#gabriel lightwood x reader

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CHAPTER THREE - LADY OF THE COURT.

WORDS - 5,077.

RATING - 18+. [sex, risky sex, Serena and Will annoying each other].

SUMMARY - Serena meets Gabriel Lightwood for the first time and Will hates it.

"I just want to see you shine, 'cause I know you are a star, girl." - Star Girl by The Weeknd featuring Lana Del Rey.

feedback would be appreciated! and i would like to say, this story is a will romance story, but i just want you to be aware that serena is a man-eater...

i also cross-post this fic on wattpad and ao3.

previous chapter - chapter two.

The moment Serena had woken from her nap, Sophie had aided the Venrosa woman for her court meeting that would involve the rest of the Venusians in London, Charlotte had been in the room with two of the girls, apprehensive for Serena’s safety, and Serena who had been appreciative had told the brown-haired woman that she didn’t need any help to handle the day.

“I don’t need anyone to guard me, no one in court would dare to harm me, I’m too much of a prize,” Serena smiled and gently relieved, Charlotte clasped her hands together---though the alleviation was quickly dismissed as another idea had struck her mind.

“What if a Rosehunter was a part of the court?” Charlotte inquired and both frozen, Sophie and Serena glanced at Charlotte, mayhap it was an idea they had all thought of but didn’t want to believe in, Sophie who Serena had gladly trusted was informed of the circumstance Serena had currently lived through, and truthfully, Sophie had liked Serena, aside from Jem and Tessa, Serena was amongst one of the teenagers who was actually kind and not irritating, so she had promised Serena that she would not tell another soul of the position.

Her hazel eyes now directed to her feet; Serena had pushed her bottom lip behind her teeth in ponder. “People in the court know how important Venusian Spirits are, it is against the rules to kill one.”

“The things people would do---” Charlotte then cut off by her sentence by the arrival of Tessa had slipped past the walls, in a couple of minutes she’d be trained by Will and Jem to learn how to behave similar to Lady Belcourt.

“You look stunning,” Tessa said, “where are you off to?”

“Thank you,” Serena smiled and faintly, she gripped the material off her dress, even though it hadn’t bothered her, Serena had been aware that Sophie had tightened her dress. It made her breasts appear vast, even though they already were, the outfit Serena had worn highlighted the area. “I’m off to see one of my friends,” Serena smiled, and briefly, Charlotte and Sophie exchanged looks, aware of how Serena’s excuse was almost a half-truth.

Almost.

“The carriage must be ready,” Sophie mumbled and briskly, the women had stepped out of Serena’s room, but the second all of their feet had been out of the area, they had immediately been interfered by Will and Jessamine who had currently squabbled over a circumstance petty.

Though, the moment they smelt the sweet perfume that had belonged to the Venrosa woman, both their heads had hastily turned, their eyes swayed with the moment in front of them. “You look pretty,” Jessamine complimented. “Are you going to another ball?”

“No,” Serena replied, “if I am invited to another ball, I’d invite you to come with me,” she smiled.

“I don’t need to go to any ball that involves Shadowhunters,” Jessamine snarled and immediately, Serena’s gleam had dropped.

Humoured, she had shared a look with Charlotte who had exchanged the same expression as her. You could never share a good moment with Jessamine for long. “I’ll be going to a meeting,” Serena said, “I’ll be seeing you guys later.”

“With no man to accompany you?” Will asked and as a result, Serena wrinkled her eyebrows. She had forgotten how historic the customs in the Mortal Realm were, she had hated them.

With another glance towards Charlotte, who had then answered for the Venrosa. “Serena will be fine on her own, it’s not like she would be walking there, Cyril will be the one to drive her to the meeting.”

“Not even Jem can accompany her?” He asked and annoyed, Serena gently licked the bottom of her lips.

“I do not need men with me,” she answered before she hastily walked past them. “Charlotte, Sophie…Tessa, I’ll be seeing you,” Serena said before she quickly made it out of the building.

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The confidence she had built during her trip to the temporary court had slightly drained out of her the second she stepped into the area, it was quite loud but not noisy, there had been people chatting amongst themselves, and others who had greeted her verbally, or by a bow or even by a soft kiss on the cheek.

Cersei, who had flounced towards Serena had immediately brought her best friend into a bear hug the second she was in arm’s length. Cersei, who had sat on one of the Sapphire seats wasn’t usually someone who accompanied her parents to court, but now that her closest friend had sat on the main seat, she had been enthusiastic to tag along.

“There’s some exciting news I have to tell you,” Cersei smiled. “I had intended to tell you before, but due to what you had just been through, I could not bring myself to do it.”

“Exciting news can be told later,” Lady Sapphire said as she interrupted the chat, “It’s time to sit down.”

Huffed, Cersei crossed her arms ere she followed her mother to the area that held the House of Sapphire’s seats, though before she had sat down, she turned to look at her best friend and sent her an encouraging smile. Now sat at the head table, Serena bit her lips, as she had waited for the rest of Court Aphrodite to sit down on their seats.

The Sapphire family had sat on the far left of the long table, but on the closest left had sat the Laurent Family, and on her right was the Salvatore, Davidson, the Raye family, the family Lady Evaline had belonged to had their seats empty, as Evaline had been the only alive member of the clan and she had been engaged with business in Venus.

There had been other members from respected families from the court, but there had not been as vital as the prior families listed. In front of everyone had been a large pearl with a detailed shell that had protectively held the object, both commodities to symbolise Aphrodite, if one lifted the pearl off the shell, it had meant they were permitted to speak after the head of the court allowed them.

Serena had a pearl in front of her, but due to her power and authority, she had no use for it.

Sir Sapphire, Cersei’s father, who had been known as Lyonel had picked up his pearl, he had sat up and glanced at Serena for approval before he began to speak. His face finely aged but there had been an essence of arrogance to it. “We’re all here for Lady Venrosa, who had lost a great amount of deal,” he spoke and silent, Serena had stared at the man, respected by his kindness. “Now that her father, Pietro Venrosa is gone, and the rest of her elders are dead, it is now Serena who sits on the main chair.”

Reticent, Serena had glanced at the unoccupied seats, the chairs her family would’ve sat on if they were alive. The seats of Pietro, Selene, Vincent and Anya, all of them gone and thankfully, Serena had silently thanked everyone for not being self-righteous enough to sit on their places.

“We’re also all here because of the incident,” Lyonel said. “The Rosehunters have returned to terrorise Venusian Spirits,” the man shared an as response, exchanged whispers had occurred in the court.

“I believe the Rosehunters that attacked my family originate from Venus,” Serena said, her voice immediately silencing the noisy crowd. “Barely anyone in the Mortal Realm knows what a Venusian Spirit is, I don’t think it is any of them.”

With a soft cough, Lady Sapphire picked up her pearl which had caused Serena to look her way, with a quick nod, the Venrosa girl allowed the woman to speak. “What if this time, the Venusian Spirits are people we know?” Her question had caused the people to speak again, brief comments thrown on how it could be Shadowhunters from the Mortal Realm and thus, Serena thought about Charlotte and the London Institute.

Davidson Salvatore, the oldest of the Salvatore family, and the only Shadowhunter in his family had taken himself to his feet, met with a brief look by Cersei. He had held his pearl and had spoken after Serena had approved him. “Currently, I live in another Institute in another country, but I plan on moving to the London Institute,” he explained, his eyes quickly meeting with Serena’s.

“If it is Shadowhunters in the Mortal Realm, then Serena---Lady Serena,” he corrects, “Needs all the protection she needs…and deserves.”

Content, Cersei had briefly smiled while Serena could feel her heart skip a beat. “I see myself fit enough to protect her,” Loras spoke, speaking without consent of Lady of the Court, and quickly ashamed he ducked his head downwards before he quickly muttered an apology while more people commenced to consider themselves for the Venrosa girl.

Overwhelmed, Serena leaned back, her hand against her chest. “I’ll choose who I would want to protect me,” she said, though, it wasn’t like Serena needed protection, she was an excellent fighter thanks to her late brother and older sister. Reserved, the court had humbled themselves in respect for the teen leader and thus the court meeting had continued.

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The second Serena had relief that the meeting had been finished, she had ushered herself to the closest toilet, annoyed how historic the toilets in the Mortal Realm had been, Serena had been content that Venusians were able to bring satisfying commodities in the building.

When she had finished and removed herself from the toilet she had been met with Davidson, bumping into him and briefly apologising for not looking where she was going. “I’ve missed you,” Davidson shared, he had cupped her face, bringing his face closer to hers, “I’ve missed you so much.”

Silent, Serena had gently played with the fabric of her clothes. “Not even hello Serena? My condolences?” She dryly joked and humoured, Davidson smiled at her.

“You know my heart aches for you, I loved your family,” he said as he let go of her, a haste sadness flashed by his face. “I’m really sorry for what had happened to them. How are you dealing with it?”

Profound, Serena shrugged her shoulders. “I don’t know,” she truthfully replied. “I don’t know how I am dealing with it I don’t know how to deal with it,” she shared. “Aside from painting, I’ve been locking myself inside the room the London Institute had given me.”

“My mind isn’t processing it, in my head, my family are waiting for me in Venus, to continue baking for them.”

“I wish things were like that too,” Davidson whispered and smoothly, Serena rolled her eyes towards him, her eyes gently dark.

“So do I,” she said. “I wish for all the pain to go away.”

With a gentle touch, Davidson’s fingers stroked her knuckles. “You’re a strong girl, you haven’t broken down.”

“I’m not a strong girl,” she answered and quickly, she pulled Davidson closer to her. “Fuck me,” she commanded.

Jaw clenched; Davidson looked down at her, his feelings just as sensual and twisted like hers. “Are you sure, Serena? Right here where anyone can just catch us?”

“You would take all my pain away if you just…touched me, love and care for me the way we used to in secret,” she replied and weak against her amour, Davidson allowed himself to engulf in her passionate embrace.

His lips locked with hers as he pressed her against the walls, his hands rushed to unbuckle his belt while her fingers dragged down her undergarments, already damp at the thought of his cock inside of her, Serena hovered her sex against the top of his shaft, the ambience of her hearth stirring Davidson into a lustful mania.

Quickly, Davidson petted his lips against her neck, he had licked every spot he had kissed while he moaned at the wetness of her cunt resting against his tip, his pre-cum had seeped out of the head of his shaft which had mixed with her nectar, and when he took in her warmth, he had groaned as he pushed further himself inside of her, the both of them struggling a moan as both of their lips had found each other once more.

“Right there,” she whispered, her eyebrows furrowed while the heavy head of Davidson’s length continued to mercilessly lick the soft area of her sex, his hold around her tight and possessive while he continued to hungrily buck his hips forward, and in sync, they had moaned against each other’s lips, wet build up had increased around Serena’s eyes as she had chased for her high.

“Such a crude woman,” Davidson sighed, as he returned his lips against the soft and sweetness of her neck. “Having me lay with you in the corridor where we can be seen,” he whined as he pulled himself back from climaxing inside of her, Davidson continued to stroke and plunge inside her cunt, her dampness had closed around him, hugged him tight with crass.

With a pinched moan, Serena laid her face between the croak of his neck, both their bodies in sync, as her wet juices slid down her thighs. “That’s the fun of it,” Serena gritted, “No one can do or say anything because of my power and authority.”

Rough, Davidson pushed Serena against the walls, his eyes cloddish with lust. “I love a woman with power,” he smirked and once again, he had pushed himself to kiss her lips, both their moans fervor and greedy, Serena’s legs trembled as she had felt her upcoming orgasm and in response, her moans twsited into pleasured whines.

“Oh David,” Serena whimpered as she had felt herself climax around his length, her orgasm ringing around the base of his shaft; content, Davidson’s orgasm followed after, exhaustingly slipping out of her area, he had pulled his cock back into his pants, relieved of the itching pleasure he had for her.

“You still haven’t told me who took your virginity,” Davidson said and surprised, Serena turned her head towards the Salvatore man, her annoyed look enough to silence him. Both Davidson and Cersei were the only people who knew that Serena had lost her virginity at a young age, but Davidson had said the man had “been lucky” to take it, as he had been unknown to the both of them.

Hence them being Venusians, indulging in pleasure was not looked down upon, but Serena and Davidson had kept it a secret that they had been sleeping with each other. Although, during the time Serena and Davidson had shared their intimate moment, whenever Serena had been kissed by him, the image of Will Herondale had appeared in her head, like a virus.

Though, maybe it wasn’t an ailment, perchance it was her subconscious telling her about the attraction she had for him, but no, they cannot be, Will was such a prude, an ill-man, a--- “Is Loras still pinning after you?” Davidson asked and flustered; Serena jolted.

Confused, Davidson brought himself closer to the dark-haired girl. “Is everything okay?” Davidson inquired and lightly stunned; Serena pressed her lips into a thin line.

“Yeah, everything is okay,” Serena answered and after she had fixed her outfit, she had left the Salvatore alone in the corridor.

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Greeted. By Jem and Will, the second she stepped out of the carriage, Serena had wondered if she had appeared kept or it had been clear she had made love with someone the second she had felt Will’s eyes land on her, Cyril who had been kind enough to open the carriage door had received a kind smile from the Venrosa woman ere she walked down the steps of the vehicle.

“So, Cyril can know what you’re up to but we cannot?” Will asked and unbothered, Cyril had glanced towards the dark-haired boy.

“I barely know what goes on,” Cyril answered and approached by Charlotte, Cyril had returned to the horse and hopped onto its back, leaving the rest to themselves. Charlotte, who had kept an eye on Serena had briskly investigated Serena’s appearance, aware that the woman had indulged in risqué behaviour, but the leader had quickly hidden the shortly amused look on her face and had commenced to think about the court session.

 She had not necessarily liked the fact that she had to hide vital information from the rest of them, but currently it was for the best. “I suppose the meeting went well,” Charlotte said.

“It had,” Serena answered as she ignored the looks from both Jem and Will---she had kept a pleasant look on her face. “I want to discuss it with you,” Serena shared as she joined Charlotte’s walk back to the Institute.

“Do tell what happened!” Will chimed in and with a brief look of disapproval, Serena turned away from the dark-haired boy. “Charlotte, is there reason why you’re protecting a girl you’ve barely known for a week?” Will inquired and even though his question had been valid, Charlotte had bit the inside of her cheek reluctant to discuss the matter.

