#fanfic end of the year asks game

[uncleasad]

24 and 27 for the fanfic end of the year asks

You always hit me with the hard ones, lol. (What good are friends if not to torture you with tough Asks? 😂)

Since these two are related, a brief preamble about both:

In spite it being two-plus years since Legacies ended, and three years now since Kaylee’s last episode aired, the Hosie tag on AO3 is still going…strong might be too, well, strong, of a word…but there are still dozens of new fics/chapters published each week, and we’ve had a number of new authors pop up all year, as well as some old favorites return for extended encores, along with the cadre of usual suspects who have been the mainstays the past couple of years. So while it’s not the heyday of S1 or S2, there are still a lot of quality new fics and great writers out there for Hosie fans. (Not to mention all the older ones still there for everyone in the Archive.)

With that out of the way, now on to the answers!

24. favorite fic you read this year

There are about 4 pages in my fic recommendation tag for this year, and that just covers the ones I was super-super-excited about and/or thought people might have overlooked. I could easily make this a Top 10 or Top 20 😂 So I’m going to wiggle out a little bit on this answer and offer you (and any other readers) out there two very different fics that are both new this year and that I loved very much:

It’s in the Bloodline by Alexa_Shadow5 (a new author this year), Dark Tribrid Hope x Vampire Hunter Josie enemies-to-lovers; the last chapter should be out before the year is up, maybe any day now! (my fic rec post here)

dear josie saltzman by clexylexy (aka @clexylexymain), a The Half of It AU with cheerleader Josie and entrepreneurial Hope helping Landon get a date, until it all goes sideways. Warm and fuzzy for the most part, a great fic to curl up with.

27. favorite fanfic author of the year

I’ve been reading avengerskye (👋 @avengerskye) since I arrived in this fandom. The first part of the Fake Dating quartet—before it was a series!—was the first ongoing fic I remember seeing the Chapter 1 pop up in the tag, so I’ve been with it since day 1.

After several years of…semi-retirement?…avengerskye’s been back with a fury this year, winding up Part 2 😢 taking us through Part 3 😭 and bringing us back, feels like full circle, with the beginning of Part 4 🥰 The writing…it’s been amazing since day 1, and I’m so glad that it’s been back in my life on the semi-regular this year 🙏

(I don’t know what I’m going to do when Part 4 ends…in a way, that series has been an analogue to being a Hosie; I don’t remember a time as a Hosie when part of the Fake Dating AU wasn’t being written…but sometime I guess next year, I’ll have to figure out what it means to be a Hosie without that AU in production 😳 The end of an era, for sure.)

I’m sentimental, so sue me—but go read avengerskye’s fics, all of them.

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Thanks for the Ask! And thanks to all of the wonderful and talented authors of all the Hosie fics for a very good year of reading this year ❤️

[aurorawritestoescape]

18. current number of wips

21. most memorable comment/review

23. fics you wanted to write but didn't

💙💙💙💙

Thank you for the questions, Ozzie!!❤️😘 I hope your week is going great💕

18. I’ve counted 9 but I’m pretty sure that a couple of them are gonna be dropped so let’s say 7😅

21. I’m going to cheat and instead of talking about one review or comment I’d like to thank all my lovely readers which have supported me this year, have given me inspiration to write and have taken their time to leave some positive feedback. Thank you so much, lovelies🫂💕💕💕 @axshadows @casa-boiardi @huskyfox5 @fruityreads @nervousmumbling @gigistorm @pedroswife69 @megangovier @littlevenicebitch69 @tammythr @senoratess @survivingandenduring @jokesonthem @oldenoughtoknowbettersstuff @laprofesoratinacita @yesjazzywazzylove-blog @bbyanarchist @indiegirlunited @21stcenturywitchcraft @theoraekenslover @lunpycatavenue @sheepdogchick3 @untamedheart81 @divineangel222 @lostfleurs @y-prendeme-la-tierra @guelyury @kulekehe @iveseenstrangerthings50 @pascaltesfaye @ratoonstown @nana90azevedo I’m sure I’m forgetting someone but please know that I love you very very much!🫂💖

23. Oh, so many🥲 To name a few - ffm with Javi P, mermaid x Joel dark mini series, a series with QZ Joel and Tommy, fluffy meet cute with Frankie.. I hope I will get to all of them eventually.

