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It's holiday love meme time again! I posted my name there, please everyone go add yours so we can spread the love!

✨ holiday love meme 2024 ✨
my thread here

(I forgot the coding for how to have

donutsweeper show up and spend ages trying a zillion different things before remembering I'd put how when I crossposted the meme here last year. It's "@ then the username then . then ao3" without the spaces in case anyone else needs it. And just now noticed there was a link on the meme to follow how to do as well. Sigh. Brains, I have them.)

Recently finished another oven mitt and am now out of cotton so I can't do more of those. I have a blanket ongoing but I'm feeling the crafting 'want-something-different' itch so I want to start something new but I'm not sure *what* ssssssigh.

Anyway, have some

recthething recs (all mdzs/untamed fic recs)

Second Summer by Anonymous (152k)
Summary Snippet: A year after the mysterious death of the Jin heir, Lan Wangji runs across the secret, long-lost, amnesiac love of his life while on a night-hunt. (A fascinating canon divergent some people live/some people die not exactly a fix it AU)

Watch me ignite it by tawaen (10k)
Summary: The news spreads quickly across the cultivation world – Wen Ruohan is dead and his murderer declared himself the new leader of the Qishan Wen sect. Wei Wuxian is described as a demon, as a brutal warlord, as a threat to the very existence of the cultivation world. He is also, unfortunately, the most attractive person Lan Wangji has ever met. (interesting canon divergent AU, almost more of a set up then full story, but excellent read)

had a marvelous time ruining everything by livinginaworldofnoise (8k)
Summary Snippet: 5 times wangxian's feral kittens get in the way of lan wangji proposing + 1 time they help (cute modern au fluff)

A Yuletide meme I spotted over at

shadaras' journal. My Five Most Popular Yuletide Fics (by kudos) and then Five Fave Yuletide Fics (by vibes).

This list is somewhat interesting because kudos were not originally introduced to AO3, not until mid December 2010, so while my 2009 yuletide fics rank much higher in hits, they are lower in kudos. Add to that the way the greater MDZS-verse (MDZS Q and the donghua) snuck into Yuletide in 2020 despite MDZS and Untamed being too big so my five most popular yuletide fics (sorted by kudos) are probably slightly skewed but anyway, here they are:

My Five Most Popular (MDZS donghua, MDZS Q, Spinning Silver, The Losers and Lethal Weapon (TV)) when sorted by kudos and a brief comparison to those when sorted by hits

Frame of Fearsome Symmetry for oneiriad. 3.7k words, MDZS donghua
Summary: When, in a combination of irony and revenge, Wei Wuxian took Wen Zhuliu's core and crushed it, he hadn't expected the result. (Canon divergent from episode 15) 495 kudos / 3,787 hits (2020 yuletide)

How to Thrive in the Cloud Recesses for ChristyCorr. 2k words, MDZS Q
Summary: Wei Wuxian had thought that every copy of 'How to Survive in the Cloud Recesses' had been destroyed. He was wrong. (referencing e4 of MDZS Q) 487 kudos / 2,086 hits (2020 yuletide)

Laden with Happiness (and Tears) for whetherwoman. 1.1k words, Spinning Silver - Naomi Novik
Summary: Miryem’s celebration of her first Shabbat in the Staryk lands after being married was a little different than her previous ones. 401 kudos / 3310 hits (2018 yuletide)

Glistering Within the Grey for ellen_fremedon. 592 words, Spinning Silver - Naomi Novik
Summary: Being one of the two servants assigned to serve the Queen was meant as a slight; it turned out to be anything but. 348 kudos / 1992 hits (2018 yuletide madness)

Threaded with Shadows and Light for Minim Calibre (minim_calibre). 1.8k words, The Losers (2010)
Summary: The fact that Jensen woke Cougar up when he returned home in the middle of the night was not a surprise. However, the fact he was carrying a baby was. 347 kudos / 2,636 hits

and if ignoring the madness one and only looking at the main collection then the 5th is:
Daedalus at Sunset for jedi_penguin. 2.4k workds, Lethal Weapon (TV)
Summary: When things go wrong at the courthouse Martin finds himself in the position to protect Trish. It's at a cost to himself, but one he doesn't mind paying. 318 kudos / 3058 hits

(sorting by hits' order is 2009's Lost and Found (White Collar, 6,560 hits but only 255 kudos, 5.2 words), 2012's Missions Of Most Importance (Covert Affairs, 5,771 hits, also 255 kudos, 1.4kwords), 2009's Pear-Shaped (White Collar, 4,313 hits, 108 kudos, 1k words), Madness 2009's The Vigil (White Collar, 3,932 hits, 96 kudos, 482 words), 2016's Bandaged Moments (The Losers (2010), 3,922 hits, 262 kudos, 2.7k wods) and then Frame of Fearsome Symmetry)

