Year in Fic and Fandoms

[glorious_spoon]

Grabbed from yalumesse 

Main fandom of this year: A three-way tie between Agent Carter, Stranger Things, and Teen Wolf

Favorite film watched this year: Thor: Ragnarok

Favorite book read this year: 11/22/63, by Stephen King. Largely for the nostalgia factor: I used to love King's stuff, but I haven't read him in ages.

Favorite album/song(s) listened to this year: Eh, nothing new that really sticks, but I recently got back into classic protest rock, which was fun

Favorite TV show/s this year: Agent Carter, always. Leverage, Stranger Things, Teen Wolf

Favorite new shows this year: Teen Wolf, which was new to me, anyway.

Favorite characters this year: Peggy Carter, as always

Favorite villains this year: Frank Dunning, who was terrifying in such an intimately believable way, as so many of King's villains are.

Favorite fictional couples this year: Daniel/Jack/Peggy, Sterek, Jonathan/Nancy/Steve

Favorite fictional relationships this year: Stiles and Scott. I just love their friendship so much. Honorable mention to Steve and Dustin

Most unexpected new fandom: Teen Wolf. I tried it years ago and bounced off it hard, mostly because it reminded me a bit too much of Supernatural, but I really fell headfirst into the fandom/show this year.

Biggest fandom disappointment of the year: Infinity War. Although I was pretty thoroughly spoiled for it by the time I actually watched it.

Biggest squee moment of the year: IMMIGRANT SONG IN THOR RAGNAROK

Most missed old fandom: I will probably always mourn Supernatural. Agent Carter fandom seems to finally be fading out, which is expected but still makes me sad.

Potential new fandoms: Nothing so far! I've been watching The Good Place, but it doesn't feel like something I'm likely to get into the fandom for. I did get a whole pile of recommendations on this post, though, so I've got options

My Fic

OH GOD I WROTE SO MUCH THIS YEAR. And this isn't even counting the original fic, which I'm still slogging through to the end of. So. Yeah. This might take a while!

Fics in chronological order:

1. A Ride Home
Fandom: Stranger Things
Rating: Teen
Steve asks Jonathan to give Nancy a ride home

2. Another Red Letter Day
Fandom: Stranger Things
Rating: Teen
Dustin unexpectedly finds out a few things. Dustin & Steve; Steve/OMC

3. the night's busting open
Fandom: Stranger Things
Rating: Teen
A monster has Jonathan. It's up to Steve and Nancy to get him back. Jonathan/Nancy/Steve

4. All I Need is a Pair of Wheels
Fandom: Stranger Things
Rating: General
Dustin needs a car for his road test. Steve is pretty sure that's not his problem. Dustin & Steve

5. In the Water
Fandom: Agent Carter
Rating: Teen
Jack is waiting for rescue.

6. Broken Windows
Fandom: Agent Carter
Rating: General
Peggy has a slight mishap breaking into a building. Peggy/Daniel

7. Exit Strategy
Fandom: Guardians of the Galaxy
Rating: Teen
Gamora and Nebula are trapped together behind enemy lines.

8. Idlewild Airport, 1949
Fandom: Agent Carter
Rating: General
Peggy and Jack in an airport, waiting for Daniel to come home. Peggy/Daniel

9. Where the Heart Is
Fandom: Agent Carter
Rating: General
It wasn't exactly the weekend she had planned. Peggy/Daniel/Jack

10. This Far From the Borderline
Fandom: Stranger Things
Rating: Teen
A week after he graduates from high school, Steve vanishes without a trace. Nancy/Jonathan/Steve

11. Now That I've Gone Too Far
Fandom: Stranger Things
Rating: General
Jonathan and Steve have a conversation in the hospital. Tag to 'This Far From the Borderline'.

12. Prom Night, 1986
Fandom: Stranger Things
Rating: General
Nancy drags the boys to prom. Nancy/Jonathan/Steve

13. Destination Unknown
Fandom: Stranger Things
Rating: General
There's a hole in the fabric of spacetime and his house is swarming with scientists, so Steve needs a place to stay. Nancy/Jonathan/Steve, tag to 'This Far From the Borderline'

14. Sick Day
Fandom: Agent Carter
Rating: General
Jack is hungover; Peggy is unsympathetic. Friendship fic.

15. Building and Burning Down Love
Fandom: Stranger Things
Rating: Teen
Max Mayfield grows up. Character study.

16. Don't Let This Good Love Slip Away
Fandom: Stranger Things
Rating: Explicit
Steve hooks up with Jonathan and Nancy on New Years, and it might just be the start of something new. Steve/Nancy/Jonathan

17. In the Footsteps of a Soldier Girl
Fandom: Stranger Things
Rating: Teen
Nancy fights off interdimensional scorpion monsters while very pregnant, aka another normal day in the life of the ST characters. Steve/Nancy/Jonathan; Nancy & Dustin friendship fic

18. I'm the Lion
Fandom: Black Panther
Rating: General
After the dust has settled, Okoye goes to visit one of the prisoners.