Love you, Ozzie💗

[crazy-fangirl2524]

I cant imagine new people joining the fandom now that tsc is out and imagine people being able to read all five aftg books at the same time??? They will never get the feeling of finishing the third book and thinking it’s the final final and then discovering there’s the EC (that doesn’t exist anymore rip) and then Nora disappearing for years and suddenly back with news of a new book of a couple that was so good the author came back to make them canon and then us just waiting for news and everything and I’m so glad to be here when history was made and to experience everything I wouldn’t have it any other way

[lotusbxtch]

hello lovely! could I ask for 19, if no one else has asked it yet! 🩷🫂

hi Jo baby! @jolapeno thank you for stopping by!

19) any new fics to start next year - for new fics, I actually haven't figured out what i want to do next. (I am hyper concentrating on finishing up SCNC because it's a bit more complex with three main characters and three separate relationships to parse through)

so i could everyone's help!

NPT for poll opinions: @for-a-longlongtime @mountainsandmayhem @alltheirdamn @mermaidgirl30 @sin-djarin

@qveerthe0ry @joelmillerisapunk @arcanefox207 @almostfoxglove @almostempty

@nerdieforpedro @campingwiththecharmings @reallyrallyauthor @reggiesfilthylittlesecret @alltheglitterandtheroar

@jolapeno @guiltyasdave @pedropeach @pedrospatch @murder-wife

@whocaresstillthelouvre @luxurychristmaspudding @joelstummy

[toxintouch]

I heard it was angst time. CW: MC Death. About the level of graphic (gore/violence) description that is in the source material imo. Be cautious and prioritize taking care of yourself if you are unsure, please. ♡

Mhin can’t find you.

When you don't appear at the scheduled time to discuss the headway you’ve each made individually regarding your mutual goal, they walk away from your agreed-upon rendezvous point with an annoyed huff.

When the next night passes and you still don’t show, they become even more incensed.

It’s not until they head to the Wet Wick and Leander asks them if they’ve seen you that they become concerned.

They look everywhere.

Leander places posters on the corner streets alongside his usual advertisements and soon your likeness is plastered across Lowtown.  Large letters reading: “REWARD” peer down at Mhin reproachfully at every turn as they fruitlessly go about their own search when they can spare the time during their day to day fight for survival.  

Something nags at the back of their mind.  

Guilt, they think.  Self-loathing.  They should have tried to find you that night.

As the days turn into weeks, they give up on Leander’s methods and start asking their own questions. 

They do it under the guise of collecting another bounty, but the genuine, thankful relief they get from Leander, the sorrowful look they receive from Kuras–they're know they're wearing a shallow facade at best.

It leaves a raw taste in their mouth to do so, but they even ask Vere, knowing the fleabag has keen senses which they do not.

Their stomach drops when Vere laughs.  A harsh, cruel thing that has them brandishing their dagger, keen to gut him like a fish where he stands.  He reads their rage easily, assuring them that he’s innocent, that he had nothing to do with your disappearance.

Which is what a Monster would say–but then–

Vere would be at his most honest while gloating, wouldn’t he?  If the truth is a twist of the knife.

He tells them to check their own closet for skeletons.  Tells them to check for Monsters underneath their own bed.

The adrenaline hits them immediately.  They start to sweat and shake and feel nauseous.  For their body, the realization is instantaneous.  In their mind, it comes more slowly.  Like walking through a dream.

They try to reach back in their memory. Try to tug at that nagging thing.

Unspool it until they can determine where the emptiness begins, ends, anything in between.

And then they find it.  They don’t remember it, but they find it.  

In one of their many hidden shelters. The one closest to your rendezvous point–a small lacuna in the side of a crumbling building, a nest built into the flesh.

Spooling trails of entrails and ruined bandages.  Viscera and bones and gore.  Scavengers have gotten to you and contaminated the scene but–

The wounds are unmistakable.  Familiar to them, by now.

The soft parts of you that have been picked at and eaten.

