2025 Newmann Writing Wrap!
Happy New(t) Year, my lovelies! Every New Year’s Day, I like to take stock of all the words I threw at our favourite gay scientists this year. All of the fics below are Pacific Rim Newt/Hermann (Newmann) stories and I owe my first foray into writing fanfic to these two dorks, and never tire of putting them into SITUATIONS. Now without further ado…
Hermann Gottlieb: Consulting Detective
Rated M (43,750 words total; 11,041 in 2025).
A novel-length Victorian Detective AU where Newt and Hermann solve mysteries, Sherlock Holmes style with plenty of action, adventure and a Victorian-paced sloooooow burn. This was my first attempt at writing a mystery, and wow did I learn how much extra planning that takes! Features gorgeous illustrations by the incredibly talented @foxglovecove! I began posting in June 2024, but the final three chapters went up in 2025, so it earns its place in this year’s round-up.
An art/fic collaboration with @foxglovecove for the Newmann Halloween Zine: Weird K-Science! A light-hearted story in which Hermann notices Newt disappearing for three days every month and jumps to some… creative conclusions. (TL;DR: Newt’s a werewolf.) Featuring pining, mistaken assumptions, and a healthy dose of jealous!Hermann.
Rated E (the most E-rated thing I’ve ever written LIKE WHOA) (5,635 words).
A sequel to Lycanthropic Myopic, in which Hermann makes some questionable choices with sexy consequences (spoiler alert: here be werewolf sex.) Includes the most adorable illustration by @foxglovecove as an epilogue that I think about a Very Normal Amount.
A short Newt POV fic written as a Tumblr prompt fill for an ask I received. After Operation Pitfall, Newt gets sent to med bay, and Hermann goes to check on him. Love confessions ensue. The wild thing is that this is the only non-AU fic I published this year…
Apparently I can’t stop writing Newmann Victorian AUs, because here’s another, this time riffing on Charles Dickens' Christmas Carol. Hermann as Scrooge, Newt as the Ghost of Christmas Present… it sounds silly, but it turned out surprisingly fluffy. Oh, and it’s E-rated (spoiler alert: here be ghost sex). @foxglovecove made a gorgeous art of this one which captures the vibe so perfectly! This fic also happened to be my 20th published work on Ao3! The majority are short stories, but two (HG:CD and Compositions) are novel-length!
Grand Total words published 2020–2025: 258,897 (A quarter million words about gay science!!!)
Total words published in 2025: 25,049
Total words written in 2025: …significantly more, thanks to the works-in-progress below.
No doubt I’ll write other random stuff too, but here’s what’s for sure on the radar:
I’ll be posting two gift fics in January, so stay tuned for those.
Hermann Gottlieb Consulting Detective Book Two! I promise the boys will finally get together.
An epic Selkie AU. Fantasy! Adventure! Romance! Novel! I’m really excited for this one...
And with that... to anyone who has read, commented, left kudos, liked, reblogged, or interacted in any way: thank you so, so much. Knowing that something I wrote might have brought someone a bit of joy in the crazy world is just the best feeling. This is a wonderful fandom, the absolute best ship, and I can’t wait to write even more in 2026. By Jove, we’re going to own this year for sure!!!
