2005 fic meme

[hope]

stories written this year...

The Faculty
five things that never happened to zeke (3/5) - Casey & Zeke, AU, PG-13
with gently smiling jaws -Casey, AUish, PG-13

21 Jump Street
Refrain - Tom/Doug, Season 1, PG-13
untitled - Doug & Tom, crackfic, PG-13
Namesake - Tom, S1, G
Wake Up - Tom/Doug, S1, somewhat fluffy, R-ish
Mean Streets - Tom/Doug, S1, somewhat angsty, R-ish
White Lie - Jude & Tom/Doug, S2, PG-13
3.3 things that never happened to tom hanson - Tom & Amy, AU, PG-13
hebrus - Tom(/)Doug, S2, PG-13
fraternal - Tom/Doug, S1/2, PG-13
Gay outside the army - Tom/Doug, S2, PG-13
All's Fair - Tom(/Doug), S2, PG-13

Firefly
Sound - Simon(/)Jayne, PG-13
Bower - River & Simon(/)Jayne, AU, PG-13
Requiem - Simon & crew, AU, PG-13
Whetstone - Jayne(/)River, PG-13
Harvest - Jayne & Simon, AU, PG-13
Doctor line - do not cross - Jayne/Simon, PG-13
Simple - Kaylee, PG-13
Noble as a grape - Jayne/Simon & River, R
All just folk now - crew, post-BDM, PG-13
tocsin - Simon & River, PG-13
nefarious - Simon, BDM, PG-13
scintilla - Mal, PG-13
orotund - Kaylee & Simon, PG-13
mawkish - Zoe & crew, BDM AU, PG-13
virago - Jayne, PG-13
susurrus - Kaylee & crew, AU, PG-13
Pretty... pretty - Simon & River & Kaylee, PG-13
morning after fic - Simon/Jayne & River, PG-13
propitious - Jayne & Simon, PG-13
Five things that never happened to Simon Tam (1/5) - Mal & crew, AU, PG-13
Stroke of Luck - Simon/Jayne, AU, NC-17
Cicatrix - Simon/Jayne, post-BDM, R
Prodigal - Mal/Simon, post-BDM, PG-13
playing with mary - Tams, co-written with monkeycrackmary, G

crossovers
under... water - 21JS/POTC, PG-13
wrapped in pastiche - 21JS/Twin Peaks, PG-13
runaway - 21JS/Rebel Without a Cause, PG-13
brute force - Firefly/Star Wars, G
Lost in the Woods - Firefly/Deadwood, PG-13
Healing - Firefly/Lord of the Rings, PG-13
untitled for linaelyn - Firefly/POTC, PG-13
Smitten - Firefly/Red Dwarf, post-BDM, PG-13
Paper Cut - Firefly/Scrubs, PG-13


My favorite of my own stories this year:

Definitely Stroke of Luck, which is the longest thing i've ever written, coming in at over 20,000 words. I worked really hard and steadily at this one, and am very happy with the way it turned out. there's a whole lot in this one that i'm just waiting for someone to ask me about :D Also still trying to ferment up a sequel. Also very fond of Bower and its sequel, susurrus.

I also really liked my crossovers this year, especially the Firefly ones. a good crossover is satisfying like a good meal - you'd never know how the chef knew how to put those ingredients together, in those quantities, and cook them for that long... but damn, it tastes good. mmm, stories. *salivates*

I recall loving my 21JS stories this year too, but that was so long ago now - all I've got on the brain is Firefly, now.


My best story this year:

I'd have to say Stroke of Luck again - because i don't think i've been more pleased/satisfied with something i've written before. But both brute force and Five things that never happened to Simon Tam (1/5) were surprising hits with the readers, so if feedback is a measure of success...


Story most underappreciated by the universe, in my opinion:

possibly Lost in the Woods, as it hardly got any feedback and that was one crossover i was *really* happy with. i guess maybe deadwood isn't a popular fandom? oh well.


Most fun story:

Just about any of the crossovers, but if we're going with unmixed nuts, then i'd have to say Doctor line - do not cross.


Most sexy story:

*ponderates* Stroke of Luck has the highest rating of anything I've written, probably, though Noble as a grape has some hanky panky in it also. please, don't ask me if it's actually 'sexy' or not, i have terrible performance anxiety with my sex scenes as it is.


Story with single sexiest moment:

argh! see above answer. or, provide your own answer, hah. i have no idea.


Hardest story to write:

Cicatrix, my first story for a challenge. boy, i had to force this out, in the end. seem to be accepted relatively well, though.


"Holy crap, that's wrong even for you" fic:

huhnn. maybe brute force? which is like a window into my crack-tastic mind, in which river is indeed yoda. or maybe in slightly angstier points, mawkish. in which things go a bit differently.


Fic that shifted my own perceptions of the characters:

And again, we go to Stroke of Luck. I was concerned throughout writing this that i was taking the characters too much OOC, and in looking so closely at that element I found my perceptions of the characters broadened and got more complex. All just folk now is another one, i suppose, though it had the same effect for different reasons - trying to capture in very brief character studies how things were for the characters in a post-movie timeframe. simplyfying things down seems as good a way to clarify as writing tens of thousands of words.


Biggest disappointment:

probably the less-than-lukewarm response i received for Prodigal. either it's a really awful story or people like jayne/simon more than i thought. i guess i thought that maybe some of the other challenge participants (maybe even the person i wrote it for!) would leave feedback. that made me a bit sad. i kinda like the story, myself.


Biggest surprise:

the response i got for brute force.


Most telling story:

of... the author? most telling of what? maybe Cicatrix... or Smitten.


What's next?

I want to write a sequel to Stroke of Luck, and also have a vague fluffy Firefly crew bunny hopping around limply. I'm feeling a bit uninspired at the moment. Have been watching stacks of new tv, though, so maybe new fandoms on the horizon. oh, i'd like to write a Firefly/Carnivale crossover, but will have to re-watch season 1 & what i can find of season 2, first. Also, I'll have a thesis to write in 2006, heh.