With another shared look with Serena, Charlotte pulled herself close to the girl. “I can see a mark on your neck,” she said and at that moment, Serena had quickly but carefully covered the area Charlotte had verbally pointed out ere she tagged along with the brown-haired woman to the drawing room.

Once the two had entered the space, Charlotte had released a long sigh before she plopped herself against one of the seats while Serena had used a short time to magically create a sound barrier. “We’ll have to be quick about it,” Charlotte shared, “I’ll be having visitors from the Clave soon.”

“Oh, the Mortal Clave,” Serena said, that was what Venusians had referred members of the Clave who lived in the Mortal Realm as, those who belonged to the Clave in Venus were known to be the Venusian Clave. The Clave, a political body made of all active people of the Nephilim, Serena had wondered if there would be a moment when those from the Venusian Clave would ever address their Mortal Realm peers.

“The meeting went exactly how I thought it would go,” Serena began, “We spoke about the Rosehunters, and people in the council do believe that the Rosehunters might belong to the Mortal Realm,” she continued, appropriately unsure of their decision, Serena sat on an opposing seat than Charlotte who had awkwardly sat down on her chair. “And some of them do believe that one of them could be a part of the England Institutes.”

With both of her eyebrows raised Charlotte had wanted to speak but it had appeared that Serena had more to say. “They want a Shadowhunter from Venus to accompany me, to protect me---I don’t want that to happen,” Serena said as she lowly raised her hand. “I can protect myself.”

“Are there any contestants?” Charlotte asked.

“Many, the main ones being Davidson and Loras,” Serena answered and as kickback Charlotte pressed her lips into a thin line, offended of the Court’s decision.

“If Evaline didn’t trust me, she wouldn’t have brought you here,” Charlotte said and in agreement, Serena nodded her head.

“You don’t need to take care of me the way you’re doing now,” Serena spoke and against it, Charlotte moved herself closer to the dark-haired girl.

“It’s the least I can do, especially for what Lady Evaline had done for me,” Charlotte smiled.

Comforted, Serena had moved closer to the Branwell woman, happy that she had such a dear soul. “You lost your entire family, even though I, or the rest of the Institute cannot replace your loved ones, I want to be here for you.”

Grateful, Serena had emotionally brought the blond-haired woman into a hug, emotive and fervent, Serena had held back her tears before she emotively trembled her thanks. “Thank you.”

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Serena had wondered how Jem has never lost it and attacked Will, if she was in Jem’s shoes, she would’ve stabbed him by now, presently, the four of them had been in the library, assessing Tessa---well, only Jem and Will did; on how to walk and behave like Lady Belcourt, who had visited a day before, and if the Venrosa woman had been honest, it was kind of terrible to watch.

Thus, she had moved her attention on the book of Apollo she had found in the library and once again, for her tastes, they were not accurate. “Camile walks delicately. Like a faun in the woods. Not like a duck.”

“I do not walk like a duck,” Tessa argued.

“I like ducks,” Jem said. “Especially the ones in Hyde Park, remember when you tried to convince me to feed a poultry pie to the mallards in the park to see if you could breed a race of cannibal ducks?” Jem reminded Will.

“They ate it too,” Will replied. “Bloodthirsty little beats. Never trust a duck.”

“Do you mind?” Tessa demanded. “If you’re not going to help me, you might as well both leave. I did not let you stay here so that I could listen to you nattering on about ducks.”

“You’re impatient, is most unladylike,” Will spat before taking a brief look at Serena. “I’m sure Serena can do better than you and she hasn’t even met Camille,” he said and as a response, Serena barely looked his way.

Intrigued but humoured by the book she was reading and as if a candle had appeared above his head, Will turned to look at Serena once more, who had again, not looked up but spoke. “I will not be walking for you,” she said and with an annoyed click of a tongue, Will crossed his arms.

“You’re a bore,” he replied.

“You’re a cunt,” she snapped, her crude words had then caused Jem to laugh at her.

“Well, you’re un-lady like,” Will responded.

With her face twisted, Serena eventually looked up. “And you’re not much of a man,” Serena answered and taken by surprise Tessa shakingly laughed, dimming on Will’s light, the dark-haired boys lip tightened as he had thought of what to say but taken over by Jem who had informed Will to resume on teaching Tessa, Serena had once more looked down at the pages, consumed of what she had read.

Eyebrows furrowed as if she had read a text of blaspheme. Jem now taking interest of what Serena had read, had smoothly moved towards her. “What’s wrong?” The white-haired boy asked while he had taken a brief look of the text.

“It says in this book that Apollo took advantage of Persephone, but that never happened,” Serena shared as she dimply swept through the pages, gaining more disappointment the more she had read.

“Hm,” Jem thought. “Were you there?” He joked and annoyed, Serena narrowed her eyes at him before she turned the book around to read the blurb. “I was joking.”

Unmoved, Serena shrugged her shoulders. “It wasn’t funny.”

“Sorry,” he quickly apologised which received no response. “What actually happened?”

“Apollo never raped Persephone, the one who actually did it was Zeus,” Serene explained and with a short hum, Jem tapped his finger against his chin. “I know you’re not interested in it, and you’re just being kind.”

“No,” he kindly replied. “I am actually intrigued in what you believe is the right text,” he answered but before he could continue what he had wanted to say, the door to the library had opened and Charlotte had entered the room.

Followed by a dozen men and a couple of women, people Serena had never seen before. “The Enclave,” Will whispered before he gestured Jem and Tessa to duck behind one of the ten-foot bookcases. One woman had been very tall, almost six feet, hair white as powder and designed as a crown at the back of her head, she was older but the other woman beside her appeared younger, dark hair, cat-like eyes and held a mysterious essence.

“Gabriel Lightwood,” Jem breathed out, his eyes trained on a male member who seemed like the youngest of the group, he seemed around their age and Serena thought of him to be handsome, sharp features, tousled brown hair and had watchful eyes. “What is he doing here? I thought he was in school in Idris.”

“Just don’t get into a fight with him,” Jem continued and humoured, Will rolled his eyes.

“Rather a lot to ask, don’t you think?” Will asked and focused, Serena had watched how Charlotte had ushered everyone to the table at the front of the room, and had allowed everyone to settle themselves into seats around it.

“Frederick Ashdown and George Penhallow, here if you please,” Charlotte said. “Lilian Highsmith, if you’d sit over there by the map—”

“And where is Henry?” Frederick asked. “Your husband? As one of the heads of the Institute, he really ought to be here.”

In response, Serena reticently scoffed, she knew Frederick had asked that because he didn’t think of Charlotte to be the true leader because she was a woman. “He better be here,” Gabriel muttered. “An Enclave meeting without the head of the Institute present---more irregular,” Gabriel turned then, and though Will had been quick to duck back behind the tall bookcase, it was too late. “And who’s back there, then? Come out and show yourself!”

Thus, while Tessa, Will and Jem hushedly argued about if they should stay behind or not, Serena had delicately poked her head out, eyes innocent and gently embarrassed about how she’s been caught, though the pretty but ingenue look Serena had on her face had blocked any mean comments Gabriel had wanted to throw. “Oh?” Gabriel muttered, eyes shocked by the dupe and attractive figure who had revealed itself, though the pleasant moment ruined by the recognisable Herondale who had followed after.

“Will,” Charlotte sighed on seeing him then shook her head at Tess and Jem. “I told you the Enclave would be meeting here at four o’clock.”

“Did you?” Will said. “I must have forgotten that. Dreadful.” His eyes slid sideways, and he grinned. “Lo there, Gabriel.”

The brown-haired boy returned Will’s look with a furious glare. He had very bright green eyes and his mouth, as he stared at Will, was hard with disgust. “William,” he said finally before moving his eyes towards Serena. “Who are you?”

“None of your business,” Will replied gaining another look from Gabriel.

“Is that her, Lottie?” The white-haired woman asked. “The Warlock girl you were telling us about? She doesn’t look like much.”

“Neither did Magnus Bane the first time I saw him,” said Gabriel, bending a curious eye on Tessa. “Let’s have it then. Show us what you can do.”

“I’m not a Warlock,” Tessa smacked.

“Well, you’re certainly something, my girl,” the older woman continued before moving her eyes on Serena.

Serena who had then wished she was a fly on a wall, but due to her Venusian appearance that would never happen. “And you? Shadowhunter or Warlock?” She asked.

“She has the sight but serves no Shadowhunter,” Charlotte quickly answered. “She was brought by Lady Evaline.”

Surprised, the white-haired woman raised both of her eyebrows. “Aren’t you away too far from home?” She asked and awkwardly, Serena quickly looked down at her feet. Though before anything about Serena’s origin could be spoken about, Gabriel returned his sight towards Will, face resumed to be still and mean.

“Mrs. Branwell,” he said furiously. “Is William, or is he not, too young to be participating in an Enclave meeting?” Gabriel asked.

“Yes, he is. Will, Jem, if you’ll please wait outside in the corridor with Tessa and Serena,” Charlotte said.

“I will show you out,” Gabriel smiled once he saw Will’s expression tighten, and with arrogant happiness, he escorted the four out of the library. Once the five of them had entirely made it out of the library, Gabriel had swung towards Will, “You disgrace the name of Shadowhunters everywhere.” He seethed unintentionally pushing a breathy laugh from Serena who quickly covered her mouth.

Her brief amuse bringing ill to Will’s ego, though as he pushed his struck annoyance behind, he leaned against the wall, regarded Gabriel with his cool blue eyes. “I didn’t realise there was much of a name left to disgrace, after your father---”

Angry, Gabriel pointed his finger towards Will. “I will thank you not to speak of my family,” he snarled and intrigued, Serena had stood up, noted to herself that she would ask either Will or Jem what had been the intel about Gabriel’s father, and as the argument between Gabriel and Will resumed, Jem had struck himself between the dispute, once more behaving like a mediator.

“Stay out of this, Carstairs. This doesn’t concern you,” Gabriel said and as kickback, Jem had moved closer to Gabriel.

“If it concerns, Will, it concerns me,” Jem replied.

“You are a decent Shadowhunter, James,” he said, “and a gentleman. You have your---disability, but no one blames you for this. But this,” he curled his lips, jabbing a finger in Will’s direction. “This filth will only drag you down. Find someone else to be your parabatai, no one expects Will Herondale to live past nineteen, and no one will be sorry to see him, go either---”

“What a thing to say!” Tessa gasped while Serena giggled in the corner.

“Pardon me?” Gabriel asked.

“You heard me. Telling someone you wouldn’t be sorry if they died! It’s inexcusable!” Tessa said before taking Jem and Will’s hand, “Serena,” she called aware of the humoured look on the Venrosa’s woman’s face. “Come on, let’s go and stop laughing,” Tessa said and with a comedic timing, Serena pressed her index finger against her lips.

“With the way Will speaks to you I thought you wouldn’t have minded,” Serena shrugged as she trailed after Tessa, which had put the dark-haired girl into thought, she had been aware of the way Will speaks to people in general, specifically towards Tessa.

Though, Serena had still acknowledged the longing looks Tessa would send Will when he wasn’t looking her way, with her eyebrows furrowed, a case of possessiveness trickled up her throat as the thought of Tessa liking Will had imprinted in her brain.

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A text-only version of the list is below the cut.

