#rl child ment;;

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[wantlongera]

ahs explaining to me r.ichard r.amirez’s twagic uwu backstory as if i give a shit

[meduseld]

2020 (Fanfiction) in Review

Tagged by the lovely @dancinbutterfly who wrote one of my fave fics this year:  Rotten Plants Make Strong Nest

Fics written this year: In order, they are

In Hades' House (The Witcher)

Ezra Makes Out (The Magnificent Seven (TV Show))

The Only Pay Off (For Having Any Faith) (The Witcher) 

Sweet Music Playing In The Dark (The Witcher)

Madonna and Child (The Witcher)

The Start of All Things That Are Left To Do (Wonder Woman)

Shiver The Whole Night Through (The Witcher)

Where The Sun Don't Ever Shine (The Witcher)

The First House (Westworld (TV))

Such Selfish Prayers (Green Lantern, Arrow (TV 2012), DCU)

Snow After Fire (The Hobbit)

Once More (Just To Dream) (Aquaman (2018))

Tough To Talk To (9-1-1 (TV)) 

The Man From Metropolis (DCU, DCU (Comics))

You're Looking At Me (Like You Don't Know Who I Am) (DCU, DCU (Comics))

'Cause I Can't Sing Or Dance (The Gentlemen (2019))

Lick The Plate (Suck The Neck Bones Too) (9-1-1 (TV)) 

God Of My Idolatry (Far Cry 5)

What’s Your Pleasure? (Far Cry 5)

Faith Can Keep You Warm (But I'll Teach You How To Shake) (Far Cry 5)

If Your Mind Dislike Anything (Obey It) (Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel, Marvel (Comics), Captain America - All Media Types)

Down On Both Knees (9-1-1 (TV)) 

For a grand total of 94,993 words.

Takeaways from reflecting on your kick-ass writing, or kick-ass lack of writing, during a year more focused on survival than perhaps any other: 

I did a lot more than I thought, looking at it like this, and the especially jaw dropping thing for me is that I did not one, not two, but THREE reverse Big Bang fics, one of which was a pinch-hit and tbh turned into one of my most popular works this year. The other two were long and very plotty and despite a lot of doubt I pulled off cohesive narratives with their own plot twists and pay offs. So I did better than GOT’s D&D but that isn’t saying much. 

On a more serious note, I’m glad to see that I have the follow through and storyboarding ability I wanted and want to continue developing. 

On a shallower note, you can really tell The Witcher hit at the beginning of the year, huh? And that I got into FC5 towards the end...

On a final, triumphant note, several of these were iceboxed ideas that had a sudden rebirth during the mental malaise of quarantine.  Most surprising fic you wrote this year:

Objectively, Ezra Makes Out, because of the obscurity of both the fandom and the pairing. But personally,  The First House, because I never thought of Westworld as a “fanfic” fandom despite being an avid fan and then suddenly this popped out pretty much fully formed like 10min after the episode ended.

How you grew as a writer this year:

The aforementioned long plot stories, but in general, I think I’ve gotten better at setting a scene and visual language and the timing of sentences I want to be gut punches. Also someone in my rl that I trusted enough to share my fic with said Esperaba algo mucho más "macabro" y me encuentro con seres humanos (o fantásticos, no importa) que evocan esas imágenes de la memoria que nos hablan de calidez y de nido....el olor del pan....el contacto...el llanto como catarsis, la muerte como liberación...el mundo que nos cuentan los adultos y el que nosotros creamos en nuestra mente de niños....más que humanos detrás de cada historia.... So that’s awesome.

What’s coming in 2021: 

Well I’m signed up for something that’s chugging along despite my own insecurities (shout out to V&D, who keep me going and suffer me to send them out of context chunks of text and give me shit when I need it)

I actually don’t know a lot of writers on here (something to work on) so I’m tagging @benadrylthegoodstuff (pls come back to me, I love n miss u) @fyeahbuddie and anyone else who wants to play