#2017 and 2024 are my favs so far

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Modern Nohrian fam evolution

I drew this shit 5 times already lmao

March 2016 (both literally a day apart according to my files):

October 2016:

June 2017 aka my fav version:

And now the recent one:

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10 year ao3 anniversary!

i joined ao3 on may 1st 2014, and posted my first fic may 2nd 2014. i figured i'd do a roundup of my own stats in the last ten years and see how far i've come! come join me!

(post dividers by saradika-graphics)

the hard stats

most popular fics ever

take my hand (kiribaku, bnha. 2016. 42 comments, 662 kudos, 139 bookmarks)

I need your warmth, you know (hiroaki, kyoukai no kanata. 2014. 2 comments, 241 kudos, 20 bookmarks)

sidetracked (sarumi, k project. 2014. 9 comments, 205 kudos, 21 bookmarks)

top fandoms

a3! (18 works)

ensemble stars! (8 works)

mahoutsukai no yakusoku (6 works)

top ships

kurokei, enstars (7)

bantaiju, a3! (6)

bradnero, mhyk (5)

top tags

character study (9)

fluff (8) || fluff without plot (8)

pre-slash (7)

numbers breakdown

ratings

general audiences (40)

teen and up (11)

mature (5)

explicit (3)

over the years

2014: 10 fics. knk, kagerou project, k, free!

2015: 1 fic. haikyuu!! x k

2016: 7 fics. knb, mikagura, bnha, enstars

2017: 5 fics. enstars

2018: 4 fics. enstars, k, a3!, idolish7

2019: 7 fics. a3!

2020: 4 fics. a3!

2021: 4 fics. a3!, mhyk

2022: 9 fics. mhyk, prsk, yakuza, lost judgement

2023: 4 fics. trigun, a3!, persona 3 portable, mhyk

2024: 4 fics (so far). prsk, a3!, one piece live action

chef's recommendations

most well-written imo & most satisfied with

death, reversed (2023. bradnero, mhyk)

chiaroscuro (2024. juaka. a3!)

infinite/infinitesimal (2022. kanamafu, prsk)

[__] (2019. banju/bantaiju, a3!)

i'm really happy with all of these! these are the ones i'd use to show off my technical skill (structure, language, etc), but it's also a damn good showcase of the themes i'm best at.

personal favs

nuit blanche (2022. kuwana, lost judgement): i wrote this one fast and furious. all passion, didn't look back. it turned out GREAT.

【 ✦ — ACTOR'S CAFE OPEN! ⋆ THE CHUUNIBYOU CLASH OF LIFE AND DEATH! 】 (2021. itaru, kumon, taichi, tsumugi. a3!): super experimental. i think i pulled off the style imitation really well, characterization didn't falter even with the new style, and hit a lot of good humour beats too. i don't often write this kind of style, but i think i'm pretty damn good at it anyway.

personal milestones

position zero (2019. bantai, a3!): the fic where i really started interpreting characters with my own ideas instead of bandwagonning fandom!

>>the death of hyodo juza (2022. bantaiju, a3!)<<: my ultimate goal as a writer was to 1. get really good at character studies, 2. write a 10k oneshot. i accomplished both with the death of hyodo juza!!

what's next

my main goals as a writer have been accomplished!!! i want to set another one to strive towards! one day i'd like to finish a full draft for nanowrimo! i'm not a 50k novel kind of guy, so i'm striving for something that passes all my personal checks within the time limit.

this is lesser on the priority list, but i think it'd be so damn cool to finish one of those month-long challenges. kinktober, writetober, what have you...a full-fledged 1k+ fic for every day of the month. it sounds impossible, but i'd feel so good about doing it!

for 2024, here's what i've got:

match the number of fics posted in 2014 (10). that 10-year parallel is deeply satisfying to think about!

join kanamafuweek!

complete soundtracks: ensemble!

finish at least one more wip from my drive!

and as always,

keep writing (the more the better!)

keep improving (as long as i write, i'll improve!)

like i say at the end of every a3 fic i write: thanks for reading! see you next fic!