Ultra's Fic (and Other Stuff)

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Rules: How many letters of the alphabet have you used for [starting] a fic title? One fic per line, 'A' and 'The' do not count for 'a' and 't'. Post your score out of 26 at the end, along with your total fic count.

A — After Happily Ever After (Librarians, Cassie/Jake)
B — Baby Daddy (Gilmore Girls, Luke/Lorelai)
C — California Son (Gilmore Girls, Rory/Jess)
D — Daddy Knows Best (Leverage, Eliot/Parker)
E — Editorial Review (Press Gang, Spike/Lynda)
F — Fairfarren No More (Alice in Wonderland, Alice/Hatter)
G — Georgia On My Mind (Hart of Dixie, Zoe/Wade)
H — Had We But Time (MCU, Peggy/Steve)
I — If It Wasn't For You (Veronica Mars, Veronica/Logan)
J — Judging a Book by it's Cover (Firefly, Book & Jayne & Mal)
K — Kindness in Women (Mansfield Park, Fanny/Henry)
L — Lawyered Up (Leverage/Angel The Series, Eliot & Lindsey)
M — Marvel Collegiate University (MCU, Bucky/Nat & ensemble)
N — Nate's Niece (Leverage/Veronica Mars, Nate & Veronica & ensemble)
O — On The Other Side (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Buffy/Spike)
P — Parallel Lives (Leverage/Librarians, ensemble)
Q — Quiet Nights (MCU, Bucky & Sam)
R — Raising Havoc (Crossfire Trail, JT & Rock & OCC)
S — Sailing Full Circle (Pirates of the Caribbean, Jack/Elizabeth)
T — Take Me Out To The Black (Leverage/Firefly, ensemble)
U — Undercover Lover (Timeless, Lucy/Flynn)
V — Venus (Firefly, Inara/Mal)
W — Waiting for You (Labyrinth, Jareth/Sarah)
X —
Y — You and Me, To a Tea (Alice, Alice/Hatter)
Z — Zen Vision (That 70s Show, Jackie/Hyde)

So, I got 25 out of 26. Technically speaking, I do have one for X, but only because I did a challenge a looong time ago on Livejournal where I wrote a fic for every letter of the alphabet and titled them all as A is for..., B is for..., etc. I did not use any of those for this challenge, as I considered it cheating, in the same way we couldn't use an A for A of a The for T. In total, over the last 23 years, I have written hundreds of fics. Couldn't possibly give the exact number as it depends how you want to count them, but it's a big number. On Fanfiction.net I have 503, on AO3 it's 1,183, but most are cross-posts, and where many one-shots and such are bunched together on FF, they're all individual on AO3. So, yeah, impossible to get a true reading on an exact number. It means I had a lot of choices for most letters, but I tried to put a variety of fandoms and pairings up there, just for fun :)

snagged from svgurl

Rules: give us the links to your fics with the most hits, second most kudos, third most comments, fourth most bookmarks, fifth most words, and fic with the fewest words.

Most Hits - 26,697
Finding A Place
(Gilmore Girls, Rory/Jess, PG-13/T, 91,543w - AU Season 2)

Second Most Kudos - 731
Finding A Place
(Gilmore Girls, Rory/Jess, PG-13/T, 91,543w - AU Season 2)

Third Most Comments - 133
The Verbal Thing
(Gilmore Girls, Rory/Jess, PG-13/T, 72,860w - AU Season 4)

Fourth Most Bookmarks - 96
The Guy in the Corner Booth
(The Big Bang Theory, Penny/Sheldon, PG/K+, 1,705w - Coffee Shop AU)

Fifth Most Words - 106,265
Hart of Gold
(Once Upon A Time, Rumpel/Belle, PG-13/T, 106,265w - Leverage AU/Fusion)

Fic with the least words - 18
Us vs the World
(Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Buffy/Spike, G/K, 1,705w - 3SF)

(list format snagged from fadedwings)

All the fanfiction that I wrote/posted/completed in 2024 (word counts are approximate). Most links go to Archive Of Our Own, a few go to Fanfiction.net.

