2006 fanfic roundup.
Meme time!
WHAT I WROTE THIS YEAR:
Firefly (2)
-- untitled crazy space incest ficlet. River/Simon. R. 800 words. For the 2006 incest challenge. Many csi cliches and unattributed Elizabeth Bishop quotage. (January 15, 2006)
-- Five Things Inara Taught Mal About Sex. 400 words. (September 3, 2006)
The Office (18)
-- And You May Ask Yourself. Jim(/Pam). PG. 700 words. Pre- and post- "Conflict Resolution". (May 6, 2006)
-- Pack Up Your Bags, It's Never Too Late! or And That's How the Kids Got Married! Jim/Pam. PG-13. 11,100 words. Fake marriage and mortifying fandom cliches at a paper conference. Co-written with annakovsky. (June 19, 2006, happy birthday to meee!)
-- Five Games of Truth or Dare Jim and Pam Never Played. Jim/Pam. PG. 6,300 words. Co-written with annakovsky. (July 20, 2006)
-- Inappropriate Uses of Company Time. Jim/Angela. PG. 2,000 words. Depressing office party shenanigans. For office_romances. (August 9, 2006)
-- Fact: Ninjas Are Mammals. Pam/Dwight. PG. 2,000 words. Dwight gets drunk. office_romances. (August 19, 2006)
-- Nine to Five. Ryan & Meredith. 800 words. office_romances. Meredith knows from hangovers. (August 27, 2006)
-- National Boss Day. Pam & Bob Vance. 1,000 words. office_romances. BV,VR! (October 16, 2006)
-- Caution: Do Not Leave Unattended. Jim/Pam. NC-17. 3,800 words. warning_labels. Secret sex season 2 a/u for "The Client". (October 22, 2006)
-- The Life and Times of a Temporary Employee. Arrested Development crossover. Gob Bluth/Kelly. 1,900 words. sitcomathon. (November 3, 2006)
-- Five Futures for Toby Flenderson. Toby/various. 2,900 words. (November 21, 2006)
-- Change Your Heart. Jim/Roy. R. 4,200 words. yankeeficswap. (December 24, 2006)
ficlets
-- Gnarls Barkley in Scranton, PA. Angela/Gil, Oscar/Gil. 500 words. office_romances. (July 12, 2006)
-- Blushingham Palace. Katy/Kelly(ish). 200 words. office_romances. (July 12, 2006)
-- A Very Dinkin' Flicka Christmas. Darryl/Michael. 200 words. office_romances. (July 12, 2006)
-- 100 Iced Macchiatos A Day. Ryan/Melissa, Ryan/Kelly. 300 words. office_romances. (July 14, 2006)
-- Cage Match. Jim/Dwight. 500 words. office_romances. (July 14, 2006)
-- Five futures Kelly Kapour imagines for herself. 500 words. (September 3, 2006)
-- Five Reasons Pam's a Whore, According to Angela. 200 words. (September 3, 2006)
Gilmore Girls (1)
-- Five parties Emily Gilmore attended without Richard on her arm. 600 words. (September 3, 2006)
M*A*S*H (1)
-- Five reasons BJ Hunnicut thinks that Hawkeye Pierce is a better person than he is. 200 words. (September 7, 2006)
Narnia (2)
-- Further Up and Further In. Tirian & Jewel. 2,400 words. yuletide (December 23, 2006)
-- Five moments Jill Pole was pretty much perfectly at peace. 600 words. (September 7, 2006)
Arrested Development (1)
-- The Life and Times of a Temporary Employee. The Office crossover. Gob Bluth/Kelly Kapour. 1,900 words. sitcomathon. (November 3, 2006)
The Simpsons (er, technically written in '05, but posted in '06, yes this is blatantly cheating)
-- The Ballad of Lenny and Carl. Lenny/Carl. PG. 1300 words. For yuletide. Cartoon slash. (January 15, 2006)
By event
9 for office_romances.
1 for sitcomathon
1 for warning_labels
1 for yankeeficswap
1 for the incest challenge
2 for yuletide
So in total: 25 stories, and 45,400 words holy shit. 39,100 of which were The Office. Damn.
My favorite story this year (my own): Okay, it's definitely Pack Up Your Bags, but that's cheating, because all my favorite parts are the bits annakovsky wrote. I really do love how we crammed every embarrassing 13-year-old-girl fic kink in there, though. Crackfic! Apart from that, probably Five Futures for Toby Flenderson, which I didn't even know I was going to write until I started typing.
My best story this year: Er, same answers as the last question.
My favorite line of this year:
"Daddy, the tree's skin is biting me," says Ralph. -- The Ballad of Lenny and Carl
Story most underappreciated by the universe, in my opinion: Well, it's just a little ficlet, but I'm kind of partial to Five parties Emily Gilmore attended without Richard on her arm. Because they really are an OTP and it's only my second time writing GG. And EMILY VS. LORELAI is fascinating to me forever.
