Uffish Thought

AO3 meme yoinked from celli:

1. Most Hits: Learning Curve, MCU, gen + Steve/Natasha
An Avengers h/c fic adding on to a very popular h/c fic by Arsenic, so no surprise there! And I seem to get a lot of re-reads, going by the comments, which I'm sure helps. God knows I read The Goat's Back a million times while writing this....

2. Second Most Kudos: Out of the Frying Pan, Into the Fryer, MCU, gen (but pre-Clint/Coulson in my heart)
A meet-cute for Clint and Coulson that I posted right before The Avengers release, so no wonder. Also it's got a good summary!

3. Third Most Comments: Learning Curve again!

4. Fourth Most Bookmarks: Heartsease, Person of Interest, Reese/Finch
Ahhh, my self-indulgent Regency AU that grew a plot on me. I'm still so grateful to inmyriadbits for patiently letting me read it aloud to her when I was worried about getting the Regency verbal patterns right.

5. Fifth Most Words: Chase the sky into the ocean, Books of the Raksura, Jade/Moon
This one took a WIP Big Bang to finish, hence the word count when I'm historically prone to under-writing things, but I'm very fond of this AU. (So much action! It was fun but took forever, I don't know how Martha does it)

6. Fic With Second Fewest Words (That's Not a Drabble): Guidance, Alias/Austin Powers, gen
I'm still fond of this weird little crossover in which Dr. Evil counsels the evil dentist from the Alias pilot.

Other randomness that only works if you have X number of stories and drabbles with which to filter:

7. Seventh Most Common Relationship*: Lin Shu | Mei Changsu | Su Zhe/Mu Nihuang, Nirvana in Fire, 2 works
MCS's character tag is forever a gift, that insane identity-onion man. Also I'm ostensibly a MCS/Jingyan shipper but Nihuang cannot be denied!

*Go to your works --> sort and filter --> include (or exclude) --> relationships

8. Eighth Drabble Posted: alas, I have only written one formal drabble.

9. Ninth Most Common Character*: Thor, MCU, 4 works
Unexpected! I haven't written him as the main or POV character in anything, but he's always part of the team.

*Go to your works --> sort and filter --> include (or exclude) --> characters

10. Tenth Mature and/or Explicit Fic: The Things Underneath Our Hearts, MCU, gen
I just barely have ten fics if I include both explicit and mature, and this was the first mature one! (Probably because of the torture, I don't think Clint and Steve platonically cuddling merits a ratings upgrade.)

11. Eleventh Most Recent Completed Fic When You Exclude Your Ten Most Frequent Fandoms*: branching out, Books of the Raksura, gen
A sweet little post-canon Yuletide story where Chime wakes up to some gender stuff in the colony.

*Go to your works --> sort and filter --> exclude --> fandoms

12. Twelfth Most Recent Story in Your Sixth Most Common Tag*: alas I only have 6 stories on that tag, which is First Meetings.

*Go to your works --> sort and filter --> include --> tags

13. Favorite Title That Isn't from a Poem or Song or Shakespeare or The West Wing: Find Me, Follow Me, Banlieue 13, Leito/Damien
The third and long-delayed smutty conclusion to my B13 trilogy! The whole series is titled with phone tech terms - Crosstalk, Phone Tag, Interference - and Find me/follow me was a delightfully poetic gift of a term when I went scouring through the Wikipedia category, and perfect for the story, in which Leito follows Damien out of a meeting and they finally connect.

Hey ya'll, anyone interested in betaing a 2500 word Miss Fisher PWP for me and inmyriadbits?

I feel like all I ever post around here is memes, sorry ya'll. But no one ever does memes with me on Tumblr, even though they interact in other ways. It is downright odd.

A. Describe your comfort zone—a typical you-fic.
B. Is there a trope you've yet to try your hand at, but really want to?
C. Is there a trope you wouldn't touch with a ten foot pole?
D. How many fic ideas are you nurturing right now? Care to share one of them?
E. Share one of your strengths.
F. Share one of your weaknesses.
G. Share a snippet from one of your favorite pieces of prose you've written and explain why you're proud of it.
H. Share a snippet from one of your favorite dialogue scenes you've written and explain why you're proud of it.
I. Which fic has been the hardest to write?
J. Which fic has been the easiest to write?
K. Is writing your passion or just a fun hobby?
L. Is there an episode or section of canon above all others that inspires you just a little bit more?
M. What's the best writing advice you've ever come across?
N. What's the worst writing advice you've ever come across?
O. If you could choose one of your fics to be filmed, which would you choose?
P. If you only could write one pairing for the rest of your life, which pairing would it be?
Q. Do you write your story from start to finish, or do you write the scenes out of order?
R. Do you use any tools, like worksheets or outlines?
S. Stephen King once said that his muse is a man who lives in the basement. Do you have a muse?
T. Describe your perfect writing conditions.
U. How many times do you usually revise your fic/chapter before posting?
V. Choose a passage from one of your earlier fics and edit it into your current writing style. (Person asking the question is free to make suggestions).
W. If you were to revise one of your older fics from start to finish, which would it be and why?
X. Have you ever deleted one of your published fics?
Y. What do you look for in a beta?
Z. Do you beta yourself? If so, what kind of beta are you?
AA. How do you feel about collaborations?
AB. Share three of your favorite fic writers and why you like them so much.
AC. If you could write the sequel (or prequel) to any fic out there not written by yourself, which would you choose?
AD. Do you accept prompts?
AE. Do you take liberties with canon or are you very strict about your fic being canon compliant?
AF. How do you feel about smut?
AG. How do you feel about crack?
AH. What are your thoughts on non-con and dub-con?
AI. Would you ever kill off a canon character?
AJ. Which is your favorite site to post fic?
AK. Talk about your current wips.
AL. Talk about a review that made your day.
AM. Do you ever get rude reviews and how do you deal with them?
AN. Write an alternative ending to a fic you've written (specify by title, link or general description)

XMFC space assassin AU
I have a vague memory that this started as a dream, but then I wrote the opening scene and had nothing else.

