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AO3 hit count meme again again! As has been pointed out, since I did it last year, that means comparing lists! Whee!
These are all well-tagged and have warnings in the warning area and/or in the summary, so I'll only provide general information with the links. Please check the headers if you're clicking through.
2011!
01. "The Truth About Her Life" - 260 hits, 2325 words (The West Wing, CJ gen)
Blame it on Remix!
02. "if you do whip her from time to time" - 173 hits, 475 words (FOB, Pete/Ashlee & Patrick)
I don't even know! It's not bookmarked or on Delicious or anything, guys. I'm choosing to believe it's porn for a few people who keep coming back to it--I mean, there's not a lot of male top/female bottom stuff in the world of fic I inhabit, so. (I don't even think it's that good! People are weird.)
03. "Document" - 150 hits, all the words 23910 words (FOB, Patrick/Anna-as-an-OC, Patrick/Pete)
People like this one. I like it pretty well, myself. It's a non-issueficcish story about a main character who's trans. It's long. It's Pete/Patrick. All of the things!
(Took me long enough to write it. I'd hope people would bloody read it. Jeebus.)
04. "Under the Influence" - 116 hits, 706 words (That 70s Show, Eric/Hyde)
So I wrote this one time a long time ago? It's not terrible. A little underdeveloped, but I'm sort of like that, so. Probably it's got so many hits, relatively speaking, because there are about four Eric/Hyde fics on AO3. And because it's not terrible.
05. "Just" - 114 hits, 2652 words (Everwood, Ephram/Bright)
It's the last story in the random underage roughsex series I wrote, and it was never posted in its entirety when I was in the fandom, so probably people who read the stories waybackwhen (it was a pretty popular series at a point--inasmuch as it could be, since a lot of EW fandom happened on ff.n, and NC17 stories are not allowed on ff.n. Oh, and Ephram/Bright wasn't the slash OTP yet, lol) are finding it now.
06. "What Became of Subtlety" - 108 hits, 5475 words (FOB, Pete/Patrick)
There's also a dearth of anal fisting fic. Just sayin'. And non-sexual kink fic. Idk.
07. "Stranger Things Have Happened" - 103 hits, ALL THE WORDS 25949 words (FOB, Patrick technically gen)
Long futurefic that isn't about babies? Except for Joe's babies. Because Joe and babies.
(I try not to think too hard about how ~accurate I was with this story, because it's silly. I got way more things wrong than right. And I wasn't trying to tell the future anyway.)
08. "a lot of things get broken" - 101 hits, 689 words (FOB, Pete & Patrick)
Uh. That non-sexual kink thing again? And people are sort of fascinated by age play, so. Since this isn't a story with sexual age play (it's not even particularly kinky or d/s-y or anything), it's safe? Idk. Also, it's cute and sad.
09. "Bigger Every Day" - 92 hits, 4437 words (FOB, Pete/Ashlee & Patrick)
More non-sexual age play. More cute and sad. Cookies!
10. "& The Silver Spoon" - 81 hits, 3533 words (Supernatural, mostly Dean, some John, various pairings)
This is a collection of three sets of five things not-quite-fics I wrote from prompts by mandysbitch about a hundred years ago. I couldn't even begin to explain why it has 81 hits. SHRUG.
*
2012:
01. "Document" - 495 hits, all the words 23910 words (FOB, Patrick/Anna-as-an-OC, Patrick/Pete)
I'm going to attribute this move up to a bunch of recs this year (at
fancake especially). Still gratifying!
Hit jump: 345
02. "Stranger Things Have Happened" - 461 hits, ALL THE WORDS 25949 words (FOB, Patrick technically gen)
BECAUSE IT'S COMING TRUE. Or something.
Hit jump: 358 (biggest jump!)
03. "if you do whip her from time to time" - 345 hits, 475 words (FOB, Pete/Ashlee & Patrick)
Because people are perverts and I love that.
Hit jump: 172
04. "What Became of Subtlety" - 339 hits, 5475 words (FOB, Pete/Patrick)
There've been a lot of new people getting into FOB bandom this year, incredibly strangely, and yet nowhere near the explosion of fic the fandom had in 2007-2008, so of course people are reading old stuff. EXPLAINED.
Hit jump: 231
05. "The Truth About Her Life" - 331 hits, 2325 words (The West Wing, CJ gen)
Still blaming it on Remix!
Hit jump: 71
06. "Under the Influence" - 296 hits, 706 words (That 70s Show, Eric/Hyde)
Same reasons as last year. Still confusing.
Hit jump: 180
07. "a lot of things get broken" - 291 hits, 689 words (FOB, Pete & Patrick)
People like non-sexual ageplay. I have decided. But hardly anybody writes it, so they have to keep reading my stories.
Hit jump: 190
08. "Our lives will not flash before our eyes - 228 hits, 1969 words (Veronica Mars, Veronica/Duncan, Veronica/Logan)
At last, a new entry! This got remixed and recced somewhere this year, so that's that.
Hit jump: wasn't on the list last year, so I don't have a stat to compare :(
09. "Just" - 211 hits, 2652 words (Everwood, Ephram/Bright)
Same reasons as last year. (Oh Ephram. Oh Bright.)
Hit jump: 97
10. "No. And, in fact, there never was." - 205 hits, 1046 words (FOB, Patrick/OC)
Another new entry! Um! Oh, it was written for
kink_bingo. That explains it.
