AO3 meme
AO3 meme, stolen from 
nostalgia.
1. How many works do you have on AO3?
205
2. What's your total AO3 word count?
225,932
3. How many fandoms have you written for and what are they?
Around 22 fandoms. I'm tweaking this list slightly because some of the stuff was kind of misleading.
4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?
#1, with 504 kudos: Two Out of Three (Ain't Bad) (3026 words) by sarken
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The X-Files
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Fox Mulder/Dana Scully
Characters: Fox Mulder, Dana Scully
Additional Tags: High School AU
Summary:
"He said, and I quote, 'I don't date good girls, freshmen, or virgins. And, face it, Danes, you're all three.' Does that satisfy your curiosity, Mulder?"
#2, with 209 kudos: Five Quirks Dana Scully Noticed About Fox Mulder During Their First Year as Partners (545 words) by sarken
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The X-Files
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Fox Mulder, Dana Scully
Additional Tags: 5 Things, early years
Summary:
Five things Scully learns about Mulder during their first year working together.
#3, with 185 kudos: Dying in L.A. (The Only Difference Between Suicide and Martyrdom Is Press Coverage) (19647 words) by sarken
Chapters: 3/?
Fandom: The Closer
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Brenda Leigh Johnson/Sharon Raydor
Characters: Brenda Leigh Johnson, Sharon Raydor, Jack Raydor
Additional Tags: Canon Divergence, Season/Series 07, Episode: War Zone, The Turrell Baylor Arc
Summary:
Brenda Leigh Johnson, chief of police. A season seven AU.
#4, with 170 kudos: How Stephen Colbert Proved Jon Stewart Is a Lady (4853 words) by sarken
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Fake News RPF, Real News RPF, The Colbert Report FPF - Fandom
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: "Stephen" Colbert/Jon Stewart
Characters: Keith Olbermann, Anderson Cooper, Jon Stewart, "Stephen" Colbert
Additional Tags: Humor, lgbtfest, Report 'verse, Denial
Summary:
Stephen says he "doesn't see gender." But he can't possibly be gay, so when he discovers he is attracted to Jon, Stephen concludes that Jon must be female.
And #5, with 159: 80% Wool (1221 words) by sarken
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Sports Night
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Casey McCall/Dan Rydell
Characters: Casey McCall, Dan Rydell
Additional Tags: Happy, Sweaters, Banter, Yuletide 2014
Summary:
Casey and the quest for the perfect sweater.
5. Do you respond to comments, why or why not?
I do, 99% of the time. It's just polite? Also, sometimes it's nice to talk to people.
6. What's the fic you've written with the angstiest ending?
Mm, maybe the one where I killed teenage Rachel? Loma Prieta (1764 words) by sarken
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Real News RPF
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Major Character Death
Characters: Keith Olbermann, Rachel Maddow
Additional Tags: Community: death_bingo, The 80s AU
Summary:
Keith wants to take Rachel to the 1989 World Series.
7. What's the fic you've written with the happiest ending?
I'm not actually sure about this. I don't do very well with happy endings. This one got turned a bit bittersweet by reality, but still, maybe: Architecture (342 words) by sarken
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Real News RPF
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Keith Olbermann, Rachel Maddow
Additional Tags: TSP Comment Fic, Current TV Era
Summary:
Rachel moves to Current.
8. Do you write crossovers? If so what is the craziest one you've written?
More like overlapping fandoms than crossovers? Like ER and Third Watch crossed over in canon, I did an obligatory same-actor smut thing... nothing wild.
9. Have you ever received hate on a fic?
No, not really.
10. Do you write smut? If so what kind?
Do I write smut, lol. DO I WRITE SMUT. Yes, I write smut. Two people, three people, more people, whatever gender configuration, usually a dash of some sort of kink.
11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?
Sort of! Just the other day, I discovered someone had taken my fic, reversed the names, and posted it. With a link back to mine. When I asked them to, they deleted it, so it worked out fine.
12. Have you ever had a fic translated?
Yup! Someone translated my Salem's Lot fic into Russian and I can sort of manage to read a few sentences here and there even though my limited Russian is very rusty: И от тех, кто шуршит во тьме (451 words) by arisu_aiko
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Salem's Lot - Stephen King, Salem's Lot (TV 2004)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Underage
Relationships: Ben Mears/Mark Petrie
Characters: Ben Mears, Mark Petrie
Additional Tags: Nightmares, Juvenilia
Summary:
Бен успокаивает Марка после того, как тому приснился кошмар.
13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?
The only one posted on AO3 is with
bessemerprocess, but I cowrote another pundit fic with someone as well. In fact, the first fic I ever wrote was cowritten!
