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Fanfiction I posted in 2025

2026-01-12T07:54:06Z

(list format snagged from fadedwings)

All the fanfiction that I wrote/posted/completed in 2025 (word counts are approximate). Most links go to Archive Of Our Own, a few go to Fanfiction.net.

January (3 fics = ~300 words)

MCU - A Nice Day - Clint/Natasha - G/K - 100 - (for kiss_me_cassie at Be_Compromised discord)
MCU - For the First Time - Clint/Natasha - G/K - 100 - (for firlalaith at Be_Compromised discord)
MCU - Won't Let Go - Clint/Natasha - PG/K+ - 100 - (for Alpha Flyer at Be_Compromised discord)

February (4 fics = ~2,055 words)

MCU - Anything For Love - Clint/Natasha - G/K - 220 - (for Be_Compromised promptathon)
MCU - More Than A Team - Clint/Natasha - G/K - 105 - (for Be_Compromised promptathon)
MCU - Double Dare - Clint/Natasha - PG/K+ - 230 - (for Be_Compromised promptathon)
White Collar - How Can I Try To Explain? - Neal & Peter; Neal & El; Neal & June - G/K - 1,500 - (for Candy Hearts Exchange)

( see the rest of the list )

Total Number of Fics for 2025: 44

Total Word Count for 2025: ~316,515

Well, that's less fics than last year, but a few more words, which I'm fine with. Lots of Clintasha, which will please the lovely community of be_compromised, and some exchanges, though I'm still trying to be a little bit choosier about which exchanges are take part in these days. Anywho, that's the list for last year (slightly delayed by an exchange that was itself delayed by a month or two!) and here's to more words in 2026 ;)

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AO3 Fic Tag Meme

2025-11-07T13:55:47Z

snagged from svgurl

Go to your Works page on AO3, look at the tags, and see what the answers to these questions are. (Or any other site that has tags, I don’t know if FFnet or Wattpad does)

1. What rating do you write most fics under?
Teen And Up Audiences (842 out of 1,184)

2. What are your top 3 fandoms?
1. Gilmore Girls (226 out of 1,184)
2. Leverage (200 out of 1,184)
3. Marvel Cinematic Universe (157 out of 1,184)

3. What is your top character you write about?
Jess Mariano (188)

4. What are the 3 top pairings?
1. Rory Gilmore/Jess Mariano (169)
2. Parker/Eliot Spencer (120)
3. Zoe Hart/Wade Kinsella (91)

5. What are the top 3 additional tags?
1. Love (372)
2. Alternate Universe (301)
3. Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence (269)

6. Did any of this surprise you? e.g. what turned out to be your top tag.
As a keen romance writer, I don't think 'Love' being my top tag should surprise me or anyone else! lol Didn't realise Leverage would still come out so high on my lists because it's been a while, but Gilmore Girls, MCU, and Hart of Dixie are my main fandoms right now and have been for a while, so no surprises there :)

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A to Z Fic Meme

2025-10-22T11:22:00Z

snagged from svgurl

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 :)

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That MCU Meme

2025-08-13T08:06:01Z

from fadedwings

Bold = Watched Entirety
Italic = Watched Part
* Watched more than once
† Watched in the first few weeks of release (at least initially, for TV shows)

Phase One

*Iron Man (2008)
*The Incredible Hulk (2008)
*Iron Man 2 (2010)
*Thor (2011)
*Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
*The Avengers (2012)

Phase Two:

*Iron Man 3 (2013)
*Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (TV 2013–2020) [Season 1 only for 'more than once'; also saw part of Season 2 once]
*Thor: The Dark World (2013)
*Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
*Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
*Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
*Ant-Man (2015)
Daredevil (TV 2015–2018)
*Agent Carter (TV 2015–2016)
Jessica Jones (TV 2015–2019)

( Read more... )

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Fic Meme

2025-03-05T09:01:15Z

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)

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Marvellous Drabbles Fic Exchange

2025-02-01T08:09:23Z

I've officially taken the plunge and started my own fic exchange! :)

Link: Marvellous Drabbles Exchange

Description: Marvellous Drabbles is a fanfiction exchange for drabbles based on characters within the MCU. The first round is called Infinite Possibilities, so all characters must feature in the first three phases of the MCU.

Dates:
Nominations - OPEN, until 10th Feb 2025
Signups - 11th Feb 2025 to 21st Feb 2025
Assignments out - 22nd/23rd Feb 2025
Fics due by - 31st Mar 2025

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Fanfiction I posted in 2024

2025-01-04T09:55:43Z

(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 :)

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(Belated) Happy New Year!