THE END.
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These are all well-tagged and have warnings in the warning area and/or in the summary, so I'll only provide general information with the links. Please check the headers if you're clicking through.
2011!
01. "The Truth About Her Life" - 260 hits, 2325 words (The West Wing, CJ gen)
Blame it on Remix!
02. "if you do whip her from time to time" - 173 hits, 475 words (FOB, Pete/Ashlee & Patrick)
I don't even know! It's not bookmarked or on Delicious or anything, guys. I'm choosing to believe it's porn for a few people who keep coming back to it--I mean, there's not a lot of male top/female bottom stuff in the world of fic I inhabit, so. (I don't even think it's that good! People are weird.)
03. "Document" - 150 hits, all the words 23910 words (FOB, Patrick/Anna-as-an-OC, Patrick/Pete)
People like this one. I like it pretty well, myself. It's a non-issueficcish story about a main character who's trans. It's long. It's Pete/Patrick. All of the things!
(Took me long enough to write it. I'd hope people would bloody read it. Jeebus.)
04. "Under the Influence" - 116 hits, 706 words (That 70s Show, Eric/Hyde)
So I wrote this one time a long time ago? It's not terrible. A little underdeveloped, but I'm sort of like that, so. Probably it's got so many hits, relatively speaking, because there are about four Eric/Hyde fics on AO3. And because it's not terrible.
05. "Just" - 114 hits, 2652 words (Everwood, Ephram/Bright)
It's the last story in the random underage roughsex series I wrote, and it was never posted in its entirety when I was in the fandom, so probably people who read the stories waybackwhen (it was a pretty popular series at a point--inasmuch as it could be, since a lot of EW fandom happened on ff.n, and NC17 stories are not allowed on ff.n. Oh, and Ephram/Bright wasn't the slash OTP yet, lol) are finding it now.
06. "What Became of Subtlety" - 108 hits, 5475 words (FOB, Pete/Patrick)
There's also a dearth of anal fisting fic. Just sayin'. And non-sexual kink fic. Idk.
07. "Stranger Things Have Happened" - 103 hits, ALL THE WORDS 25949 words (FOB, Patrick technically gen)
Long futurefic that isn't about babies? Except for Joe's babies. Because Joe and babies.
(I try not to think too hard about how ~accurate I was with this story, because it's silly. I got way more things wrong than right. And I wasn't trying to tell the future anyway.)
08. "a lot of things get broken" - 101 hits, 689 words (FOB, Pete & Patrick)
Uh. That non-sexual kink thing again? And people are sort of fascinated by age play, so. Since this isn't a story with sexual age play (it's not even particularly kinky or d/s-y or anything), it's safe? Idk. Also, it's cute and sad.
09. "Bigger Every Day" - 92 hits, 4437 words (FOB, Pete/Ashlee & Patrick)
More non-sexual age play. More cute and sad. Cookies!
10. "& The Silver Spoon" - 81 hits, 3533 words (Supernatural, mostly Dean, some John, various pairings)
This is a collection of three sets of five things not-quite-fics I wrote from prompts by mandysbitch about a hundred years ago. I couldn't even begin to explain why it has 81 hits. SHRUG.
*
2012:
01. "Document" - 495 hits, all the words 23910 words (FOB, Patrick/Anna-as-an-OC, Patrick/Pete)
I'm going to attribute this move up to a bunch of recs this year (at
fancake especially). Still gratifying!
Hit jump: 345
02. "Stranger Things Have Happened" - 461 hits, ALL THE WORDS 25949 words (FOB, Patrick technically gen)
BECAUSE IT'S COMING TRUE. Or something.
Hit jump: 358 (biggest jump!)
03. "if you do whip her from time to time" - 345 hits, 475 words (FOB, Pete/Ashlee & Patrick)
Because people are perverts and I love that.
Hit jump: 172
04. "What Became of Subtlety" - 339 hits, 5475 words (FOB, Pete/Patrick)
There've been a lot of new people getting into FOB bandom this year, incredibly strangely, and yet nowhere near the explosion of fic the fandom had in 2007-2008, so of course people are reading old stuff. EXPLAINED.
Hit jump: 231
05. "The Truth About Her Life" - 331 hits, 2325 words (The West Wing, CJ gen)
Still blaming it on Remix!
Hit jump: 71
06. "Under the Influence" - 296 hits, 706 words (That 70s Show, Eric/Hyde)
Same reasons as last year. Still confusing.
Hit jump: 180
07. "a lot of things get broken" - 291 hits, 689 words (FOB, Pete & Patrick)
People like non-sexual ageplay. I have decided. But hardly anybody writes it, so they have to keep reading my stories.
Hit jump: 190
08. "Our lives will not flash before our eyes - 228 hits, 1969 words (Veronica Mars, Veronica/Duncan, Veronica/Logan)
At last, a new entry! This got remixed and recced somewhere this year, so that's that.
Hit jump: wasn't on the list last year, so I don't have a stat to compare :(
09. "Just" - 211 hits, 2652 words (Everwood, Ephram/Bright)
Same reasons as last year. (Oh Ephram. Oh Bright.)
Hit jump: 97
10. "No. And, in fact, there never was." - 205 hits, 1046 words (FOB, Patrick/OC)
Another new entry! Um! Oh, it was written for
kink_bingo. That explains it.
THE END.
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