FIC YEAR IN REVIEW - 2021

[jedibuttercup]

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)

Comments

[pronker]

That's one of the things I first liked about your fics, the effortless crossovers.

[hiddencait]

I somehow never got into Grimm tho it seems like it should be right up my alley. I think I've watched a few episodes here and there, but that's it. I guess at some point I should get on that lol

[jedibuttercup]

The Buffy crossover community was pretty much the first one I found online; I loved all the endless possibilities of it. It felt like all I had to do was find something the two canons had in common, and build a story around that. :) But TtH slowed down years ago, and crossovers I know both canons of aren't a big presence in exchange fandom these days, so I suppose I've been drawn away from that lately.

[jedibuttercup]

I ran aground on my first watch through; the key (for me) to getting through it the second time and enjoying it was to manage my expectations. It might look like a supernatural detective show, but it lies: it's a giant tangled soap storyline with fairy tale and procedural trappings. But every one of the characters are so pretty and have lots of chemistry with each other, and there is at least one rocksolid adorable secondary pairing to carry the emotional heart all the way through while everyone else is being a mess. :)

typo

[(Anonymous)]

Hardest Thing In This World is actually linking to Dating By Die Hard Rules.

Re: typo

[jedibuttercup]

Oops! The perils of copy-paste. Thanks for letting me know.