The results are in! A small sample size, but the results were pretty overwhelming, even with the caveat that that fic is abandoned and I will not be finishing it.
So--the first chapter is up! There will be 3. All three will be posted to my AngelSelene_Archived account, which is an account I specifically made some time ago to dump my abandoned Gundam Wing longfic from FFN on where I didn't have to see it, but it was archived. I figured that was a good place to put this fic as well. Once all three chapters are up, I will add it to the Wreckage series, but it will stay under the archived account (that is a neat feature I learned recently, that I can have multiple authors on a series while still having individual authors on a fic).
Anyway--Since this fic never actually had a title of its own (my file is just "FMA-CM Crossover Draft"), I'm calling it A Story Before Wreckage, and the first chapter is up!
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the
Organization for Transformative Works
So, I'm a brat and want to know when notifs go out, so I'm subscribed to myself. Since Ao3's stats are... uh, not great for the yearly breakdown they supposedly have (if you post a longfic across multiple years, the stats are counted in full for both years), so I can't see how many words I wrote easily...
But I could go back through all my notification emails, add up all the words, and find out 1) how many words I posted* for each account in 2023 and 2) how many times I posted. AngelSelene_Archived is not counted in this.
Uh, disclaimer: it's a lot. Also it's "how many words I posted" and not "how many I wrote" both because I had 3 longfics I posted this year that I have had written in significant part before this year (Surviving the Fire, Wildness in His Bones, and Brutally combined had well over 100k pre-written before I started posting). Anyway, that means it's not a true "how much did I write in 2023" but it's... uh, still impressive.
Stats beneath the cut:
So... GEO readers feasted this year (not a surprise since I finished Iron and Ichor). I may not have done Nano this year--my dayjob is retail adjacent, so November's always an iffy proposition anyway--but I did have 7 (SEVEN) months where I posted over 50k, and an eighth (Feb) where I just missed it.
Dramatic drop-off in Nov-Dec, which... look, IRL was not kind from Halloween on this year. Probably 20k of what was posted in those two months were pre-written.
What was the total word count? 611,305 words posted in 2023. AngelSelene got 208k, while GEO got a whopping 403k.
So... that's a lot.
And because that's a lot, I got curious about how often I posted.
Uh, spoiler alert: it's also a lot.
In case anyone's curious, final tallies were 73 times for AS, and 118 times for GEO, for a grand total of 191 times.
Guys, statistically speaking, I posted every other day last year between the two accounts. I had no idea I had posted that much. I also have no idea why so many of my wonderful readers don't unsubscribe when they realize how much I post. 😂
The actual numbers if anyone's curious:
I do not expect this year to be this nuts (not the least of which because I don't have over 100k of longfic drafts), but I'm def still recovering from the insanity of the end of the year, and it is absolutely impacting my desire to write.
To those who signed up to go through this insanity with me--thank you. Truly. 💛💛💛💛
So I saw this amazing art of Izuku as Toji from JJK on twitter, and my initial response was "cool idea, amazing art, but Izuku as Toji... yeah... that doesn't really work for me."
But the art... the art just sang to me. I've already been toying with maybe even writing a JJK/BNHA crossover, and the idea that sorcery and quirks are incompatible, and Izuku might be from a sorcery clan kind of... worked in my head.
So I explored it more, and well, here we are.
If a Hero Falls... (1611 words)
by AngelSelene
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 呪術廻戦 | Jujutsu Kaisen (Anime) and 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: Choose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Characters: Midoriya Izuku, Fushiguro Toji
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Fusion, Crossover, Midoriya Izuku is Fushiguro Toji, Canon-Typical Violence, Referenced Izuocha, Referenced Kachako
Summary:
The life and death of Zen'in Toji, better known as the hero, Deku.
Okay, so as of today-- Chapter 4 of Five Firsts and a Reconnection is up (get the tissues ready--this one's gonna sting.)
Tomorrow will be Wufei's chapter of Death Chooses You. Not Duo just collecting Gundam pilots like they're pokemon, nope. Btw, I am *extremely* pleased with how the 4x2 chapter came out, so go check it out.
And... probably alternate Firsts and Death Chooses until Tuesday (probably late Monday night for people who know my posting tendencies) when the last chapter of "A Bun in a Hidden Oven" goes up.
I really feel like I should apologize to my subscribers who are getting bombarded pretty much daily right now. 😂 IRL is a little stressful right now, so I am 1000% stress writing, and ya'll are getting the dubious benefit of it.
Next up to write--Duo claiming Trowa for Death Chooses You.
So a friend decided to put together a little lowkey event to encourage more omegaverse in Gundam Wing because as an old and, uh, slow fandom, there's shockingly little omegaverse for it.
When I write omegaverse, it has a bad habit of growing out of control because I love to worldbuild with it. I have way too many WIPs and am getting some anxiety about all the ideas I want to write without being sure I can finish them, so I've been a little stressed lately (IRL shit isn't helping that).
But I also really wanted to support a friend's event, so I decided to just see if I could knock something out. A thousand+ words of brainstorming and enough of a framework that I could write a 50k-fic later, and we have...
Fruitful Window Shopping
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Gundam Wing
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Duo Maxwell/Zechs Merquise
Characters: Duo Maxwell, Zechs Merquise, Dorothy Catalonia
Additional Tags: Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics, Omega Duo Maxwell, Alpha Zechs Merquise, Background Poly, Implied Mpreg, Clothed Sex, Crossdressing, Duo Maxwell in a Dress, Anal Sex, Referenced 1x2, Referenced 5x2, Getting Together, Porn with Feelings, I don't know why it grew feelings, Duo is collecting a harem okay?, Aged-Up Character(s)
Summary:
With a new heat approaching, Duo is going to need another alpha added to his pack.
Even though he's not ready to seriously start looking, Relena and Dorothy invite him to a ball for a little... window shopping.
Also, the inspo dress --cause if I was going to do this and have an excuse to put Duo in a dress, I'm going to do that. (I'm 90% sure this is AI, but if you can find the designer--let me know. I'll happily credit!)