The sinking feeling in their gut expands.  This type of scene doesn’t make Mhin sick anymore but they wish it would.  Wish they could retch and rid themself of this emptiness.  Wish they could expel the vision of you–

The remains of you, laid out before them. 

There’s something almost graceful about your corpse.  As if you’ve been drawn out of a fairy tale, your gruesome demise told as a parable for children.

They try to remember transforming.  Killing you.  

Your last words, if you could make any around the blood gurgling from between your lips like a fountain.

Maybe in the future your fairy tale will have a moral to it.  A reason.  Your death will be more than senseless, another body added to the pile.  

For now Mhin will have to live without that closure.

The grief drips off of them like blood off of black feathers. It can't permeate their defenses, advantages granted to them by an evolution that was not of their own volition. They can already feel their mind warping around their memories of you, dulling them lest they tear themself apart, fall down while climbing up the tower to meet you and dash themselves upon the rocks, sink into the water below and drown beneath the torrent. A younger version of them would chase after the memories, cling to the waning thought of you.

The person they are now lets it happen.

They turn their back, leaving the empty echos behind.

Bad Ending : "Reward"

[ectogeo-rebubbles]

fanfic end of year asks!

a fic you didn’t expect to write

something you learned this year

fic(s) you completed this year

fics you’ll continue next year

Thanks for the ask! ^_^ (For this ask game.)

14. a fic you didn’t expect to write

speech is silver, silence is golden, lmao. I really truly did not expect to write Garak/Morn smut. But when my friend requested it, I knew exactly how to write it lol. <3

15. something you learned this year

I may have already learned this, but exchanges with delayed fic reveals and then author reveals a week or so after that are BRUTAL on me, and I may (or may not) just avoid them from now on hahaha. The usual fic-posting waiting-for-comments anxiety but drawn out over a muuuuuch longer time period (finish the fic before the deadline to submit, wait a million years for it to even get revealed anonymously, then wait another whole week before I can even link to it on my blog...).

16. fic(s) you completed this year

27 fics finished this year!! Wooooo! (...And I may update this post later if I post any more hehe.)

completed fics posted:

the looking-glass war (Past Prologue Sisko POV, background Garashir)

and if you don't love me now, you will never love me again (Garashir, Broken Link getting together fic)

lockstitch (Sloanshir, embroidery as torture, sometime post-IAESL)

partners in crime (Siskarak, post-ITPM smut)

kiss me hard before you go (Garashir, Extreme Measures getting together fic)

Unlikely Weapon (Garashir, Julian killing Sloan = Garashir getting together scenario lol)

a contract is a contract is a contract (Quark/Brunt smut set during Body Parts)

me and the devil walking side by side (Siskarak smut about devotion and corruption and recognition of the self in the other and all that good stuff)

you're a criminal as long as you're mine (Siskarak smut set during Second Skin, about crossing and setting boundaries, and the homoerotic relationship between a weapon and its wielder)

speech is silver, silence is golden (Garak/Morn smut with pre-Garashir feels. Garak obvs gags Morn during the sex lol.)

every breath you take (Sloan records Garashir having sex)

going up, going down (cracky Siskarak smut, blowjob in the turbolift during ITPM)

A Professional Interest (augmentphobic Sloan interrogates Julian)

Deserted (Garashir stranded on a desert planet)

touch (Garashir IPS/BIL missing scene multichapter fic)

fics for events/exchanges that had restricted word counts (250 words or 300 words):

gaslight gatekeep girlboss (Kira/Winn and Kira/Ziyal, exactly what the title says lol)

the pros and cons of being possessed (Kira/Keiko, argument about what happened to Kira in The Reckoning and what happened to Keiko in The Assignment)

feels so right (Jadzia/Kira, Kira's fun way of coping with her internalized homophobia)

both lips on the mirror (Intendant/Kira, mirror Kira is obsessed with her counterpart)

not unfaithful but I'll stray (Kirawinn, Strange Bedfellows)

chirality (Intendant/Kira smut, Crossover)

drabbles (100 words):

lying down with dogs (Siskarak smut)

i think we're alone now (Garashir, IPS/BIL cuddles)

The Descent (quodo, The Ascent smut)

never loved nobody fully (Disko, two alternate versions provided depending on which Cardassian you want Sisko to actually be into lol. also some amazing people made a podfic of this, which is just so cool!!!)