2025-01-04T09:51:49Z

Wishing you all a (belated) happy new year. I've been lurking around a little bit online the last few days, but not really back to 'normal service' until today. Hope everybody had a fab Christmas (if you celebrate it - or a fab whatever you have been celebrating!) and that you're all enjoying an excellent new year already :)

There has been much enjoying of gifts and food and fun for me and mine in the last week or so. I feel very relaxed and happy, and almost ready and prepared to get back to work next week (but only almost! lol)

The weather here is cold as anything (hovering around 0C/32F - a little above in the days, a little below at nights) and we're under warnings for snow/ice. Thank goodness we have nowhere to go and plenty of blankets to hide under!

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ultra_fic @ 2024-12-24T12:59:00

2024-12-24T13:04:35Z

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

Catch you on the flipside :)

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So, I finally rewatched Librarians Season 3

2024-11-12T09:36:08Z

I haven't rewatched The Librarians in a while, and when I do, I usually stick to S1&2, because I like them best... but I got to a point where I couldn't really remember what was wrong with S3. Having just rewatched it, I have to say, it was pretty good, but I do now recall why it annoyed me so much before. My preferred ship seemed like it would absolutely happen in S1&2 (IMO anyway) and then in S3, it seemed to sink without trace. Ah well, that aside, at least I enjoyed it this go around. This may mean I've grown as a person... but don't hold me to that, because if I'm honest, I still really, really wish that Jake/Cassie had happened, and I may have to fanfic them some more after this rewatch! lol

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Fic: It’s Thirteen O’Clock Somewhere (MCU/Labyrinth)

2024-06-19T14:52:46Z

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)

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Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No...

2024-05-21T15:27:13Z

...it's Superman! :)

Before I was big into Marvel, I was a Superman fan. As a kid, I watched 'Lois & Clark', as a teen/young adult, I was very into Smallville, and somewhere in there, I saw the old Chris Reeve movies and the Brandon Routh one when it was new at the time. I loved Superman. I still do, but from 2012 onwards, when I first saw 'Avengers Assemble' aka 'The Avengers' I got swallowed by the MCU and poor Supes fell by the wayside a little bit. I did do a 'Lois & Clark' rewatch last year (I think it was last year... it may have been the year before, because time flies, but whatever, it was fairly recently, in the grand scheme of things!) but I never did bother with the newer movies from the DCEU.

Then came 'Superman & Lois'. I stumbled upon Season 1 when it came to free streaming over here via the BBC. I watched it and I liked it, but somehow, I totally spaced on the fact that there was a Season 2 which would appear at some point, and it wasn't until last month that I discovered Season 3 was available that I got around to seeing 2, and then 3 as well, obviously.

I got so into this thing in Season 2! No huge spoilers, but they really leaned into Bizarro World in a big way and I found it really interesting. This show has a lot of good actors and the storylines run the gamut from silly and funny to very serious, dramatic, and even creepy. Really keeps you on your toes, but I kind of love it. I have to admit Season 3 didn't thrill me as much. I do get why they went with more 'real' storylines as well as the super stuff, but I didn't care for it in the same way. The huge cliffhanger ending also has me annoyed, because Season 4 hasn't even aired in the US yet, as far as I know, so goodness only knows when it will make it over here!

In the meantime, I got an amazing deal on the Chris Reeve Superman movies on DVD. All 4 are included, with extras, and even though I only really care about I and II, it was so cheap, I just went for it (What can I say? I'm a completionist!) and I'm looking forward to seeing them again after such a long time - it has to be more than a decade, at this point.

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TV Show Meme

2024-04-20T07:55:40Z

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 )

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Vid: Only You (Once Upon A Time, Swanfire)

2024-04-08T12:43:48Z

A little something I came up with over Easter and thought I would share... because Neal deserved better and he and Emma deserved a happy ending :)

'When it came to true love, for Neal Cassidy, there was only ever Emma Swan...'

(view at AO3)

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Caroline in the City - the rewatch is done!

2024-03-20T14:55:44Z

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 ;)

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Writing Meme

2024-03-19T13:24:49Z

Borrowed from svgurl

Rules: List the first line of your last 10 (posted) fics and see if there’s a pattern!

