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2022 Writers' Review

It's already two months into the year, but I'm still going to do this, because I think it's such a nice thing. I was tagged by @lavandulacosmos and @natures-marvel thank you! 💕

1. What is your AO3 account?

brownest_goldfish

2. How many words did you write total in 2022?

34'481, according to AO3 stats

It's not a lot of words, but I feel like this was the year I've developed most as a writer so far, especially writing the first chapter of Lamb and the last chapter of my spooktober fic and I'm very proud of that ✨

3. How many fics did you publish in 2022? How many multichapters vs oneshots?

12 fics, 3 multichaptered and 9 oneshots (and of the 3 multichaptered ones only one is finished so you can see that this is not where my strength lies agajsks but i'm trying to do it more and i actually love it!)

4. What was your longest fic? Your shortest fic?

"A Lover in the story" (finished) is the longest at 9987 words but I published 5000 of those in 2023. Otherwise the longest is "A Lamb for Our Love" at 8618 words so far (one of two chapters)

The shortest is "With a smile" at 412 words. The shortness is owed to it being only one scene, more of a picture I imagined after reading Cry Wolf by @roccinan – and since I can't draw, I decide to write it down 🥰

5. What was your most popular fic? Your least popular fic?

I find this so hard to say, because numbers can never really encapsulate this, and every piece of appreciation from anyone for any fic is a gem in itself. But just for simplicity I'll go for Kudos and Hits here:

The one with most Kudos and Hits is funnily one I didn't write for Berlermo, but for "Arcane" as a birthday gift for @stilljustbitten: "Ice blue" got 113 Kudos and 842 Hits, probably owed to the fact that this fandom is just a bit bigger. My most popular Berlermo fic in 2022 in numbers is "Art and Attraction" at 83 Kudos and 755 Hits.

The least popular in numbers is "Love wins" at 16 Kudos and 146 Hits.

6. What fic didn’t perform as well as you thought it would?

I didn't expect a specific amount of reaction on any of them, so I'd say none of them. Every interaction with on of my fics just made me go "oh!🥰"

7. What fic performed way better than you thought it would?

I'd say "Like the Painting of a sorrow" because it was this oneshot I came up with, wrote and posted within 24 hours, a random idea after reading Dorian Gray. That being said, I am very proud and fond of it, so it made me so happy that it was appreciated!

And also "Love wins", I struggled getting the first chapter together and was worried it was too chaotic, and I was so happy it got good feedback.

8. What was your favorite fic you wrote from 2022?

I'm most proud of and currently most emotionally attached to "A Lover in the story". I'm especially proud of the last chapter, mostly because I managed to write it at all and make something I really like of it.

A Lamb for our Love stands right next to it though – although it's still not finished. (Not because I neglected it, but just because the second chapter is so hard to write) and I'm so excited for what it will become <3

9. What was your favorite fic that somebody else wrote in 2022?

Reducing this to one would be a shame, so I'll list a few 😊

and that was the moment i knew by @alfredo-kesmann

Andrés has Hanahaki disease and coughs up red roses. Whose favourite flowers could those be?

It had started with inconspicuous coughing, a few weeks ago. Soon followed the shaky breaths, the trouble breathing normally at random times. Then, came the shaking fingers, half a week later, creating unavoidable unsteady black lines in the painting he had been working on, the jawline of his self portrait now ruined.

A beautiful take on the trope, with all the drama befitting Berlermo, and overall an extremely romantic and enjoyable read.

Chimera 키메라 by @signorin-anarchia

A sort of crossover of Money Heist Korea and La casa de papel. Andrés is in the concentration camp Korean Berlin was in. Martín joins him there.

His mother's arms are a cradle, a safe haven.

A shelter from all that is evil on earth.

He can remember the faded feeling of bones colliding, rubbing, which nevertheless feels as comfortable as nothing in the world.

Nothing in the whole world.

But there's never much more than anything in the world.

And now his mother's arms are pincers, stealing his life, locking his way.

A very interesting concept with beautiful execution, and very poetic prose that aches just right when you read it.