Rank   Change   Pairing   Fandom   Works   Type   Race 1   0   Castiel/Dean Winchester   Supernatural   84563   M/M   White 2   0   Sherlock Holmes/John Watson   Sherlock (TV)   61544   M/M   White 3   0   Derek Hale/Stiles Stilinski   Teen Wolf (TV)   59286   M/M   White 4   0   James "Bucky" Barnes/Steve Rogers   Captain America (Movies)   49659   M/M   White 5   0   Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter   Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling   40312   M/M   White 6   1   Steve Rogers/Tony Stark   The Avengers (Marvel Movies)   36264   M/M   White 7   -1   Harry Styles/Louis Tomlinson   One Direction (Band)   33126   M/M   White 8   0   Keith/Lance (Voltron)   Voltron: Legendary Defender   30317   M/M   Amb/POC 9   50   Aziraphale/Crowley (Good Omens)   Good Omens (TV)   28208   M/M   White 10   -1   Dean Winchester/Sam Winchester   Supernatural   27696   M/M   White 11   0   Magnus Bane/Alec Lightwood   Shadowhunters (TV)   24787   M/M   Whi/POC 12   -2   Katsuki Yuuri/Victor Nikiforov   Yuri!!! on Ice (Anime)   24333   M/M   Whi/POC 13   0   Jeon Jungkook/Kim Taehyung | V   Bangtan Boys | BTS   23339   M/M   POC 14   15   Rey/Ben Solo | Kylo Ren   Star Wars Sequel Trilogy   21306   F/M   White 15   -1   Min Yoongi | Suga/Park Jimin   Bangtan Boys | BTS   19851   M/M   POC 16   4   Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir/Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug   Miraculous Ladybug   19631   F/M   Whi/POC 17   -5   Merlin/Arthur Pendragon (Merlin)   Merlin (TV)   18688   M/M   White 18   7   Jeon Jungkook/Park Jimin   Bangtan Boys | BTS   17867   M/M   POC 19   0   Sirius Black/Remus Lupin   Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling   17686   M/M   White 20   -5   Sherlock Holmes & John Watson   Sherlock (TV)   17417   Gen   White 21   0   Pepper Potts/Tony Stark   Marvel Cinematic Universe   17384   F/M   White 22   18   Peter Parker & Tony Stark   Marvel Cinematic Universe   17366   Gen   White 23   -7   Dan Howell/Phil Lester   Phandom/The Fantastic Foursome (YouTube RPF)   17316   M/M   White 24   -6   Will Graham/Hannibal Lecter   Hannibal (TV)   17257   M/M   White 25   21   Bakugou Katsuki/Midoriya Izuku   Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia   16824   M/M   POC 26   -3   Kim Namjoon | RM/Kim Seokjin | Jin   Bangtan Boys | BTS   16682   M/M   POC 27   -10   Blaine Anderson/Kurt Hummel   Glee   16175   M/M   Whi/POC 28   24   Bakugou Katsuki/Kirishima Eijirou   Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia   15375   M/M   POC 29   -5   Erik Lehnsherr/Charles Xavier   X-Men (Alternate Timeline Movies)   14736   M/M   White 30   -8   Levi/Eren Yeager   Shingeki no Kyojin | Attack on Titan   14304   M/M   White 31   22   Midoriya Izuku/Todoroki Shouto   Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia   14073   M/M   POC 32   -2   Keith/Shiro (Voltron)   Voltron: Legendary Defender   13925   M/M   Amb/POC 33   -5   Armitage Hux/Ben Solo | Kylo Ren   Star Wars Sequel Trilogy   13475   M/M   White 34   -8   Gabriel/Sam Winchester   Supernatural   13166   M/M   White 35   N   Lán Zhàn | Lán Wàngjī/Wèi Yīng | Wèi Wúxiàn   魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù   13132   M/M   POC 36   14   Kara Danvers/Lena Luthor   Supergirl (TV 2015)   13048   F/F   White 37   -10   Jensen Ackles/Jared Padalecki   Supernatural RPF   13046   M/M   White 38   -7   Loki/Thor (Marvel)   Thor (Movies)   12863   M/M   White 39   -6   Bellamy Blake/Clarke Griffin   The 100 (TV)   12750   F/M   Whi/POC 40   2   Jung Hoseok | J-Hope/Min Yoongi | Suga   Bangtan Boys | BTS   12668   M/M   POC 41   -6   Evil Queen | Regina Mills/Emma Swan   Once Upon a Time (TV)   12286   F/F   Whi/POC 42   N   Eddie Kaspbrak/Richie Tozier   IT (Movies – Muschietti)   12227   M/M   White 43   -6   James T. Kirk/Spock   Star Trek: Alternate Original Series (Movies)   12015   M/M   White 44   -10   Rodney McKay/John Sheppard   Stargate Atlantis   11951   M/M   White 45   -9   Steve McGarrett/Danny "Danno" Williams   Hawaii Five-0 (2010)   11750   M/M   White 46   2   Hermione Granger/Ron Weasley   Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling   11700   F/M   Whi/Amb 47   -9   Clarke Griffin/Lexa   The 100 (TV)   11651   F/F   White 48   -7   Harry Potter/Severus Snape   Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling   11582   M/M   White 49   -5   Ian Gallagher/Mickey Milkovich   Shameless (US)   11436   M/M   White 50   -11   Clint Barton/Natasha Romanov   The Avengers (Marvel Movies)   11340   F/M   White 51   6   Iwaizumi Hajime/Oikawa Tooru   Haikyuu!!   11155   M/M   POC 52   -20   Oliver Queen/Felicity Smoak   Arrow (TV 2012)   11147   F/M   White 53   -10   Clint Barton/Phil Coulson   The Avengers (Marvel Movies)   10642   M/M   White 54   -9   Enjolras/Grantaire (Les Misérables)   Les Misérables - All Media Types   10604   M/M   White 55   11   Hinata Shouyou/Kageyama Tobio   Haikyuu!!   10486   M/M   POC 56   -7   Mycroft Holmes/Lestrade   Sherlock (TV)   10450   M/M   White 57   -10   Captain Hook | Killian Jones/Emma Swan   Once Upon a Time (TV)   10301   F/M   White 58   11   Hermione Granger/Draco Malfoy   Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling   10190   F/M   Whi/Amb 59   6   James Potter/Lily Evans Potter   Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling   10125   F/M   White 60   13   Kim Taehyung | V/Park Jimin   Bangtan Boys | BTS   9891   M/M   POC 61   -10   Bilbo Baggins/Thorin Oakenshield   The Hobbit - All Media Types   9875   M/M   White 62   -2   Loki/Tony Stark   The Avengers (Marvel Movies)   9781   M/M   White 63   -5   Jack Harkness/Ianto Jones   Torchwood   9666   M/M   White 64   -9   Frank Iero/Gerard Way   My Chemical Romance   9574   M/M   White 65   -11   Tenth Doctor/Rose Tyler   Doctor Who (2005)   9568   F/M   White 66   5   Jeon Jungkook/Min Yoongi | Suga   Bangtan Boys | BTS   9498   M/M   POC 67   -3   James "Bucky" Barnes & Steve Rogers   Captain America (Movies)   9347   Gen   White 68   4   Harry Potter/Ginny Weasley   Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling   9269   F/M   White 69   -8   Castiel & Dean Winchester   Supernatural   9122   Gen   White 70   -14   Zayn Malik/Liam Payne   One Direction (Band)   8967   M/M   Whi/POC 71   -3   Fox Mulder/Dana Scully   The X-Files   8825   F/M   White 72   4   Dean Winchester & Sam Winchester   Supernatural   8791   Gen   White 73   N   Dazai Osamu/Nakahara Chuuya (Bungou Stray Dogs)   文豪ストレイドッグス | Bungou Stray Dogs   8768   M/M   POC 74   -12   Sherlock Holmes/Molly Hooper   Sherlock (TV)   8560   F/M   White 75   -8   Inquisitor/Cullen Rutherford   Dragon Age: Inquisition   8175   Other   Whi/Amb 76   N   Aziraphale & Crowley (Good Omens)   Good Omens (TV)   7928   Gen   White 77   -14   Belle/Rumplestiltskin | Mr. Gold   Once Upon a Time (TV)   7927   F/M   White 78   -3   James T. Kirk/Leonard "Bones" McCoy   Star Trek: Alternate Original Series (Movies)   7855   M/M   White 79   4   James "Bucky" Barnes/Reader   Marvel Cinematic Universe   7724   Other   Whi/Amb 80   6   Uchiha Sasuke/Uzumaki Naruto   Naruto   7705   M/M   POC 81   N   Akaashi Keiji/Bokuto Koutarou   Haikyuu!!   7629   M/M   POC 82   -8   Allison Argent/Scott McCall   Teen Wolf (TV)   7592   F/M   Whi/POC 83   N   Geralt z Rivii | Geralt of Rivia/Jaskier | Dandelion   The Witcher (TV)   7573   M/M   White 84   -14   Dean Winchester/You   Supernatural   7555   Other   Whi/Amb 85   4   James "Bucky" Barnes/Tony Stark   Marvel Cinematic Universe   7456   M/M   White 86   -7   Arthur/Eames (Inception)   Inception (2010)   7397   M/M   White 87   -10   Jim Ellison/Blair Sandburg   The Sentinel (TV)   7366   M/M   White 88   N   Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead/Yamada Hizashi | Present Mic   Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia   7325   M/M   POC 89   9   Poe Dameron/Finn   Star Wars Sequel Trilogy   7239   M/M   POC 90   -6   Peter Parker/Wade Wilson   Spider-Man - All Media Types   7206   M/M   White 91   4   Kim Taehyung | V/Min Yoongi | Suga   Bangtan Boys | BTS   7176   M/M   POC 92   -14   Josh Dun/Tyler Joseph   Twenty One Pilots   7082   M/M   Whi/POC 93   N   Jaime Lannister/Brienne of Tarth   Game of Thrones (TV)   7063   F/M   White 94   -9   Peter Hale/Stiles Stilinski   Teen Wolf (TV)   7047   M/M   White 95   -2   Jon Snow/Sansa Stark   Game of Thrones (TV)   6939   F/M   White 96   -15   James Bond/Q   James Bond (Craig movies)   6897   M/M   White 97   -17   Otabek Altin/Yuri Plisetsky   Yuri!!! on Ice (Anime)   6876   M/M   Whi/POC 98   -16   Leo Fitz/Jemma Simmons   Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (TV)   6824   F/M   White 99   N   Byun Baekhyun/Park Chanyeol   EXO (Band)   6630   M/M   POC 100   N   Rey & Ben Solo | Kylo Ren   Star Wars Sequel Trilogy   6506   Gen   White

[anarmorofwords]

Lightwood families from tlh could have way more interesting dynamkcs than present day Blackthorn.

Maybe unpopular

i don't think it's really unpopular anon, at least in this area of the fandom lol

but absolutely agreed!

i will forever be salty about CC depraving us of that Thomas X Barbara scene from the ball... :c

(even speaking from a strictly "plot" pov, it only makes sense to make readers care about a character that's going to die, if only to make it more impactful...)

there's so much potential there with the siblings, and their parents (not to mention, I know CC adores Will, but Cecily is absolutely hilarious too? so are Gideon and Gabriel? Will isn't the only "funny" character from their generation...) Also, Sophie is such a great example of a strong woman that's not being "badass" in the most stereotypical way.

*sighs* I'd just love to see more of them

[heavenwontbethe-same]

Sunny's Masterlist

Since I shitpost a lot and it is difficult to find things, I'm trying to keep all my writing in one place. This is gonna be a very short post because I rarely write and it's shitty lol.

1. Wasted - Nobita × Dekisugi

2. Self-indulgent depression fic :)

3. Sugar, him, and everything nice - Will Herondale x Gabriel Lightwood

4. Clandestine Meetings - cursed hp ship

5. Jem's death :')

6. Hattori ka hattora

7. Nobita × Doraemon

8. Himesh reshammiya x reader ~ edit

9. Oggy ki Orgy

10. Nobita ka Nitamb

11. Chhota Bheem x Chutki x Indumati

12. Drarry

13. jaffar x reader @aminasolis

14. rakhi sawant x deepak kalal

15. trump x biden

16. love in the times of equations - rd sharma x rs aggarwal

17. akshay kumar x ritesh deshmukh x john abraham x abhishek bachhan - in collaboration with @kitandtyarelife

18. big ed x ed sheeran

19. kartik aryan x himesh reshammiya ~ edit

20. chutki x indumati

21. dhinchak pooja x reader

22. chef daddy (gordon ramsay) x severus snape

23. himesh reshammiya x terrence lewis - in collaboration with @kitandtyarelife

24. dhinchak pooja x uday chopra

25. neha kakkar x himesh reshammiya

26. Himesh Reshammiya x reader part 2

27. Mickey mouse x Winnie the pooh

28. Pikachu man x Horace

[magicalmarauder]

Miscellaneous Faves

Harrison Osterfield x Reader

Promises by t-holland2080

Harry Holland x Reader

April Fools by immajustreadwritereblog

High and Dry by faefictions

Connor Brashier x Reader

Drunk Cutie by queenmendes

JJ Maybank x Reader

Migraine by rudypankwow

Just Kids by thatshiscigar

Constant Touches by quiteaweirdworld

Anything Series by o-b-x

Peter Kavinsky x Reader

Softie by takenbyheartstrings

Jealous by simplycentineo

PK as your boyfriend by jurassicbarnes

Cuddles by atlas-of-a-human-soul

Frustrated by noahscents

Ex’s & Oh’s by jizemderler

Dean/Sam Winchester

Cuddle Buddies by carolinaclouds (Dean) 

Sleeping On Sam by itsmkjones (Sam) 

Dating Gabriel by flannels-and-rocksalt (Gabriel)

Standing on Chair by imadeangirl-butsamcurious (Sam)

Splitting up for dangerous case (Sam) 

The one where the stripper cries by karlee-fay-my-wayward-son (Dean)

 The Boys by agentmarvel13 (Dean)

Clingy by magicalthoughtsendinterriblefics (Sam)

Hogging The Covers by a-confused-turtle (Sam)

I Said I Was Sorry by deansdirtylittlesecretsblogs (Sam)

Teen Wolf + Dylan O’Brien 

bad day by dumbass-stilinski (stiles)

jersey jitters by slayxwolf (stiles)

secretly dating stiles by bonnie bird (stiles)

the scruff by cxddlyash (dylan o brien)

mine by golddaggers (stiles)

dating stiles by ffhspidey (stiles)

his dream by cxddlyash (dylan o brien)

Cuddles and Chicken Soup by helplesslyinlovewithcharacters (derek hale)

Comfortable? by cxddlyash (stiles)

Third Times the Charm by helplesslyinlovewithcharacters (Derek Hale)

Heartbeat Monitor by helplesslyinlovewithcharacters (derek hale)

Being Married To Derek by lovely-imagines-of-fandoms (derek hale)

How They Show You’re Theirs by theconsultingautheor (teen wolf pref)

Surprisingly Sweet by derekhaleimagines (derek hale)

Of Pups and Alphas by lovely-imagines-of-fandoms (derek hale)

Kiss To Shut Up by teenwolf-theoriginals (stiles)

Dating Styles by octaviackles (stiles)

Here For You by teenwolfimagines (Stiles)

Anchor by fandoms-writings (Derek Hale)

TVD 

Sound Of Silence by lovely-imagines-of-fandoms (Klaus M.)

Forgive Me by tvdiaries-imagines (Damon Salvatore)

Protective Dad by whatever-fandom-may-be (Klaus M.)

SUPER RANDO

Over Protective by sugasugayoongi-blog (oliver queen)

Cute When Jealous by ellana-ravenwood (bruce wayne)

Misunderstanding by batfam-imagines (bruce wayne)

Be Careful Next Time by writingsofapanda (clark kent)

Just An Interview by imagines-all-day-everyday (clark kent)

Childhood Sweethearts and Tears by drewblurbss (justin bieber)

Die Hard Fan by mvimoff (jake peralta)

Lunch Stop by mvimoff (jake peralta)

Mistakes by fandom-what-ifs (Jake Peralta)

Marry Me by thirst-order-confestion (luke sykwalker)

teasing by fromtheclouds (luke skywalker)

a time for tenderness by nothing-but-star-wars (luke skywalker)

Pulse by whispersofwerewolves (emmett cullen)

love is friendship set on fire by jeonsdear (alec lightwood)

vampire friends and apology gifts by lovefriendsandarrows (alec lightwood)

Jealous Alec by mortallyscrumptiousmilkshake (alec lightwood)

the one where its not jace by riverdalee (alec lightwood)

Hero’s Comfort by fandommaniacx (oliver queen)

Books by hero-silver (sherlock holmes)

brotherly approval by Goldsteinss (sherlockholmes)

curly curly curly by ellana-ravenwood (sherlock holmes)

Moving In by thefastarrow (Cisco Ramon)

One Word by fantasyimagines (Cisco Ramon)

RIVERDALE

Flirt by beifongsss 

Operation Cobra by crankpendletonplays 

Jealous by mrsjugheadjonesthethird 

Look At Me by mrsjugheadjonesthethird 

Green Eyed Monster by mrsjugheadjonesthethird 

Clingy by mrsjugheadjonesthethird 

What Do You Feel? by stallingdemons 

About You by certifiedskywalker 

Identity Theft by kingpendleton 

Beanies and Negotiations by projectjugheadjonesiii 

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AO3 stats project: tags

In this post, we'll discuss tags on the Archive of Our Own! Please note: because the works on the Archive include explicit material, some of the tags discussed in this post may not be appropriate for your workplace.

The Data | Basic Questions | Fandoms | Tags | Correlations | Kudos | Fun Stuff Thanks to @eloiserummaging for beta reading these posts; any remaining errors are my own.  A Python notebook showing the code I used to make these plots can be found here.