19. Upgrade
Fandom: Black Panther, Iron Man
Rating: General
Tony Stark gets taken down a peg or two, and Rhodey is probably enjoying it a little too much.

20. Oughta Stay Together
Fandom: Guardians of the Galaxy
Rating: Teen
It's not the first time he's been accidentally married, but it just might be the most permanent. Peter/Gamora

21. Silt
Fandom: Stranger Things
Rating: Teen
Dustin and Mike rescue Steve from drowning. Friendship fic

22. An Unusual Catch
Fandom: Black Panther
Rating: General
It might just be the most unusual catch any Jabari fisherman has brought in. M'Baku & T'Challa missing scene

23. Sorta Punk Rock
Fandom: Teen Wolf
Rating: Teen
Stiles shows up at Derek's door with an unexpected proposition. Sterek pre-slash

24. Safe Anchor
Fandom: Teen Wolf
Rating: General
After his run-in with Kate, Derek can't get her scent off of him. Stiles (reluctantly) helps.

25. never could be sweeter than with you
Fandom: Teen Wolf
Rating: Explicit
Stiles has great ideas. Stiles/Scott first-time fic.

26. Fairy-Tale Ending
Fandom: Agent Carter
Rating: General
Peggy and Daniel wind up in an arranged marriage, and Peggy is less than pleased about it. Peggy/Daniel

27. The Butcher and the Beast
Fandom: Teen Wolf
Rating: Teen
Stiles, Scott, and Liam rescue Derek from witches, but if they don't figure out how to disrupt the spell, they'll have a feral werewolf on their hands. Sterek, outsider POV.

28. I'll Be the Blood
Fandom: Teen Wolf
Rating: Mature
There's no reason Stiles should know where to find Derek, but somehow he does. Of course, finding him turns out to be the least of their worries. Companion piece to 'The Butcher and the Beast'. Sterek, dub-con

29. Drink to the Foam
Fandom: Agent Carter
Rating: Teen
After a shipwreck, Jack is missing. Peggy and Daniel worry. Peggy/Daniel/Jack.

30. Do You Ever Think of Me
Fandom: Teen Wolf
Rating: Mature
Stiles and Derek have some history together, and Lydia is a mastermind. Stiles/Derek/Lydia, referenced dub-con.

31. Prototype
Fandom: Agent Carter
Rating: Teen
When they come for him he still remembers his own name, but he doesn't remember theirs'. Jack & Peggy & Daniel

32. This is a Stickup
Fandom: Agent Carter
Rating: Teen
Peggy and Rose are caught in a bank robbery, and it doesn't go well. For the robbers. Peggy & Rose friendship

33. Guided By a Beating Heart
Fandom: Teen Wolf
Rating: Mature
Stiles didn't exactly tell the whole truth about what happened in the Argents' basement. Derek figures it out anyway. Referenced non--con.

34. Stoned in Paradise
Fandom: Teen Wolf
Rating: Explicit
Derek tries to ride out his heat alone. Stiles has other ideas. Sterek; dub-con, rough sex

35. Blindfold
Fandom: Teen Wolf
Rating: Explicit
He hadn't really expected to be into it, but he'd let Lydia do almost anything to him. Stiles/Lydia

36. The Seven Lives of Stiles Stilinski
Fandom: Teen Wolf
Rating: Mature
Stiles offends a goddess and finds himself traveling involuntarily through time. Sterek reverse big bang fic.

