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[blackberrysummers]

12345 Tag Game

Rules: Give us the links to your fic with the most hits, second most kudos, third most comments, fourth most bookmarks, fifth most words, and fic with the least words (feel free to interpret however you would like; if not on AO3, can be on Tumblr or FFNET, etc)!

Thanks for the tag, @bazzybelle! I know it’s not right to compare myself with other writers in the fandom, but I really don’t have a lot of any of these things comparatively. This is a fun game though, so I’ll post links for what I do have! I’ll include WIPs, but if something repeats, I’ll use the next one down in the count.

Most Hits: Captive Heart (SnowBaz) [3,230]

“Baz. It’s not supposed to be a spa treatment, come on. Tie me up already.”

“You’re very bossy for someone who’s supposed to be my captive,” I tell him, taking his arm and pulling him toward me.

Second Most Kudos: Find Me (SnowBaz) [2,387]

Eighth year at Watford was unremarkable, and Simon and Baz last saw each other when they graduated. Seven months later, Dev and Niall drag a pining and protesting Baz out to a club for a night of drinking and dancing, but there’s a familiar face behind the bar. Simon Snow is serving drinks, and worse, he’s flirting with a Baz lookalike. What will happen :P

Third Most Comments: Field Trip of Dreams (SnowBaz) [5,225]

Simon and Baz go on a class trip to the Glowgnome Caverns and things don’t go as expected.

“Not a word, Snow. We find Gareth, stuff his phone down his throat along with that ridiculous belt buckle, and then never speak of this again.”

Fourth Most Bookmarks: Pull Yourself Together (SnowBaz) [11.5K]

Simon is working on housekeeping magic for his eighth year spell, and things predictably go awry. He accidentally combines his bed and Baz’s into one, and they can’t ask for an extra bed for Reasons. Alas, no one wants to sleep on the floor, so it seems as though they have no option but to bunk up.

That’s when they discover Simon’s spell doesn't only affect the furniture :P

Fifth Most Words: The Field Trap (SnowBaz) [5,272]

Simon and Baz are off on another class field trip, a mountaintop training exercise with the Mage—and happily, this time, they’re a couple. Things get off on the wrong foot however, and the Mage decides to solve their dispute by banishing them to a cabin on their own, away from the other students. Will they break up or make up? There is, of course, ONLY ONE (filthy) BED

Least Word Count: Dinner’s Labour’s Lost (SnowBaz) [367]

Simon attempts to make dinner, and it isn’t good. Merlin, it isn’t good.

Tagging: @rimeswithpurple @valeffelees @cutestkilla @thewholelemon @artsyunderstudy @nausikaaa @ileadacharmedlife @aristocratic-otter @fiend-for-culture @prettygoododds @monbons @facewithoutheart @orange-peony

[alidravana]

Doing a little dance right now - this is the main stat I watch on A03 and it went over 250 while we were on vacay!

[angel-wings-and-tattoos]

so i figured out the spotify wrapped but for a03 recently and that was probably the worst decision i've made all year

this is from january 1st to today

[gondalsqueen]

Fic Writer Review

Tagged by @findswoman. Thanks, ma’am! I hadn’t stopped to look at the stats of my writing in...ever. This was enlightening.

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

48 currently

2. What’s your total AO3 wordcount?

366,990, yikes!

3. How many fandoms have you written for and what are they?

Uhm...let’s count. Star Trek: The Next Generation when I was 10 (and I have another one for that fandom in the works). X-men in middle school. Xena: Warrior Princess, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Star Wars (Original Trilogy stuff), Star Wars: Rebels, and Castlevania. That’s seven, I guess? 

4. What are your top five fics by kudos?

Predictably:  Close Only Counts (600) (earlyish kanera) En Route (541) (Han/Leia)  Next Season (503) (Hera-centric, post-Rebels) Lean (407) (Ghost crew)  Continued (297) (Rebels fix-it fic) 

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

The only reason I write is to talk about these fandoms with people, so yes, and I am not above begging for comments (that was the question, right?). If I haven’t responded to yours it’s because I’ve overlooked it in the day-to-day, and you should poke me and tell me so! 

6. What’s the fic you’ve written with the angstiest ending?

Probably The First Night, which was written in the aftermath of “Jedi Night,” before the series even ended. Most of my stories have plenty of angst in the middle, but little at the end. 

7. Do you write crossovers? If so what’s the craziest one you’ve written?

I have not written crossovers. Hyperfixation does not allow me to think of more than one fandom at the same time. 