Most fun story: Fact: Ninjas Are Mammals. (Because drunk!Dwight is the closest I could get to concussed!Dwight, who is canonically The Best Version of Dwight.) Or The Ballad of Lenny and Carl.
Sexiest story: Well, the only NC-17 one I wrote is Caution: Do Not Leave Unattended. But, um, I'm pretty sure I personally find all the UST in Pack Up Your Bags hotter. What is wrong with me?
Hardest story to write: The Life and Times of a Temporary Employee -- my grasp of Arrested Development canon is weak, and of its sense of humor is weaker. Hard!! And both of the Narnia ones are from my two least favorite books in the series (The Silver Chair and The Last Battle, respectively).
Most unintentionally telling story: Well, Pack Up Your Bags for a window into my psyche. But also Five futures Kelly Kapour imagines for herself for general life daydreaminess and alternating bursts of pessimism and optimism. Uh, and I just looked at Nine to Five again and I appear to have just transcribed my own life. Oh, Ryan. So probably that one.
Most "OHMIGOD HEY *I* WROTE THAT" fanon-turned-canon-moment: Apart from when they went to a paper convention, Pam and Karen being giggly BFF who drink together.
What pairing/genre/fandom did you write that you would never have predicted in January 2006: Haha, well, The Office kind of blindsided me. D-did you notice that? But even moreso, that I'd write not only ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT, but GOB. I would have laughed in your face.
Did you take any writing risks this year? What did you learn from them? So I'd never cowritten anything before, and I was certain I never wanted to because, uh, I have control issues. annakovsky has a pretty accurate write-up of the process over here, though, and it was REALLY ENJOYABLE -- plotting out the whole thing in conversation, getting to read new bits of exactly what I wanted to see, uh, getting immediate feedback on what I'd just written, always knowing what came next, and being able to talk out any difficult parts. Also just giving in to all the truly mortifying stomach-flipping deepest desires of a het UST OTP (rather than, say, lesbian bloodplay or incesty threesomes, which is where Jossverse takes me). Like, there's a reason I came into fandom as a Picard/Crusher 'shipper, okay? Uh, and all that was only possible because we were planning to post it under a pseudonym, it was so embarrassing. Hahaha? (We wrote more independently for Five Games of Truth or Dare, but that was fun, too.)
I've also just written more, both in number-of-fics, and average length. I've been tiny character sketch snippet girl forever, so this is new and interesting.
Plus I've written characters I might not have otherwise -- Mal/Inara, Jill Pole, Emily Gilmore -- thanks to meme challenges. I like it!
Doing this meme made me realize that this is the first year since 2002 I didn't write any Buffyverse fic. Sad!
WHAT I WROTE THIS YEAR:
Firefly (2)
-- untitled crazy space incest ficlet. River/Simon. R. 800 words. For the 2006 incest challenge. Many csi cliches and unattributed Elizabeth Bishop quotage. (January 15, 2006)
-- Five Things Inara Taught Mal About Sex. 400 words. (September 3, 2006)
The Office (18)
-- And You May Ask Yourself. Jim(/Pam). PG. 700 words. Pre- and post- "Conflict Resolution". (May 6, 2006)
-- Pack Up Your Bags, It's Never Too Late! or And That's How the Kids Got Married! Jim/Pam. PG-13. 11,100 words. Fake marriage and mortifying fandom cliches at a paper conference. Co-written with annakovsky. (June 19, 2006, happy birthday to meee!)
-- Five Games of Truth or Dare Jim and Pam Never Played. Jim/Pam. PG. 6,300 words. Co-written with annakovsky. (July 20, 2006)
-- Inappropriate Uses of Company Time. Jim/Angela. PG. 2,000 words. Depressing office party shenanigans. For office_romances. (August 9, 2006)
-- Fact: Ninjas Are Mammals. Pam/Dwight. PG. 2,000 words. Dwight gets drunk. office_romances. (August 19, 2006)
-- Nine to Five. Ryan & Meredith. 800 words. office_romances. Meredith knows from hangovers. (August 27, 2006)
-- National Boss Day. Pam & Bob Vance. 1,000 words. office_romances. BV,VR! (October 16, 2006)
-- Caution: Do Not Leave Unattended. Jim/Pam. NC-17. 3,800 words. warning_labels. Secret sex season 2 a/u for "The Client". (October 22, 2006)
-- The Life and Times of a Temporary Employee. Arrested Development crossover. Gob Bluth/Kelly. 1,900 words. sitcomathon. (November 3, 2006)
-- Five Futures for Toby Flenderson. Toby/various. 2,900 words. (November 21, 2006)
-- Change Your Heart. Jim/Roy. R. 4,200 words. yankeeficswap. (December 24, 2006)
ficlets
-- Gnarls Barkley in Scranton, PA. Angela/Gil, Oscar/Gil. 500 words. office_romances. (July 12, 2006)
-- Blushingham Palace. Katy/Kelly(ish). 200 words. office_romances. (July 12, 2006)
-- A Very Dinkin' Flicka Christmas. Darryl/Michael. 200 words. office_romances. (July 12, 2006)
-- 100 Iced Macchiatos A Day. Ryan/Melissa, Ryan/Kelly. 300 words. office_romances. (July 14, 2006)
-- Cage Match. Jim/Dwight. 500 words. office_romances. (July 14, 2006)
-- Five futures Kelly Kapour imagines for herself. 500 words. (September 3, 2006)
-- Five Reasons Pam's a Whore, According to Angela. 200 words. (September 3, 2006)
Gilmore Girls (1)
-- Five parties Emily Gilmore attended without Richard on her arm. 600 words. (September 3, 2006)
M*A*S*H (1)
-- Five reasons BJ Hunnicut thinks that Hawkeye Pierce is a better person than he is. 200 words. (September 7, 2006)
Narnia (2)
-- Further Up and Further In. Tirian & Jewel. 2,400 words. yuletide (December 23, 2006)
-- Five moments Jill Pole was pretty much perfectly at peace. 600 words. (September 7, 2006)
Arrested Development (1)
-- The Life and Times of a Temporary Employee. The Office crossover. Gob Bluth/Kelly Kapour. 1,900 words. sitcomathon. (November 3, 2006)
The Simpsons (er, technically written in '05, but posted in '06, yes this is blatantly cheating)
-- The Ballad of Lenny and Carl. Lenny/Carl. PG. 1300 words. For yuletide. Cartoon slash. (January 15, 2006)
By event
9 for office_romances.
