First Lines Meme, Take 6

Because I'm bored with research for my current active projects (backagainharry and fandom5k), a recurrent meme:

First Lines, previously meme'd in 2008; 2012; April 2014; Sept 2014; & 2016.

( Post the first line from your 25 most recent fanfic posts... )

( And try to find a pattern.... )

Anything else you find interesting, or want to ask about...?

Pick a Number! Go on, Pick One!

It's been more than 100 works ago since I last did this meme, too. Maybe it'll get some conversation going? :)

I currently have 803 works archived at AO3. Pick a number from 1 (the most recent) to 803 (the first thing I posted there), and I'll tell you three things I currently like about it.

Since those posts range from 100 word fics to 100,000 word fics, I can't promise how voluble or interesting those answers will be, but it should be fun regardless. :)