( In retrospect, it's very Erik-as-the-Winter-Soldier, but IN SPACE! :D )

Snow White & the Huntsman
Wow, I have...no memory of writing this. Apparently I liked the movie enough to want to write fic, which must have lasted all of a week. Warnings for...overly poetic and euphemistic cunnilingus?

( breathe )

SPN post-S5 coda
I think I wrote this scene of Dean unpacking his duffel bag at Lisa's right after the S5 finale, and then never a) posted it or b) watched the S6 premiere. So, you know, caveat lector. Prettty sure it's been jossed.

( I literally just titled the draft 'coda'. Original of me. )

So I pulled an all-nighter last night finishing the draft of my Bucky post-movie fic. I...haven't ever done that.

Well. I did take a break and write a mini-essay on Mary Pickford, so it was sort of like film school.

I also had a thought about Steve and Natasha: ( Read more... )

So, ardentintoxication suggested doing a DVD commentary for Learning Curve. I've always wanted to do one, and because the story is inspired by The Goat's Back universe and I clearly have a lot of feels, it seemed like a good idea at the time.

Then it got long. And then inmyriadbits wanted to play. And then it got a little longer. /o\

( Learning Curve DVD commentary: spatz in yellow, inmyriadbits in purple )

Also! If you are still here, you are clearly a fan of this 'verse, and should check out Double the Dose by casspeach! Because more SES-verse is always a good idea, and it's got some lovely Clint and Steve and Natasha dialogue. :)

Hey, I just noticed it's Friday the Thirteenth! (or was, when I started writing this post) Awesome, I love when that happens.

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I very much enjoyed this article about bro culture, which also features one of the clearest definitions of what that is that I have read. (just don't read the comments: I accidentally paged down once too far and the first five alone were simply appalling.)

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Big Bang 3 - Revenge of the Banged:

Word Count: 10,717 / 10,000 minimum (victory!)
Scenes to complete: 1!
Segues to write: 0!
Scenes to write in entirety: 1. And it's only the most important emotional scene in the story, no big deal, I should totally be writing that at the last moment. :\

And as bonus, some terrible puns from the editing process so far --

inmyriadbits: I think you need a period here.
ME: Okay. It is a period piece.

inmyriadbits: I'm not sure you need a horizontal rule after that scene.
ME: Sure. I'm not married to the idea.
inmyriadbits: *groans*

I have just been re-reading Opacity of Paradise and was seized by a sudden, passionate desire to put Finch and Garak in the same room, so they can be dryly sarcastic and critique each other's tailoring while being secretive badasses.

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Today has been very quiet and scattered, possibly to make up for this weekend being supremely busy - inmyriadbits and I threw a spy-themed party, and there was so much alcohol. Seriously, we came out with more alcohol than we bought, and we had a *lot* to start with. But I am triumphant that we managed to throw three separate friend groups together and make it work, plus I managed to keep my red fedora on all night. (I had multiple people think I was Carmen Sandiego. Hmmm, maybe I can do that for Halloween.) And I was...uh, educated about The Fox. WTF, so amazing and ridiculous. I don't think I can ever watch it again for fear of permanently imprinting the tune on my brain, though. Three days later and I am still humming it, argh.

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Update on the big bang: I wrote half a scene today! Except oh god, still so much left. Why did I think this was a good idea. (Oh, right: Reese feels. He is a bad influence.) Naturally, my brain is wanting to do astolat's Ten in Ten Challenge instead, and I'm shoving a pillow over its face until after the 15th.

AO3 Works Stats

Categories:

Gen (15)
M/M (6)
F/M (6)

Not actually very surprising to me! I *was* surprised at how....precise the ratios turned out to be!

Fandoms:

The Avengers (2012) (8)
Person of Interest (TV) (4)
Supernatural (3)
Life (TV) (2)
Alice (2009) (2)

Characters:

Clint Barton (5)
Natasha Romanov (3)
Phil Coulson (3)
Thor (Marvel) (2)
Steve Rogers (2)

Ahahaha, Clint Barton. Look how not surprised I am. Thor's a little surprising, since I always feel like I forget about him, but he just popped up higher than Tony Stark (2), Dean Winchester (2), and Sam Winchester (2) for some reason. Sorry, boys.

Pairings:

Harold Finch/John Reese (4)
Cal Beecher/Joss Carter (1)
Clint Barton & Steve Rogers (1)
Clint Barton & Natasha Romanov (1)
Clint Barton/Phil Coulson (1)

I'm amused that almost half of these are friendships, because I like to tag for them.

Additional Tags:

Friendship (4)
Hurt/Comfort (3)
Post-Canon (3)
Fix-It (2)

Yuuuup. Accurate.

Most Hits: All Elbows (Avengers)
Most Kudos: All Elbows (Avengers)
Most Comments: Precession (Life)
Most Bookmarks: Out of the Frying Pan, Into the Fryer (Avengers)