellite]

like idk it just seems actually nefarious to take one of the very few widely known instances of queerness in older history being a symbol to show queer people that we've always existed and aren't alone for CENTURIES and taking away the queerness from it. like. i know some people say that ''the queerness isnt important in the book" which i mean in my opinion i could go off for 10k words in an essay as to how basil's love for dorian is integral to the story BUT EVEN APART from that its really just. having a real explicitly queer character in such an old and widely regarded classic novel is HUGE for queer history and this is just. literally like. its 2024. why are you doing queer erasure to DORIAN GRAY

[simp-ly-writes]

Dearest Reader,

I just wanted to say thank you to anyone of you who has taken their time to read a work of mine over this past year and or support my hyper-fixations. It truly means a lot that I get to share my love of a fandom (Stardew Valley, Call of Duty, Hazbin Hotel, Baldurs Gate 3, The Gentlemen 2024, Doctor Who, or to my most recent Smosh/Youtube), and have you support me in some way.

And I know that it might sound cringy but I mean it when your comments, suggestions, likes, and reblogs have all made my day better at some point as I hope my stories have brought some light into your own. I still remember my first 10 readers and the barley 5 likes I would get on my posts and to come to nearly 900 of you now is something I will never take for granted. (In all honestly, i don't know why people read my shit half the time lol).

I won't say much more but just thank you all, truly, for reading my silly work and heres to another year of sharing stories and silently screaming over characters.

Your Writer,

Simp-ly :)

[lilablanc]

Agradecimentos.

Olá minhas divas,venho por meio desse post falar um pouco sobre esse ano de 2024.

Se em 2023 alguém me disesse que em 2024 eu ia conhecer o casting de sociedade da neve e iria criar um blog no tumblr sobre isso eu não acreditaria,no começo desse ano eu andava um pouco deprimida,não sei dizer porque,mas em um dia de janeiro eu me deparei com um edit do Enzo,eu pensei:"não deve ser ninguém importante",até que começaram a aparecer mais edições e derrepente eu me vi obcecada com aquele casting,é tão interessante o fato de que pessoas que nem me conhecem salvaram minha vida e me ajudaram indiretamente em meus momentos ruins,sou muito grata a todas as pessoas que acompanham o blog e todas essas escritoras maravilhosas,agradeço o apoio e que em 2025 tenhamos muito mais dessas fics,historias e interações maravilhosas.

Vou estar deixando aqui algimas divas que me inspiraram e inspiram.

@kstephaniess @anivi02 @cherryblogss @luxcandy @llorentezete @imninahchan @interlagosgrl @biancavogrincic @creads @crarinhaw @artmiabynana @maryrusselll @maryiposa @luludohs @lunitt @estellalee @ellebarnes90 @idollete @deepinsideyourbeing @amethvysts @ataldaprotagonista @shawtylana @star-elysiam @bibescribe @chicavogrincic

Um beijo para todas vocês,desejo sucesso a todas essas divas.

Kiss kiss💋

Feliz ano novo.

Que 2025 tenhamos mais interaçõese fics incriveis,tudo de bom💗💗

[yoshiyolotli]

Happy New Year GO Fandom

Like many others have posted over the last week, this fandom has helped me get through an incredibly difficult year - emotionally, physically, relationally, professionally. Your support of each other inspired me and opened my eyes to the different ways that community can be created The fanfiction and fanart is stellar! There are so many amazingly talented people out there - thank you for sharing your creativity with us all. I am a "consumer" - I am not a writer or an artist - but I love words, language, art, and people and this fandom has all of it in spades!

Some of you writers have allowed me to banter and have become moots. I am learning to edit stories. I have re-discovered the joy of reading for fun. And have found a community from all over the world at the ripe young age of 50, that is based on the love of two beings who aren't even 'supposed' to like each other - what better premise is there!