Note: I decided to include my WIPs (since it's all about first lines and therefore doesn't matter that I haven't reached the last lines yet!) but I've skipped out drabbles/3SFs/etc. (since the first line is half the fic with those sometimes! lol)

Hmm, I can't see much consistency at all with my beginnings. I have both dialogue and prose, long sentences and short, some where the character and setting are clear and others where it could be anyone, anywhere. What does that say about me exactly? :P

Buck to the Future II (MCU, Bucky/Nat)
Every time Bucky Barnes thought he knew everything he ever needed to know about Natasha Romanov, she surprised him all over again.

Way Down South (Hart of Dixie, Zoe/Wade)
“Hey, bartender?”

Just Around the Corner (Gilmore Girls, Rory/Jess)
Jess locked up the front door of the book store and turned the sign to closed.

Are They or Aren't They? (MCU, Team Avengers + Clint/Nat)
“Oh, come on! Nobody has that much sexual tension without releasing it at some point or other!”

My Love is as a Fever (Little Woman, Jo/Laurie)
She woke up gasping, momentarily confused as to where she was and what was happening.

Buck to the Future (MCU, Bucky/Nat)
He remembered being cold, in a way that he had never been before, not even in the frigid Brooklyn winters of his childhood when the heater gave out and the wind was blowing in through cracks in the windows and the gap under the door.

To Soothe The Savage Beast (Beauty & The Beast, Belle/Adam)
Belle was nobody’s fool.

Lessons Learned (Gilmore Girls, Rory/Jess)
When he suggested they turn right and just keeping driving around in circles, Jess didn’t entirely expect Rory to go for it.

What is Love? (Sense & Sensibility, Marianne/Brandon)
‘Is love a fancy, or a feeling?’ Marianne had once posed the question from Coleridge’s sonnet to her sister and felt sure that, in Elinor’s case, the true answer must actually be ‘a Ferrars’.

Two Girls, A Guy, and a Coffee Shop (Two Guys, a Girl, and a Pizza Place, ensemble)
“Can you believe this used to be a pizza place and that Uncle Berg and Uncle Pete actually worked here?”

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ultra_fic @ 2024-01-01T15:34:00

2024-01-01T15:39:32Z

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Fanfiction I posted in 2023

2023-12-31T17:08:59Z

(list format snagged from fadedwings)

All the fanfiction that I wrote/posted/completed in 2023 (word counts are approximate). Most links go to Archive Of Our Own, a few go to Fanfiction.net.

January (18 fics = ~2,115 words)

10 Things I Hate About You (TV) - Remember to SING - Patrick/Kat - PG - 140 - (3 Sentence Ficathon)
Firefly - A Kiss for Good Luck - River/Jayne - PG - 150 - (3 Sentence Ficathon)
Gilmore Girls - A Song For Us - Lane/Dave - G - 115 - (3 Sentence Ficathon)
Gilmore Girls - I Smell Snow - Luke/Lorelai - G - 120 - (3 Sentence Ficathon)
Gilmore Girls - Missed Connection - Rory/Jess - G - 75 - (3 Sentence Ficathon)
Hart of Dixie - Long List - Zoe/Wade - PG - 140 - (3 Sentence Ficathon)
Labyrinth - About Damn Time - Jareth/adult!Sarah - G - 100 - (3 Sentence Ficathon)
MCU - A Familiar Face - Bucky/Nat - PG - 120 - (3 Sentence Ficathon)
MCU - Had We But Time - Peggy/Steve - G - 120 - (3 Sentence Ficathon)
MCU - Metallic - Bucky/Nat - PG - 80 - (3 Sentence Ficathon)
MCU - Opportunities - Tony/Nat - PG - 110 - (3 Sentence Ficathon)
MCU - Quiet Nights - Bucky/Sam - G - 110 - (3 Sentence Ficathon)
MCU - Soldiers of the Damned - Bucky/Nat - PG-13 - 115 - (3 Sentence Ficathon)
MCU - The Battle for Domesticity - Bucky/Nat - PG - 105 - (3 Sentence Ficathon)
Pirates of the Caribbean - I Am King - Elizabeth Swann - G - 105 - (3 Sentence Ficathon)
Star Wars - Inheritance - Ben/Rey - PG - 100 - (3 Sentence Ficathon)
Timeless - How It Should've Gone - Lucy/Flynn - PG - 110 - (3 Sentence Ficathon)
Veronica Mars - That Ship Has Sailed - Logan/Veronica - PG - 200 - (3 Sentence Ficathon)

February (7 fics = ~955 words)