The Archive of Our Own has one of the best tagging systems around. You can read more about it here, here, here, or here. For our purposes, the important part is that users can tag their works however they want, and then a group of people called "tag wranglers" sort those tags, either adding them as synonyms of existing tags or creating new canonical versions for them. What I'll be showing here is the "canonical" version of the tags. For example, a work tagged "flufffffff" or "so fluffy!" would have those two tags assigned to the canonical tag "Fluff", so I will consider both of those tags as being "Fluff" to get the most accurate count.

The other important thing about AO3 tags is that they come in four flavors. The first one is "warnings", the content warnings required by the Archive (plus the default tag indicating you're abstaining from the warnings system). The second flavor is "Characters", tags describing the characters in the work. The third is "Relationships", tags describing the platonic or romantic relationships depicted in the work--typically, "X/Y" indicates a romantic and/or sexual relationship between characters X and Y, while "X&Y" means a platonic relationship, although this usage isn't universal and isn't enforced. The final category is "freeform", aka everything else.

Again, the tagging system is freeform and optional. In particular, I'll note that "character" tags and "relationship" tags don't necessarily imply each other: you can have a work tagged "Sherlock Holmes/John Watson" that only features Mycroft Holmes, or that features John and Sherlock but doesn't tag them as characters, only as the relationship. So remember that--while it's pretty good on average, because people tag their works so readers/viewers can find them--the number of uses of a character tag isn't the same as the number of works that feature that character, for example.

Okay! So what are the most popular freeform tags on the Archive? If you read a lot of fanfiction, I doubt you will be surprised by anything on this list. Left column is the top 15 tags by number of uses, while right column is the top 15 tags by the cumulative hit count on every work tagged with that tag.

Are these tags consistently popular over time? For reasons of space, I’ll just plot the top 10 by number of works:

If you look back at the works vs time plot in the second post, you'll see that yes, the shape of these trends is similar to the total number of works, so trends in fannish tastes haven’t changed much over the time the AO3 has been in existence. (These show a little more bumpiness because there are fewer works in each plot.) Some of these have gained a little more recent popularity vs earlier works--smut, fluff, and the two specific alternate universes are a little more weighted towards later times, while humor and general AUs are falling a little behind--but the differences aren’t as large as we saw for fandom trends in the previous post.

I'm sure you're curious about characters and relationships. Here are the top character tags, omitting the catchall character tags of “Original Character(s)”, “Original Male Character(s)”, “Original Female Character(s)”, and “Reader” (all of which would otherwise appear in the top 15). Also, remember this is missing some of the data from 2018 and 2019, as described in the first post, so BTS characters should probably be higher:

And here are the top relationship tags (again, excluding the catchall “Minor or Background Relationship(s)”):

And in particular, here are the top characters of color (excluding works with fictionalized race/ethnicity power systems--um, more than modern-day Western society’s power systems are made up--and characters from Voltron Legendary Defender, since I wasn’t able to find enough information on them):

Park Jimin (BTS)

Min Yoongi | Suga

Jeon Jungkook

Kim Taehyung | V

Kim Namjoon | Rm

Jung Hoseok | J-Hope

Kim Seokjin | Jin

Zayn Malik

Katsuki Yuuri

Sam Wilson (Marvel)

Magnus Bane

Nick Fury

Midoriya Izuku

Bakugou Katsuki

Erica Reyes

And here are the top relationships that are not M/M:

Evil Queen | Regina Mills/Emma Swan

Oliver Queen/Felicity Smoak

Bellamy Blake/Clarke Griffin

Clarke Griffin/Lexa

Clint Barton/Natasha Romanov

Pepper Potts/Tony Stark

Captain Hook | Killian Jones/Emma Swan

Kylo Ren/Rey

Hermione Granger/Ron Weasley

Kara Danvers/Lena Luthor

Sherlock Holmes/Molly Hooper

Belle/Rumplestiltskin | Mr. Gold

Allison Argent/Scott McCall

James Potter/Lily Evans Potter

Hermione Granger/Draco Malfoy

Here are the top ten freeform tags for the top ten fandoms. Different fandoms seem to produce different kinds of fanworks--which you'd expect, based on the variety in the source material.

AU = alternate universe, AU - CD = Alternate universe - canon divergence, AU - C/U = alternate universe - college/university, AU - HS = alternate universe - high school, BJs = blow jobs, ER = established relationship, H/C = hurt/comfort, PWP = plot what plot/porn without plot, RPF = real person fiction, SPN = supernatural.

Finally, for fun, here's the top 200 tags of all kinds, sorted against each other. You can find a lot of fun things on this list. Some of my favorites:

Supernatural is so big, and so focused on so few characters, that Dean Winchester is the sixth most popular tag on the entire AO3.

Clint Barton is way higher than I would have expected.

Sherlock Holmes is slightly less popular than anal sex.

Original female characters are more popular than anal sex.

Similarly, cuddling is more popular than A/B/O.

Harry Styles is less popular than 3/7ths of BTS (at least as of sometime in 2018); Louis Tomlinson barely tops Draco Malfoy.

Alcohol comes between Katsuki Yuuri and Viktor Nikiforov.

Leonard McCoy is below songfic. Please join me in picturing how pissed off he’d be.

The one-two punch of “Spanking” and “I’m Sorry” is pretty amusing.

If I had put up the top 201 tags, 200 and 201 would have been “Flirting” and “Murder”, so Hannibal is almost on this list.

Fluff

Angst

Alternate Universe

Romance

Hurt/Comfort

Dean Winchester

Humor

Established Relationship

Smut

Sam Winchester

Steve Rogers

Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence

Alternate Universe - Modern Setting

Tony Stark

Friendship

Original Female Character(s)

Anal Sex

Drabble

Original Characters

Sherlock Holmes

Fluff And Angst

Plot What Plot/Porn Without Plot

Castiel/Dean Winchester

One Shot

John Watson

Stiles Stilinski

Castiel

Harry Potter

Oral Sex

James "Bucky" Barnes

Natasha Romanov

Blow Jobs

Clint Barton

Emotional Hurt/Comfort

Drama

Derek Hale

Reader

Slow Burn

Original Male Character(s)

Sherlock Holmes/John Watson

First Time

Alternate Universe - College/University

Kissing

Derek Hale/Stiles Stilinski

First Kiss

Angst With A Happy Ending

Light Angst

Violence

Family

Park Jimin (BTS)

Min Yoongi | Suga

Jeon Jungkook

Crossover

Harry Styles

Crack

Friends To Lovers

Love

Fluff And Smut

Kim Taehyung | V

Louis Tomlinson

Other Additional Tags To Be Added

Draco Malfoy

Alternate Universe - High School

Explicit Sexual Content

Masturbation

Hermione Granger

Pining

Bruce Banner

Anal Fingering

Kim Namjoon | RM

Canon Compliant

Thor (Marvel)

Domestic Fluff

Jung Hoseok | J-Hope

Keith (Voltron)

Kim Seokjin | Jin

Depression

Character Death

Sexual Content

Happy Ending

Harry Styles/Louis Tomlinson

Canon-Typical Violence

James "Bucky" Barnes/Steve Rogers

Lance (Voltron)

Cuddling & Snuggling

Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics

Dirty Talk

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD

Post-Canon

Loki (Marvel)

Christmas

Hand Jobs

Scott Mccall

Niall Horan

Sex

Mycroft Holmes

Blood

Shiro (Voltron)

Liam Payne

Rimming

Rough Sex

Zayn Malik

Cute

Original Character(s)

Original Character

Castiel (Supernatural)

Dubious Consent

Phil Coulson

Severus Snape

Ron Weasley

Character Study

Mpreg

Lydia Martin

Explicit Language

Slash

Grief/Mourning

Polyamory

Future Fic

Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter

Minor Character Death

Greg Lestrade

Steve Rogers/Tony Stark

Peter Parker

Mutual Pining

Swearing

Eventual Smut

Sirius Black

Dom/Sub

Pre-Slash

Sad

Love Confessions

Unrequited Love

Alternate Universe - Soulmates

Remus Lupin

Dean Winchester/Sam Winchester

Falling In Love

Jealousy

Spanking

I'm Sorry

Pepper Potts

Death

Keith/Lance (Voltron)

Spoilers

James T. Kirk

Hunk (Voltron)

Sans (Undertale)

Emma Swan

Gabriel (Supernatural)

Fluff And Humor

Magic

Torture

Alternate Universe - Human

Bruce Wayne

Isaac Lahey

Levi (Shingeki No Kyojin)

Eren Yeager

Clarke Griffin

Self-Harm

Slow Build

Victor Nikiforov

Alcohol

Katsuki Yuuri

Suicidal Thoughts

Implied Sexual Content

BDSM

Nightmares

Canonical Character Death

Action/Adventure

Sam Wilson (Marvel)

Developing Relationship

Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir/Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug

Bondage

Friendship/Love

Tooth-Rotting Fluff

Dark

Sheriff Stilinski

Mental Health Issues

Allison Argent

Reader-Insert

Slice Of Life

Allura (Voltron)

Kurt Hummel

Getting Together

Kidnapping

Katsuki Yuuri/Victor Nikiforov

Dick Grayson

Merlin (Merlin)

Panic Attacks

Heavy Angst

Comfort

Alec Lightwood

Pre-Canon

Ficlet

Kid Fic

Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir

Implied/Referenced Character Death

Songfic

Leonard Mccoy

First Meetings

Flirting

[cassandraclare]

Anna, Ariadne, sexuality and genderfludity in the Belle Epoque

SPOILERS (and a mass of text, much under a cut)

jonginflicted said: cassie i loved every exquisite thing so much oh god, i could almost see myself in ariadne, like a sort of refusal to fully be herself (we were born in the same place too!) and i'm wondering, does ariadne really love anna or is this just a time-pass or an experiment for her. she does say that she likes anna a lot, but her willingness to marry charles seems a little off to me (or am i seeing things) as always, thank you so much for writing for us!

-Thank you!

Ariadne is under crushing social pressure to marry a man. She does love Anna 

— she’s fallen in love with her the same way Anna has with her, with that sort of sweeping at-first-sight romantic overwhelmingness that sometimes happens, especially when it’s your first time. I really tried to avoid any suggestion this was an “experiment” or anything like that for Ariadne. She’s a lesbian and she knows she’s a lesbian. She just also believes it’s impossible for her to live an authentic life as a lesbian woman in 1901 without being cruelly punished. I don’t think you’re seeing things so much as it’s hard to understand what Ariadne is facing in 1901 (and would face in some places now):

From Strangers: Homosexual Love in the Nineteenth Century by Graham Robb: 19th-century homosexuals lived under a cloud...Most of them suffered, not from the cruel machinery of justice, but from the creeping sense of shame, the fear of losing friends, family and reputation, the painful incompatibility of religious belief and sexual desire, the social and mental isolation, and the strain of concealment.

That’s a horrific thing to face. (Not that we live in an LGBT+ utopia now and they lived in an LGBT+ dystopia then: it’s a lot more complicated than that.) Ariadne’s parents, unlike Anna’s, are extremely conservative, and this union with Charles is the thing they want. So it wouldn’t matter much to Ariadne whether it was Charles or some other guy – it’s not going to be the thing she wants except that she doesn’t want to be isolated, to be abandoned, to be rejected by her parents and family, which are totally normal things to be terrified of. 

Everyone has layered identities. Ariadne has identities as a woman of color, as a lesbian, as an adopted child, as the daughter of conservative government officials, as a woman who wants children, and in many ways those identities are in conflict for her in ways Anna’s identities are less so. Ariadne isn’t a coward, or a cruel person. She is making the best choices she can within a set of limitations that are oppressive, and that she did not invent or ask for. 

ti-bae-rius said: Hello Cassie! Firstly, wow okay turns out I have a huge fiction crush on Anna Lightwood. Hot damn. Secondly - and slightly less flippant/lovestruck - is Anna happy with female pronouns? Is that what Anna identifies with or was it more due to conformity of the time? Basically, is Anna’s gender expression limited by temporal factors? Such a badass character who is seriously fuelling my waistcoat obsession right now. Love the new GOTSM and all the best! x

I'm so happy you enjoyed the new GOTSM and that you like (have a huge crush on) Anna! I would say that Anna is happy with female pronouns, yes, as she's happy with the gift of the necklace that her mother gave her, something she can be comfortable with as she's not with dresses. That said, temporal factors are certainly a part of that! Today Anna would consider and call herself genderfluid, but the term didn't exist at the time, and of course many genderfluid people today refer to themselves by “he” or “she” pronouns, as well as many others, according to what feels most comfortable to them. Anna is a product of her time: had she been born in a different time many things might have been different — but that is the case for every single one of the TID and TLH characters, and for all of us alive today, who express ourselves in ways which would have been extremely unconventional in the past and will likely be considered backward and oppressive in the future. :)

In 1902 (a year after the events of EET) people were academically discussing the idea of a third or “intermediate” sex, but it was a very new thing — not something Shadowhunters would know about, or the average mundane. It was also referred to as “sexual inversion” which was seen as an academic term at the time. The idea of LGBTQ+ sexuality was a taboo topic--sexuality at all was a taboo topic, with people getting arrested for indecency for publishing pamphlets about contraception--and the idea of LGBTQ+ identity was scarcely understood at all. 

Anna herself, and those who love and accept her, would find it very hard to conceptualize or articulate gender fluidity. Feelings have always existed long before there were words for them, and many words once used are not the words we use now. I wanted to be accurate and faithful to the time period, but I also wanted to be as sensitive as possible to the modern day, real life readers, and not hurt them by using terms which would have been acceptable then but are certainly not acceptable now. (A whole code for speaking about homosexuality existed at the time, ranging from the gentle “Is he musical?” or “Does she like Achilles?” to words I would just never use whether they’re historically accurate or not.) Anna, as we see, has strong feelings about not only romance with women but friendship and alliance with women, and female pronouns to her feel like another way of expressing that alliance, even while she wants to be true to herself and express her complex and beautiful identity as fully as she can. 

ariadnebridgestock said: hello cassie!! I was incredibly touched by how understanding and supportive Cecily and Gabriel were about Anna so I was wondering, will we be seeing other support that Anna receives from the rest of her family, like her brother Christopher, her aunts and uncles and her cousins and family friends like the Fairchilds etc?  thank you for taking your time to answer questions! 

archerondale said: Hi, Cassie! I was just wondering- what does the Clave think about Anna wearing man's clothes and preferring women?

