[fic] 2008 fic round up
January
1. "Molten Metal and Miniature Trees"; Tamora Pierce's Circle of Magic; Daja and Briar, gen; originally written for meepette in 2007 for Yuletide.
Summary: Daja threw herself into her work, and into Briar's company.
2. "She's Gonna Save the World Before Dinner (The Mirror in the Hall Mix)"; K.A. Applegate's Making Out/Buffy the Vampire Slayer; Claire and Nina and Dawn, gen; written for the femgenficathon III and inspired by thestalkycop.
Summary: There’s a Slayer in the Geiger household.
3. "See What You Want"; X-Men Movieverse; Rogue/Bobby, Kitty/Rogue; written for aphrodite_mine in xmmficathon 2007, though it was late.
Summary: It's horrible, to love someone you can't have.
4. "In the Memory (Sunshine, Salt, and Sand)"; The Lost Boys; Star/Maria; written for thestalkycop.
Summary: Maria tastes like the ocean, salty and tangy and bitter, like the memory of blood.
February
5. "Hesitate (Before the End)"; Buffy the Vampire Slayer; Kendra/Drusilla, Kendra/Buffy; written for Sheepfairy for femslash_minis.
Summary: There are stories in the bones, in Slayer flesh and blood.
March
6. "Danger (Feeling Alive)"; The Lost Boys; Star/Maria; written for smallfandomfest.
Summary: The thing about being a witch is, you're a woman still, and sometimes your heart will break.
7. "The Moon is on the Sea"; Lilo & Stitch/Buffy the Vampire Slayer; Nani/Buffy; written for juleskicks.
Summary: Nani Pelekai thought she'd seen everything when her sister's dog turned out to be an alien.
8. "The Cause of Trouble"; Lilo & Stitch; Lilo/Myrtle; written for slashthedrabble.
Summary: A hard headed woman / […] Been the cause of trouble / Ever since the world began.
9. "like a flower leaning towards the sun"; Bend It Like Beckham; Jules/Jess (unrequited), Jules/OFC.
Summary: There’s something wrong with Jules. Maybe. She’s not really sure.
10. "Paradise (The Early in the Morning Mix)"; Blue Crush; Eden gen; written for nikitangel.
Summary: Eden is awake while all the others sleep.
April
11. "Goddamn Golden Boy"; The Fast and the Furious; Letty/Dom, Letty/Mia, Mia/Brian, slight Dom/Brian; written for lytabenten.
Summary: Letty really fucking hates Brian
12. "There Once Was A Girl From Nan - Oh Fuck It"; Buffy the Vampire Slayer; Faith limerick; written for nikitangel.
13. "We Live It, We Breathe It"; Buffy the Vampire Slayer/The Fast and the Furious; Letty/Faith, Letty/Mia, Letty/Dom; written for nikitangel's birthday.
Summary: She's a superhero now. Why the hell can't she save the world?
14. "Like a Sheep from the Fold (The Super Sweet Sixteen Remix)"; X-Men Movieverse; Remy LeBeau; written for likeadeuce for Remix Redux.
Summary: Jean will never be a pretty girl, a vibrant girl, a live girl again.
15. "Fortunetelling"; Supernatural/The Lost Boys; Missouri/Star; written for medie's Because We're Awesome Drabble-athon.
Summary: Missouri reads her thoughts and Star can see the future.
June
16. "I See What You Did There"; Bring It On/Stick It; Missy/Haley; written for nikitangel.
Summary: Some college experiences Haley can do without. Or so she likes to think.
17. "flat is the world"; Baby-Sitters Club; Stacey/Dawn; written for smallfandomfest.
Summary: The world was flat once, and Stacey thought she was straight.
July
18. "Love is a Painful Thing (The Second Best Mix)"; Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Blue Crush, Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants/She's the Man, Stick It; Faith/Dawn Faith/Buffy (unrequited), Eden/Lena Eden/Anne Marie (unrequited), Bridget/Viola Bridget/Carmen (unrequited), Haley/Mina; written for pene for femslash08.
Summary: You love her beyond the telling of it, but she’s not for you. Until the one time she is.
19. "Once a Vampire, Always", The Lost Boys/Underworld; Star/Selene; written for cross_my_heart for the International Day of Femslash.
Summary: Star lives in a world without vampires.
20. "It's a Boarding School Lesbian Thing"; The Baby-Sitters Club; Stacey/Mallory; written for otempora541 for the short_takes Stacey round.
Summary: The boys say lots of things about boarding school girls, but Stacey knows the truth.
21. "It was Totally the Wine, I Swear"; Buffy the Vampire Slayer/One Tree Hill; Nathan/Haley/Buffy/Angel; written for southernbangel.
Summary: It's a good thing Haley loves to drink.
August
22. "The Night, the Moon, and You"; The Baby-Sitters Club; Abby/Mallory; written for leithal for the short_takes Abby round.