37. Nine Lives
Fandom: Agent Carter
Rating: Teen
She thought the building had come down on him. Peggy/Daniel

38. A Classy Guy
Fandom: Teen Wolf
Rating: Explicit
Stiles and Derek hook up in a rest stop bathroom. Stiles complains about it, but not very much. Sterek, established relationship

39. Best Days of My Life
Fandom: Stranger Things
Rating: Teen
He's sitting on the front porch when her little car finally trundles up the driveway. Joyce/Hopper, post-canon

40. A Time to Every Purpose
Fandom: Stranger Things
Rating: Teen
Sheriff Stilinski walks in on something he'd really rather not have seen. But it's not what it looks like. Really. Sterek; outside POV

41. gotta be fresh from the fight
Fandom: Stranger Things
Rating: Teen
Steve, Nancy, and Jonathan hunt alien cave monsters and figure a few things out. Steve/Nancy/Jonathan

42. Love at First Sting
Fandom: Stranger Things
Rating: Teen
Billy Hargrove finds himself on the receiving end of a rescue he's not sure he wants. One-sided Billy/Steve; violent ideation.

43. Ain't Got Wings
Fandom: Agent Carter
Rating: Teen
Peggy Carter has kept enough of his secrets; what's one more? Peggy & Jack friendship fic; period-typical homophobia.

44. Spiders from Mars
Fandom: Guardians of the Galaxy
Rating: General
Peter gets poisoned; Gamora takes care of him.

45. The Ones Left Standing
Fandom: Rogue One
Rating: Teen
Everyone who would have cared is dead, so he's free to sit here and drink until he falls off of his chair if that's what he wants to do. K-2SO & Cassian friendship fic.

46. For Those in Peril on the Sea
Fandom: Agent Carter
Rating: Teen
A routine mission goes very wrong, and this time Peggy is the one in need of rescue. Peggy/Jack/Daniel

47. Of Namesakes and Pastries
Fandom: Agent Carter
Rating: Teen
It didn't really hit her until after Daniel had been ushered out by the nurses. Childbirth; Peggy & Ana friendship fic.

48. Every Great Success Story
Fandom: Teen Wolf
Rating: General
A few months after the confrontation with Monroe, Stiles shows up at Derek's doorstep. Tag for 'The Seven Lives of Stiles Stilinski'.

49. Full Immunity and Means
Fandom: Hawaii Five-0
Rating: Teen
"Really, now, you want to have this conversation now?" Danny snaps, clinging to the grab handle for dear life. Steve/Danny; get together fic.

50. The Shape of You in Bloom
Fandom: Teen Wolf
Rating: Explicit
They're still curled up on the couch together after everyone has left. Tag for 'The Seven Lives of Stiles Stilinski'.

51. mountains that are stacked with fear
Fandom: Teen Wolf
Rating: Teen
That curse was meant for Derek. Sterek; pre-slash.

52. Not Exactly a Love Potion
Fandom: Teen Wolf
Rating: General
Stiles and Derek have been rivals since first year, but now the Yule Ball is coming up and everything has changed. Sterek; Hogwarts AU.

53. Stay a Stranger
Fandom: Agent Carter
Rating: Mature
Peggy and Jack do what they have to to preserve their covers. It isn't pleasant for either of them. Peggy & Jack; h/c and torture.

54. Ice Bath
Fandom: Agent Carter
Rating: General
Peggy is dosed with an experimental chemical; Jack and Daniel take care of her.

55. Small Comforts
Fandom: The Avengers
Rating: General
After the Snap, Steve and Natasha talk.

56. My Daddy Was a Planet
Fandom: Guardians of the Galaxy
Rating: Teen
After the confrontation on Ego's planet, Mantis and Peter have a late-night conversation in the mess hall. Peter & Mantis friendship

57. Bedside Manner
Fandom: Guardians of the Galaxy
Rating: Teen
Peter gets injured; Gamora takes care of him. Peter/Gamora

58. Nothing But Trouble
Fandom: Guardians of the Galaxy
Rating: Teen
Peter gets sick after a job, and Yondu looks after him. Peter & Yondu h/c.

59. Beacon Hills Bulletin
Fandom: Teen Wolf
Rating: Teen
A collection of Sterek drabbles from Tumblr.

60. Hell Bent and Bound
Fandom: Leverage
Rating: Teen
There's no telling which way Hardison will jump. Hardison & Eliot; episode tag for 'The Big Bang Job'.

61. Can't Shift the Tide
Fandom: Teen Wolf
Rating: Teen
Stiles's college roommate finds an injured werewolf in her kitchen, and the night only gets weirder from there. Stiles/Lydia/Derek; outside POV.