January (21 fics = ~1,990 words)

Firefly - Learning to Live There - Mal - G/K - 90 - (3 Sentence Fication, Jan/Feb 2024)
Hart of Dixie - Cruel Summer - Wade(/Zoe) - G/K - 80 - (3 Sentence Fication, Jan/Feb 2024)
Labyrinth - A King to a Slave - adult!Sarah/Jareth - PG-13/T - 85 - (3 Sentence Fication, Jan/Feb 2024)
Labyrinth - Reunited... and It Feels So Good! - adult!Sarah/Jareth - PG-13/T - 120 - (3 Sentence Fication, Jan/Feb 2024)
MCU - A Slice of Life - Clint/Nat - G/K - 100 - (be_compromised 3 Sentence/100 Word Challenge)
MCU - Fly Like An Eagle - Clint/Nat - PG/K+ - 100 - (be_compromised 3 Sentence/100 Word Challenge)
MCU - Partners Clint/Nat - G - 60 - (3 Sentence Fication, Jan/Feb 2024)
MCU/Marvel Comics - Affirmation - Bucky & Alpine - G/K - 100 - (3 Sentence Fication, Jan/Feb 2024)
MCU/Marvel Comics - Coming Back - Bucky/Nat - PG-13/T - 80 - (3 Sentence Fication, Jan/Feb 2024)
Original - Another One Bites The Dust - OMC/OFC - PG/K+ - 135 - (3 Sentence Fication, Jan/Feb 2024)
Smallville - Not A Good Boy - Lex - PG-13/T - 90 - (3 Sentence Fication, Jan/Feb 2024)
Star Wars - Do Droids Dream? - C-3PO - G/K - 100 - (Star Wars 100, Prompts#001)
Star Wars - Food for Thought - Luke - G/K - 100 - (Star Wars 100, Prompts#004)
Star Wars - Motherland - Luke & Leia - G/K - 70 - (3 Sentence Fication, Jan/Feb 2024)
Star Wars - Only For Her - Han/Leia - PG/K+ - 100 - (Star Wars 100, Prompts#003)
Star Wars - The Mists of Time - Yoda - PG/K+ - 100 - (Star Wars 100, Prompts#002)
Star Wars - To Guard Her Heart - Padme - PG/K+ - 110 - (3 Sentence Fication, Jan/Feb 2024)
Star Wars - What They Are - Rey/Kylo-Ren - T/PG-13 - 70 - (3 Sentence Fication, Jan/Feb 2024)
Timeless - A Wicked Tongue - Lucy/Flynn - PG-13/T - 100 - (3 Sentence Fication, Jan/Feb 2024)
Timeless - The Hand of Friendship - Lucy & Flynn - G/K - 100 - (3 Sentence Fication, Jan/Feb 2024)
X-Men - After the War - adult!Rogue/Logan - PG-13/T - 100 - (3 Sentence Fication, Jan/Feb 2024)

February (7 fics = ~6,600 words)

Little Women - My Love Is As A Fever - Jo/Laurie - PG-13/T - 2,700 - (Candy Hearts Exchange)
MCU - Are They or Aren't They? - Clint/Nat + Team Avengers - PG-13/T - 3,400 - (be_compromised '2012' promptathon)
Star Wars - A Heart Beneath the Armour - Din Djarin (& Grogu) - G/K - 100 - (Star Wars 100, Prompts#009)
Star Wars - In the End - Luke (& Rey/Ben) - PG/K+ - 100 - (Star Wars 100, Prompts#007)
Star Wars - Looking for Peace - Han(/Leia) - PG/K+ - 100 - (Star Wars 100, Prompts#006)
Star Wars - Stronger Together - Rey/Ben - PG/K+ - 100 - (Star Wars 100, Prompts#005)
Star Wars - What Price Freedom? - Jyn/Cassian - G/K - 100 - (Star Wars 100, Prompts#008)

( see the rest of the list )

Total Number of Fics for 2024: 53

Total Word Count for 2024: ~308,600


So, I've written less fics than last year (64.5) but my word count isn't all that much lower (323,130). I'm guessing the difference is that I skipped some exchanges this year (much less drabbling was done, for a start, and I didn't even miss it!) and others that I wanted to take part in seemed not to happen, which was a shame. I didn't seem to get inspired to write as many one-shots in general, though I'm not entirely sure why. Anyway, happy with what I've achieved this year, all told :)

This is me disappearing from the internet world for a little bit for RL festivities and such.