EET is set two years before TLH, so in 1903 Anna's already openly living a fabulous lifestyle in her own abode in Percy Street, and her family and friends are all fully aware and supportive of her lifestyle. We will see her family support her, though not every single one of their specific reactions to her starting to dress as she prefers, as that's well in the past. Everyone responds with love, in their characteristic ways, so we see Matthew, a loving and fashionable friend, giving her his clothing: Christopher, her sweet and science-minded brother, offering to perform a saving act of science (Christopher would blow up the Tower of London to make Anna feel better, any day of the week). Everyone offers support in their own way. Lucie asks to hear about Anna's scandalous love life so she can write about romance in her novels. James reads up on people like Julie d'Aubigny, who dressed as a man, fought duels, and liberated her lady beloved from a nunnery. 

However, the Clave as a whole, and even the Enclave in London, is vaguely horrified by what Anna's up to, but Anna's helped out by the attitude that what Anna's doing can barely be true--there is a myth that Queen Victoria refused to believe in women feeling passion for other women, which reflects the prevailing attitudes of the time (which again, aren't the same as Shadowhunter attitudes, but Shadowhunter attitudes are influenced by the world) that love between women didn't happen, or if it did, didn't count (Unlike sex between men, lesbianism was not illegal in 1903). 

That said, in 1902 (after EET, before TLH) society became interested in “sexology”--examining the different kinds of sexual attractions and activities that existed, and the terms sapphic and lesbian came into more common use. Lesbian activity wasn't criminalized in the same way as gay activity (though the denial of women's sexuality is a problem in itself): Oscar Wilde's fate would not happen to a woman, though as we see with Ariadne there was still horrible pressure to conform. During this same period, Vita Sackville-West (later, Virginia Woolf's lover) and Violet Keppel, the daughter of King Edward's mistress, were involved in a schoolgirl romance, but Violet's mother urged concealment and both were to go on to marry men. You can read their love letters here:

Oh, Mitya, come away, let’s fly, Mitya darling —  let’s go away and forget the world and all its squalor — let’s forget such things as trains, and trams, and servants, and streets, and shops, and money, and cares and responsibilities. Oh god! how I hate it all — you and I, Mitya, were born 2000 years too late, or 2000 years too soon.

:(

Anna insisting on living openly, dressing the way she wants and publicly loving who she wants, has created something of a sensation in the Enclave society. Sona's worried about Cordelia consorting with the infamous Anna: Mrs Bridgestock is appalled by the idea of Anna, now living so scandalously, approaching Ariadne. Many mothers are whisking aside their children and many proper Shadowhunters are shunning Anna. London society says Anna should be got under control, or that they should stop her from fighting because it's given her ideas: all manner of microaggressions are visited upon Anna, but Anna prefers to steadfastly ignore them (not that they don’t bother her or add up over time — this is just her particular coping strategy). Sometimes she trots off to Paris if they annoy her. But the fact she's learned to just avoid or not think about unpleasantness may become a problem for her, later, since eventually unpleasantness that she can't avoid does come and she has to face it.

Still, the constant love and support from her influential family and friends is very helpful, not just emotionally but socially: it matters that Charlotte's the Consul, that her Uncle Gideon is influential in the Clave, that her beloved Uncle Will is Head of the London Institute and loves and looks out for her. With them standing by her, the Clave has been able to mostly overlook Anna--maybe she's just going through a wild phase! Even the Consul's son Matthew is running wild, what will become of the children! They say nasty things sometimes, and Anna isn't invited to the most proper parties, and Anna DEFINITELY wouldn't be able to wield political power within the Clave or marry a really respectable Shadowhunter boy (luckily...Anna isn't at all in the market for a husband), but Anna's extremely popular with the younger set and well-supported by the older set. Which is all to say: as it has been for people like Anna in many generations and many places, one can create a society within a society where you feel comfortable. She is lucky that her own family home and the homes of her friends are places she can feel comfortable (the same is not true for Ariadne, for instance) but outside of those safe spaces, there are places where she would (and is) stared at, commented on, and subject to prejudice. 

* One of the fascinating things about LGBT+ history is the way there have always been subcultural spaces where the non-straight and non-cis were able to carve out networks of neighborhoods, bars, clubs, salons and spaces where they felt safe and were able to be open. I don’t just keep mentioning Paris randomly: neighborhoods in Paris were a lesbian and gay haven during the Belle Epoque — one of those subcultural places I was talking about, where Anna and other non-binary and LGBT+ people could feel comfortable. Fin de siecle society in Paris included bars, restaurants and cafes frequented and owned by lesbians, such as Le Hanneton and le Rat Mort, Private salons, like the one hosted by the American expatriate Nathalie Barney, drew lesbian and bisexual artists and writers of the era, including Romaine Brooks, Renee Vivien, Colette, Djuna Barnes, Gertrude Stein, and Radclyffe Hall. One of Barnes's lovers, the courtesan Liane de Pougy, published a best-selling novel based on their romance called l’Idylle Saphique (1901). Descriptions of lesbian salons, cafes and restaurants were included in tourist guides and journalism of the era, as well as mention of houses of prostitution that were uniquely for lesbians. Toulouse Lautrec created paintings of many of the lesbians he met, some of whom frequented or worked at the famed Moulin Rouge. — Wikipedia

Sounds like a great place and we’ll definitely be visiting :)

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ONESHOTS+IMAGINES

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HEADCANONS+PREFERENCES

Dating Jeff Atkins Mood board

Dating Zach Dempsey Would Include

ONESHOTS+IMAGINES

Wanting To Be More Than Just Friends With Benefits With Derek, But He Doesn’t Feel The Same Way

Being in a relationship with Derek, but Peter likes you more than a friend, and try’s to break you and Derek up.

Slow Down {Derek Hale} 

What Have I Done*SMUT* {Peter Hale}

Haunted {Scott McCall}

HEADCANONS+PREFERENCES

Dating Peter Hale Would Include

Dating Derek Hale Would Include

Being Besties With Malia Would Include

Dating Scott McCall Would Include

Dating Isaac Lahey Would Include

Both Peter & Derek Having Feelings For You & Fighting For Your Attention.

ONESHOTS+IMAGINES

It's All Good Baby {Archie x Reader}

The Turning Point {Reggie x Reader} 

HEADCANONS+PREFERENCES

How They Kiss You

Dating Archie Andrews Would Include

Dating A Southside Serpent Would Include

Dating Fp Jones Would Include

Telling Fp Jones You're Pregnant

What Type Of Girl Would Fp Jones Would Go Out With

Being Archie's Twin Would Include

Your Parents/His Dad Walking In On You’s Having Sex 

ONESHOTS+IMAGINES

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HEADCANONS+PREFERENCES

Being A Lightwood Would Include

Dating Jace Would Include

Being Izzy's Parabatai

ONESHOTS+IMAGINES

All Blood No Tears {Stefan x Reader x Sam}

Game On  {Damon x Reader x Kai}

Losing Oneself  {Damon x Reader}

HEADCANONS+PREFERENCES

Dating Kai Parker Would Include

Dating Damon Salvatore Would Include

ONESHOTS+IMAGINES

Being A Villain & The Winchesters Coming To You For Help.

As If  {Dean x Reader}

Being A Demon And Scheming With Demon Dean.

Treat Yourself  {Dean x Reader}

Misery Loves Company  {Dean x Reader}

Being A Hunter & Helping Dean And Sam On A Case. But You And Dean Have Bad History

Game Changer {Castiel x Reader}

Prompt 93.“You’re more than that.” {Castiel x Reader}

Prompt 34.“Please don’t do this.” {God!Castiel x Reader}

All Blood No Tears {Sam x Reader x Stefan}

HEADCANONS+PREFERENCES

How They Kiss You

Dating Dean Winchester Would Include

Dating Sam Winchester Would Include

Dating Crowley Would Include

Dating Castiel Would Include

Dating Lucifer Would Include

Dating Gabriel Would Include

Dating Balthazar Would Include

Dean Wanting Something He Can't Have

Being An Angel And Living With The Winchester

Tfw In The Bedroom

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HEADCANONS+PREFERENCES

Dating Mark Sloan Would Include

ONESHOTS+IMAGINES

Miracle  {Mon-El x Reader}

Chasing The Past  {Barry x Reader}

Under The Mistletoe  {Barry x Reader}

Game Changer  {Clark x Reader}

Focus On My Lips  {Oliver x Reader} 

HEADCANONS+PREFERENCES

Being Besties With Kara Danvers Would Include

Dating Mon-El Would Include

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ONESHOTS+IMAGINES

Caught In A Moment  {Chris Evans x Reader x Chris Pine}

HEADCANONS+PREFERENCES

Dating Chris Evans Would Include

Dating Chris Pine Would Include

Thirteen Reasons Why x Riverdale {crossover} Fic

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Teen Wolf Fic

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Teen Wolf x TheVampire Diaries {crossover} Fic

Check WATTPAD

Posting this on here when I finish it.

Supernatural x Teen Wolf {crossover] Fic

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Supernatural Fic

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Teen Wolf Fic

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Jensen Ackles Fic

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[overwatch-and-others-imagines]

Masterlist (Updated 03/06/2023)

Figured I should finally sort out our stuff and make a master list! It’ll be a bit tricky to begin with but I think we can remember to add our stuff to this.

NOW we don’t write Undertale stuff on this blog purely cuz the characters ain’t in our list but I posted three Undertale AU fics to make up for the fact I hadn’t been posting a while back and figured I should add them to the list

Second thing on the agenda. Not all of these fics/headcanons are shippy so just be warned.

Third thing: I am still unsure on what to do for older fics for Cole’s dead name. If you have any thoughts, please tell me.

Fanfics:

If I die. . .(McCree X Reader)

"She” by Ed Sheeran-He knows me so well (Sherlock X Reader)

Shopping with Sherlock (Sherlock X Short!Reader)

First Sherlock Fic (Sherlock and Watson)

Quiet goodnight (Davy Jones and Reader)

Panic Fueled Search (Darkiplier X Reader)

Halloween dressing up (Reaper X Reader)

The Insecure Android (Tracer X Reader)

The Bakery Witch (Reinhardt X Reader) (Part 1) (Part 2)

Shimada brother bonding

Shimada the clan of dragons (Part 1) (Genji PT 2)

Can we talk? (Hanzo X Reader)

Choosing Soulmate AU (McCree) (Hanzo) (Mercy)

Your safety? Or Your company? (Gabriel Reyes X Reader)

Explaining Hemokinesis (Soldier 76, McCree and Hanzo X Male!S/O)

A particularly bad day (Reaper X Reader) 

Reinhardt and bestie hangout (Reinhardt and Female Reader)

Naptime (DT!Sans X Reader)

Naptime 2 (UF!Sans X Reader)

Practising your dance (DT!Sans X Reader)

Bad dream and Reinhardt cuddles (Reinhardt X Reader)

Christmas love and hurried gotten gifts (Magnus Bane X Alexander Lightwood)

Pre!Fall Gabriel fic (Gabriel reyes X Reader in a way)

“Believe in the fireflies” {Asra X/And Reader)

Headcanons:

The Main 6 Arcana (plus bonus reader) for Mobster AU (General)

Hanzo with an S/O that has an eating disorder (Hanzo Shimada X Reader)

Cole Cassidy parenting headcanons (Cole Cassidy X Reader)

Parenting! (Main 6 as Parents for The Arcana)

Roadtrip AU (Main 6 for the Arcana) Bookshop AU (Julian X Reader and Nadia X Reader)

Date Night With Lucio (Lucio X Reader)

General Katniss Headcanons (Katniss)

Reaper during Christmas headcanons (Reaper)

Adopted Paladin daughter (Reinhardt and Female Reader) -Part 2 -Part 3

General D.va headcanons (D.va)

Blind S/O headcanons (McCree, Genji and Hanzo X Reader)

Short Reinhardt cuddle headcanons (Reinhardt X Reader)

Zenyatta comfort headcanons (Zenyatta X Reader)

Winter Food headcanons (Winter)

Sombra holiday headcanons (Sombra)

McCree and Plus size!Reader headcanons (McCree X Reader)

[gay-gay-very-gay]

Masterlist

Other;

Dialogue(quote) Writing Prompts

Imagine Writing Prompts

Who do I write about?

Imagine making someone laugh  - Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16

Brendon Urie:

Imagine talking with Brendon over Face-time

Imagine Brendon being on radio and has been saying some stuff about you and you call in and he realize you heard it all

Imagine dating Brendon and him playing around and being all cute and funny

Jack Wilder(NYSM):

Imagine playing video games with Jack

Brooklyn Nine-Nine ;

Amy Santiago:

Imagine Amy’s reaction to her asking you out and you saying yes

Jake Peralta:

Imagine always joking around with Jake

Doctor Who;

The 9th Doctor (Christopher Eccleston):

Imagine The 9th Doctor hearing you talk bad about yourself

The 10th Doctor (David Tennant):

25“Please, don’t leave.” 28 “Hey, I’m with you, okay? Always.”

The 11th Doctor (Matt Smith):

Imagine telling you boyfriend, The Doctor, that you’re pregnant

Imagine inviting you boyfriend, The Doctor, to a dinner with your friends

Imagine the look on The Doctor’s face the first time he sees you

Imagine getting new glasses but you don’t think you look good in them so The Doctor helps you

Imagine trying to study and The Doctor encouraging you

53 & 17 with 11th Doctor x reader “I almost lost you.” “I will never apologize for saving your life, even if it costs me my own.”