8. Have you ever received hate on a fic?

No, which I take as a testament to how lovely the Rebels fandom is. 

9. Do you write smut? If so what kind?

Ahahaha! I mean...in my defense... not ALL my stories are smut. 

10. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Nope.

11. Have you ever had a fic translated?

I don’t think so. Guys? No, right? 

12. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

Not for A03, but the childhood fanfics were ALL co-written. We had these spiral notebooks we’d carry around and pass off to each other in the halls between classes. Ah, middle school. I also lived that roleplaying life for many years, though I’m not counting those as stories. 

13. What’s your all-time favorite ship?

kanera, oh you came and you gave without taking...  Runners-up:  Trevor and Sypha (Castlevania)  John and Aeryn (Farscape) (though I don’t write them because I’m not sure fanfiction can improve upon the show, which is already...pretty much fanfiction)

14. What’s a wip that you want to finish but don’t think you ever will?

Uhm... I think I will finish all of my works in progress eventually, barring unforeseen disaster. None of them feels abandoned. I would most like to get working on Fault Lines (the big Castlevania fic that’s barely started), and I have a gorgeous Picard story that I wrote 4,000 words for in three hours and then haven’t had a chance to go back to again. 

15. What are your writing strengths?

characterization and dialogue, I think. Probably smut? I’m not sure that’s something to brag about. 

16. What are your writing weaknesses?

Plot? What plot? Also pacing/phrasing at the sentence level, which is sometimes okay but sometimes wonky. 

17. What are your thoughts on writing dialogue in other languages in a fic?

I say if it feels good, do it. 

18. What was the first fandom you wrote for?

Probably Star Trek: The Next Generation, in terms of things that I actually wrote down. 

19. What’s your favorite fic you’ve written?

I don’t knooooow! Uhm...  Next Season is not my best writing (it was written at breakneck speed and needs a heavy edit), but it really hits the spot sometimes. Feels real. (Side note, after I dedicated a story to my husband to troll him one time, my son said, “Hey! Would you ever write a story for me?” and my husband told him, “Buddy, Mommy wrote 40,000 words for you.” He doesn’t get to SEE this story, of course.) We also lost multiple men in our family to suicide, unexpectedly and horrifically, just before I wrote this story. It exploded everybody’s sense of reality in some ways I don’t think we’ll ever recover from. So...there’s a lot of real energy in this one.  I think Scenes from Yavin IV is underrated.  Fade to Red is smutty garbage in a lot of ways, but it’s been a huge investment, and it’s really made me think about how and why relationships work--and writing Kanan and Hera at the same time as Trevor and Sypha has made it clear that there are REALLY DIFFERENT ways of having healthy relationships, so that’s cool. Fade to Red has been a massive amount of work for a modest achievement, and I both resent it and am attached to it for that reason. It will end in a 8,000 word blowout next week, and I think I’ll be sad to see it done.  I think Mastery’s doing some interesting things, though it’s a bit retconned now.   

Tagging: @veritascara, @worriedaboutmyfern, @spaceasianmillennial, @amilynh, if you’re interested

[robertisbisexual]

September Fic Stats

..take number 2 [fuck you tumblr]

Posted or Updated this month.

2015 - 72

2016 - 90

2017 - 102

2018 - 128

2019 - 36

2020 - 42

All year

2015 - 500

2016 - 956

2017 - 1209

2018 - 853

2019 - 549

2020 - 396

Now I know that seems scary because it’s lower than all previous years but you have to remember half the ship has been off screen for nearly a year, we havent had much ‘new’ content to spur on ideas. So the fact that there’s still been nearly 400 fics updated or posted?  That’s huge.

In comparison, and to give you a better idea of how good that actually is, [and remember this is literally just about fandom output quantity and nothing to do about the actual ship.]

This Month

Kana - 0

Vnity - 23

Ringo/Easy -  0

Wilson - 3

Dofty - 0

Bllum - 98

Jarry - 1

JP/James - 1

Coira - 0

Skam OG - 54

Skam France  - 58

Serena/Bernie - 64

All Year

Kana - 0

Vnity - 175

Ringo/Easy -  2 [Ringo has 3 fics total for the year with another person as well]

Wilson - 26

Dofty- 8

Bllum - 813

Jarry - 9

JP/jJames - 3

Coira - 9

Skam OG - 484

Skam France  - 702

Serena/Bernie - 322

The EE wlw dont show up on A03 at all sadly nor did Scott/Mitchell and I said it last time I did one of these but there’s a reason and it’s not a good one.