1 for sitcomathon
1 for warning_labels
1 for yankeeficswap
1 for the incest challenge
2 for yuletide
So in total: 25 stories, and 45,400 words holy shit. 39,100 of which were The Office. Damn.
My favorite story this year (my own): Okay, it's definitely Pack Up Your Bags, but that's cheating, because all my favorite parts are the bits annakovsky wrote. I really do love how we crammed every embarrassing 13-year-old-girl fic kink in there, though. Crackfic! Apart from that, probably Five Futures for Toby Flenderson, which I didn't even know I was going to write until I started typing.
My best story this year: Er, same answers as the last question.
My favorite line of this year:
"Daddy, the tree's skin is biting me," says Ralph. -- The Ballad of Lenny and Carl
Story most underappreciated by the universe, in my opinion: Well, it's just a little ficlet, but I'm kind of partial to Five parties Emily Gilmore attended without Richard on her arm. Because they really are an OTP and it's only my second time writing GG. And EMILY VS. LORELAI is fascinating to me forever.
Most fun story: Fact: Ninjas Are Mammals. (Because drunk!Dwight is the closest I could get to concussed!Dwight, who is canonically The Best Version of Dwight.) Or The Ballad of Lenny and Carl.
Sexiest story: Well, the only NC-17 one I wrote is Caution: Do Not Leave Unattended. But, um, I'm pretty sure I personally find all the UST in Pack Up Your Bags hotter. What is wrong with me?
Hardest story to write: The Life and Times of a Temporary Employee -- my grasp of Arrested Development canon is weak, and of its sense of humor is weaker. Hard!! And both of the Narnia ones are from my two least favorite books in the series (The Silver Chair and The Last Battle, respectively).
Most unintentionally telling story: Well, Pack Up Your Bags for a window into my psyche. But also Five futures Kelly Kapour imagines for herself for general life daydreaminess and alternating bursts of pessimism and optimism. Uh, and I just looked at Nine to Five again and I appear to have just transcribed my own life. Oh, Ryan. So probably that one.
Most "OHMIGOD HEY *I* WROTE THAT" fanon-turned-canon-moment: Apart from when they went to a paper convention, Pam and Karen being giggly BFF who drink together.
What pairing/genre/fandom did you write that you would never have predicted in January 2006: Haha, well, The Office kind of blindsided me. D-did you notice that? But even moreso, that I'd write not only ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT, but GOB. I would have laughed in your face.
Did you take any writing risks this year? What did you learn from them? So I'd never cowritten anything before, and I was certain I never wanted to because, uh, I have control issues. annakovsky has a pretty accurate write-up of the process over here, though, and it was REALLY ENJOYABLE -- plotting out the whole thing in conversation, getting to read new bits of exactly what I wanted to see, uh, getting immediate feedback on what I'd just written, always knowing what came next, and being able to talk out any difficult parts. Also just giving in to all the truly mortifying stomach-flipping deepest desires of a het UST OTP (rather than, say, lesbian bloodplay or incesty threesomes, which is where Jossverse takes me). Like, there's a reason I came into fandom as a Picard/Crusher 'shipper, okay? Uh, and all that was only possible because we were planning to post it under a pseudonym, it was so embarrassing. Hahaha? (We wrote more independently for Five Games of Truth or Dare, but that was fun, too.)
I've also just written more, both in number-of-fics, and average length. I've been tiny character sketch snippet girl forever, so this is new and interesting.
Plus I've written characters I might not have otherwise -- Mal/Inara, Jill Pole, Emily Gilmore -- thanks to meme challenges. I like it!
Doing this meme made me realize that this is the first year since 2002 I didn't write any Buffyverse fic. Sad!