The Swan's Symphony by @nharidy

Martín plans another and executes heist after the gold heist, and a rescue mission for Andrés on the side – who is alive but asuffering <3. All the old members of the gang are there, and also a lot of new additions.

“Is this true?” Estocolmo asked, turning to El Professor. Mirko, however, was looking at Palermo. It doesn't matter whether it's true or not , he realized. Palermo wasn’t there because one night in the future he might get killed in his bed. 

No, he was there for the one and only reason he's ever done anything since Mirko knew him.

El Profesor sighed.

This genuinely feels like a continuation of lcdp. It gives all the vibes of the show, the characters, their interactions and the action, flashbacks and execution of the heist are spot on. Just overall extremely fun to read.

Remember what your old pal said by @roccinan

La casa de papel Toy Story AU. Andrés is a bullfighter doll, and he finds Martín in the collection he belongs to. But what is Martín really up to?

Andrés is beautiful. And he doesn’t need a mirror to tell him what he already knows. Because he can stare at anything that bounces back light for a wonderful view of himself from head to toe: sunglasses, helmet visors, watches, or even the window on a bright spring day.

He has a slim, well-proportioned frame, a statuesque figure that expertly hides a body of incredible might and power within its wires.

This is genuinely just hilarious, and Andrés is perfectly delusional in it. And the Berlermo romance is so sweet – with an added element of darkness, of course.

10. Tag your friends to do this year-end fic review as well!

I think everyone has already been tagged and done this agajsks but I'll tag the ones I haven't seen doing it, please just ignore this if you have ✌🏼💕 @dormarunt @liz @signorin-anarchia @oreo @lammaducks ✨

[delirious-and-slightly-murderous]

I'm back, cabrones!

And I brought a new (old) fic

Thanks to Kal, my bestie as always.

And especially to @signorin-anarchia for her amazing beta work♥️♥️♥️

As was his nature, nothing much could hold his attention for long unless it was a masterpiece of the utmost intellectuality. But, for some reason that Martín had never been able to understand (he refused to entertain the notion that it could have been coincidence or divine intervention), in their small home on the coast of Michoacán, it was the Pacific Hurricane Season that grabbed Andrés' attention. He became obsessed with that one tropical wave that, in its path through Nicaragua and Costa Rica, had turned into a tropical depression and had already left more than 20 people dead.

(Or rainy season was making me sad so I wrote this)

[lavandulacosmos]

2022 Writers' Review

I was tagged by @carladuquette~ Thanks! 🥰 

1. What is your AO3 account?

LavandulaCosmos, so you can all find me on this hellsite too.

2. How many words did you write total in 2022?

Based on Ao3's statistics I wrote 162,144 words. Nice! And that's the published and cleaned-up amount, I don't even want to know how much was left in the drafts.

3. How many fics did you publish in 2022? How many multichapters vs oneshots?

Exactly 2. Both are multi-chaptered, including the monster that is Aureate and the poor, neglected Arms of Morpheus. That one still needs an ending.

4. What was your longest fic? Your shortest fic?

Aureate is easily the longest thing I've ever written. Compared to that one, Arms of Morpheus - at 23k - is the short one.

5. What was your most popular fic? Your least popular fic?

Aureate and Amaranthine both hit landmarks in 2022, passing 2500 and 5500 hits respectively. The least popular based on hits is Arms of Morpheus.

6. What fic didn’t perform as well as you thought it would?

None, both babies got more attention than I imagined they would.

7. What fic performed way better than you thought it would?

Both, the two fics got a lot of positive feedback, which I'm really grateful for~

8. What was your favorite fic you wrote from 2022?

Aureate - It was a very long and immensely complex project to do, especially when it came to the plot and the structure of it, but I also had a lot of fun with it. 🥰 

9. What was your favorite fic that somebody else wrote in 2022?

Ooh, there are hundreds I enjoyed, but it's been a right age since I've betaed anything so I have to nominate The Fatal Drive by @natures-marvel for the sheer amount of chaos we unleashed while it took shape. 💜

10. Tag your friends to do this year-end fic review as well!

@natures-marvel, @butternuggets-blog, @the--sound--of--rain , @veterveter, @signorin-anarchia and whoever feels like doing it~

[roccinan]

"Pssh, you worry too much"

👁️👁️

Thanks for the prompt! Decided to set this one in an AU of the Bank heist where Andres lives. TW: eye trauma

Injury and Illness Denial Prompts

“Psh, you worry too much.”