The Mole (Sloan vs Kukalaka >:3)

sunshine bouquet (Garashir fluff, DBIP)

aaaaand, not fics, but while I'm rounding everything up, here's links to the two amvs I finished this year too:

Iris by the Goo Goo Dolls - Garashir (tumblr, youtube)

meet me in the pale moonlight by Lola Violet (tumblr, youtube)

17. fics you’ll continue next year

Sleep Awake is my only partially posted wip, but I have many unposted wip documents that I intend to post next year (or whenever I finish them)! These include wips with document titles such as: siskarak strip poker, Sub Rosa sloanshir, soulmate sloanshir, aphrodisiac sloanshir, Inquisition in the Abscess 'verse, julian jealous of imagined siskarak, and garak jealous of imagined sloanshir. :) (P.S. - Anyone can always feel free to ask me about any of those and I will immediately go write/edit at least a sentence on it. Trick me into making incremental progress on my shit, please!)

[redroomroaving]

8, 14, 24 for the end of the year asks

<3 lovely Ratt! hello, thank you for the asks.

8. Shortest completed fic you wrote this year

I won't count the Tolna's smut challenge for the word count limits or one shot drabbles here, only my multi-chapter fics ... which means my shortest fic completed this year is 'They asked for no pickles', my He Who Was x Geraldus modern restaurant AU.

Service came in at a clippy 10,698 words. Proof that sometimes I can, in fact, stop blathering.

14. A fic you didn't expect to write

I have a few examples here because honestly, most of my works past 'The Harper & The Tower' have been unexpected... but I'm going to go with one I a) didn't expect to find myself writing and b) generally opened the floodgate to a bunch of other problems, which is 'Trusting, Trusted' - my original Klaus x Kar'niss one shot.

Klaus was happily canoodling with Lia over in H&TT, I had no intention of writing Kar'niss, - only a vague notion that it'd be neat if he ended up at the circus. I'd never written anything even remotely monster-smoochin' adjacent. One conversation with @littlemisscactus and a reveal Klaus was a draconic bloodline sorceror later and suddenly I was writing pedipalp action.

... and then said action got super real and full of emotions and now I'm 86k into a Klaus and Kar'niss extraplaner tour romance and I've adopted a whole circus and we're all rooting for Popper and Medrash right?

Wild.

24. Favourite fic you read this year

Confession zone - I'm an atrocious reader. I have so many things bookmarked or half started or sitting in my periphery I'm desperate to read. I'm hoping that come the holidays I might finally be able to actually get through some of them.

I'd like to shout out to 'Circus of the Last Love', by @adoenamedjane.

This fantastic story takes an unloveable sidequest - the search for Dribble's body parts - and makes absolute lemonade out of it, structured around a love triangle between Dove (an OC), Rugan and Zevlor.

Adoenamedjane has a remarkable talent for sharp, precise writing that strikes like a blade - no word wasted and chosen exactly so. I find it remarkable, and I envy it enormously - please do check out their wonderful work.

[eusuntgratie]

14, 15, 22! xoxo MJ/kiwiana-writes

thank you MJ!

14. How many wips are you taking into next year?

answered here

15. Are there are other writers or artists who have inspired you?

ABSOLUTELY. GOD there's too many to tag!! there's been so much good fic to read lately which makes me want to read but also want to write and i'm just asldkfl;asdkjfalskdjfj @lostcol @puckingfabulous @matriayawrites @beggingwolf @jbarneswilson @onward--upward @bigassbowlingballhead @getmehighonmagic @magicandarchery @bartbarthelme @violetbaudelaire-quagmire @ninzied @anincompletelist @kiwiana-writes @letmetellyouaboutmyfeels @firenati0n @yabagofmilfs i'm forgetting a lot too but here's a handful whose work makes me go AHHHHHHHHHHH, which makes me to want to write write write 🥰

22. Will you change anything about how you plan or post fics next year?

in general, i write whatever i want whenever i can and post as soon as its done, unless its for an event, and i don't plan to change that.

i am planning to start posting my first chaptered fic in awhile next year, and i think i want to have more done before i start posting than i did last time. i've only written 3 chaptered fics. one was for a bang and was completely done and then posted all at once, one was slightly planned and written and posted chapter by chapter as i went. my last one i had a pretty solid outline and i mostly stayed two chapters ahead until the end. for this one, i want to have my outline really solid and have at least 25-50% written before i start posting. i'd love to have at least half, but i'm impatient so i don't know if i'll be able to stick to that. i'm rambling, and i guess the answer here is that i'm not quite sure what i'm doing, but probably something a little different than what i've done before.