Catch you on the flipside :)

This is what I wrote for this year's intoabar challenge. If you've never seen this comm before, the idea is that you choose a character to walk into a bar, plus 1-6 unrelated fandoms. The mods then pick a random (major) character from one of those fandoms and that is who your character has to meet in the bar. It leads to some pretty wacky crossovers, as you can probably tell from the below! :P

Title: It’s Thirteen O’Clock Somewhere
Prompt: Bucky Barnes goes into a bar and meets... Hoggle.
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe & Labyrinth
Word count: ~1,800
Rating: PG/K+
Notes: No warnings apply. Set in the present day, post-TF&TWS and 38 years post-Labyrinth.

(Read at AO3)

A television meme stolen from pianogurl330, though I have seen it around elsewhere too. :)
+ Bold all of the following TV shows of which you've seen 3 or more episodes.
+ Italicize a show if you're positive you've seen every episode.
+ Asterisk if you have at least one full season on tape or DVD
+ Exclamation mark if it's an all-time fave.
+ If you want, add up to 3 additional shows (keep the list in alphabetical order).

(I added Agent Carter, Agents of SHIELD, and Hart of Dixie)


( list of shows )

I finally finished re-watching Caroline in the City. I hadn't seen it in years and years and, on the whole, I was so glad I decided to do it all over again. That being said, Season 4 (the final season) was just about as disappointing and out-of-place compared to the others as I remember!

I remembered the cliffhanger ending of the finale, but with 3 episodes to go, 2 episodes to go, and even into the last episode itself, I was wondering how on earth it was going to go from the point it was at to that ending! lol

Anyway, I can see me going back and watching the first two seasons many more times, maybe even Season 3, but possibly not so much Season 4. If and when I do, there may be some fanfic fix-its for the parts that didn't thrill me ;)

This is me basically disappearing for Christmas now. Catch you all after the festivities and such :)

I wasn't sure about diving into Phase 4 of the MCU. I mean, I watched The Falcon and the Winter Soldier the first chance I got (because, hello, Bucky Barnes!) but apart from that, I felt like I was pretty much done after The Infinity Saga. Apparently, that wasn't entirely true...

For fic writing purposes, I recently felt compelled to watch Black Widow, even though I was almost certain it was going to be a little too dark for my taste and not really my cup of tea. Admittedly, I did fast-forward through some stuff, but I am glad I took the time to watch what I did of it. Yelena was a very interesting character and I love the relationship between her and Nat. It was painful seeing what they both went through, especially when they were so young, but yeah, not entirely sorry I took the time to familiarise myself with that.

Then I figured, hey, why not watch Hawkeye? I've liked Clint from the start and I joined a Clintasha community here on Dreamwidth and over on Discord a few months ago (I shipped Clintasha in Phase 1, but then switched to WinterWidow later on; also, it turned out Clint was married!) so I figured why not? Wow. I loved all six episodes!

( spoilers if you're even further behind with this stuff than I am )

Basically, there was very little I didn't like about this mini-series and I'm sure I'll rewatch it sometime in the future.

As for the rest of MCU Phase 4 (and 5 by now?) I don't know how much I'll be diving into it. I have a vague interest in seeing the second Black Panther and the third Spider-man sometime, mostly because they're continuations from films I already enjoyed, but none of the stuff with the new characters really excites me at all, if I'm honest. Also, I couldn't get into Loki, and never even bothered with the latest Thor or Ant-Man. I don't know, they just don't appeal somehow, but maybe someday. Who knows?