“I beg your pardon?”

Andrés set down the tweezers, a little burst of anger knotting itself through the worry, until concern gave way to aggrievement. He pressed forward, until the tip of his nose touched Martín’s, the other man still laid flat on the table and grimacing at the light. 

“I’ll be fine,” Martín said, in a tone he’d never- or rarely- taken with Andrés, as if his beloved was an imbecile. The gall of him.

Andrés watched him, unsure if Martín was able to see his glare through the bloodied haze that now made up the whites of his eyes. Andrés had managed to remove the offending glass in spite of the storm welling up with each pluck (but it was still better he do it than Tokyo, who would have no doubt purposely made the injuries worse). He squinted at Martín’s eyes, stomach turning, but found no discernible glass left behind.

“You misread me,” Andrés told him, “I’m not worried. I am livid.”

His hand found Martín’s palm, squeezing limp fingers. “You could have been blinded. That bullet could have found its way to your heart, or worse yet, your brilliant brain.”

“And?” Martín asked, somehow amused. “Those are hypotheticals. Better me than you.”

Before Andrés could retort, Martín added, “And it’s better than shrapnel getting into my dick, no? Or the ass you love so much?”

“Too bad it didn’t get you in the mouth,” Tokyo’s voice hissed from behind.

Without looking back, Andrés snarled out, “Shut up.”

Then again at Martín, he said, “Palermo, is the pain manageable?”

Martín swam a tongue over the inside of his mouth. His chin tilted up. Then his right eye produced some semblance of a wink. “Barely feel a thing at all. I’ll be up in no time, capitan.”

“Disgusting,” Tokyo muttered.

“But I’ll burst a blood vessel if you don’t throw that bitch out of here, Berlin.”

“Like you have any more vessels to burst, asshole?”

Normally, Andrés would be more than happy to indulge Martín’s request. But this time, Tokyo’s existence was barely a concern at all, not when his mind was still replaying the images of Gandia’s grin and the glass shattering in Palermo’s face. The grin however had unmistakably been aimed at Berlin. The son of a bitch changed his target on purpose, likely because he knew this was the one place it would actually hurt to strike.

Andrés motioned for Helsinki to bring the gauze over. Then he slipped a hand under Martín’s back, pushing up by the waist. When Martín’s head was close to his shoulder, almos pressed to his chest, Andrés stated, with no small flourish, “I’ll cut out Gandia’s eyes and bring his head to you on a pike.”

He felt Martín grin, lips grazing against his jaw. “I’d like that.”

[veterveter]

Ok, I'll go for brownie & chocolate lime ;)

Hey hey friend thank you for asking!!!!

Brownie: a band/artist you used to like but don't anymore?

Oof, it's gotta be 3 Doors Down. It was never my favourite band but I was really into them for years, and them playing at Trump's inauguration really soured it for me. Is that petty of me? Possibly. But those values are just so against mine, and so many bands and artists declined to play there, and then one of my favourites agrees to?? Because they agree with Trump, apparently?? Since then I've been vehemently skipping their songs on my playlist... except for Believer. That one is still a banger. I have a Believer hoodie somewhere still. I accidentally wore it to church once.

Chocolate lime: last person you stayed up past midnight talking to?

Well technically I stayed up past midnight talking to my boyfriend @geobirdi about rival magicians (I'm sorry that bringing up my favourite WIP is currently the best way to reach me, I've been ridiculously busy and tired lately) and then went on to talk to @es-imposible about life. This applies to most of my evenings ✨

[wedgeantill]

Hey 🌼 For the ask game:

What's on your mind?