Fanfic Writer End of Year Ask Game

[disappearinginq]

5, 13, and 50 for AO3 Wrapped Ask?

I PROMISE I MEANT TO DO THIS LIKE A WEEK AGO I"M SORRY

5. Your most read fandom this year?

This is a wild, wild game - you don't understand. I have 99 tabs open to AO3 on my phone, and that is not an exaggeration. And those fandoms range from Magnificant Seven (TV series), Slow Horses, Ted Lasso, Lord of the Rings, Star Trek (AOS), Outer Banks....possibly Slow Horses might win by the amount of DIFFERENT works because most of them are one shots and I think I read one author's entire whumptober series in an afternoon....

13. Personal favorite fanfic that I read this year

Ok, this is just going to have to be a multiway tie - A Series of Narrow Escapes (Slow Horses) by @altschmerzes; Bridges (Slow Horses) by juicewiththebits; Not the Plan (Outer Banks - bless her for fixing redoing canon) by @fayedartmouth; and Houndsight (Hudson & Rex) by @itsjustdg; Repeat a Decision by Teeelsie

50. Favorite comment I left or received this year

Ooof. Having not updated diddly squat in months - perhaps all this year? I refuse to check now...I don't have that many to choose from, so pretty much any of them. I DID start making an effort to review the ones I liked though, so there's that. But probably the one I like the most is this one from Crash:

"Love this fic so much!! It's one of my most common re-reads for sure, just the right balance of hurt/comfort, badass-ery, angst, friendship etc. Length is perfect for "finish before bed but don't fall asleep halfway through" for me lol. I love all the characterisation so much, especially the dynamics between the characters. Your pacing is perfect, with the perfect mix of internal thought, action, and dialogue, and everything is so naturally and vividly described too, in a way that makes sense for the characters? Like you describe what katsumoto would have noticed and how he would have thought about it to himself. Thank you for writing and sharing it with us!!! Please take this comment as about 30 kudos by now, with at least 30 re-reads on the way xx" - mostly because of the last sentence, that just like made my whole month when I got it. I love return readers! <3 And honestly, that's more of how I wind up leaving reviews because I have to actually set reminders for myself to do it. Also, because Crash is one of my favorites too - I think I wrote it when I was supposed to be doing homework in like an afternoon?

Aaaaaaaaaaaaanyway...sorry for the delay, and thank you for the asks!

[elflutter]

hi el! for the december ask game my love <3

#1 and #12!

hello nat!! thank you for the ask ily <3

1. favorite fic you wrote this year

ooh, this is tough!!

i think my favorite published/completed fic would have to be guard dog!! i really enjoyed writing it and sub!logan hits sooo good ugh

but... if i'm allowed to choose a wip, i have to choose a tragedy (to love a monster)!! i've been putting my heart and soul into this fic since october and i really hope it ends up being one of my stronger pieces!!

12. favorite character to write about this year

i've written so much more for logan than any other character this year, so it's only fair that he would be my favorite!

i'm moving towards writing more for other characters, but logan is definitely my comfort zone at this point!

it has gotten so easy for me to get into his head, even when i'm not writing his pov, and i have soo much fun exploring his psyche! especially the worst!wolverine variant, the angst and self loathing are just... delicious :)

fanfic end of the year ask game!