14. What's your all time favorite ship?
I'm not sure if I have one. Hawkeye/Margaret, maybe? It was my first and I'm still coming back to it, which isn't something that happens with all my ships.
15. What's a WIP that you want to finish but don't think you ever will?
The Brenda/Sharon high school AU. 😭 Or the 5 Times Ann and J.R. Dallas fic. 😭😭 The one where Ann is a ranch hand at Southfork. 😭😭😭 The Valentine girl AU. 😭😭😭😭
16. What are your writing strengths?
I'm usually pretty good with dialogue. I can also come up with interesting plots, even if I can't necessarily execute them.
17. What are your writing weaknesses?
Getting motivated enough to actually write. Not letting my dialogue turn into a case of talking heads. Doing that thing fic does where it spends sentence upon sentence getting your into the character's feelings.
18. What are your thoughts on writing dialogue in other languages in a fic?
...which would you like to see, my Hamilton fic with the French dialogue, my Dallas fic with the Spanish, or my The Closer fic with the Russian? But there's nothing wrong with a good "[name] said in [language]" when the thing is beyond your skill level or too complicated to convey through context. (I've got Hamilton and Laurens teaching Laurens's daughter French, Sue Ellen and Carmen talking, and Sharon struggling with Russian while she and Brenda are on the run. I would not attempt to write two adults who were fluent having a conversation.)
19. What was the first fandom you wrote for?
M*A*S*H!
20. What's your favorite fic you've written?
I want to say Girl Money, but the ending has been bugging me lately. Aside from that, if it's under 600 words and over 200, it's got a better than average shot of being on my favorites list. But I think I'm going to go with my strongly worded note to James Duff: Banished Daughters of Eve (249 words) by sarken
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Closer, Major Crimes (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Characters: Sharon Raydor, Brenda Leigh Johnson
Additional Tags: Post-Episode: s06e09 Conspiracy Theory Part 4, Denialfic, Fueled by Alcohol And Rage
Summary:
See notes due to spoilers.
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1. How many works do you have on AO3?
205
2. What's your total AO3 word count?
225,932
3. How many fandoms have you written for and what are they?
Around 22 fandoms. I'm tweaking this list slightly because some of the stuff was kind of misleading.
- Real News RPF
- Third Watch
- Fake News RPF
- Dallas (TV 2012)
- The Closer
- The X-Files
- MASH (TV)
- Political RPF
- Star Trek: Voyager
- Major Crimes (TV)
- Sports Night
- Colbert Report FPF
- The X-Files RPF
- Good Omens (TV) RPF
- Battlestar Galactica (2003)
- Jersey Girl (1992)
- ER (TV 1994)
- The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton
- Dallas (TV 1978)
- Grace and Frankie (TV)
- Salem's Lot
- The West Wing
4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?
#1, with 504 kudos: Two Out of Three (Ain't Bad) (3026 words) by sarken
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The X-Files
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Fox Mulder/Dana Scully
Characters: Fox Mulder, Dana Scully
Additional Tags: High School AU
Summary:
"He said, and I quote, 'I don't date good girls, freshmen, or virgins. And, face it, Danes, you're all three.' Does that satisfy your curiosity, Mulder?"
#2, with 209 kudos: Five Quirks Dana Scully Noticed About Fox Mulder During Their First Year as Partners (545 words) by sarken
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The X-Files
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Fox Mulder, Dana Scully
Additional Tags: 5 Things, early years
Summary:
Five things Scully learns about Mulder during their first year working together.
#3, with 185 kudos: Dying in L.A. (The Only Difference Between Suicide and Martyrdom Is Press Coverage) (19647 words) by sarken
Chapters: 3/?
Fandom: The Closer
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Brenda Leigh Johnson/Sharon Raydor
Characters: Brenda Leigh Johnson, Sharon Raydor, Jack Raydor
Additional Tags: Canon Divergence, Season/Series 07, Episode: War Zone, The Turrell Baylor Arc
Summary:
Brenda Leigh Johnson, chief of police. A season seven AU.
#4, with 170 kudos: How Stephen Colbert Proved Jon Stewart Is a Lady (4853 words) by sarken
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Fake News RPF, Real News RPF, The Colbert Report FPF - Fandom
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: "Stephen" Colbert/Jon Stewart
Characters: Keith Olbermann, Anderson Cooper, Jon Stewart, "Stephen" Colbert
Additional Tags: Humor, lgbtfest, Report 'verse, Denial
Summary:
Stephen says he "doesn't see gender." But he can't possibly be gay, so when he discovers he is attracted to Jon, Stephen concludes that Jon must be female.