62. Fire Escape
Fandom: Captain America
Rating: General
It's past midnight when Sam wakes to an empty bed and the sound of clattering out in the kitchen. Sam/Steve; Xmas fluff

Totals
Number of fandoms written in this year: 11

Number of fics written this year by fandom
Agent Carter: 15
Black Panter: 3
Captain America: 1
Guardians of the Galaxy: 6
Hawaii Five-0: 1
Iron Man: 1
Leverage: 1
Rogue One: 1
Stranger Things: 15
Teen Wolf: 18
The Avengers: 1

Wordcount
Number of fics by wordcount
<1000 words: 21
1-5k words: 36
5-10K words: 3
10-20K words: 1
20k+ words: 1

Total wordcount for the year: 156438

Longest fic: The Seven Lives of Stiles Stilinski
Shortest fic: In the Water


Popularity
Most popular fic of the year
By hits: Stoned in Paradise
By kudos: The Seven Lives of Stiles Stilinski
By comments: This Far From the Borderline
By bookmarks: The Seven Lives of Stiles Stilinski

Reflection
Personal favourite fic of the year: I actually wrote quite a lot of fic that I liked this year. I'm gonna say it's a tie between 'The Seven Lives of Stiles Stilinski' and 'Stay a Stranger', for similar reasons (although they're very different fics): they were both really hard to get right and still came out how I wanted them to.

Biggest risk of the year: Probably ALL OF THE PORN, since it's not really my forte.

Most under-appreciated fic of the year: Eh, nothing really. Most of my fic got (for me) a decent response, and the ones that didn't were very short one-shots for tiny fandoms.

Most fun to write: 'Full Immunity and Means', just because it was mostly comedy, which I don't do all that often.

Hardest to write: 'The Seven Lives of Stiles Stilinski'. I don't usually write fic that long, and it had a pretty complicated plot.

Most 'holy crap, that's wrong' moment: I don't think it's actually the most disturbing fic I posted this year, but getting into Billy's head in 'Love at First Sting' was really uncomfortable for me. He's simultaneously so pathetic and so awful.

Most unintentionally-telling story: Probably a tie between all of my explicit Sterek fic, honestly. Especially reading back through them, there are definitely, uh. Some reoccurring themes.

Shows and movies I'm most looking forward to next year: Stranger Things Season 3, and Avengers:
Endgame, even though it'll probably make me mad.

Comments

[nyctanthes]

This is really impressive. Congrats!

[glorious_spoon]

Thank you!

[incognitajones]

I’m always impressed by your productivity, and your range! And I keep meaning to watch Stranger Things, because it seems to be a canon tailored to my specific likes - maybe this is the year I finally manage to get caught up before season 3...

[glorious_spoon]

:D DO IT! I always need more people to squee over this show with!

[minoanmiss]

You wrote a lot and awesomely so!

[glorious_spoon]

:D thank you!!

[yalumesse]

I love that for many of us our main fandoms aren't even airing this year. It just shows how much we love them that our energy stays up over YEARS. For Agent Carter, that is. What made you get into Teen Wolf?

Scott and Stiles are the absolute best. I ship them a little but mostly brotp because... I can't even put it in words.

I've read some of your fic before (I know I read Sick Day but hadn't kudosed it. Fixed that now) but there's so much I'm marking for later. How do you find the time?

Sterek really is NOT my thing but The Seven Lives of Stiles Stilinski sounds interesting enough that I'm gonna try.

[glorious_spoon]

Yeah, it's funny how we stay invested in things long after they stop airing. As for TW...I honestly don't even remember? I was kind of poking around looking for a new urban fantasy-type show, and it had a vibe I liked (Stiles. A lot of it was Stiles, tbh.)

I LOVE their brotp. I've written a little shipfic for them, but I'm so in love with their friendship on the show that I'm kind of already getting everything I want from it.

As for the time.... mostly I write on my lunch break at work. Or I just don't sleep, lol.

[yalumesse]

I think a friend got my into TW and I only agreed because I'd been drowning in tumblr gifs for a year already. Stiles was definitely what made me stick around after I realised the plotting was terrible, and Scott grew on me later. He's so underappreciated.

O.O Sleep is important! But I hear you. Fic is better ;)

[glorious_spoon]

TW is one of those shows with really great characters who have fantastic chemistry all trapped together in a terrible plot, lol

[yalumesse]

Nailed it. Somehow they get all these amazing actors (see: 90% of the Teen Wolf and SPN casts) whose sheer talent holds together a mess of plotholes so well we still watch it.

[booksarelife]

Thank you for being a good chunk of the force keeping Agent Carter fandom going!! I'm thinking I should look at my WiPs/fic ideas for any AC ones that I haven't finished because the fandom and show are so awesome

[glorious_spoon]

:D definitely! I love this tiny fandom so much--there's a small but very dedicated core of fans, even now.