I included the Skam shows but tbh I don’t think the soap fandoms even come close to the size of those. But i just find it interesting in terms of content how we compare to them.

Kana and Jarry having small numbers isnt shocking considering those fandoms were done so dirty, but the absolute collapse of Ringo/Easy and Dofty are rough. Pour one out for whatever is left of those fandoms.

Wilson continues to have such a small presence on A03, but Paul/Sonny [5 total] and Paul/Will [None] didn’t have anything either. Even for the big hetships as Ciara/Ben had 9 for the year and Stefan/Gabi had 3. The days fandom just doesn’t write and it’s the strangest thing to me.

Vnity is sitting almost exactly where it was last year, that’s good consistency, but a bit surprising considering the sl content they’ve had. You’ve have expected an increase. But it’s possible the fandom writers are busy elsewhere [hint: see 2 paragraphs down]

I assumed going in Bllum would be the lead on both things and so I’m not shocked. it would have been insane for them to not be ahead of everyone. It’s the big ship atm and they get new content. They’re thriving and basically doing the same as the robron fandom was at the start which makes sense as there’s a lot of crossover.

The big surprise to me was the wlw ship from Holby, mostly because I’ve never even heard of them and I don’t think Ive ever even seen them on my dash a single time but since 2016 they’ve kept climbing numbers wise. [For example last year they ended with 404 fics]

[alidravana]

A03 Stats Game

Rules: check your stats on ao3 by going to your dashboard and clicking through to statistics.

Tagged by @breannacasey, I was so excited to see this because I love diving into my personal stats!  

amount of works posted: 92 (all time) / 87 + 2 secret santas to be posted (this year)

total word count: 169,290 (all time) / 159,293 (this year)

longest fic: Courting Danger, 11,786 words (all time) + (this year)

shortest fic: Alternate Birthday Plans, 432 words (all time) + (this year)

fic with the most kudos: Courting Danger, 682 kudos (all time and this year)

fic with the most bookmarks: Courting Danger, 188 kudos (all time and this year)

fic with the most comment threads: Courting Danger, 40 comment threads (all time and this year)

total amount of kudos: 9285 (all time) / 8660 (this year)

total amount of bookmarks: 1235 (all time) / 1151 (this year)

total amount of comment threads: 534 (all time) / 502 (this year)

fandoms written for: 911 Lone Star (24), 911 (24), SEAL Team (25), The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (9), SWAT (6), Daredevil (3), Love Victor (1), Elite (1), Hudson & Rex (1), Roswell New Mexico (1), The Old Guard (2) for this year, more in other years

fests you’ve written for: SEAL Team Week, Febuwhump, 911 Lone Star Angst Week,  911 Pride Week, 911 Fluff Week, Buckley Siblings Week, 911 AU Weekend (loved this one), Soulmate Exchange for Firehouse 126 Discord, Flufftober, Exes of 911 Week

pairings written for: Trent/Clay (SEAL Team) (21), Tarlos (16), Buddie (10), Buck/Jim (5), Sam/Bucky (5), Marcy (5), Bucky/Matt (3), Henren (2), Buckley Siblings (2), and Grudd (2) 

favorite fic you’ve written this year (links to A03) : Waiting For Your Love and Are You DTF?

goals for next year: keep writing!  Prior to 2021, I had only dabbled in writing fanfiction, this was the first year that I had ideas and finally got them to 'paper' and up on A03.  One of my first focuses is to finished Heat Rising and then to finish off a couple longer WIPs that I've had lingering around.  Also hoping to participate in the same events this year, they were all a lot of fun!

Thanks to everyone that I’ve met this year and all of those who have read and engaged with my fics!

Tagging @disasterfandoms, @thatnerdemryn, @caitlesshea, @sadieyuki and anyone else would like to play!

[suddenly-i-care-a-lot]

as somone who knows nothing about coding so idk how this would work or even if it could but like i think it would be cool if a03 had like some sort of statistic that said what number your fic was, like was it the 1,045th fic written/posted for __ fandom or 34,009 fic written/posted for the ____ pairing i dunno i just think it would be neat

[sugar-tits-and-thunder-thighs]

A03 Monthly Stats Project

This year, in celebration of finally having access to a computer for the entire 365 days, I'm taking meticulous notes about my Ao3 stats! The goal is to be able to create a 100% accurate Ao3 wrapped, and not last minute.

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