And #5, with 159: 80% Wool (1221 words) by sarken
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Sports Night
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Casey McCall/Dan Rydell
Characters: Casey McCall, Dan Rydell
Additional Tags: Happy, Sweaters, Banter, Yuletide 2014
Summary:
Casey and the quest for the perfect sweater.
5. Do you respond to comments, why or why not?
I do, 99% of the time. It's just polite? Also, sometimes it's nice to talk to people.
6. What's the fic you've written with the angstiest ending?
Mm, maybe the one where I killed teenage Rachel? Loma Prieta (1764 words) by sarken
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Real News RPF
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Major Character Death
Characters: Keith Olbermann, Rachel Maddow
Additional Tags: Community: death_bingo, The 80s AU
Summary:
Keith wants to take Rachel to the 1989 World Series.
7. What's the fic you've written with the happiest ending?
I'm not actually sure about this. I don't do very well with happy endings. This one got turned a bit bittersweet by reality, but still, maybe: Architecture (342 words) by sarken
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Real News RPF
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Keith Olbermann, Rachel Maddow
Additional Tags: TSP Comment Fic, Current TV Era
Summary:
Rachel moves to Current.
8. Do you write crossovers? If so what is the craziest one you've written?
More like overlapping fandoms than crossovers? Like ER and Third Watch crossed over in canon, I did an obligatory same-actor smut thing... nothing wild.
9. Have you ever received hate on a fic?
No, not really.
10. Do you write smut? If so what kind?
Do I write smut, lol. DO I WRITE SMUT. Yes, I write smut. Two people, three people, more people, whatever gender configuration, usually a dash of some sort of kink.
11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?
Sort of! Just the other day, I discovered someone had taken my fic, reversed the names, and posted it. With a link back to mine. When I asked them to, they deleted it, so it worked out fine.
12. Have you ever had a fic translated?
Yup! Someone translated my Salem's Lot fic into Russian and I can sort of manage to read a few sentences here and there even though my limited Russian is very rusty: И от тех, кто шуршит во тьме (451 words) by arisu_aiko
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Salem's Lot - Stephen King, Salem's Lot (TV 2004)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Underage
Relationships: Ben Mears/Mark Petrie
Characters: Ben Mears, Mark Petrie
Additional Tags: Nightmares, Juvenilia
Summary:
Бен успокаивает Марка после того, как тому приснился кошмар.
13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?
The only one posted on AO3 is with
bessemerprocess, but I cowrote another pundit fic with someone as well. In fact, the first fic I ever wrote was cowritten!
14. What's your all time favorite ship?
I'm not sure if I have one. Hawkeye/Margaret, maybe? It was my first and I'm still coming back to it, which isn't something that happens with all my ships.
15. What's a WIP that you want to finish but don't think you ever will?
The Brenda/Sharon high school AU. 😭 Or the 5 Times Ann and J.R. Dallas fic. 😭😭 The one where Ann is a ranch hand at Southfork. 😭😭😭 The Valentine girl AU. 😭😭😭😭
16. What are your writing strengths?
I'm usually pretty good with dialogue. I can also come up with interesting plots, even if I can't necessarily execute them.
17. What are your writing weaknesses?
Getting motivated enough to actually write. Not letting my dialogue turn into a case of talking heads. Doing that thing fic does where it spends sentence upon sentence getting your into the character's feelings.
18. What are your thoughts on writing dialogue in other languages in a fic?
...which would you like to see, my Hamilton fic with the French dialogue, my Dallas fic with the Spanish, or my The Closer fic with the Russian? But there's nothing wrong with a good "[name] said in [language]" when the thing is beyond your skill level or too complicated to convey through context. (I've got Hamilton and Laurens teaching Laurens's daughter French, Sue Ellen and Carmen talking, and Sharon struggling with Russian while she and Brenda are on the run. I would not attempt to write two adults who were fluent having a conversation.)
19. What was the first fandom you wrote for?
M*A*S*H!
20. What's your favorite fic you've written?
I want to say Girl Money, but the ending has been bugging me lately. Aside from that, if it's under 600 words and over 200, it's got a better than average shot of being on my favorites list. But I think I'm going to go with my strongly worded note to James Duff: Banished Daughters of Eve (249 words) by sarken
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Closer, Major Crimes (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Characters: Sharon Raydor, Brenda Leigh Johnson
Additional Tags: Post-Episode: s06e09 Conspiracy Theory Part 4, Denialfic, Fueled by Alcohol And Rage
Summary:
See notes due to spoilers.
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