I've got dinner on my mind. It's evening, so I'm hungry. It's trite, but if I'm hungry I can't think of anything but food.

[applpapel]

List 3 things that make you happy, then put this in the ask box for the last 5 people who reblogged something from you, learn to know your mutuals and followers!! 🌸

thanks for the ask! :)

1. nice weather today

2. saw a fun movie last night

3. sense of accomplishment from finishing a fic recently

[ao3feed-berlermo]

Restless blues

Restless blues https://archiveofourown.org/works/43797819 by @signorin-anarchia

Andrés comes back after the Mint Heist. 5 nights they can't sleep together + 1 night they finally can. Or: there's only one bed. But it's angst. ꧁ Written for the Berlermo Secret Santa 2022 ꧂

Words: 6448, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: M/M

Characters: Berlin | Andrés de Fonollosa, Palermo | Martín Berrote

Relationships: Berlin | Andrés de Fonollosa/Palermo | Martín Berrote, Berlin | Andrés de Fonollosa & Palermo | Martín Berrote

Additional Tags: Angst and Hurt/Comfort, Angst and Romance, Angst and Porn, Anal Fingering, First Time Blow Jobs, Berlermo Secret Santa

[m--bloop]

Personal tag game

Tagged by: @signorin-anarchia tyy!

Last TV Show: wilty s15 - also rewatching some lcdp bc i wanna make some palermo gifs :)

Last Song: waking by future islands <3<3

Currently Watching: I just finished Flee

Currently Reading: carmilla by sheridan lefanu for a summer class I’m taking

Tagging 9 people whom I would like to know better: no pressure to do it ofc but here it goes @espooky @cliffbooth @soujitrendseta @velvetmeadows @distort-a @teddypickle @gregg-araki @gabacool @malinculia @moldmoldfoldfold @amarakaran @kendallroyssadeyes

[alfredo-kesmann]

8

Thank you for the ask, dear anon!

8. tag someone (or multiple people) who make you feel good.

Well, there's quite the list. Uhm, let's see.

@thatcrazymind @dormarunt @veterveter @signorin-anarchia @nharidy @roccinan are the ones that instantly came to mind❤️But there are so many more talented people in this amazing fandom that make me feel good, so please don’t consider this an exhaustive list!

[blorbosexterminator]

Thanks! @signorin-anarchia for the tag! I don't think this will have changed much from last time I did it, but well.

Rules: Post the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Send me an ask with the title that most intrigues you and I’ll post a little snippet of it or tell you something about it! And then tag as many people as you have WIPs.  

Heroum et Deorum

5

4

The Land of Longing

Forsaken, almost human.

Who in the Sunshine 2

Jinni

The Face of the Other/Self-Portrait

His Father's Son

The Lover's Manifesto

Mistborn Au

Tagging @the--sound--of--rain and @oreo-cookies-fan

[the--sound--of--rain]

Made-up fic title ask game:

"Worms waiting for wings"

👀

Hey Enrica! Thank you for asking 🤗

This took me a while and man, what a title 👀 I immediately got religious dark vibes and it was the vibe I couldn't shake anymore. I think the idea I have is super weird, but it just came to life by itself: Andrés and Martín don't know each other. When Andrés finds out he is dying, he starts/founds(?) a cult, and all his followers agree to kill themselves the moment Andrés dies, because he is the chosen one and if they die at the same time as him, they all ascend to heaven together.

Andrés initially just wanted the cult to enjoy his last days, treated like a messenger of god, and to have people that worship him enough to go down with him, but with time, he sort of starts to believe it all himself to cope with the fact that he's dying.

Martín, meanwhile, is either a journalist or a researcher who wants to write a paper on the cult, and he "infiltrates" it to figure out how it works, and obviously he thinks everyone who wants to kill themselves when Andrés dies is stupid, and Andrés is a joke. But then he falls for Andrés and Andrés falls for him too and they lead the cult together, refusing to face the truth of their situation but it's catching up with them – and eventually no one wants to die more than Martín when Andrés dies.