Summary: Moonlight in the window, and Elvis on her tv, and a cute girl in her room.
23. "Trouble in the Wind"; The Fast and the Furious; Letty/Dom.
Summary: Letty can feel it in the air. Trouble's coming.
24. "Sci-Fi Really Loves Me"; The Baby-Sitters Club; Dawn/Maggie; written for lionessvalenti for the Dawn round at short_takes.
Summary: Monsters: 5, Humans: 0. So we're cheering on the monsters again?
September
25. "Oh, the Inconstant Sea"; Pirates of the Caribbean; Elizabeth gen; written for resolute for apocalyptothon.
Summary: Oh, how Elizabeth loves the sea.
26. "Canaries in the Mines"; Firefly/Serenity; River gen; written for maharetr for apocalyptothon.
Summary: River carries the names inside her thoughts, and whispers them like benedictions.
27. "Strength of the World"; Firefly/Serenity; Zoe gen; written for spoggly for apocalyptothon.
Summary: There are no clean planets left in the whole 'verse.
28. "Gardening in the Dark"; Harry Potter; Neville/Luna; written for savepureness for apocalyptothon.
Summary: They can't be the only ones left, but they'll make do.
29. "Nothing's Fair at the End of the World"; Supernatural; Ellen gen; written for drytinder for apocalyptothon.
Summary: There are no demons at the end of the world.
30. "Whatever's Left to Hunt, She'll Find"; Buffy the Vampire Slayer; Faith, Oz, Buffy, Angel gen; written for soda_and_capes for apocalyptothon.
Summary: It’s the end of the world, a werewolf hunts her, and Faith feels fine.
November
31. "All the Broken Hearts"; Buffy the Vampire Slayer; Dawn/Oz (unrequited), Willow/Oz, Willow/Tara.
Summary: Dawn should have been made of Willow's flesh and Willow's blood and Willow's painful love.
32. "Lay Down Your Burdens"; Buffy the Vampire Slayer season eight; "The Chain" Slayer and Kendra gen.
Summary: It has a taste, a scent, a feel. It simply isn't for her.
33. "My Empire of Dirt"; Buffy the Vampire Slayer; Buffy gen.
Summary: I hurt myself today / To see if I still feel / I focus all the pain / The only thing that’s real ("Hurt", Johnny Cash cover)
December
34. "the bears slumber and hunt at the rise"; Twilight; Alice/Jasper/Rosalie/Emmett.
Summary: The future is malleable, no matter the care you take.
35. "steady on the wheel"; Twilight; Rosalie/Emmett.
Summary: Rosalie knows Emmett and automobiles above all things.
36. "Mutual Masturbation"; Buffy the Vampire Slayer; Buffy/Faith; written for nikitangel.
Summary: It's not sex, it really isn't. It's just two Slayers blowing off some steam.
37. "Raise the Sound"; Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants; Faith/Tibby; written for nikitangel.
Summary: The bells toll for the deaths, and cover the sound of the dead.
38. "flesh + blood"; Supernatural; Jo gen; written for wizened_cynic.
Summary: Soon the world will shift and rise again.
39. "sex in the violence in the sex"; Twilight; Alice/Jasper/Rosalie/Emmett; written for deifire.
Summary: Alice knows what will come after the hunt.
40. "Damage Done"; The Fast and the Furious; Mia/Letty, Letty/Dom.
Summary: Your very first kiss was your first kiss goodbye. Bon Jovi "You Give Love a Bad Name"
So I posted forty new stories this year, including "Damage Done" which was finished and posted specifically so I could reach forty, once I started this and realized I had thirty-nine stories. Some analysis of the forty:
gen: 13
het: 11
girl slash: 23
boy slash: 4
unrequited: 4
foursomes: 3
Well, obviously there is a trend in what sort of relationship I write in the stories. Most of the gen stories are about women, too, and so obviously just about everything I write is about female characters. Rock on.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - 13
crossovers - 9
apocalypse - 8
The Baby-Sitters Club - 4
The Lost Boys - 4
The Fast and the Furious - 3
Supernatural - 3
(new) Twilight - 3
Blue Crush - 2
Firefly/Serenity - 2
(new) Lilo & Stitch - 2
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants - 2
(new) Stick It - 2
X-Men Movieverse - 2
Bend It Like Beckham - 1
Bring It On - 1
Harry Potter - 1
(new) K.A. Applegate Making Out - 1
(new) One Tree Hill - 1
(new) Pirates of the Caribbean - 1
(new) She's the Man - 1
Tamora Pierce Circle of Magic - 1
(new) Underworld - 1
Twenty-one fandoms, eight of them for the first time. Not too shabby. I also love the fact that mostly I wrote crossovers (and most of those make other characters Slayers, otherwise BtVS would be farther down the list) and apocalyptic fic. Rock on.