#only reread it once. first read it feb 2022

[allforthesong]

I think I need to reread aftg soon........................

[captainelliecomb]

Fic Stats Halfway Through 2023

Haven’t had time to do a WIP Wishlist since round 20 in April. Am still reading and slowly commenting. Travelled for work twice as much in the first half of 2023 as I did all of 2021 and 2022 combined. Loads of downloading and reading offline.

In February, I randomly decided to track my fic reading this year. Have some stats as of the end of June. I haven’t read a single fic that doesn’t contain Jaime x Brienne. Sometimes paired with others, too. Haven’t been this monofannish in years.

I read fast, comment slowly, and write rec posts even slower. Not an official rec post, but I recommend everything and everyone in these lists.

Limitations: I know I haven’t written down all the fic I’ve read. I’d say at least 90% of it is in the spreadsheet. None of the lists but one include WIPs or they would dominate everything because I reread with every new chapter. I obsessively reread things. Top authors may appear more times than they have number of fic. Means I’ve reread some of their stories at least twice. I am awful at spreadsheets and manage only the most basic information. Absolutely no pretty charts either.

Time for the stats!

Words Read Feb - June: just under 13 million

Authors I’ve Read 20+ Times:

aviss (61) ddagent (53) tall_wolf_of_tarth (31) angel-deux (29) janie_tangerine (29) winterkill (29) chrkrose (27) Lady_in_Red (25) sdwolfpup (24) Zeta_Mei (20)

Most Read Completed Fic:

so all the world can see by EllisJay (ASOIAF) (9) Undisclosed Desires by Roccolinde (GOT) (5) To be in your arms again by sdwolfpup (GOT) (4) Beyond the Ice and the Fire by littleobird (GOT) (3) Choices by Gwen77 (GOT) (3) Ice by Gwen77 (GOT) (3) They Make You Swear and Swear by angelowl (GOT) (3)

Certainly not obvious I’ve often been in the mood for a show fix-it. I’m tentatively working on one myself.

Pretty much everything else in the spreadsheet has been read twice.

Most Read Currently-Being-Updated-and-Still-a-WIP Fic:

Come-into-my-castle by Zeta_Mei (ASOIAF canon divergence) (13) Pound of Flesh by The_Midget (GOT canon divergence) (9) Simple by languageintostillair (GOT fix-it) (7) when the sun shine, we shine together (Reality Show AU) (7) lover boy. by SeeThemFlying (Modern AU) (6)

Top Five Longest Completed Fic Read Once: 

Heart Full of Gasoline by sdwolfpup (Formula One AU) (406,767) Diamond in the Rough by cardinalgirl75 (Baseball AU) (374,333) Honor Compels Me by angel_deux (GOT S6 canon divergence) (335,399) The One: Game of Thrones Edition by motorbike_on_the_avenue (Reality Show AU) (236,912) Baby Mama by SeeThemFlying (Soulmate + Surrogate AU) (222,769)

Top Five Longest Completed Fic Read Twice:

Brienne-centric Kinktober 2021 by dancinginthecenteroftheworld (varies) (101,177) And Counting by nubbins_for_all (GOT S8 canon divergence) (97,301) All is Black by Weirwoo (GOT fix-it) (65,455) The Right Question by Aviss (pre-canon canon divergence) (56,354) Butterfly Effect by Aviss (pre-canon canon divergence) (51,274)

I know this debate goes around and around. This is where I learned GOT fic is canon divergence for me unless it specifically includes Jaime leaving. It’s fix-it at that point.

[johnmchacker]

First Post

So this is it. My first real post on Tumblr. Yay me! I guess this post is going to be about myself, and the Masterlist of what I've written, in timeline order.

I'm JohnMcHacker, and I'm a longtime Harry Pothead. (That sounds like an opener to Potters Anonymous, doesn't it?) I'd heard in passing of HP earlier, but only started reading when Goblet of Fire hit the shelves. I quickly read through all the previous books, waited eagerly for Order of the Phoenix (my personal favourite of the lot), and the rest is history.

I read a lot of fanfiction and wrote some (not very good) stuff, until about 2012 when life got too busy and I stopped writing. But HP was always in the back of my mind and I always thought about the universe, reread the books, and thought about what happened next. I picked up HP again in 2022 when I heard that fanfiction had had a mild resurgence during the pandemic, browsed through a couple, and realised that fanfiction had matured significantly in quality and depth since I left the scene. (And plumbed certain new lows, in my opinion, but live and let live I guess.)

So now I'm writing again, and I'm writing stories that I've had 10 years to think about. There's a specific grand arc of what happened after Deathly Hallows that I have in mind. As of this post (January 2023) I haven't actually started on the big events, but I'm warming up and getting there.

So at last, we get to what I call The Moments In Between series, as of January 2023:

Who Is Ginny Weasley Dating? - May 1997. Harry/Ginny.

Jumpers Then Fall - Dec 1995 to Dec 1998. Hermione/Ron.

Last Orders - Jan 1997. Headmaster Severus Snape celebrates a birthday.

Harvest Dream - Sept 1999. Harry/Ginny.

Singing Out Of Tune - Feb 2000 to Dec 2000. Harry/Ginny.

Once A Jolly Bagman - Aug 2001. Harry/Ginny.

Midseason Murders: Down The Pub - July 2002. Harry/Ginny.

The Witch's Birthday - Sept 2002. Hermione and friends.

Miss Butter Elbows - Spring 2003. Harry/Ginny.

Horses For Courses - June 2003. Hermione/Ron.

The Magic We Make - Spring 2004. Astoria, with a dash of Draco.

Hammocks - July 2015. Teddy/Victoire. An ode to puppy love, and summer holidays.

Rose's Grown-Up Christmas - Dec 2018. Rose and Ron.

How Did You Know? - Dec 2019. Harry/Ginny, some James Sirius Potter and his mum.

What James Sirius Potter Did - April 2020. James Sirius/OC. Short teen drama ficlet.

Twenty-Five Years Later - August 2022. Harry/Ginny, and family.

I also have other stories not included in this series, but this is my main "timeline" and grand story arc, so to speak.

My stories revolve around the themes of good vs evil, friendship, family, and love. I write about the never-ending battle for justice, righteousness and love against lawlessness, wickedness and hatred, and I write about the little moments in between (ba dum tss!) of kindness, affection, romance, of friendship and family.

My favourite pairings are Harry/Ginny, Ron/Hermione, and Draco/Astoria. I intend to write most about these couples, but I hope to also explore others along the way, as well as family in general. Because Family is everything, believe me.

So please, stick around for the ride, I hope and believe you'll be suitably entertained. And as always, per the byword of all fanfiction synopses in the golden days of yore: read and review please!