Agent Carter - Not Bad At All - Peggy Carter - G - 100 - (3 Sentence Ficathon)
Gilmore Girls - Break Up to Make Up - Luke/Lorelai - G - 105 - (3 Sentence Ficathon)
Mansfield Park - Superior Sister - Mary & Fanny; Fanny/Henry - G - 200 - (3 Sentence Ficathon)
MCU - Affection - Bucky & Alpine - G - 120 - (3 Sentence Ficathon)
Star Wars - A Mother's Love - Shmi & Anakin - PG - 130 - (3 Sentence Ficathon)
Sleeping Beauty - That Ship Has Sailed - Aurora/Phillip - G - 200 - (Seasons of Drabbles, Winter 2023)
Labyrinth - Down in the Underground - Jareth/adult!Sarah - G - 100 - (Seasons of Drabbles, Winter 2023)

( see the rest of the list )

Total Number of Fics for 2023: 64.5

Total Word Count for 2023: ~323,130

I was hoping to find a happy medium this year - to have a larger total word count than last year (264,070) but maybe not as crazy big as 2022 (421,910) when I'm aware that I 'over-worked' myself, so I think I can safely say I've achieved my goal! lol I seem to have found a good balance between making a good amount of time for writing and not over-burdening myself, so yay :) Strangely, my total number of fics this year is less than last year's 86, but I think that's because I got more inspired by the 3SF in 2022 than I did this year, and because I gave up on the drabble exchange part-way through 2023 when I got tired of it. Still, very pleased with my word count and with all the works that I did produce this year :D

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ultra_fic @ 2023-12-24T10:25:00

2023-12-24T11:07:07Z

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

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Meme: First and Last Lines

2023-11-20T16:41:16Z

Nabbed from svgurl and peaked.

Rules: go through your last 5 fics and share the first and last line. No context.

(Not including multi-chapter WIPs or unrevealed exchange fics)

What Is Love?

First Line: ‘Is love a fancy, or a feeling?’
Last Line: With such sweet promises delighting her ears did Marianne fall into slumber, a smile upon her lips she was sure should never shift, knowing she should never have to wonder about the true nature of love ever again.

Two Girls, A Guy, and a Coffee Shop

First Line: “Can you believe this used to be a pizza place and that Uncle Berg and Uncle Pete actually worked here?”
Last Line: They clearly were tonight.

Love Means Never Having To Say 'I Love You'

First Line: “Look, I know what you’re going to say...”
Last Line: Not today, but someday.

Endings and Beginnings

First Line: It was a strange feeling, standing by a grave on which the stone bore her name.
Last Line: The sun was just now coming up over the hill and the new day looked like it was going to be a bright one.

The Girl of His Dreams

First Line: “Hey.”
Last Line: It was all that mattered.

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Black Widow (movie) & Hawkeye (series)

2023-11-07T15:05:24Z

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?

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A ficlet of the Austen kind

2023-11-01T13:32:56Z

I recently rewatched the 1995 Sense & Sensibility film, then went looking for fanfiction of Marianne & Brandon’s romance, since there is so very little of what happened between them at the end of the film ( which is fair because I believe there’s even less in the book, but still!) Lots of great fics out there, obviously, but none of them did exactly what I wanted them to, so I had to write my own version. It's sort of an alternate/expanded ending, I suppose. Thought I'd share, just in case anyone was interested :)

What Is Love?
Fandom: Sense & Sensibility (1995); Sense & Sensibility - Jane Austen
Characters/Pairings: Marianne/Brandon; mentions Elinor/Edward, Margaret, and Mrs Dashwood
Rating: PG/K+
Word Count: 3,482
Summary: ‘Is love a fancy, or a feeling?’ After all she has been through with Willoughby and her illness, Marianne reflects on the true nature of love as she grows closer to Colonel Brandon.

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Music Meme

2023-10-20T15:43:51Z

Old meme that I stole from pianogurl330.

1. Put your iTunes on shuffle
2. List the first full line of the first 20 songs that come up
3. Have other people guess the song title and artist
4. Confirm their guesses

(Note - since my taste is fairly eclectic and also fairly old school, I don't really expect anybody to get any of these! lol)

1. ~~Broke into the old apartment, this is where we used to live.~~ - The Old Apartment by Barenaked Ladies
2. You found hope, you found faith, found how fast she could take it away.
3. Our love story reads like a book of lies, good intentions and better alibies.
4. Baby, when I think about you, I think about love.
5. I want my MTV.
6. I think it's getting to the point where I can be myself again.
7. I met you on somebody's island.
8. ~~I can feel it coming in the air tonight.~~ - In The Air Tonight by Phil Collins
9. Breaking rocks in the hot sun.
10. Hey, hey, hey, hey.
11. Oh, here we are and here we are and here we go.
12. You show us everything you've got.
13. ~~Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, I'm begging of you please don't take my man.~~ - Jolene by Dolly Parton
14. I saw him dancing there by the record machine.
15. Sometimes you've got to take the heat, if you're gonna walk down on the main street.
16. Now there's a backseat lover, that's always undercover.
17. I had a rag-top Cadillac, rolling Sunset Boulevard.
18. Each time we have a quarrel, it almost breaks my heart.
19. Ooh, you make me live.
20. Give it to me, baby.

