Oh, Memory, you fickle, tricky thing, you.
I was just thinking dejectedly about my fandom output in 2015 not measuring up to my "previous" prolific achievements, when a quick review of my posting history on LJ and elsewhere reminded me that, HELLO! - this very account was only created on Feb 17, 2015! What? No way! WHAT?!?!?? And then it's all coming back to me: It was on Valentine's Day, Feb. 14, 2015, that I posted my first ever Buffyverse fanfic, a Spuffy episode rewrite, "New Territory", to Elysian Fields, as a Valentine to my favorite couple. It's also the first fanfiction I've ever posted publically. All told, I'm not yet a yearling in fandom participation. But because you wonderful people have welcomed me with arms wide open I feel like I've been part of this Buffyverse family FOREVER! THANK YOU!!! AND HAPPY 2016! (That totally deserved caps.)
Wow.
And I did a rough tally. My 2015 posted fanfic total word count is...69,305!! Not too shabby for a hobby. :P
(What did I do WITH MY LIFE prior to that???)
Here's my Buffyverse Fannish Year in Review (Links to AO3 whenever available, otherwise LJ):
Chaptered Fiction
- Edge of Sorrow, Heart of Truth (Buffy/Spike, Ensemble, OC; Mature overall, WIP; Length: 47100):
- All My Days Are Trances (2015-03-27)
- Not in Old Heroic Traces (2015-04-03)
- On the Shore of the Wide World (2015-04-12)
- I Am Not Resigned (2015-04-23)
- What Doth Strengthen and What Maim (2015-05-08)
- One Link in the Chain of Destiny (2015-05-15)
- Source of My Virtues and My Crimes 2015-06-02)
- Boldness Be My Friend (2015-06-09)
- Long Days of Labour, and Nights Devoid of Ease (2015-09-20)
- Folly Is An Endless Maze (2015-10-09)
- To Do Me Due Delight (2015-10-15)
- The Figure of Our Being Less Than Two (2015-12-16)
- What Daylight Never Showed To Me (2015-12-25, Mature)
- Bonus "Look-ahead" chapter beyond Chapter 13: The Passage of Time (Mature; Length: 1359)
- What Lay Onward and What Behind (Buffy/Spike, Ensemble, OC; Mature, WIP - I will finish...; Length: 3507):
- Chapter 1 (2015-06-01)
Short Fiction (1000+ words)
- The "New Territory" Trilogy (Buffy/Spike, Willow; Complete):
- "New Territory" (Teen; Length: 2362)
- "Cold Light of Day" (Teen; Length: 2178)
- "Enough" (Mature; Length: 2870)
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"Here and Now" (Buffy/Spike; Length: 2444, Mature)
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"A Rare Find" (Buffy/Spike, Buffy&Dawn; Length: 1000, Teen)
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"Shopping for Presents on the Hellmouth" (Giles, Buffy; Length: 1003, G)
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"The Newest Potential" (Dawn, OC; Length: 1241, G)
Ficlets and Drabbles (< 1000 words)
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"Wishbone" (Spike&Dawn, Spike/Buffy; Length: 901, G)
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"This Moment" (Willow, mentions Willow/Tara; Length: 663, G)
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"A Glimpse of the Life of a Latchkey Kid" (Spike&Dawn; Length: 577, G)
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"A Peanut Butter & Jelly Sandwich for Dawn" (Spike&Dawn; Length: 100, PG)
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"Lust at First Sight" (Giles, OC; Length: 572, PG)
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"Arrival" (Giles; Length: 490, G)
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"The Watcher's Night Off" (Giles; Length: 340, G)
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"Old Habits" (Buffy/Spike; Length: 100, R)
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"Those Words" (Buffy/Spike; Length: 100, PG)
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"William's Dream" (Giles; Length: 100, G)
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"A Watcher's Duty" (Giles; Length: 100, G)
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"Slayer’s Dilemma" (Giles, Buffy, Xander; Length: 100, G)
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"A Comeback" (Giles, Quentin Travers; Length: 100, PG)
Meta on LiveJournal (Sorting out my meta posts on Tumblr will require some work)
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"Fanon Element: The Orgasmic Vampire Bite" (NC-17)
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"The Vampiric Claim" -
Random Thoughts on the First Two Episodes ("Welcome to the Hellmouth" and "The Harvest")
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"Reading 'Stay' - Accidental Fanmail to Anaross" Fandom News & Discussion
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James-Gazing at the San Jose Wizard World Comic Con -
What makes a fandom popular?