Imagine dating The Doctor and getting mad when Amy kisses him

Gotham;

Jim Gordon:

Imagine Jim complimenting you

Grimm;

Nick Burkhardt:

Imagine cuddling with Nick on the sofa after a long day

Harry Potter;

Draco Malfoy:

Imagine being sassy to Draco and he likes it

Imagine Draco sending you notes in class

Drarry:

Drarry moments

Hermione Granger:

Imagine being jealous that Hermione is dating Ron because you like her

Imagine going on a date with Hermione

Justice League;

Wonder Woman (Diana Prince):

Imagine kissing Diana

Lucifer (fox);

Lucifer Morningstar:

Imagine Lucifer showing you his real eyes

Marvel;

Bucky Barnes (Winter Soldier):

Imagine going to homecoming with Bucky

Natasha Romanoff (Black Widow):

Imagine training with Nat for the first time and she’s flirting with you

Peter Parker (Spider-Man)(Tom Holland):

Imagine finding out that Peter is Spider-Man

Tony Stark (Iron Man):

Imagine Tony telling you he’s Iron Man

Merlin;

Arthur:

Imagine Gwaine showing off to you and Arthur gets jealous

Imagine seeing Arthur kiss Gwen even though he’s dating you

Gwaine:

Imagine Gwaine asking you out and you say yes

Imagine Gwaine being jealous

Leon:

Imagine dating Leon and being sassy to Gwaine

Merlin:

Imagine Merlin knowing that you love when he raises his eyebrows so he does it all the time

Imagine Merlin hearing that you got hurt

Imagine Arthur figuring out that Merlin likes you

Once Upon A Time;

Emma Swan:

Imagine Emma throwing you a surprise birthday party at Granny’s

Killian Jones/Hook:

Imagine Hook coming to your rescue when you’ve been kidnapped

Peter Pan:

Imagine Peter checking you out

Regina Mills/Evil Queen:

Imagine telling Regina that you like her… a lot

One Day At A Time;

Elena Alvarez:

Imagine going with Elena to homecoming

Scorpion;

Toby Curtis:

Imagine introducing Toby to your friends

Shadowhunters(TMi);

Izzy Lightwood:

Imagine Izzy telling Simon and Jace that she got your number after she heard them arguing about who was gonna ask you out

Sherlock;

Sherlock Holmes:

Imagine John finding out that Sherlock and you are dating

Supernatural;

Castiel:

Imagine you and Cas fighting and Cas gets sad

Dean Winchester:

Imagine Dean teasing you about how you look when you fangirl

Imagine wanting go with Dean on a hunt but he says no

Imagine Demon Dean having a soft spot for you

Imagine Dean getting jealous when someone flirts with you

18 with Dean x reader “Don’t panic but I think we might have accidentally gotten married…”

Gabriel:

Imagine Gabriel listening to you complaining about how bored you are

Jensen Ackles:

Imagine Jensen and Jared on set trying to make you laugh

Imagine making Jensen laugh while he’s on set

Imagine making Jensen laugh while he’s on set #2

Imagine Jensen flirting with you while on set

Lucifer:

Imagine telling Sam and Dean that you are dating Lucifer

Imagine Lucifer meeting you for the first time and instantly falling in love

Sam Winchester:

Imagine telling stupid jokes to Sam while he’s doing research

Imagine Sam asking you out

Teen Wolf;

Derek Hale:

Imagine Derek trying to tell Stiles you’re dating

Imagine Scott talking to you about Derek

Imagine having a movie night with Derek

Imagine Derek’s reaction the first time he meets you

Imagine yours and Derek’s first time

Imagine making Derek laugh and Stiles is very confused

Scott McCall:

Imagine telling Scott jokes in class

Sterek:

A conversation between Stiles and Scott

Stiles Stilinski:

Imagine Stiles asking you out on a date and you say yes

Imagine Stiles always complementing you because he knows you have low self-esteem

Imagine walking home late at night and texting Stiles

Imagine asking Stiles out on a date

Theo Raeken:

Imagine Theo flirting with you while you’re trying to help him study for a test

The Flash;

Barry Allen:

Imagine Barry being really protective over you

Grant Gustin:

Imagine Grant sending you snapchats

The Kissing Booth;

Noah Flynn:

Imagine Noah checking you out while you’re in the library reading

The Vampire Diaries;

Damon Salvatore:

Imagine Damon finding out you have a crush on him

Imagine buying kittens and Damon starts to cuddle with them

Imagine Stefan meeting you(Damon’s girlfriend) for the first time

Imagine Damon trying to ask you out

Jeremy Gilbert:

Imagine Elena finding out you’re dating her brother Jeremy

Imagine your older brother Damon finding out you’re dating Jeremy

Imagine your older brother Stefan finding out you’re dating Jeremy

The Originals;

Klaus Mikaelson:

Imagine Klaus flirting with you

Imagine taking a stroll in the city with your boyfriend Klaus

Rebekah Mikaelson:

Imagine going on a date with Rebekah

YouTube;

Dan Howell(Danisnotonfire):

Imagine Phil walking in on you and Dan in the bedroom

Imagine being on your period and Dan coming in and seeing you cry

Imagine trying to get Dan and Phil to wear flower crowns and they finally agree

Imagine Phil confronting Dan about liking you and Dan just laughs it off but Phil knows

Imagine Phil teasing Dan about his face when he sees you

Imagine bumping in to your ex on the street while shopping with Dan and him flirting with you, making Dan very jealous

Imagine Dan doing a live stream and noticing that you’re watching #1

Imagine Dan doing a live stream and noticing that you’re watching #2

Imagine making Dan laugh while he’s filming

Imagine Dan and Phil being out in public and Dan is goofing around and then he sees you

Imagine Dan doing a live stream and he hears you singing “Kiss me” by Ed Sheeran

Imagine Dan having a nightmare about you two breaking up and realizing that it wasn’t a dream

Imagine Dan trying to get you to bed

Imagine Dan hearing you talk about hot you think Draco is and he gets jealous and tries to look like him

Imagine going on a road trip with Dan, Phil and some other Youtubers

Imagine Dan always playfully flirting with you (even though he’s being completely serious)

Imagine being mad at Dan for something and he tries to cute his way out of it

Imagine laughing at a really stupid joke and heart-eyes Howell appears

Imagine you coming in while Dan’s talking to someone

Imagine being with Dan at Joe’s house while they film Youtuber Whispers 4

Imagine being with Dan at an interview

Imagine Dan and Phil filming PINOF 6 and Dan trying to make you laugh

Imagine talking to Phil about what you and Dan did last night and almost sharing a bit too much

Imagine skyping with Dan and him doing stupid stuff to make you laugh

Imagine telling really bad puns and jokes just to make Dan laugh

Imagine having a staring contest with Dan and making him laugh so you’ll win

Imagine Dan finally admitting to you that he likes you

Imagine Dan trying to deny to Phil that he likes you

Imagine Dan doing a live stream and getting asked if he thinks you’re hot and then him seeing you are watching

Imagine playing “Hello Internet” for Dan just to mess with him

Dan Seeing you for the first time vs. when you’ve been dating for a while

Imagine your text conversation with your best friend

Imagine skyping with Dan and friends and he falls in love instantly.

Imagine your first kiss with Dan

Imagine falling asleep in a Skype call with dan and him hearing you snore

Imagine your text conversation with Dan when he’s sleeping and you’re not

Imagine vlogging your day with Dan

Imagine celebrating Christmas with Dan

Phan:

Imagine Dan and Phil’s texting conversations #1

Imagine Dan and Phil’s texting conversations #2

Imagine Dan and Phil baking in private

Imagine walking in on Dan and Phil kissing

Imagine Dan and Phil introducing you to their new dog

Phil Lester(Amazingphil):

Imagine the advice Phil gives you when you’re mad at your friends

Imagine you and Phil kissing for the first time

Imagine Phil trying to cheer you up when you’re sad

Imagine Dan being Phil’s wingman

Imagine Phil sending snapchats to you while he’s filming

Imagine skyping with Phil and roasting him

Imagine Phil doing a live stream and talking about how you two met

Ethan Nestor(Crankgameplays):

Imagine acting jealous whenever Mark or Tyler does something to Ethan

Imagine watching Ethan play a game and he keeps dying

Imagine giving Ethan a flower crown

Imagine Ethan getting flustered every time someone mentions you

Imagine telling Ethan jokes

Imagine Facetiming with Ethan

Jacksepticeye(Anti):

Imagine Jack trying to encourage you to do homework. But when you ask for help he has no idea how

Imagine being a YouTuber and being best friends with Mark, Séan and Felix

Imagine Anti flirting with you

Imagine telling Jack jokes

Imagine playing games with Jack and killing him

Incorrect Jacksepticeye #1

Joe Sugg(Thatcherjoe):

Imagine watching Joe fix his hair before a video

Markiplier(Dark):

Imagine talking with Markiplier on Skype (when it’s actually Darkiplier)

Imagine being a dancer and Mark is always trying to show you he can dance too(even though he can’t)

Imagine playing games with Markiplier

Signe(Wiishu):

Imagine going out on adventure with Signe

Thomas Sanders:

Imagine doing Thomas’ makeup

Smosh;

Anthony Padilla:

Imagine being on a date with Anthony

Ian Hecox:

Imagine skyping with Ian

Smosh Games;

Damien Haas:

Imagine dating Damien and playing ‘Human: Fall flat’ with Smosh Games

Smosh squad;

Shayne Topp:

Imagine Shayne introducing his girlfriend

[centrumlumina]

After a year away, I can now present the 2019 AO3 Ship Stats Top 100!

This list shows the 100 pairing tags with the most fanfics posted on Archive Of Our Own as of July 24 2019. There are 69 M/M pairings, 19 F/M, 3 F/F, 5 Gen and 4 Other. (Please note that on AO3, ‘Name & Name’ indicates platonic or familial ‘Gen’ relationships, while ‘Name/Name’ is used for romantic and sexual pairings.)

Of the 200 names on the list, 25 belong to women and 4 to characters of indeterminate gender, compared to 28 and 3 respectively in the 2017 list. There are 46 POC and 8 racially ambiguous characters, compared with 41 and 10 last year.

For more information on this project, please see the FAQ post. You might also want to check out the Top 100 pairings of 2017-2019 or the Top 100 Femslash Pairings. This stats series is also available on AO3.

A text-only version of the list is given below the cut.

Rank Change Pairing Fandom Works Type Race 1 0 Castiel/Dean Winchester Supernatural 79650 M/M White 2 0 Sherlock Holmes/John Watson Sherlock (TV) 59436 M/M White 3 0 Derek Hale/Stiles Stilinski Teen Wolf (TV) 56021 M/M White 4 1 James "Bucky" Barnes/Steve Rogers Captain America (Movies) 43515 M/M White 5 2 Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling 33110 M/M White 6 -2 Harry Styles/Louis Tomlinson One Direction (Band) 32449 M/M White 7 1 Steve Rogers/Tony Stark The Avengers (Marvel Movies) 30700 M/M White 8 9 Keith/Lance (Voltron) Voltron: Legendary Defender 27848 M/M Amb/POC 9 -3 Dean Winchester/Sam Winchester Supernatural 26287 M/M White 10 2 Katsuki Yuuri/Victor Nikiforov Yuri!!! on Ice (Anime) 22515 M/M Whi/POC 11 11 Magnus Bane/Alec Lightwood Shadowhunters (TV) 21224 M/M Whi/POC 12 -3 Merlin/Arthur Pendragon Merlin (TV) 21068 M/M White 13 33 Jeon Jungkook/Kim Taehyung | V Bangtan Boys | BTS 18118 M/M POC 14 27 Min Yoongi | Suga/Park Jimin Bangtan Boys | BTS 16849 M/M POC 15 -5 Sherlock Holmes & John Watson Sherlock (TV) 16630 Gen White 16 5 Dan Howell/Phil Lester Phandom/The Fantastic Foursome (YouTube RPF) 15554 M/M White 17 -6 Blaine Anderson/Kurt Hummel Glee 15245 M/M Whi/POC 18 -3 Will Graham/Hannibal Lecter Hannibal (TV) 15214 M/M White 19 0 Sirius Black/Remus Lupin Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling 14755 M/M White 20 35 Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir/Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug Miraculous Ladybug 14477 F/M Whi/POC 21 18 Pepper Potts/Tony Stark The Avengers (Marvel Movies) 13847 F/M White 22 -9 Levi/Eren Yeager Shingeki no Kyojin | Attack on Titan 13567 M/M White 23 41 Kim Namjoon | RM/Kim Seokjin | Jin Bangtan Boys | BTS 13558 M/M POC 24 -10 Erik Lehnsherr/Charles Xavier X-Men (Alternate Timeline Movies) 13418 M/M White 25 40 Jeon Jungkook/Park Jimin Bangtan Boys | BTS 13306 M/M POC 26 -6 Gabriel/Sam Winchester Supernatural 12661 M/M White 27 -11 Jensen Ackles/Jared Padalecki Supernatural RPF 12647 M/M White 28 9 Armitage Hux/Ben Solo | Kylo Ren Star Wars Sequel Trilogy 12275 M/M White 29 N Rey/Ben Solo | Kylo Ren Star Wars Sequel Trilogy 12260 F/M White 30 N Keith/Shiro (Voltron) Voltron: Legendary Defender 12182 M/M Amb/POC 31 16 Loki/Thor Thor (Movies) 11533 M/M White 32 -7 Oliver Queen/Felicity Smoak Arrow (TV 2012) 11497 F/M White 33 0 Bellamy Blake/Clarke Griffin The 100 (TV) 11448 F/M Whi/POC 34 -16 Rodney McKay/John Sheppard Stargate Atlantis 11406 M/M White 35 -8 Evil Queen | Regina Mills/Emma Swan Once Upon a Time (TV) 11388 F/F Whi/POC 36 -5 Steve McGarrett/Danny "Danno" Williams Hawaii Five-0 (2010) 10901 M/M White 37 -11 James T. Kirk/Spock Star Trek: Alternate Original Series (Movies) 10895 M/M White 38 -6 Clarke Griffin/Lexa The 100 (TV) 10839 F/F White 39 -15 Clint Barton/Natasha Romanov The Avengers (Marvel Movies) 10810 F/M White 40 N Peter Parker & Tony Stark Marvel Cinematic Universe 10639 Gen White 41 -13 Harry Potter/Severus Snape Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling 10513 M/M White 42 53 Jung Hoseok | J-Hope/Min Yoongi | Suga Bangtan Boys | BTS 10433 M/M POC 43 -20 Clint Barton/Phil Coulson The Avengers (Marvel Movies) 10413 M/M White 44 -15 Ian Gallagher/Mickey Milkovich Shameless (US) 10131 M/M White 45 -15 Enjolras/Grantaire (Les Misérables) Les Misérables - All Media Types 9960 M/M White 46 N Bakugou Katsuki/Midoriya Izuku Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia 9855 M/M POC 47 -11 Captain Hook | Killian Jones/Emma Swan Once Upon a Time (TV) 9763 F/M White 48 2 Hermione Granger/Ron Weasley Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling 9574 F/M Whi/Amb 49 -7 Mycroft Holmes/Lestrade Sherlock (TV) 9561 M/M White 50 48 Kara Danvers/Lena Luthor Supergirl (TV 2015) 9458 F/F White 51 -16 Bilbo Baggins/Thorin Oakenshield The Hobbit - All Media Types 9374 M/M White 52 N Bakugou Katsuki/Kirishima Eijirou Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia 9309 M/M POC 53 N Midoriya Izuku/Todoroki Shouto Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia 9116 M/M POC 54 7 Tenth Doctor/Rose Tyler Doctor Who (2005) 9081 F/M White 55 -17 Frank Iero/Gerard Way My Chemical Romance 9000 M/M White 56 -22 Zayn Malik/Liam Payne One Direction (Band) 8906 M/M Whi/POC 57 -13 Iwaizumi Hajime/Oikawa Tooru Haikyuu!! 8902 M/M POC 58 -18 Jack Harkness/Ianto Jones Torchwood 8779 M/M White 59 N Aziraphale/Crowley (Good Omens) Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett 8737 M/M White 60 -3 Loki/Tony Stark The Avengers (Marvel Movies) 8520 M/M White 61 -9 Castiel & Dean Winchester Supernatural 8339 Gen White 62 -13 Sherlock Holmes/Molly Hooper Sherlock (TV) 8301 F/M White 63 -20 Belle/Rumplestiltskin | Mr. Gold Once Upon a Time (TV) 8280 F/M White 64 2 James "Bucky" Barnes & Steve Rogers Captain America (Movies) 8088 Gen White 65 5 James Potter/Lily Evans Potter Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling 8029 F/M White 66 -12 Hinata Shouyou/Kageyama Tobio Haikyuu!! 7891 M/M POC 67 -14 Inquisitor/Cullen Rutherford Dragon Age: Inquisition 7694 Other Whi/Amb 68 17 Fox Mulder/Dana Scully The X-Files 7604 F/M White 69 4 Hermione Granger/Draco Malfoy Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling 7596 F/M Whi/Amb 70 18 Dean Winchester/You Supernatural 7457 Other Whi/Amb 71 N Jeon Jungkook/Min Yoongi | Suga Bangtan Boys | BTS 7452 M/M POC 72 -5 Harry Potter/Ginny Weasley Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling 7441 F/M White 73 N Kim Taehyung | V/Park Jimin Bangtan Boys | BTS 7401 M/M POC 74 -29 Allison Argent/Scott McCall Teen Wolf (TV) 7393 F/M Whi/POC 75 -27 James T. Kirk/Leonard "Bones" McCoy Star Trek: Alternate Original Series (Movies) 7334 M/M White 76 -13 Dean Winchester & Sam Winchester Supernatural 7305 Gen White 77 -26 Jim Ellison/Blair Sandburg The Sentinel (TV) 7152 M/M White 78 -20 Josh Dun/Tyler Joseph Twenty One Pilots 7085 M/M Whi/POC 79 -23 Arthur/Eames (Inception) Inception (2010) 7002 M/M White 80 16 Otabek Altin/Yuri Plisetsky Yuri!!! on Ice (Anime) 6351 M/M Whi/POC 81 -19 James Bond/Q James Bond (Craig movies) 6307 M/M White 82 -13 Leo Fitz/Jemma Simmons Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (TV) 6234 F/M White 83 N James "Bucky" Barnes/Reader Marvel Cinematic Universe 6201 Other Whi/Amb 84 16 Peter Parker/Wade Wilson Spider-Man - All Media Types 6170 M/M White 85 7 Peter Hale/Stiles Stilinski Teen Wolf (TV) 6110 M/M White 86 4 Uchiha Sasuke/Uzumaki Naruto Naruto 6104 M/M POC 87 -28 Marco Bott/Jean Kirstein Shingeki no Kyojin | Attack on Titan 6024 M/M White 88 -28 Clark Kent/Lex Luthor Smallville 6015 M/M White 89 N James "Bucky" Barnes/Tony Stark Marvel Cinematic Universe 5947 M/M White 90 -12 Alexander Hamilton/John Laurens Hamilton – Miranda 5889 M/M POC 91 N Jesse McCree/Hanzo Shimada Overwatch (Video Game) 5831 M/M Whi/POC 92 -20 Patrick Stump/Pete Wentz Fall Out Boy 5750 M/M Whi/POC 93 N Jon Snow/Sansa Stark Game of Thrones (TV) 5736 F/M White 94 N Brian Kinney/Justin Taylor (Queer as Folk) Queer as Folk (US) 5638 M/M White 95 N Kim Taehyung | V/Min Yoongi | Suga Bangtan Boys | BTS 5546 M/M POC 96 N Aaron Dingle/Robert Sugden Emmerdale 5471 M/M White 97 -29 Mary Morstan/John Watson Sherlock (TV) 5470 F/M White 98 -5 Poe Dameron/Finn Star Wars Sequel Trilogy 5436 M/M POC 99 -22 Inquisitor/Solas (Dragon Age) Dragon Age: Inquisition 5428 Other Whi/Amb 100 -13 America/England (Hetalia) Hetalia: Axis Powers 5301 M/M White

