FIC YEAR IN REVIEW - 2021

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In 2021, my main fanfic goal was solely to do better than last year's number; though for the second year running, I did set a getyourwordsout target of 200k to keep me moving. I didn't make the 200k, but I did nearly double last year's wordcount, and also completed the triplecrownofexchanges, so I am definitely counting the year as a win.

I even managed to write several fic for the annual Twistedshorts Ficathon, which I passed on in 2020. I think maybe I stopped being quite as depressed about the general state of things and got a little angrier about it? I also kept up with the rotating exchange schedule to provide me with deadlines (and cheer some other people's years up) and somehow managed nearly half of my output in a single fandom, all of which helped with motivation.

Goals for 2022: now that I am recovering my mojo, clear off some more of those old request lists and WIPs! Also, signing up for getyourwordsout and completing the Triple Crown again.

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2021 Fanfiction Stats

(As a reminder, I always count Yuletide stories with the year following, in which the reveals happen; so 2021's count includes the Yule 2020 stories and not the Yule 2021 ones.)

Number of works posted: 38
Total words posted: 134,800

(For perspective: last year's numbers were 26 and 74,150. In 2011, my best year yet? 137 and 272,200.)

Most popular stories of 2021:
So Let's Make History - Grimm, Nick Burkhardt/Sean Renard, 27,000 words
What You Need to Win - Grimm, Nick Burkhardt/Sean Renard, 11,400 words

Least popular stories of 2021:
A Successful End to the Adventure - Prospect (2018), Cee/Ezra, 1800 words
You Have a Shot, You Take It - Pacific Rim: Uprising, Nate Lambert/Jake Pentecost/Jules Reyes, 16,500 words

Surprised by the former category, especially given the length of the stories; it seems Grimm fandom is still going strong. Not the latter, however. A tiny age gap ship written for a low-budget Netflix scifi movie, and a longfic threesome for the despised Pacific Rim sequel, who'd have thought those would be on the low end of popular? :)

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Movie Non-Crossovers

So Here's the Deal - Chronicles of Riddick Series, William Johns/Richard B. Riddick, 300 words (multifandomdrabble)
You Got Yourself a Deal - Chronicles of Riddick Series, Boss Johns/Richard B. Riddick, 3,400 words (raremaleslashex)

Let's Try That Again - The Mummy Series, Evy Carnahan & Jonathan Carnahan, 300 words (multifandomdrabble)
Oh, For Heaven's Sake - The Mummy Series, Evy Carnahan/Rick O'Connell, 200 words

at the edge of our hope (not the end of our time) - Pacific Rim, Hercules Hansen/Stacker Pentecost, 300 words (multifandomdrabble)
You Have a Shot, You Take It - Pacific Rim: Uprising, Nate Lambert/Jake Pentecost/Jules Reyes, 16,500 words (ficinabox)

for she is also your salvation - The Huntsman (Movies), Ravenna/Snow White, 1,500 words (yuletide)
here the daisies guard you (from every harm) - Hunger Games (Movies), Cinna/Katniss Everdeen, 2,500 words (chocolateboxcomm)
Proper Preparation (Has Nothing on Darius Kincaid) - The Hitman's Bodyguard, 900 words (multifandomdrabble)
A Surfeit of Feeling - Emma. (2021), George Knightly/Emma Woodhouse, 4,100 words (yuletide)
A Successful End to the Adventure - Prospect (2018), Cee/Ezra, 1,800 words (trickortreatex)
Target Remains - Pacific Rim, Raleigh Becket/Mako Mori, 1,100 words (trickortreatex)
What Greater Thing is There - Alien vs Predator (2004), Scar/Alexa Woods, 3,700 words (soul2soul)

TV Non-Crossovers

Closing the Loop - Grimm, Nick Burkhardt/Sean Renard/Juliette Silverton, 4,800 words (rarepairsexchange)
No Fairy Tale Stock Characters Here - Grimm, Nick Burkhardt/Sean Renard/Juliette Silverton, 19,300 words (highadrenalineexchange)
So Let's Make History - Grimm, Nick Burkhardt/Sean Renard, 27,000 words (fffx)
What You Need to Win - Grimm, Nick Burkhardt/Sean Renard, 11,400 words (fandom5k)

An Essential Compatibility of Spirit - Firefly, Inara Serra/Zoë Washburne, 2,000 words (space_swap)
The Space Between - Firefly, Jayne Cobb/River Tam, 1,700 words (littleblackdressex)
An Honest Education - Firefly, Malcolm Reynolds/River Tam, 300 words (multifandomdrabble)

Fulfilling Terms - Leverage, Mr. Quinn & Eliot Spencer, 300 words (multifandomdrabble)
The Housewarming Job - Leverage, Alec Hardison/Parker/Eliot Spencer, 300 words (multifandomdrabble)
Security Footage and Chill - Leverage, Alec Hardison/Parker/Eliot Spencer, 300 words (multifandomdrabble
written in the stars - Leverage, Alec Hardison/Parker/Eliot Spencer, 300 words (multifandomdrabble)

Book Non-Crossovers

In Spite of Incivility - Sense and Sensibility, Elinor Dashwood/Edward Ferrars, 1,200 words (juletide)

Crossovers

The Future is Always Changing - Push/Leverage, Parker & Cassie Holmes, 2,300 words (everywoman)
Monsters That Way Lie - Chronicles of Riddick/Firefly, Richard B. Riddick/River Tam, 4,200 words (rarepairsexchange)
A Place to Make a Stand - Fear the Walking Dead/Grimm, Tobias-centric, 4,400 words (wishlist_fic)
A Very Distinctive Storyteller - Leverage/The Expendables, Eliot Spencer & Galgo, 1,500 words (intoabar)

an endless road to rediscover - B:tVS/Fast & Furious (Movies), Buffy Summers & Mia Toretto, 2,000 words (twistedshorts)
Aut Consilio Aut Ense - B:tVS/Grimm, Buffy Summers & Nick Burkhardt, 1,100 words (twistedshorts)
Dating by Die Hard Rules - B:tVS/Leverage, Eliot Spencer/Buffy Summers, 1,400 words (twistedshorts)
The Hardest Thing In This World - B:tVS/MCU, Buffy Summers & The Hulk, 1,500 words (twistedshorts)
The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard's Sister - B:tVS/The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard, 1,300 words (twistedshorts)
Inevitable - B:tVS/Chronicles of Riddick, Buffy Summers/Richard B. Riddick, 1,100 words (twistedshorts)
Old Names With New Faces - B:tVS/Star Trek (AOS), Buffy Summers/James T. Kirk, 1,500 words (twistedshorts)
Swept Away - B:tVS/Innkeeper Chronicles, Buffy Summers & Willow Rosenberg, 5,000 words (twistedshorts)
Timestamping the Apocalypse - B:tVS/Pacific Rim, Faith Lehane & Buffy Summers, 2,000 words (twistedshorts)