[vixstarria]

3, 14, and 15 for the fanfic asks! 💙

3. favorite line/scene you wrote this year

There's a bunch, but I distinctly remember cracking up writing the 'dilated cooch' bit after learning about certain elven lore for Ch 10 Bloodbang Chronicles:

“I know your misfortunes took much from you, but do you still remember your birth, Astarion?” asked Halsin. Asmodea was about to laugh at the absurd question that had seemingly come out of nowhere, but held back as no one else had batted an eye at the notion. “I think a glimpse still remains,” said Astarion, with a faraway look in his eyes, as though searching his memory. “A feeling of… being celebrated. Of knowing that my very existence brought joy to many others in that moment. And fragments of a song, though the words and the full melody escape me when I try to recollect them. I would recognise it if I heard it again, I'm sure.” “…What?” was all Asmodea managed, looking at Astarion incredulously.  “Ah, you may not be privy to this,” said Halsin. “Elves remember their birth.” “What?” she repeated, looking at Halsin.  He chuckled and took a puff of his pipe, looking every bit a patriarch of a family. “We do not remember much of the first half century or so of our lives, but memories of our first moments linger. Elven birth is unlike that of other races. It is near painless. It is not something to be hidden. Instead, it is a beautiful, joyous occasion - the community gathers round the new mother to witness and honour the holy miracle of being. Ancient birthing chants and hymns are sung. It is a moment of celebration for all who are gathered.” “What?!” Asmodea all but shouted. “Darling, you know this,” Astarion murmured, throwing an apologetic look at their hosts. “It's even mentioned in some of the ballads you've performed - do you remember the one about the elven dragonrider princess? When Wyll roped you into playing at the orphanage? ‘She came at dawn, and hundreds circled round in dance and song of joy’?” “I thought it was a metaphor,” hissed Asmodea. “I didn't realise the whole town had literally gathered to sing into her mother's dilated cooch!”

14. a fic you didn’t expect to write

Honestly, they all tend to sneak up on me completely unexpected.

Uh. Probably the fic I'm working on now, for the Winter Big Bang event (to be posted in February; can't and won't spoil now). There was a call-out and I signed up without any particular plan in mind, thinking "oh yeah, I can come up with a little 5k one-shot by the due date, no worries". Next thing I know, the first idea I had completely spins out of control, and I'm about 12k words deep into something that's estimated at 10 chapters, with no end in sight.

Oops.

15. something you learned this year

This year, I had the pleasure[?] of learning about harmonica gags, and now so can you! ^_^

Thank you so much for the ask!

Fanfic end of year asks post

[secrettastemakerland]

1, 5, 11 👀, 24 for the fic writer asks! 🎆

morning days and happy new year!!!! thank you for the ask! 💗💗💗

1) favorite fic you wrote this year

i'm gonna cheat and pick two haha i would have to say Ghost of You and ready or not are my favs. they were just very fun to write and oddly enough both based off of songs. (ghost of you by 5sos and ready for it by taylor swift respectively)

5) most popular fic this year

hits wise it'd be baby pardon my french (but only bc it's still incomplete 😔) new writing this year (last year/yesterday) would be let me count the ways (there are thousands)

11) fandom you enjoyed writing for the most this year

okay this year i like reverted back to my elementary school girl self that thought the two screaming chipmunks should kiss and since it looked like they weren't going to, i did it myself and have now written 3 alvin and the chipmunks fanfics. and while naruhina will always be my home, it was really fun trying out new character dynamics.

24) favorite fic you read this year

how could i choose just one?!? okay i'll try to narrow it down... Weird Hinata by @nightowl27-writer A New Dawn by madglow Things that Moan in the Night by @wickermayne and of course wildehopps mentions: Cause I've Been Thinking, You Know What They Say About Foxes (They'll Break Your Heart)

[kiwiana-writes]

Hoping for no duplicates: 8, 12, 19, 22 for the end of the year asks!

8. What mood has been most prevalent in your works this year? Ex. angst, hurt/comfort, fluff, etc.

Joy? I don’t think it’s been fluff, exactly. Joy feels more right.

12. What fic have you spent the most time on?

In terms of cumulative writing time, With so much of my heart (that none is left to protest). Yes I wrote it in a month, but I hyperfixated like whoa haha.