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As part of the AO3 Ship Stats project, this list shows the 100 most-posted pairing tags on Archive Of Our Own in the period August 2017 - July 2019.

This list was created by comparison of current number of fics with data gathered for the 2017 AO3 Ship Stats. Due to the stats not being collected last year, this post covers a two year period instead of the usual “this year’s top 100″ post.

There are 66 M/M pairings on the list, 17 F/M, 5 F/F, 9 Gen and 3 Other. (Please note that on AO3, ‘Name & Name’ indicates platonic or familial ‘Gen’ relationships, while ‘Name/Name’ is used for romantic and sexual pairings.)

Of the 200 names on the list, 28 are women and 3 are characters of ambiguous gender, down from 34 and 4 in the 2017 list. 64 are POC, and 11 are racially ambiguous, compared with 62 and 11 two years ago.

For more information about the AO3 Ship Stats project, please check out the accompanying FAQs. You might also be interested in the All-Time Top 100 Pairings and the Femslash Top 100 list. These stats are also available on AO3.

A text-only version of this data is beneath the cut.

Rank Change Pairing Fandom New Works Total Type Race 1 2 Keith/Lance (Voltron) Voltron: Legendary Defender 17280 27848 M/M Amb/POC 2 3 James "Bucky" Barnes/Steve Rogers Captain America (Movies) 15691 43515 M/M White 3 -1 Castiel/Dean Winchester Supernatural 13537 79650 M/M White 4 3 Magnus Bane/Alec Lightwood Shadowhunters (TV) 11569 21224 M/M Whi/POC 5 4 Jeon Jungkook/Kim Taehyung | V Bangtan Boys | BTS 11309 18118 M/M POC 6 11 Steve Rogers/Tony Stark The Avengers (Marvel Movies) 10867 30700 M/M White 7 -3 Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling 10723 33110 M/M White 8 N Peter Parker & Tony Stark Marvel Cinematic Universe 10285 10639 Gen White 9 1 Min Yoongi | Suga/Park Jimin Bangtan Boys | BTS 9712 16849 M/M POC 10 13 Keith/Shiro (Voltron) Voltron: Legendary Defender 9202 12182 M/M Amb/POC 11 82 Rey/Ben Solo | Kylo Ren Star Wars Sequel Trilogy 9083 12260 F/M White 12 N Bakugou Katsuki/Midoriya Izuku Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia 9022 9855 M/M POC 13 -12 Katsuki Yuuri/Victor Nikiforov Yuri!!! on Ice (Anime) 8653 22515 M/M Whi/POC 14= N Bakugou Katsuki/Kirishima Eijirou Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia 8516 9309 M/M POC 14= -6 Derek Hale/Stiles Stilinski Teen Wolf (TV) 8516 56021 M/M White 16 N Aziraphale/Crowley (Good Omens) Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett 8475 8737 M/M White 17 -1 Kim Namjoon | RM/Kim Seokjin | Jin Bangtan Boys | BTS 8418 13558 M/M POC 18 1 Jeon Jungkook/Park Jimin Bangtan Boys | BTS 8247 13306 M/M POC 19 8 Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir/Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug Miraculous Ladybug 8196 14477 F/M Whi/POC 20 N Midoriya Izuku/Todoroki Shouto Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia 8136 9116 M/M POC 21 -15 Sherlock Holmes/John Watson Sherlock (TV) 7230 59436 M/M White 22 0 Jung Hoseok | J-Hope/Min Yoongi | Suga Bangtan Boys | BTS 6561 10433 M/M POC 23 N Pepper Potts/Tony Stark The Avengers (Marvel Movies) 6144 13847 F/M White 24 -11 Kara Danvers/Lena Luthor Supergirl (TV 2015) 5677 9459 F/F White 25 -10 Dan Howell/Phil Lester Phandom/The Fantastic Foursome (YouTube RPF) 5633 15554 M/M White 26 24 Jeon Jungkook/Min Yoongi | Suga Bangtan Boys | BTS 5030 7452 M/M POC 27 N Loki/Thor Thor (Movies) 4794 11533 M/M White 28 5 Sirius Black/Remus Lupin Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling 4622 14755 M/M White 29 11 Kim Taehyung | V/Park Jimin Bangtan Boys | BTS 4485 7401 M/M POC 30 -12 Armitage Hux/Ben Solo | Kylo Ren Star Wars Sequel Trilogy 4265 12275 M/M White 31 -10 Will Graham/Hannibal Lecter Hannibal (TV) 3964 15214 M/M White 32 N Eddie Kaspbrak/Richie Tozier IT (2017) 3799 3799 M/M White 33 N Hank Anderson/Connor Detroit: Become Human (Video Game) 3782 3782 M/M White 34 44 Kim Taehyung | V/Min Yoongi | Suga Bangtan Boys | BTS 3746 5546 M/M POC 35 39 James "Bucky" Barnes/Reader Marvel Cinematic Universe 3730 6201 Other Whi/Amb 36 N Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead/Yamada Hizashi | Present Mic Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia 3612 3779 M/M POC 37 5 Merlin/Arthur Pendragon Merlin (TV) 3511 21070 M/M White 38 38 Fox Mulder/Dana Scully The X-Files 3510 7604 F/M White 39 17 Dazai Osamu/Nakahara Chuuya (Bungou Stray Dogs) 文豪ストレイドッグス | Bungou Stray Dogs 3509 5279 M/M POC 40 42 Betty Cooper/Jughead Jones Riverdale (TV 2017) 3501 4646 F/M White 41 N Tenth Doctor/Rose Tyler Doctor Who (2005) 3499 9081 F/M White 42 -30 Dean Winchester/Sam Winchester Supernatural 3493 26287 M/M White 43 45 James "Bucky" Barnes/Tony Stark Marvel Cinematic Universe 3443 5947 M/M White 44 1 Dean Winchester/You Supernatural 3439 7457 Other Whi/Amb 45 N Tony Stark/Stephen Strange Marvel Cinematic Universe 3405 3480 M/M White 46 N Peter Parker/Tony Stark Marvel Cinematic Universe 3368 3573 M/M White 47 N Lee Donghyuck | Haechan/Mark Lee NCT (Band) 3214 3541 M/M POC 48 15 James Potter/Lily Evans Potter Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling 3196 8029 F/M White 49 15 Jon Snow/Sansa Stark Game of Thrones (TV) 3179 5736 F/M White 50 N Keith & Lance (Voltron) Voltron: Legendary Defender 3171 4193 Gen Amb/POC 51 N Rey & Ben Solo | Kylo Ren Star Wars Sequel Trilogy 3124 4213 Gen White 52 -14 Harry Styles/Louis Tomlinson One Direction (Band) 3115 32449 M/M White 53 30 Byun Baekhyun/Park Chanyeol EXO (Band) 3112 5212 M/M POC 54 -8 Hermione Granger/Ron Weasley Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling 3096 9574 F/M Whi/Amb 55 30 James "Bucky" Barnes & Steve Rogers Captain America (Movies) 3072 8088 Gen White 56 14 Lance/Shiro (Voltron) Voltron: Legendary Defender 2993 4298 M/M POC 57 -13 Bellamy Blake/Clarke Griffin The 100 (TV) 2952 11448 F/M Whi/POC 58 7 Hermione Granger/Draco Malfoy Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling 2937 7596 F/M Whi/Amb 59 N Billy Hargrove/Steve Harrington Stranger Things (TV 2016) 2930 2930 M/M White 60 32 Jeremy Heere/Michael Mell Be More Chill – Iconis/Tracz 2777 3857 M/M Whi/POC 61 N Brian Kinney/Justin Taylor (Queer as Folk) Queer as Folk (US) 2713 5638 M/M White 62 -37 Jesse McCree/Hanzo Shimada Overwatch (Video Game) 2678 5831 M/M Whi/POC 63 N Adam/Shiro (Voltron) Voltron: Legendary Defender 2661 2661 M/M Amb/POC 64 N Liam Dunbar/Theo Raeken Teen Wolf (TV) 2646 2646 M/M Whi/POC 65 N Jon Snow/Daenerys Targaryen Game of Thrones (TV) 2608 3040 F/M White 66 N Hank Anderson & Connor Detroit: Become Human (Video Game) 2606 2606 Gen White 67 -12 Gabriel/Sam Winchester Supernatural 2605 12661 M/M White 68 N Bakugou Katsuki/Todoroki Shouto Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia 2603 2840 M/M POC 69 N Eddie Brock/Venom Symbiote Venom (Movie 2018) 2581 2581 M/M Whi/Amb 70 N Kim Seokjin | Jin/Min Yoongi | Suga Bangtan Boys | BTS 2580 4369 M/M POC 71 N Waverly Earp/Nicole Haught Wynonna Earp (TV) 2529 3685 F/F White 72 -61 Otabek Altin/Yuri Plisetsky Yuri!!! on Ice (Anime) 2517 6351 M/M Whi/POC 73 N Eleven | Jane Hopper/Mike Wheeler Stranger Things (TV 2016) 2491 2876 F/M White 74 N Lán Zhàn | Lán Wàngjī/Wèi Yīng | Wèi Wúxiàn 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù 2481 2481 M/M POC 75 -4 Harry Potter/Ginny Weasley Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling 2478 7441 F/M White 76 N Jaime Lannister/Brienne of Tarth Game of Thrones (TV) 2469 4897 F/M White 77 N Do Kyungsoo | D.O/Kim Jongin | Kai EXO (Band) 2457 4374 M/M POC 78 16 Mycroft Holmes/Lestrade Sherlock (TV) 2440 9561 M/M White 79 N Loki/Tony Stark The Avengers (Marvel Movies) 2434 8521 M/M White 80 N Aziraphale & Crowley (Good Omens) Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett 2432 2519 Gen White 81 N Keith & Shiro (Voltron) Voltron: Legendary Defender 2426 3154 Gen Amb/POC 82 -7 Prompto Argentum/Noctis Lucis Caelum Final Fantasy XV 2420 3699 M/M Whi/POC 83 N Peter Parker/Wade Wilson Spider-Man - All Media Types 2415 6170 M/M White 84 N Upgraded Connor | RK900/Gavin Reed Detroit: Become Human (Video Game) 2398 2398 M/M White 85 -54 Even Bech Næsheim/Isak Valtersen SKAM (Norway) 2358 4566 M/M White 86 -45 Evil Queen | Regina Mills/Emma Swan Once Upon a Time (TV) 2326 11388 F/F Whi/POC 87 N Kim Namjoon | RM/Park Jimin Bangtan Boys | BTS 2315 3372 M/M POC 88 -59 Clarke Griffin/Lexa The 100 (TV) 2307 10839 F/F White 89= N Arya Stark/Gendry Waters Game of Thrones (TV) 2249 4233 F/M White 89= -36 Oliver Queen/Felicity Smoak Arrow (TV 2012) 2249 11497 F/M White 89= -9 Steve McGarrett/Danny "Danno" Williams Hawaii Five-0 (2010) 2249 10901 M/M White 92 N Steve Rogers/Reader Marvel Cinematic Universe 2241 3695 Other Whi/Amb 93 N Bakugou Katsuki & Midoriya Izuku Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia 2221 2373 Gen POC 94 -74 Alex Danvers/Maggie Sawyer Supergirl (TV 2015) 2215 5231 F/F Whi/POC 95 N Ayanga/Zhèng Yúnlóng 声入人心 | Super-Vocal (TV) 2214 2214 M/M POC 96= N Anxiety | Virgil Sanders/Creativity | Roman "Princey" Sanders Sanders Sides (Web Series) 2212 2212 M/M White 96= N Peter Hale/Stiles Stilinski Teen Wolf (TV) 2212 6110 M/M White 98 -61 Sherlock Holmes & John Watson Sherlock (TV) 2174 16630 Gen White 99 N Uchiha Sasuke/Uzumaki Naruto Naruto 2171 6104 M/M POC 100 N Craig Tucker/Tweek Tweak South Park 2156 2952 M/M White

