retrospective year in fanfiction meme (2013)

[gdgdbaby]

Total number of completed stories: 106 on lj + 135 tiny things on ask.fm
Total word count: 294,514 words
Chronological breakdown:

january
you're gonna find yourself somewhere, somehow - 2ne1; cl/dara
and i know i did damage ('cause the look in your eyes is killing me) - school 2013; namsoon/heungsoo
seeking a friend at the end of the world - exo; lay/lu han
live to eat - school 2013; namsoon & kangjoo friendship fic
you're like a party somebody threw me - school 2013; kangjoo/hakyung
it's getting better all the time - school 2013; namsoon/heungsoo
persona non grata - school 2013; namsoon/heungsoo
there's just this thing about you - school 2013; namsoon/heungsoo

february
i learn by going where i have to go - school 2013; jongsuk/woobin
plan on sleeping in - school 2013; jongsuk/woobin
suck it and see - exo; baekhyun/tao
darling, you're still divine - exo; baekhyun/kai
running on my mind, boy - exo; tao-centric
this is not what the door's for - exo; baekhyun/kai
untitled always-a-girl baekhyun/kai - exo
sit me down, shut me up - exo; baekhyun/tao
untitled baekhyun/always-a-girl kai - exo
blood in my legs for flight - exo; baekhyun/kai
situational crime (and the effects of) 02 03 - exo; baekhyun/tao, kris/always-a-girl lu han
baby, you can drive my starship - exo; chanyeol/tao

march
bent, not broken - exo; baekhyun/chanyeol
got 'em open all over town - exo; baekhyun/everyone
game joint - exo; baekhyun/kai
lend a hand - exo; baekhyun/chanyeol/do/chen
asian kung-fu generation - exo; chen/tao
pants on fire - exo; sehun/kai
hosiery for fun and profit - exo; baekhyun/tao
the gentle art of romcoms - exo; baekhyun/chanyeol
five-finger salute - exo; sehun/kai
out of the gutter - exo; kai/lay
ain't nothing but mammals - exo; sehun/suho

april
smack that ('til you get sore) - exo; sehun/lu han
don't panic - exo; baekhyun/do
drink lemonade and speak real slow - exo; kai/do
put on the red light - exo; kai/tao
going the distance - exo; kai/tao
there's a haze behind my eyes - exo; baekhyun/do/chanyeol
cannot stand the way you tease - exo; sehun/kai

may
happy endings - exo; sehun/kai
fingers doing god's work - exo; suho/kai
no one loves you like you love you - exo; baekhyun/baekhyun
not a bird (or a plane) - exo; baekhyun/kai
seemed like a good idea at the time - exo; baekhyun/chanyeol
three's a crowd - exo; lu han/baekhyun/do (for exoforsichuan)
one mile up, one mile down - exo; sehun/chanyeol

june
never know what you want - exo; baekhyun/kai
star-spangled - exo; sehun/chanyeol
let us be true to one another - big bang; gd/top (for kpop_olymfics)
welcome, ghosts - 2ne1; cl/bom (for kpop_olymfics)
wild again, beguiled again - exo; chanyeol/tao (for kpop_olymfics)
heart like a canvas - big bang; gd/top (for kpop_olymfics)
cheaper by the dozen - exo; kris/sehun
height ain't nothin but a number - exo; chen/always-a-girl kai
untitled suho/sehun/tao/kai - exo

july
take care - shinee/exo; taemin/kai
friends like these - shinee/exo; taemin/kai
to say nothing of the coat - exo; lu han/chen
self-improvement - exo; chanyeol/kai
live wire - exo; baekhyun/kai
walk of shame - exo; sehun/kai
untitled baekhyun/kai - exo
untitled baekhyun/chen - exo
untitled sehun/d.o - exo
untitled xiumin/lu han - exo
for club and for country 02 - exo; kai-centric

august
and the winner is - exo; kai/baekhyun/chanyeol/chen/d.o
that has such people in it - exo; baekhyun/kai, chanyeol/d.o
everyone's special - exo; kai-centric
blink and you'll miss it - exo; baekhyun/kai
here i am, leaving you clues 02 - exo; baekhyun/kai
la petite mort - exo; chen + chanyeol
rise over run - luther; ruth wilson/idris elba

september
palm-reading - exo; baekhyun/chanyeol
learn by doing - exo; baekhyun/chanyeol/kai/tao
desperate times - exo/shinee; kai + key (minho/key)
friendly competition - exo; baekhyun/chanyeol/kai
seek, find (the dance team remix) - shinee/exo; taemin/kai (a remix of preorder's ask, receive, for kpop_ficmix)
personal growth (the slow fall remix) - exo; baekhyun/sehun (a remix of emo_what97's a little piece of heaven, for kpop_ficmix)

october
wake to sleep - exo; baekhyun/kai
more human than human - exo; baekhyun/kai, baekhyun + chanyeol + chen + d.o