So to ... @deichselschwein @klikandtuna @pannotbread @phoen1xr0se @hinekosama @shadesofecclescakes @beerok23 @leviosally @gaiaseyes451 @glassiskies @di-42 @wanderingalicewrites @moonyinpisces @mrghostrat ... and so many more thank you for your stories. Many of them allowed them to see parts of my own story reflected and the healing it provided was surprising and needed.

[slaughter-books]

My favourite graphic novels and manga, that I loved reading in 2024! 💕💕

🎊 Happy New Year! 🎊

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[bigcats-birds-and-books]

Books of 2024: A HALF-BUILT GARDEN by Ruthanna Emrys.

[thelonelybrilliance]

thelonelybrilliance/TolkienGirl: My Year in Fanfic

In addition to posting a nice even number of unique fics for AO3 scrolling purposes (60), I also launched some ambitious projects, finally wrote a few one-shots for my favorite small fandoms, and completed some megafics. The Silmarillion Gold Rush AU (cc: @abadpoetwithdreams and @wearetakingthehobbitstogallifrey) is steadily progressing. @mapleymood and I are bringing The Summer I Turned Pretty into the realm of literature 😉. And my endless analysis of Friday Night Lights with @itspileofgoodthings has produced yet more fictional musings.

Without further ado:

COMPLETED MULTI-CHAPS:

Pharmakós - An epic, entirely original saga that took several years to complete (started in 2021). In our Gold Rush retelling of The Silmarillion, the Finwean cousins (Maedhros, Fingon, Finrod) lead a diplomatic delegation to Doriath, only to encounter unexpected friends and foes under Elu Thingol's roof

The Figurehead - My take on Stranger Things Season 5, with Steve/Nancy as the heart and soul. Picks up right where Season 4 left off (started in 2022)

with unbroken rhythm - Estrela waits in Mithrim. But Mithrim itself is not unchanging, and unlikely news has a way of finding its mark (Gold Rush AU)

here is my hand, my heart, my throat, my wrist - Maedhros, finding his voice (Gold Rush AU)

WIP MULTI-CHAPS:

crooked love (in a straight line down) - Broken promises, distant memories... Taylor Jewel and Jeremiah Fisher should have nothing in common but mutual resentment. Why do they share a growing understanding instead? (The Summer I Turned Pretty crack-treated-seriously sequel, with @mapleymood)

nativity scenes - An ongoing look at the first memories around each Finwean grandchild's birth (with @abadpoetwithdreams and @wearetakingthehobbitstogallifrey, Gold Rush AU)

To the Young Who Want to Die - Sequel to Pharmakós; a not-entirely-triumphant return to Mithrim (Gold Rush AU)

Penetralium - A different sequel to Pharmakós; Melkor Bauglir moves house, licks his wounds, and regroups (Gold Rush AU)

ONE-SHOTS (by fandom):

The Silmarillion

Gold Rush AU 2024 Installments

Red Rising

born to raise the sons of earth - She’s proven Eo right. And it wasn’t because of me. It wasn’t because of love. It was because it was the right thing to do, and because mighty Kavax was more a father to her than her own ever was. (Mustang, pre-series & Morning Star)

Lights that do mislead the Morn - If she didn’t love him, why learn him? (Mustang/Cassius, Morning Star)

Swan Song - It’s only now, loitering at the threshold of the med-bay, that Mustang can admit she’s been avoiding this moment. She’s afraid of her brother. She’s afraid of losing Darrow—and the future she’s trying to safeguard for them both. For Pax, her deepest thoughts whisper, half-haunted that even the voices in her head can be heard by listening ears intent on betrayal. She’s afraid of the war turning inward, ally against ally. She shouldn’t be afraid of the man in the bed. (Mustang/Cassius, Morning Star)

looking for an easier world - How I miss them—the friends whose lives have marched on without me. (Cassius, Dark Age)

worth no less than a brother - Today, instead of Aurae’s ministrations and musical voice, I have a bloodydamn Bellona with coffee-breath aiming hits at every part of my body that hasn’t already sustained major trauma. (Darrow & Cassius, Light Bringer)