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As part of the AO3 Ship Stats project, this list shows the 100 most-posted pairing tags on Archive Of Our Own in the period August 2016 - August 2017.

This list was created by comparison of current number of fics with data gathered for the 2016 AO3 Ship Stats.

There are 64 M/M pairings on the list, 18 F/M, 8 F/F, 6 Gen and 4 Other. (Please note that on AO3, ‘Name & Name’ indicates platonic relationships (Gen), while ‘Name/Name’ is used for romantic pairings.)

Of the 200 names on the list, 34 are women and 4 are characters of ambiguous gender, down from 34 and 7 in the 2016 list. 62 are POC, and 11 are racially ambiguous, compared with 49 and 15 last year.

For more information about the AO3 Ship Stats project, please check out the accompanying FAQs. You might also be interested in the All-Time Top 100 Pairings and the Femslash Top 100 list.

A text-only version of this data is beneath the cut.

Edit: Fixed race category for Otabek Altin.

Edit 2: Removed Kaidan Alenko/Shepard and Roronoa Zoro/Vinsmoke Sanji to fix data processing errors.

Edit 3: Fixed rank change values

Edit 4: Fixed race for Noctis Lucis Caelum.

Rank Change Pairing Fandom New Works Total Type Race 1 N Katsuki Yuuri/Victor Nikiforov Yuri!!! on Ice (Anime) 13902 13902 M/M Whi/POC 2 -1 Castiel/Dean Winchester Supernatural 9785 66148 M/M White 3 N Keith/Lance (Voltron) Voltron: Legendary Defender 9646 10613 M/M Amb/POC 4 9 Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling 7226 22402 M/M White 5 -3 James "Bucky" Barnes/Steve Rogers Captain America (Movies) 6227 27853 M/M White 6 -2 Sherlock Holmes/John Watson Sherlock (TV) 6202 52232 M/M White 7 7 Magnus Bane/Alec Lightwood Shadowhunters (TV) 5392 9734 M/M Whi/POC 8 -5 Derek Hale/Stiles Stilinski Teen Wolf (TV) 4997 47528 M/M White 9 20 Jeon Jungkook/Kim Taehyung | V 방Bangtan Boys | BTS 4356 6832 M/M POC 10 11 Min Yoongi | Suga/Park Jimin 방Bangtan Boys | BTS 4070 7150 M/M POC 11 N Otabek Altin/Yuri Plisetsky Yuri!!! on Ice (Anime) 3852 3852 M/M Whi/POC 12 -3 Dean Winchester/Sam Winchester Supernatural 3825 22797 M/M White 13 N Kara Danvers/Lena Luthor Supergirl (TV 2015) 3793 3793 F/F White 14 N Katsuki Yuuri & Victor Nikiforov Yuri!!! on Ice (Anime) 3782 3782 Gen Whi/POC 15 -5 Dan Howell/Phil Lester Phandom/The Fantastic Foursome (YouTube RPF) 3520 9938 M/M White 16 40 Kim Namjoon | Rap Monster/Kim Seokjin | Jin 방Bangtan Boys | BTS 3490 5152 M/M POC 17 -9 Steve Rogers/Tony Stark The Avengers (Marvel Movies) 3452 19859 M/M White 18 -11 Armitage Hux/Ben Solo | Kylo Ren Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (2015) 3421 8022 M/M White 19 30 Jeon Jungkook/Park Jimin 방Bangtan Boys | BTS 3193 5077 M/M POC 20 N Alex Danvers/Maggie Sawyer Supergirl (TV 2015) 3018 3018 F/F Whi/POC 21 -10 Will Graham/Hannibal Lecter Hannibal (TV) 2776 11262 M/M White 22 75 Jung Hoseok | J-Hope/Min Yoongi | Suga 방Bangtan Boys | BTS 2740 3887 M/M POC 23 N Keith/Shiro (Voltron) Voltron: Legendary Defender 2722 3018 M/M Amb/POC 24 3 Josh Dun/Tyler Joseph Twenty One Pilots 2716 5886 M/M Whi/POC 25 N Jesse McCree/Hanzo Shimada Overwatch (Video Game) 2692 3161 M/M Whi/POC 26 -11 Iwaizumi Hajime/Oikawa Tooru Haikyuu!! 2686 6964 M/M POC 27= -15 Adrien Agreste/Marinette Dupain-Cheng Miraculous Ladybug 2602 6307 F/M Whi/POC 27= 15 Alexander Hamilton/John Laurens Hamilton – Miranda 2602 4409 M/M POC 29 -23 Clarke Griffin/Lexa The 100 (TV) 2490 8535 F/F White 30 N Reaper | Gabriel Reyes/Soldier: 76 | Jack Morrison Overwatch (Video Game) 2300 2694 M/M Whi/POC 31 N Even Bech Næsheim/Isak Valtersen SKAM (TV) 2236 2236 M/M White 32 N Cassian Andor/Jyn Erso Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) 2138 2138 F/M Whi/POC 33 -9 Sirius Black/Remus Lupin Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling 2132 10137 M/M White 34 N Harry Potter/Severus Snape Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling 2070 8818 M/M White 35 N Alexander Hamilton/Elizabeth "Eliza" Schuyler Hamilton – Miranda 2010 2010 F/M POC 36 N Allura/Shiro (Voltron) Voltron: Legendary Defender 2009 2133 F/M POC 37 -2 Sherlock Holmes & John Watson Sherlock (TV) 1969 14453 Gen White 38 -33 Harry Styles/Louis Tomlinson One Direction (Band) 1963 29338 M/M White 39 29 Aaron Dingle/Robert Sugden Emmerdale 1905 3607 M/M White 40 N Kim Taehyung | V/Park Jimin 방Bangtan Boys | BTS 1896 2926 M/M POC 41 -18 Evil Queen | Regina Mills/Emma Swan Once Upon a Time (TV) 1833 9071 F/F Whi/POC 42 -16 Merlin/Arthur Pendragon (Merlin) Merlin (TV) 1825 11942 M/M White 43 57 Ian Gallagher/Mickey Milkovich Shameless (US) 1823 8707 M/M White 44 -28 Bellamy Blake/Clarke Griffin The 100 (TV) 1754 8506 F/M Whi/POC 45 12 Dean Winchester/You Supernatural 1703 4027 Other Whi/Amb 46 29 Hermione Granger/Ron Weasley Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling 1700 6489 F/M Whi/Amb 47 -27 Captain Hook | Killian Jones/Emma Swan Once Upon a Time (TV) 1659 8061 F/M White 48 -26 Hinata Shouyou/Kageyama Tobio Haikyuu!! 1657 6391 M/M POC 49 N Sam Winchester/You Supernatural 1648 2286 Other Whi/Amb 50 N Jeon Jungkook/Min Yoongi | Suga 방Bangtan Boys | BTS 1639 2428 M/M POC 51 22 James T. Kirk/Spock Star Trek: Alternate Original Series (Movies) 1627 9126 M/M White 52 -13 Jensen Ackles/Jared Padalecki Supernatural RPF 1607 11241 M/M White 53 -34 Oliver Queen/Felicity Smoak Arrow (TV 2012) 1597 9258 F/M White 54 -36 Levi/Eren Yeager Shingeki no Kyojin | Attack on Titan 1592 11702 M/M White 55 -27 Gabriel/Sam Winchester Supernatural 1549 10060 M/M White 56 N Dazai Osamu/Nakahara Chuuya (Bungou Stray Dogs) 文豪ストレイドッグス | Bungou Stray Dogs 1532 1776 M/M POC 57 -11 Mark Fischbach/Sean McLoughlin Video Blogging RPF 1530 3286 M/M Whi/POC 58 -22 Akaashi Keiji/Bokuto Koutarou Haikyuu!! 1505 3888 M/M POC 59 -12 Castiel & Dean Winchester Supernatural 1503 6444 Gen White 60 -12 Belle/Rumplestiltskin | Mr. Gold Once Upon a Time (TV) 1451 6985 F/M White 61 17 Eric Bittle/Jack Zimmermann Check Please! (Webcomic) 1428 2874 M/M White 62 -22 Sawamura Daichi/Sugawara Koushi Haikyuu!! 1402 4164 M/M POC 63 2 James Potter/Lily Evans Potter Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling 1401 4842 F/M White 64 N Jon Snow/Sansa Stark Game of Thrones (TV) 1396 2572 F/M White 65 N Hermione Granger/Draco Malfoy Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling 1359 4661 F/M Whi/Amb 66 N Nagachika Hideyoshi/Sasaki Haise Tokyo Ghoul 1344 1500 M/M POC 67 -12 Dan Howell & Phil Lester Phandom/The Fantastic Foursome (YouTube RPF) 1342 3490 Gen White 68 -4 Sherlock Holmes/Molly Hooper Sherlock (TV) 1335 6506 F/M White 69 -28 Erik Lehnsherr/Charles Xavier X-Men (Alternate Timeline Movies) 1321 11683 M/M White 70 N Lance/Shiro (Voltron) Voltron: Legendary Defender 1263 1314 M/M POC 71 22 Harry Potter/Ginny Weasley Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling 1257 4971 F/M White 72 -28 Leo Fitz/Jemma Simmons Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (TV) 1253 4863 F/M White 73 N Credence Barebone/Original Percival Graves Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (Movies) 1250 1250 M/M White 74 N James "Bucky" Barnes/Reader Marvel Cinematic Universe 1236 2475 Other Whi/Amb 75 N Prompto Argentum/Noctis Lucis Caelum Final Fantasy XV 1222 1289 M/M Whi/POC 76 -22 Fox Mulder/Dana Scully The X-Files 1217 4097 F/M White 77 N Benton Fraser/Ray Kowalski due South 1213 4481 M/M White 78 N Kim Taehyung | V/Min Yoongi | Suga 방Bangtan Boys | BTS 1209 1810 M/M POC 79 N Alexander Hamilton/Thomas Jefferson Hamilton – Miranda 1192 1485 M/M POC 80 N Steve McGarrett/Danny "Danno" Williams Hawaii Five-0 (2010) 1174 8657 M/M White 81 -36 Frank Iero/Gerard Way My Chemical Romance 1157 7823 M/M White 82 N Betty Cooper/Jughead Jones Riverdale (TV 2017) 1155 1155 F/M White 83 N Byun Baekhyun/Park Chanyeol EXO (Band) 1148 2103 M/M POC 84 N Fareeha "Pharah" Amari/Angela "Mercy" Ziegler Overwatch (Video Game) 1136 1387 F/F Whi/POC 85 -48 James "Bucky" Barnes & Steve Rogers Captain America (Movies) 1130 5020 Gen White 86 -53 Blaine Anderson/Kurt Hummel Glee 1125 14059 M/M Whi/POC 87 N Benton Fraser/Ray Vecchio due South 1110 1520 M/M White 88 N James "Bucky" Barnes/Tony Stark Marvel Cinematic Universe 1109 2510 M/M White 89 -6 Nico di Angelo/Will Solace Percy Jackson and the Olympians - Rick Riordan 1104 3372 M/M White 90 4 Kara Danvers/Cat Grant Supergirl (TV 2015) 1103 2106 F/F White 91 N Chirrut Îmwe/Baze Malbus Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) 1101 1101 M/M POC 92 N Jeremy Heere/Michael Mell Be More Chill – Iconis/Tracz 1100 1100 M/M Whi/POC 93 -62 Rey/Ben Solo | Kylo Ren Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (2015) 1099 3181 F/M White 94 -2 Mycroft Holmes/Lestrade Sherlock (TV) 1098 7125 M/M White 95 N Serena Campbell/Bernie Wolfe Holby City 1091 1091 F/F White 96 -23 Dean Winchester & Sam Winchester Supernatural 1090 5249 Gen White 97 N Oswald Cobblepot/Edward Nygma Gotham (TV) 1081 1262 M/M White 98 -31 Barry Allen/Leonard Snart The Flash (TV 2014) 1077 2538 M/M Whi/POC 99 -48 Sans (Undertale)/You Undertale (Video Game) 1060 2701 Other Ambig 100 -41 Alphys/Undyne (Undertale) Undertale (Video Game) 1041 2473 F/F Ambig