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New Season, New Fics!

2023-09-27T08:20:34Z

So, after a break for the summer, I've got back into the swing of regular writing, which means I feel comfortable sharing/posting fic for others to read, because I'm confident I won't lose momentum and will be able to update regularly. Thought I'd share my three new WIP progress with y'all, plus the longish one-shot that I created for the AU Exchange (because it needs attention - my giftee never read it... or maybe they did and just never commented, but whatever!)

Never Tear Us Apart
Fandom: Star Wars
Characters/Pairings: Rey/Ben
Rating: PG-13/T
Word Count: ~5,500
Summary: Rey and Ben discover they are connected by the Force at a younger age. When the galaxy is plunged into darkness and war, the strength of their connection may end up being the only thing that can save both their lives, but they might also need a little help from other sources.

Buck to the Future
Fandom: MCU
Characters/Pairings: Bucky & Steve; Bucky/Nat
Rating: PG-13/T
Word Count: WIP
Summary: What if Bucky never fell from the train? What if Steve wasn’t alone when he crashed the plane? What if the two of them really did stick together to the end of the line, even if that turned out to be the twenty-first century... and what would a certain red-headed spy make of Cap’s best friend?

Lessons Learned
Fandom: Gilmore Girls
Characters/Pairings: Rory/Jess; Luke/Lorelai
Rating: PG-13/T
Word Count: WIP
Summary: The night that Rory tutored Jess, they went out for ice-cream, talked about possible future plans, drove around for a while, and then... arrived back at Luke’s Diner without incident. So, what happened next?

Way Down South
Fandom: Hart of Dixie
Characters/Pairings: Zoe/Wade; Zoe & Harley; George/Lemon
Rating: PG-13/T
Word Count: WIP
Summary: Zoe is a new transfer student at University of Alabama and having trouble dealing with the new circumstances of her life. It’s not just the new school for senior year, it’s the new father, new friends, and a whole lot more weighing on her mind. Maybe the guy tending bar at a place just off campus is exactly what she needs to take her mind off her problems...

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Book Review: Kiss The Girl by Zoraida Córdova

2023-09-05T12:13:29Z

So, I had high hopes when I bought this book. It's part of a series called 'Meant to Be', sanctioned by Disney, which are rom-com novels based on Disney animated classics. Since I love a good rom-com and The Little Mermaid' is my all-time favourite animated Disney film, I felt I couldn't go wrong with this one.

Unfortunately, when I first started reading, I was less enthusiastic. There seemed to be so many characters popping up all at once, and aside from Ariel, Eric, Grimsby, and Max, they did not share the names from the film, and even the latter two were very different people (understandable since they're a stuffy servant type and a dog in the film! lol) It was just a lot of information and introductions all very close together, BUT once the romance kicked in and I settled into the story proper, I really started to enjoy myself :)

It has a LOT of nods to 'The Little Mermaid', but at the same time, in many ways, it is it's own story, to the point where I really had no idea how everything was going to resolve by the end (aside from the fact I was expecting the usual happily ever after ending for the main couple, of course). In this story, Ariel and her sisters are a pop group, about to take a break from the spotlight, while Eric has a band of his own that is up and coming and about to go on tour. As you may expect, Ariel soon finds herself in Eric's world, and out of her on-stage costume, nobody knows who she is. She gets to be a 'normal' young woman for the first time in her life and, naturally, she and Eric fall in love along the way.

I know that sounds straightforward and fairly cliche, but there are soooo many twists and turns, so many secrets revealed, every time I thought I knew where the story was going, I was proven wrong, in the best ways. So, yes, I will absolutely be re-reading this in the future, and I plan to look into more books by the author, plus the rest of the 'Meant To Be' series. (Since Beauty and the Beast is my second all-time favourite animated Disney film, 'By The Book' by Jasmine Guillory does appeal!)

Definitely recommend this one if you're a rom-com and/or Disney fan :)

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