Kudos meme
Seen around the internet lately:
List your top fanfic on AO3 for every year, sorted by kudos.
I'm starting with 2008 because everything else I have there is backdated. Also terrible. I mean, my 2008 fic is also terrible, but, uh... at least I've improved as a writer?
2008
Rebirth (Harry Potter/Highlander, Snape/Methos, 7276 words)
Lysimache wanted me to write her a Snape fix-it story where Snape, her problematic fave, was an Immortal and slept with Methos, her other problematic fave. I love her, so I wrote it. I think it's probably pretty bad. I can't bring myself to look at this again.
2009
Stars Apart, Shine the Same (Star Trek AOS, Kirk/Spock, 7699 words)
You know how it goes: get in on the ground floor of a shiny new fandom, write porn for the kink meme. I don't know why the only Trek fic I have been successful at writing is AOS when TOS is my favorite. That's probably why this is at least 25% secretly a TOS story.
2010
One True Way (Valdemar, gen, 4385 words)
I didn't even remember writing this one until I did this meme. This was a Yuletide treat for
ysobel, an AU where all the Companions are evil. Happy Yuletide! (This was apparently the year I wrote a Harry Potter/Pros crossover but I guess that was... less popular.)
2011
Coax Me (The Eagle, Marcus/Esca, 6259 words)
Ah, yes, the beginning of Eagle fandom. I wrote a lot of fic. I'm not sure why this story was the most popular; honestly, I think it's a pretty generic first-time PWP. It's not the one where I forced myself to write poetry in Latin and I was hoping the universe would reward me for that, but alas.
2012
Anywhere on This Road (The Eagle, Marcus/Esca, 31074 words)
This one is basically "the movie, but from Esca's POV, and with sex at the end," so I guess that's why people liked it. Coming in second is the one where Esca is a werewolf, and third is a soulmate AU. Yay tropes?
2013
Chosen Man (The Eagle, Marcus/Esca, 116551 words)
Well, I'm not surprised about this one. Hello, my Eagle fandom legacy. I wish I'd actually had someone beta this.
2014
Slipping off the Page into Your Hands (Marvel 616, Steve/Tony, 68149 words)
Oh, look, the year where I slipped and fell into Steve/Tony. This was basically my first Steve/Tony story and it's currently my second most-popular story overall so it's been very popular for a while. I guess people really like identity porn plus soulmates. I am curious if anything I am writing now or planning to write will ever surpass it because it's been five years and I... was not thinking I would peak in this fandom with my first story. Give me room to improve!
2015
Follow in Your Footsteps (Marvel 616, Steve/Tony, 6788 words)
I don't understand how this is the most popular story I have EVER WRITTEN and I wrote it in twelve hours. Why do I even try writing 100,000+ word stories? Why this one, fandom? I mean, it's not bad, but why this?
2016
The Jar (Marvel Adventures: Avengers, Steve/Tony, 9728 words)
I get it. It's cute and fun and fluffy and people like it. I understand this. (Secretly I was hoping the Star Trek AU would win this year, though.)
2017
The Opposite of a Problem (Marvel 616, Steve/Tony, 2490 words)
A fake-married story. What I am learning from this meme: people like fluff a lot.
2018
Thrust Issues (Marvel 616, Steve/Tony, 132827 words)
People also apparently really like stories where the characters have sex a lot while refusing to acknowledge that they have feelings for each other. I mean, this wasn't news to me about fandom, but I hadn't written one of my own before.
2019
Hide Your Love Away (Marvel 616, Steve/Tony, 33514 words)
The winner for this year so far, a soulmate AU I did for the RBB. I'm thinking this will continue to win because my current giant WIPs are... slightly more niche... and apparently everyone likes soulmate AUs. Also this one has amnesia!
There.
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List your top fanfic on AO3 for every year, sorted by kudos.
I'm starting with 2008 because everything else I have there is backdated. Also terrible. I mean, my 2008 fic is also terrible, but, uh... at least I've improved as a writer?
2008
Rebirth (Harry Potter/Highlander, Snape/Methos, 7276 words)
Lysimache wanted me to write her a Snape fix-it story where Snape, her problematic fave, was an Immortal and slept with Methos, her other problematic fave. I love her, so I wrote it. I think it's probably pretty bad. I can't bring myself to look at this again.
2009
Stars Apart, Shine the Same (Star Trek AOS, Kirk/Spock, 7699 words)
You know how it goes: get in on the ground floor of a shiny new fandom, write porn for the kink meme. I don't know why the only Trek fic I have been successful at writing is AOS when TOS is my favorite. That's probably why this is at least 25% secretly a TOS story.
2010
One True Way (Valdemar, gen, 4385 words)
I didn't even remember writing this one until I did this meme. This was a Yuletide treat for
ysobel, an AU where all the Companions are evil. Happy Yuletide! (This was apparently the year I wrote a Harry Potter/Pros crossover but I guess that was... less popular.)
2011
Coax Me (The Eagle, Marcus/Esca, 6259 words)
Ah, yes, the beginning of Eagle fandom. I wrote a lot of fic. I'm not sure why this story was the most popular; honestly, I think it's a pretty generic first-time PWP. It's not the one where I forced myself to write poetry in Latin and I was hoping the universe would reward me for that, but alas.
2012
Anywhere on This Road (The Eagle, Marcus/Esca, 31074 words)
This one is basically "the movie, but from Esca's POV, and with sex at the end," so I guess that's why people liked it. Coming in second is the one where Esca is a werewolf, and third is a soulmate AU. Yay tropes?
2013
Chosen Man (The Eagle, Marcus/Esca, 116551 words)
Well, I'm not surprised about this one. Hello, my Eagle fandom legacy. I wish I'd actually had someone beta this.
2014
Slipping off the Page into Your Hands (Marvel 616, Steve/Tony, 68149 words)
Oh, look, the year where I slipped and fell into Steve/Tony. This was basically my first Steve/Tony story and it's currently my second most-popular story overall so it's been very popular for a while. I guess people really like identity porn plus soulmates. I am curious if anything I am writing now or planning to write will ever surpass it because it's been five years and I... was not thinking I would peak in this fandom with my first story. Give me room to improve!
2015
Follow in Your Footsteps (Marvel 616, Steve/Tony, 6788 words)
I don't understand how this is the most popular story I have EVER WRITTEN and I wrote it in twelve hours. Why do I even try writing 100,000+ word stories? Why this one, fandom? I mean, it's not bad, but why this?
2016
The Jar (Marvel Adventures: Avengers, Steve/Tony, 9728 words)
I get it. It's cute and fun and fluffy and people like it. I understand this. (Secretly I was hoping the Star Trek AU would win this year, though.)
2017
The Opposite of a Problem (Marvel 616, Steve/Tony, 2490 words)
A fake-married story. What I am learning from this meme: people like fluff a lot.
2018
Thrust Issues (Marvel 616, Steve/Tony, 132827 words)
People also apparently really like stories where the characters have sex a lot while refusing to acknowledge that they have feelings for each other. I mean, this wasn't news to me about fandom, but I hadn't written one of my own before.
2019
Hide Your Love Away (Marvel 616, Steve/Tony, 33514 words)
The winner for this year so far, a soulmate AU I did for the RBB. I'm thinking this will continue to win because my current giant WIPs are... slightly more niche... and apparently everyone likes soulmate AUs. Also this one has amnesia!
There.
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