Wasteland - He is not a man on a journey. He is not a man who can afford to fail. (Diomedes, Dark Age)

Imperative - “I wonder how he shall bear death,” Roque muses. He selects a grape to pluck. How he can eat them after Fitchner—“Even after everything, I wonder that.” (Cassius & Roque, Morning Star)

we can still hear the sound of the surf (though we shall land no more) - Kalindora told me to trust this man, who holds a wicked, serrated blade over my chest and purses his lips as if deep in thought. (Lysander & Atlas (& Cassius), Light Bringer)

A Deep-Sworn Vow - “You think I’m a man?” “I think you’re a pissant little boy possessed by a demon.” (Victra/Sevro, Morning Star)

forgetting is a kind of mercy - Even with her heart carefully armored by layers of fierce temper and her tongue as sharp as one of her blades, it is her turn to be compassionate, because it is my mother who is dead. (Pax & Electra, Dark Age)

the dead do not suffer the living to pass  - Three lives, three passages. (Julian, Pax, Cassius, Red Rising)

Friday Night Lights

Clear Eyes - Season 2 Codas (ongoing - 11/15 completed)

in what distant deeps or skies - Smash and Tim go on an adventure (s1)

I lie to myself all the time (but I never believe me) - Like a bruise, is hope. You have to come around to its existence, its tenderness. (Tim, Jackie, Bo, s1)

you know it might be worth it for once - Come into my life, she was saying, like he’d never left it. (Tim/Tyra, s5)

The Queen's Thief

had chosen thus to fling his soul - “This will be the last journey, I promise,” she murmured, after a moment. “Another mark beside my name,” he said lightly. (Gen & Helen, pre-Queen of Attolia)

we insist on love (when all we want is mercy) - Every power that Eugenides knew—and some, maybe, that he didn’t—had brought him here, alone at the foot of a secret stairwell, waiting for a queen who wasn’t his. (Gen/Irene, Queen of Attolia)

a swing in prime - The truth of his loneliness was the only thing he could never tell her. Honesty stopped short when checked by love. (Gen/Irene, King of Attolia)

neutral islands - Helen did not know whether she ought to take note of her own enjoyment of Sophos’ company… yet enjoy it she did. (Helen/Sophos, A Conspiracy of Kings)

a kind of contentment - Eugenides, Kamet, and promises kept. (Gen & Kamet, flashback connected to Thick as Thieves)

A Shop for Killers

Dragonfly - Amidst all her learning—their learning—about how to be people who shared a roof and pretended not to share a history, Jian was the only witness to the slow development of her uncle’s real self. (Jeong Jinman & Jeong Jian)

Gethsemane - One does not walk into hell and expect a favorable outcome. (Jeong Jinman & Jeong Jian)

Pride and Prejudice

just as they used to be then - “I have commissioned a Mr. Plimer to come and take your portraits while you are at home,” Mr. Darcy said, seeming satisfied with the explanation he had received. “He is an accomplished miniaturist, and I believe the small table in my room will be amply improved by the addition of your three faces, if you will oblige me.” It was a compliment that could not but bear a sting. (Darcy & Wickham, pre-canon)

Mara, Daughter of the Nile

behold thou my heart (which grieveth for thee) - Sheftu had plucked hope like a flower, even while he should have heeded its thorn. (Mara/Sheftu, missing scene post-canon)

The Witch of Blackbird Pond

like rain carrying the memory of lightning - Confound the girl, but she’s in every sky and storm, in every wave and calm. (Kit/Nat, Nat POV missing scene)

White Collar

Patchwork Man - Back in the world, new anklet and old digs—it doesn’t have to be perfect to be too good to be true. Because that’s the heart of the matter, isn’t it? When you slip the noose, the world doesn’t become a kinder place, and it certainly doesn’t stop turning. (Neal & Peter, s2)

Once Upon a Time

parallels - It’s a bad day to be Emma Swan, sure. But it’s also a bad day to be an overly self-assured, literally underhanded pirate. (Captain Swan, s2)

The Office/Friday Night Lights

the drop-dead dream (the chosen one) - In which Michael Scott does not mourn his stepdad (unless he does), and has his life changed at a Dillon Panthers game (unless he doesn't).

