Pick a Number! Go on, Pick One!

[jedibuttercup]

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. :)

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[jun_nights]

1 :D

[jedibuttercup]

I should hope there are things I currently like about An Energy Like No Other, considering it's the one I've just finished. :)

I wrote the first part days before Paul Walker's death; because of the ominous way I'd ended it, I really felt like I was going to have to do the concept justice, and that stalled me on the story for a few years.

But here are three reasons I finally went back and finished it:

1) Brian Prime.

It's always been the end-goal for the Revenge of the Fallen rewrite to have Brian involved in that vision of the ancient Primes with Sam, because of the way he's been so deeply involved with the Allspark stuff in the saga. I have still-too-spoilery to mention Goals for what's going on with that (and to straighten out some of the other backstory mess Bay created with the movies) that he'll definitely need the nod for. :)

2) Mikaela.

Ever since I saw Dark of the Moon the first time, I knew the in-story reason she'd 'broken up' with Sam had to be that whats-his-name the collaborator had tried to provide that 'spy close to the Autobots'. But obviously something other than her giving in and being that spy happened, and tragically nobody among the Autobots ever found out about it.

Since nothing of the kind was going to happen in this universe; and also because Sam wasn't given the luxury of flailing around pretending to be a normal kid and failing to grow up for awhile longer; there was obviously not going to be a Sam/Carly pairing. I guess Carly was OK? But the writers using the change in GF to add in the conflict of her wanting Sam to be 'safe' aggravated me. So I wanted to celebrate Mikaela's continuing presence in my version a little. :)

3) Advancing my OCs' interactions a bit. :)

Only dust remained where the Autobots had been; Belle was the only one still waiting, revving his engine impatiently.

Bestia spun her wheels by way of reply, then sped by, flashing her tail lights tauntingly at his grill.

I was tempted to say 'Optimus' or 'Jetfire' or 'de-idioting the movie in general' instead, because seriously, the twins, and who decided having a senile robot was a good move for any other reason than forcing the human characters to do a little more work for the plot? But Belle and Bestia are more fun to focus on. :) Getting them a little more interaction time and things to do other than be irritated at each other was a nice consequence of this particular chunk of the 'verse!

[jun_nights]

Awesome :D Thanks:D (I really REALLY loved the series btw) :D