In terms of total time in my WIP folder, angstapalooza baby. It’s been percolating almost since I started writing in this fandom. One day I’ll actually write it 😅

19. What was your favorite comment, or piece of feedback this year?

The absolute VIOLENCE I was threatened with by both @ships-to-sail and @celeritas2997 during That Realisation in chapter 13/Act IV Scene II of With so much of my heart (that none is left to protest) was unparalleled if we’re being honest 🤣

But also, I’ve started starring the emails about comments that make me particularly emosh so I can go back to them when I need a pick-me-up 🥰

22. Will you change anything about how you plan or post fics next year?

I mean. A Practical Arrangement was a bit of an experiment in posting without a schedule, and one I will likely not be repeating 🤣 It simply Did Not Work For Me, power to those of you for whom it does to be sure. Other than that, no major plans for a change in approach!

[Fanfic Writer End of Year Ask Game]

[lotusbxtch]

From the fanfic end of the year asks: 1, 11, 30

And maybe one of your stories we should read before the year ends and one story from someone else that we should read before the year ends? 😘😘😘

Olive @oliveksmoked! Thank you for asking! :)

1) favorite fic you wrote this year - that definitely has to go to SCNC. It's got a really special place in my heart, and I love getting to explore the subtle differences and intricacies between Joel, Frankie, and Reader. I'm finishing up part 3 and hope to have it up before Christmas!

11) fandom you enjoyed writing for the most this year - it's so hard to choose between the Pedro and Oscar fandoms, but it's going to go to the Pedro fandom. The breadth of characters he's played means that there's so much to explore and expand upon!

30) favorite fandom to read fic from this year - obviously it's going to be the Joel Miller (TLOU) fandom lol. But I've also greatly enjoyed reading Dave York fics (The Equalizer 2). Dave is such an underrated character, and I love seeing the different versions that people create. Dave girlies stand up! @yxtkiwiyxt heehee

one of my stories to read: if you haven't yet, I'd love for you to read my SoCal to NorCal fic. If you're not into Santiago (he's scoffing at you and offended but that's okay), you can read the intro to Ch 1 to get backstory on the main three, skip the rest, and then move on to Ch 2 for Joel/Frankie/Reader goodness. BUT... Santi has a way of seducing even the most diehard Pedro girlies. Just ask @mountainsandmayhem , heehee.

someone else's story to read: i adore @arcanefox207's The Wolf You Feed series, and highly recommend it. It's an ongoing series. Gruff neighbor Joel? Yes pls & give me seconds (and thirds..... and fourths... heck, give me the whole dish.)

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[jacky-rubou]

im gonna answer ur ask in a sec when the movie im watching with my family but ib the mean time... 12, 17, and 29 for the game pls !

take your time!! now here's for my answers to your ask! yay!

12. longest fic you read this year

The Whole of Us (is greater than the sum of our broken pieces) is an absolutely ADORABLE AU where Ford is the biological father of Dipper and Mabel but he didn't know about them until they were left at his doorstep by their abusive mom. It is a whopping 144,688 words. I still can't believe I made it through it. 100/10 would recommend.

17. WIP you hope gets updated next year

I think the tazer fic and midnight's call from you are some that I hope you update next year. no pressure tho, I just love them a lot.

29. fandom “first” you accomplished this year

Maybe my decision to write my blind Ford and journal Ford aus as wips instead of forcing myself to write them all at once like I used to? I think it has seriously made writing them feel less like a thing I rush and more of something I can take my time with. which is good since I had a bad habit of rushing previous fics' plots.

anyway, thank you for the ask! I loved answering them!

[ectogeo-rebubbles]

For the fic ask meme: 3, 4, 12

Thanks for the ask!!! <3 (For this ask game.)

3. favorite line/scene you wrote this year

I have such a bad memory but "If sentiment was a weakness then love was an infected wound, and one that he no longer had any intention of ever healing." from kiss me hard before you go is pretty great I think...

4. total number of words you wrote this year

Posted on ao3: 31564 In WIP documents: an additional ~33k, lmfaoooo. One day I will post at least some of that, I hope!

12. favorite character to write about this year

Garak of course. As usual. ^_^ <3

From a more statistical point of view, I did write my first Brunt fic (a contract is a contract is a contract) this year, which is quite a fun milestone lmao. I also doubled my total number of Sloan fics (5->10), Winn fics (2->4), and Dukat fics (1->2), so it was a big year for villains in my ao3 output hahaha.