[lavandulacosmos]

So I did one~ Make a fishbowl/terrarium here!

Go have fun: @natures-marvel @butternuggets-blog @the--sound--of--rain @signorin-anarchia and anyone who want to~

[roccinan]

Thoughts on LCDP Korea?

I finished the last episode this evening and I'm kinda confused, there are (few) things I found better than in the original, and several which could've been managed better.

Right now I'll surely need at least one rewatch, but I'd like to know your first impressions about it!

Hi Enry! Thanks for asking! I was going to answer yesterday, then decided to wait until I actually finished the last ep. So here we are! Same here, will definitely be rewatching eventually.

In general, I really liked it. I was looking forward to this one for a while and had some pretty high hopes- it didn't disappoint and actually surpassed some expectations. Like you said, they fixed some problems from the original and made the story tighter (and a lot more logical in some areas), which I appreciated. There are also elements I thought could be better (but the pros outweigh the cons!).

I was happy that it wasn't a 1:1 remake because that'd be boring! The show was strongest when there were changes from the original, which made it more fun to follow the same beats. It's like, they got to the same place but did it slightly differently, so for me, it kind of recreated the magic of the first lcdp ;) I even ended up rewatching the last ep of S2 just because I suddenly really missed la banda XD

Spoiler impressions:

The "inspectora," Denver, Berlin, and Captain Cha were standout performances.

Woo-jin/"Raquel" was amazing; the actress gave the role the perfect amount of sympathy. She was level-headed, strong, and also weak- like I could go on forever about her. This is 100% on par with Itiziar's inspectora. And I really felt that the script respected her role more this time- she wasn't forced to be inferior to the professor at every turn, and sometimes she even has the upper hand (which I guess, was also that way in the original, but I liked the way they framed it here- it feels less biased towards the robbers)

Denver was perfect, couldn't have asked for a better Denver. He had the same himbo energy, while still being a guy from the streets- which is pretty much the original Denver lol. But as much as we all love Jaime, I personally think this Denver is hotter XD He's gorgeous, and his face not really matching his personality is what makes him so great. I loved his expanded role and the extra breathing space they gave his relationship with "Monica" (while we're at it, her motivation for being with Arturo of all people makes some more sense here)

Cha/"Angel" was a pleasant surprise. They made Angel a cool, competent guy and I actually love it LOL. His character was strong, and I prefer him to the original Angel (who was actually kinda annoying most of the time)

Berlin was everything I wanted and more LOL. I wasn't really sure what to expect, but he was a great surprise too. Like, this feels like who Berlin could have been if Pina and co. wrote everything out in advance and had time to edit. He's somehow both the same and very different from Pedro's Berlin- like, he's still a sadomasochistic lunatic but now there's a bone-deep sadness about him. He's a walking tragedy with an insanely miserable backstory and a martyr complex that's somehow even more explicit than the original Berlin's, and he says stuff like "I'm the shadow so you can shine"- what else could I ask for!? This is the Berlin who came straight out of my fics asdfasdf. That said, I can't believe I actually kind of want him not to die now asdfasdf after everything he's been through, maybe a shred of happiness would be deserved.

Speaking of Berlin, I'm pretty happy with them getting rid of the Ariadna storyline and the misogyny angle, which just proves that all of that was unnecessary to the plot in the first place. We also don't have to suffer through any more of "feminism, but as written by cishet men who are bad it it" themes.

I will say that there's no Andres in this Berlin though. Or if there was, he got beaten out of him early on lol. This guy is just Berlin all the way, and even though I do kind of miss the pretentious art lover, I don't mind this one. Though it's interesting that he's presumably never been married then. (Also too bad this Berlin isn’t as much of a slut as the original lol)

"Arturo" also captured the EXACT same Arturito energy LMAO. My nitpick is that he shouldn't have been so overly annoying when we first met him (like looking at porno on his computer!?)- he should have started as a normal guy and then revealed himself to be THAT annoying.

