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[destinationtoast]

Toastystats: Happy anniversary, Goncharov fandom!

In honor of two years since Tumblr went nuts over Goncharov, I've archived my original stats and analyses (including discussion/stats about the prevalence of femslash in the fandom), and I've done some follow up analyses.

Click through to AO3 for more data and discussion, and for any clarifications/corrections.

[slothquisitor]

Just in case you were wondering, I woke up and am still thinking about Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.

It's about grief! It's about what happens when you don't deal with it, and about how escapism can only get you so far! There is a giant marshmallow man who eats his favorite magic rocks that is probably the most powerful being in the universe! There is a monkey man who collects the legs of his enemies! It is earnest and gut-wrenching and pulls exactly zero punches!

[tinkleshnitz]

i just cut off a lot of my hair and got this cute little shag cut type thing. my mom told me i look like a lesbian now, BUT LITTLE DOES SHE KNOW

[philiatrix]

I will say it is delightful to see people add tags to my Rosie/aimé art and see their assumptions. Some are delightful but sadly incorrect and then some are weirdly on target.

[polutrope]

Elwing/Earendil, 3

Thank you! From the kiss asks. On AO3.

3. ... goodbye.

Elros and Elrond, who were enlisted to help prepare Vingilot for her voyage, chase each other around the ship. Their laughter erupts into shrieks of delight, their bare feet stamp over the white timber. Elwing’s eyes dart between them with instinctive concern, watching that they do not trip over the rigging or go barreling overboard.

Eärendil catches her eyes and grins. The morning light bleaches out the lines of care that have begun to mark his face in recent years, even as they mark hers. He is awash with the glow of youth, and Elwing is reminded of a boy of eleven assisting his father aboard Eärrámë with such confidence and such enthusiasm that she had thought for the first time, ‘I want to kiss him!’ and then looked away at once, alarmed but excited by the notion.

It was several years before she did, but since then there have been countless kisses. An hour ago in their bedchamber, they shared a dozen more, as he assured her between each one that it would not be their last.

[jaeheydaris]

finally wrote my 1k words. starting the righteous gemstones as a treat. then beddy bye.

[miz-joelys-sherlollilists]

By my count the current breakdown of Sherlolly fics by year goes like this:

2010/2011: 19 fics

2012: 335 fics

2013: 1,027 fics

2014: 1,622 fics

2015: 1,330 fics

2016: 1,022 fics

2017: 2,198 fics

2018: 1,175 fics

2019: 535 fics

2020: 611 fics

2021 (so far): 64 fics