[onlybe-satanonce]

I just want to thank all the fanfiction authors that got me through this year, you guys are truly makin miracles

[boycritter]

do you have a favorite philosopher or writer ?!?!?!?!?!?!

i dont think i've read nearly enough philosophy to have a favorite philosopher </3

in terms of writers i will go insane over franny choi, kaveh akbar, and hanif abdurraqib at any given opportunity. i've mainly read their poetry but i have been meaning to read kaveh akbar's novel and more of hanif abdurraqib's essays bc they are phenomenal writers !!!!!

ummm roxane gay is also a pretty good author, i've read her memoir and about a quarter of bad feminist (her essay collection). i think she has some interesting things to say in her essays but her memoir absolutely destroyed me.

for fiction, i've enjoyed all three of andrew j white's books. he writes like. horror stories featuring trans main characters and i think they're fun. both of jas hammond's stories live in my fucking brain especially thirsty. i thought it was such an interesting portrayal of addiction and relationships that aren't obviously toxic but also aren't the healthiest.

honorable mention to sayaka murata. convenience store woman was pretty good, and earthlings was. it was a fucking experience. i still have not formulated my opinion on it but i've been thinking about it since october.

[wangxianficrecs]

Proud Author Spotlight

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Hello how are you doing? I am here to shamelessly recommend a fic i just wrote. It's a wip, about vampire wwx, human lwj and reincarnation. Not a new idea but personally i like to read similar kinds of fics so i wanted to write something for myself. I want to share mine with people who might enjoy similar things.

Thank you. Have a nice day. ♥️♥️♥️♥️

A Thousand Years

by lanwangjibo (@lanwangjibo)

M, WIP, 1k, Wangxian

Summary: "Wei Wuxian went away one summer and when he returned he wasn't the same anymore. Sometimes he wished he hadn't, if he had stayed away then his zhiji wouldn't have had to suffer." or Wei Wuxian is an immortal vampire grieving for his zhiji.

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(Please REBLOG as a signal boost for this hard-working author if you like – or think others might like – this story.)

[lauronk]

🎁My 2024 Fanfic Wrapped🎁

@sixhours put together this cool template for end-of-year fic stats! here's mine, as accurate as i could make them with what ao3 gives me lol

*word count includes two fics i technically published last year but added chapters to this year and i wasn't about to do the math lol

**WIPs started doesn't include the fics published, just the docs in my drive with varying states of wordage and plans in them that will hopefully see the light of day eventually

[notsocheezy]

Brain Curd #289 - Twenty-Minute Tuesday #34

Brain Curds are lightly edited daily writing - usually flash fiction and sometimes terrible on purpose. This is not fiction.

So this is how it ends?

A year like 2024 comes too often for one lifetime. “The Year of Change,” as I declared it in January, has changed me like only time could. It has changed my circumstances, it has changed my body, it has changed my mind, but what is perhaps most striking is what hasn’t changed.

I thought I’d have gotten my “adult life” started by now. A new apartment, a new job, maybe even married. I thought I’d be able to look back from December to December and see a completely unrecognizable scenario for myself, and look in the mirror to see someone self-actualized and finally happy.

Instead, I look in the water-spotted mirror I keep forgetting to clean and I see my scars. I see the bags under my eyes, sleep-deprived from the dreams of what might have been. I don’t have a new apartment; I’m still living in this room, a place I have now lived longer than any other dwelling in my life. Dust is caked into the corners where I piled temporary stashes four-and-a-half years ago.

Not only did my plan to move evaporate, but I gave up on applying to jobs in the aftermath of my birthday and haven’t looked at listings since. There was a time, however brief, that I felt confident in my abilities enough to apply to positions I was clearly not qualified for - which I have found out is what you are supposed to do, apparently. The mind boggles.