I liked the bickering Oslo/Helsinki dynamic lol- it gave them a little more to do. And nothing to say about Moscow because he was great too. I felt that Alison Parker was more sympathetic than Annie Kim, but Annie contributed more to the plot and it was interesting to see a different take on her. The whole subplot with "Suarez" infiltrating the hostages and getting fake-killed also made me go !! A pretty cool change, even though it relied on dumb luck lol. Also liked the change to Alberto's role- it pushed him more into the background and foreground at the same time, and connected everyone.

Lastly, loved the change to the serquel dynamic. This version makes a lot more sense in terms of motivation for both of them, but I don't think the professor's actor is really selling the chemistry enough (the inspectora is though!).

Stuff that I was more "meh" and "eh??" about:

Tokyo is a NICE and NORMAL person with MORALS. She is a problem SOLVER not a problem creator asdfasdf and I don't know how to feel omg. I liked her enough, but the original Tokyo was more fun; also, bit of a shame because the actress is amazing at playing insane evil women.

(That said, I was dying when she said "good job" to Berlin asdfasdf Finally, Berlin and Tokyo besties are canonized after all of Alex Pina's efforts to rewrite history asdfasdf)

The car chase into the lake was ?? It somehow made more sense in the original.

Rio has more backstory and layers here, and Tokrio not being together from the start is a bit of a plus- but I don't think the actor is making him as likable as he could.

Anne Kim's makeup was too perfect- she should have looked sweatier and dirtier as time went on

Nairobi didn't feel like she was "part" of the group; aside from her having a personality closer to Palermo than Nairobi lol, it just felt like she was "there" most of the time and not the one member who was uniting everyone

Maybe it depends on how he'll perform in part 2, but I think the professor is the weakest link among the main players. He has the aurora and it's not like his acting's bad, but he's too aloof as the professor, a little too uniformly "cold" with everyone he interacts with. You don't see the layers and emotions the original Sergio had. Sergio was my favorite in lcdp, but here, can't say I care very much about the professor or his relationships with everyone else.

*That said, I'm dying to know if he and Berlin are still brothers and what their shared backstory is!

SO that's my long rundown of first impressions LOL. What about you? What did you enjoy and what do you think could have been handled better?

[veterveter]

PERSONAL TAG GAME

Tagged by: @wedgeantill @delirious-and-slightly-murderous @es-imposible @signorin-anarchia thank you for tagging me even though I'm quite slow atm, it means a lot to be in your thoughts (and I do love to be tagged, truly, I love to talk about myself) !!!!

Last TV Show : Just finished Élite season 5 last night, not sure what I'm up to now. Loved Isadora so very much, bebé.

Last song: Eden by Rancore feat. Dardust, I needed to pick a favourite Sanremo 2020 song for my Italian course and this is the chosen one.

Currently Watching: I do Hope to watch some Succession when I see my boyfriend, I miss that. (on the topic, we went to Dundee (derogatory) recently and just talked trash about optics and shares and drank coffee outside V&A, it was great)

Currently reading: I recently finished These Violent Delights by Micah Nemerever and I'm still thinking about him. I plan to bring Elena Ferrante's My Brilliant Friend (in Finnish since it's mum's) with me when I go places on Saturday. Hope it'll entertain me, look at me trying to be cultured.

I'm not tagging anyone since this seems to have made its rounds already :D but if you want to do it, I totally did tag you. Hope you've a nice day!!!

[stilljustbitten]

I was tagged in this nice lil ask game by @signorin-anarchia - and I actually posted most of the WIP's I mentioned last time I was tagged, so I figured I'd do it again!

Rules: Post the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Send me an ask with the title that most intrigues you and I’ll post a little snippet of it or tell you something about it! And then tag as many people as you have WIPs.

- How I wonder what you are (previously known as "baby fic")

- Dark fic

- The new guy

- Venom on my tongue

- 5+1 (wow, what a creative title)

- Strawberries & cigarettes

- Nichts an dir ist fremd

(Plus two of the prompts @dormarunt and I are working on)