november
you can't dance and stay uptight - shinee/exo; taemin/kai

december
when in rome - big bang; gd/top
devil on my shoulder - brothers of the head; tom/barry
silver bullet - big bang/2ne1, top/bom
a friendly kind of fighting - exo; chanyeol/chen
don't need a man - exo; chanyeol/sehun (always-a-girl)
though it's been said (many times, many ways) - exo; baekhyun/chanyeol
felt the jolts in my bones - exo; chanyeol/kris
are you gonna be my girl - exo; chanyeol/kai
been waiting all day - exo; kai/suho
your pulse in the pages - exo; kris/tao
handshake (hands, shaking) - big bang/exo; seungri + chanyeol
not a dancer (but a fighter) - exo; chanyeol/kai
need you for survival - exo; baekhyun/chen
lifestyles of the rich and famous - exo; baekhyun/d.o
fast track - football/f1; podolski/rosberg
turning saints into the sea - school 2013; heungsoo/namsoon
made in his own image - exo; baekhyun/kai
first time's the charm - exo; baekhyun/kris
take me home - exo; kai/sehun
bit of heaven, bit of hell - exo; kris/lay
plus one - exo; baekhyun/chanyeol/kai
the more things change (the more they stay the same) - exo; sehun/suho
go for broke - exo; kris/tao
que sera, sera - exo; kai/lu han

Overall Thoughts:
Looking back, did you write more fic than you thought you would this year, less, or about what you'd predicted? so much more klsjfd I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT TO DO RN i knew it'd be more than last year but it didn't occur to me that i managed to double... my output... i'll never write this much again lol

What pairing/genre/fandom did you write that you would never have predicted in January? WHO THE FUCK IS EXO

What's your own favorite story of the year? heart like a canvas!!! which i talk about a bit here :>

Did you take any writing risks this year? uhhh i can't really think of anything off the top of my head, but i guess the kai-centric hp au was strange narratively since it was chronological but across two parallel timelines, + the mixed media stuff

Do you have any fanfic or profic goals for the new year? only write one story a month... jk... maybe

From my past year of writing, what was...
My best story of this year: i can never answer this question properly bc it's too hard to judge when everything's still so close =__= i do think heart like a canvas might be one of the most narratively sound stories i wrote + the hitman au?

My most popular story of this year: i'm pretty sure it's got 'em open all over town keke

Story of mine most under-appreciated by the universe, in my opinion: THIS ONE IS DIFFICULT but probably the ruth wilson/idris elba porn, tho it's kind of niche ig

Most fun story to write: the baekhyun/baekhyun???? more baekhyuns more fun

Story with the single sexiest moment: god i can't answer this, the entire year was a haze of porn

Most "holy crap, that's wrong, even for you" story: sekai fisting lol jesus.docx

Story that shifted my own perceptions of the characters: any number of the random seungri/chanyeol things i wrote this year, not necessarily because i thought of them differently afterward, but moreso because it was an interesting exercise to think about how two people who have never interacted before... would interact

Hardest story to write: hp au!! but it was really rewarding so i'm pretty pleased with everything

Biggest disappointment: ocean's 11 au!!! can't say it enough, i should've waited till i knew exo better before attempting it

Biggest surprise: like i said... getting into exo u____u tho i'm surprised at myself that i didn't drop out of any exchanges or challenges that i signed up for (except for unniedearest ;; sorry unniedearest ;;)

Most unintentionally telling story: the sekai i wrote for advent pretty obviously mirrors some of my thoughts about college lmao

Favorite Opening Line(s):

It's not like Baekhyun consciously set out to have sex with every single one of his bandmates. ( x)

All Jongin has ever wanted to do is fly. ( x)

"So this is definitely necro, right?" ( x)

Favorite Closing Line(s):

And, like most stories, this one doesn't have an end. ( x)

Kai closes his eyes and begins to dance. ( x)

Favorite 5 Line(s) from Anywhere:

Jongdae does something funny with his wand during class and accidentally Transfigures Baekhyun into a teapot. It takes Madame Shin a week to turn him back. Jongin sits with him in the hospital wing a couple of hours before their match against Japan, reading excerpts from Quidditch Through the Ages at the irate porcelain. Honestly, Jongdae did a pretty good job. Baekhyun's patterning is very pretty. ( x)

Top 5 Scenes from Anywhere You Would Choose to Have Illustrated:
- anything from the pro quidditch au
- anything from the blade runner au
- anything from the vampire au
- actually a lot of the AUs i wrote for kaibaek have some nice visuals (tho tbf i just wrote a lot for them period lmfao)
- gd/top mr. and mrs. smith au! specifically the last dinner conversation and any of the fight scenes

Fic-writing goals for 2013: slow... down...

no but really, i'd like to branch out into more fandoms and step out of my own comfort zone more often! whether that be content-wise or stylistically or both.

AH that was a lot. enough procrastinating, now i gotta go respond to everyone's lovely comments ;~~~~; in all seriousness tho thank u all for making this a really fulfilling year in fandom for me!!! i rly didn't expect to get into exo but it was a pleasant surprise n__n and everything that came with it was so nice! hoping everyone is having a wonderful holiday season :3 ♥