art friends were doing a yearly recap so! a form of it for writing.
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January: holding all your heart and its whispers. Real fun just playing around in the fragmentary sekai space. and making it adorable w/ baby Mizuki and how good Ena is with kids.
February: addressing slips. Shizuai week participation! I love the occasions Shizuku's being firm with Airi.
March: y un himno llena el mundo: Katvira gift for wish! Was a toss-up between this and Hoarding, but I was quite proud of how I wrote the, come-down after MSQ.
April: σκιά for Emot :3. Seeing people realise the foreshadowing was. Mwah. I came what I set out to do, and that was shatter some hearts with inevitability <3.
May: bled together. Exercise for me to feel out vampire and noble Shizumafu.... was fun to play with the prose as a focus for a piece.
June: all the world, to the same stage. What ifs and Arisa and Shizuku. A real fun space to play.
July: present presence. A Mafuena piece inspired by the second World Link for Niigo... I do wish the cards from said events dealt more with the comedown afterward, though I understand it'd be big spoiler for the actual event and due to the nature of them, they'd probably want to avoid that. My favourite Mafuena, I think, is when Mafuyu isn't aggravating Ena but seeking a bit of comfort from her.
August: echoing sentiment. Mizuena week! Intergroup interactions! Confessions! Demi Ena as determined by Ye Councile of AO3 Commenters! Giving Akito the Horrors by making him think about 'who is my sister most likely to kiss?'
Just a fun fic all around. And an idea I'd been wanting to work for awhile, the 'how' of romantic interaction for Mizuena. I was very pleased with this one.
September: afterimage. A Saria and Kirsten request among all the dominant players this year, because I did love the image the song gave me.
October: spark and ignite. New Year's goal achieved of writing more mature stuff! Felt good to break that ground.
November: sunshowers and ghostlights. Fox Mizuki :3 Adult Mizuena. And I do love intertwined real world stuff in. Being able to touch on, differing perspective, desire, reality and want... felt real good here.
December: lo escuchamos. Prequel/Sequel to the other Katvira due to request by a crewmate. Harder than the other, but once I found the 'heart' to operate around, it became a little easier. There is technically another that could qualify but. It will be the opener for next year, methinks :3c
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I do also want to say... thank you to everyone who commented on a fic this year, or bookmarked with some nice words. It's! Been a difficult year for me personally, especially during/after the summer--especial thanks for those who know about the stuff during that time and were kind to my needs and brain then--and while I am someone who is like. I have a core of confidence in my writing, and also if I Don't write something for a while, I do start feeling it.
But I have been feeling the, lack of hearing back from folk, especially with needing to lock my fics for my own sanity's sake, and make it harder for bots but also actual readers to find, and it really has been the ability to go through my AO3 inbox and read even the shortest comments that have helped remind my brain, yes, this touched someone, yes, this mattered. Some of the most meaningful people in my life, I've gotten to know through my writing, so. I hope my writing does stay in your heart. Even if only a line, a fragment, that sticks to you and reminds you, this was a gift for me, too.
To another year folks. May we continue to breathe life into art.