My engagement was the first ending of the year. Unceremoniously treated like an afterthought on my own birthday and dumped like a sack of moldy potatoes for daring to exercise autonomy, I cried my way through two hard ciders the following evening and needed help getting back to the car.

Then, there was the culmination of two years of buildup: that’s right, bottom surgery, too, felt like more of an ending than a beginning, a feeling only now beginning to fade as the angry red turns pink.

Only last month did I learn the final ending to come from this year: my best friend is moving away. As I scramble to make use of the few remaining weeks, I feel seconds slip through my fingers, desiccating them like salt and silica, leaving dry skin to crack and bleed in the cold air. There was still so much to do. There still is.I don’t know what will happen after all the endings. That’s where beginnings come from, as I’ve been told. So I close my eyes, then, and fall backwards off the diving board. Welcome, new master, 2025 - where will you take me?

Please comment, reblog, like, and follow if you enjoyed - I'd love to know what you think! See you again next year.

[damoselcastel]

2024 Author's Notes

Oof, my wordcount output really shows how this was a crazy year for me... in a bad way. Admittedly there's some things I worked on but aren't in any sort of show-ing shape.

Here's a yearly-sum-up of my personal thoughts for my written works in 2022 (ones with chapters updates count too), my own personal tradition. All of the fic I listed can be found on my AO3.

JANUARY

Petals and Shards - FE17 Diamant/Celine My gift fic for Nagamas 2023, for a rarepair I was shocked to find someone else also shipping. I honestly found the younger royal sibs interesting across the board, so very much enjoyed speculating on how various political-marriage type ships might go over. Celine could definitely hold her own anywhere, but Brodia seems particularly spicy (fully admit: I picture some stuff going down on the Firene border when Alfred dies too early)

Daemoni - FE14 Marx/Hinoka demon!AU A fic inspired by this great piece of fanart. I started with a full tank of gas in 2023 but sadly ran out and hit writer's block hard (I blame perfectionism towards the big fight scenes). The fic will end at 13 chapters, so I only have a few more...really want to get this fic finished considering how I'd initially came at it. Should also one day do some illustrations, to show off the horned babes.

FEBRUARY

Joyful Labors - FE17 Pandreo/Alear A pinch hit for Nagamas 2023, honestly probably my fave ship for Alear? I'm usually not very fond of Avatar-protags in FE, but Pandreo himself kinda won me over with their support dynamic. I definitely brought some downer knowledge with how friggin' long Cathedrals take to build.

SEPTEMBER

Basking in the Glow - FEH Pandreo/Alear Cowritten with @mrmissmrsrandom , PanLear but in FEH's setting to take advantage of Alt silliness (to give Pandreo the vapors about being surrounded by his beloved god). Funnily enough, we speculated on a santa-lear but got the outfit colors wrong, lol.

NOVEMBER

When a Door Closes, Open a Window - Suzume fic, Iwato Tamaki/Serizawa Tomoya Got a gift of a Suzume/Souta fic and wanted to gift in kind, this being the other age-gap ship we came away with. Kinda irreverent by design, I have more ideas for chapters...just got to get over a particular nit-pick. Will likely be shortish, despite the multi-chap.

MARCH + DECEMBER

Hunger Pangs - FE16 ABO childhood Prequel to Sense of Taste, where it’s mostly the Faerghus four being cute kids and sfw. I’ve notice the trope very rarely ever deals with questions of like, what it’s like pre-puberty with all that presentation weirdness. And then I’m once again wasting Faerghus headcanons by sticking it somewhere no one will read them. I think there’ll only be 3 more chapters, though I have more ideas for the verse- like Dedue’s claiming and a SoT sequel.

Fully admit- failed to keep sanity this year, and I know I'll lose more next year... But I'm planning to crave more time to write, cause don't like this low-wordcount result.