AO3 Meme

[tinturtle]

I've never posted a meme before. I got this one from gilda_elise, whose post was linked in the Pros Newsletter.

1) How many stories have you posted?
Three.
(Also 6 vids and a bunch of photo manipulations.)

Comments

[byslantedlight]

The Professionals, despite there being lots and lots of fic in that fandom.
Definitely over 5000 Pros stories - I did a very rough check via the Pros archives. *g*

I have some ideas for a fusion between The Professionals and His Dark Materials
Sounds interesting. I'll have to finish that series so that I can read your fic when you get there! (And I'll want to know more about those folklore-based justifications, because that's another of my favourite things right there... *g*)

[tinturtle]

There's a possibility that I'll implement the Pros/HDM fusion as some sort of fan art, with commentary. We'll see.

Addendum: As far as the series goes, I liked each book less than the one before, so finishing may or may not be worth it. Furthermore, if this proposed work materializes, it probably won't contain any spoilers for the later books anyway.

[fiorenza_a]

I'm disappointed I missed the spam !

And how fab you posted your first meme ! I got carried away with one of my first meme attempts ages ago and posted this, which you might enjoy 😊

4) How many fandoms?
Two: The Man from U.N.C.L.E. and The Professionals

Two very discerning fandoms right there...

6) Any fandoms where you were the first to post a story for it?
Ha. Not even close.

I'm beginning to think we should start a fandom, just so we can say yes to that question...

9) How many fandoms where there are still less than 5000 stories posted for it at AO3?
The Professionals, despite there being lots and lots of fic in that fandom.

I know, it's nearly as bizarre as the Star Trek thing. I bet there would be a lot more if we could import the Circuit Archive or The Hatstand. I think it says more about the youth of AO3, than it does about the fandoms...

11) How many AUs have you written where the settings, occupations, etc are completely changed

[tinturtle]

11) How many AUs have you written where the settings, occupations, etc are completely changed?
None. I probably won't, either, unless they're about a version of U.N.C.L.E. or CI5 in a sci-fi setting.

I know there's some sci-fi Pros out there, if you haven't already found it - I'm not sure about MFU...

No, I don't think I've read an MFU sci-fi AU, either, though there do appear to be a few on AO3. MFU definitely has fewer AUs across the board than Pros. I remember a couple in which one of our heroes is a Thrush agent, and ChannelD has written a number as part of her(?) long-haired Illya multiverse. I've not seen any that cut U.N.C.L.E. out entirely the way a lot of Pros AUs dispense with CI5. Among the total-conversion Pros AUs I've read, it's the sci-fi ones I've liked best, especially when there is some analog of CI5 involved, so I figure that's what I'd be most likely to write.

13) How many stories have you written that would require an AO3 content warning

[tinturtle]

Continued...

17) How many fusion stories have you written?
None. I have some ideas for a fusion between The Professionals and His Dark Materials, featuring the members of CI5 and their dæmons. Cowley's dæmon is a Eurasian magpie named Catriona, and Doyle's is a British stoat possibly named Madeline. I'm still thinking about Bodie. (The choice for Doyle has quite a bit of interesting folklore and historical symbolism associated with it.)

I've always associated Bodie with big, soppy dogs - I'm not sure that gets you any further. The whole 'His Dark Materials' thing has passed me by, maybe I'll catch up at a later date, but I usually prefer sci-fi to fantasy.Yes, a dog was one of my first thoughts for Bodie. In the books, people with dog dæmons are almost always servants, which isn't an association that I think fits my purpose. The universe of a Pros-with-dæmons fic might not resemble Pullman's universe very closely, however, in which case that might not be such an issue. I do think Bodie's dæmon would need to be a social animal,

[tinturtle]

No, I don't think I've read an MFU sci-fi AU, either

Although, come to think of it, some of MFU itself is sci-fi, in a B-movie kind of way.

Addendum: Also, apparently I had. Unit I, Series LYA: Press to Activate (which I recommend) felt faintly familiar while I was reading it, but it wasn't until I was unable to leave kudos again that I was sure I'd read it before. *sigh*

Further Addendum: There's also Return to Save Point, which is just a slip of a fic, but which I remember liking a lot. It makes greater changes to the setting, and comes closer to the kind of AU the meme question was asking about.