Trying to pick my favorite fics, however, was hard. According to AO3 I've 142 yuletide fics and while about 30 of those are in madness, that leaves a lot in the main collection to consider. So, I perused the pages AO3 pulled out a few out that I really liked/found interesting to write/had fun with/whatever:

(DMBJ, Tremors, Peacemakers (2003), The Shadow/Captain America, White Collar, and two cracky ones)

2021's Palmoscopy for laireshi. 1.2k words, DMBJ. Summary: It was so loud that Xiaoge found it difficult to sleep. (I liked this one because it made me really think how *would* Xiaoge refer to himself? And eventually I settled on not having it by his POV but without him naming himself in it at all)

2020's Out of the Way Assignments and Astrophysics for escritoireazul. 3.8k words, Tremors (1990). Summary: Trylos Seven was a sparsely populated, mostly ignored, and exceptionally boring part of space. When Rhonda had been assigned to monitor the observation post there she'd expected she'd spend a boring term collecting and correlating data. She was wrong. (The request was for Tremors in space and I had a lot of fun re-imagining that as the setting)

2017's The Uncertain Dawn for Settiai. 11k words, Peacemakers (2003)
Summary: Badly injured, Finch collapses outside of Katie's place, sparking the investigation into how he got there and what happened to him. (one of the longest things I've written, a full casefic for yuletide for a request that had gone unfulfilled for about a decade. Tiny, tiny fandom but it made the recip so happy. It was also to try to make it as accurate as possible for 1870/80s Old West)

2013's The Scrappy Someday for Llwyden ferch Gyfrinach (Llwyden). 1.1k, The Shadow and Captain America crossover.
Summary: Lamont came across people from all walks of life in his work as the Shadow but only a few that impressed him enough that he wanted to meet them again. (The Shadow crossing paths with tiny!Steve, fun!)

2009's Lost and Found for featherjean (joyfulfeather). 5.2k words, White Collar
Summary: Peter and Neal are asked to look into a unusual case at the Frick museum, only to learn that things are not what they seem. (I haven't been back to NYC for decades, but the Frick was my favorite museum and I loved setting a case there)

Also going to throw in two utter cracktastical fun fics because why not:
2019's That Thing You Didn't Manage to Write for merriman. 1.3k words, multifandom: Dash Sword Slash and the Defenders of Everything (YouTube), Yuletide (Anthropomorphic), AO3 Tags, Fanfic Exchanges
Summary: There was a fanfic exchange coming up and if it went like it usually did that meant people would be writing porn for it. Jace Cockblock and the Creep Crew planned to put a stop to that. (short youtube crack!vid led to crackier fic, playing with an exchange's tagcloud is always fun)

and 2017's 01000010 01101001 01101110 01100001 01110010 01111001 00100000 01000110 01101001 01100011 for Sealgirl. 6738 or 1016 words, depending how you look at it. Numbers (Anthropomorphic) fandom.
This fic's first chapter is the binary version of the second chapter. It was the first (and only) time I wrote a fic before the exchange even open. It's utter crack and best explained by my author's note: Written for Yuletide for Sealgirl who requested the fandom of Numbers (anthropomorphic) and the characters 0 and 1 and asked "I'm not sure what to say about this fandom, except good luck! If you can, please try to stick to just these numbers. Not sure if that is a bit unrealistic." Complete and utter crack.

We had snow on halloween here, unpleasant, but not as bad as the infamous halloween snowstorm that dumped nearly 3' of snow a bunch of years back. It didn't stick, but it's cold and raw here now :( but it's November so I guess that tracks. The weather did mean I didn't get a chance to try to find any discounted halloween chocolates so I couldn't celebrate my favorite holiday, half-price candy day.

Daylight Saving's Time ends tomorrow here in the US, so it's time to set clocks back an hour. I hate time changes generally and this year's especially (gestures vaguely at the US's political everything happening right now) is going to suck. Sigh.

Have two weeks of

recthething recs (MDZS/Untamed fics and tumblr art from DMBJ, Guardian, LOTR, MCU, MDZS, Merlin, Sherlock Holmes and X-Files)

herald of spring by soleiloquies (28k)
Summary: After an unfortunate run-in with Wen Chao, Wei Wuxian finds himself trapped in the infamous Burial Mounds, where he stumbles upon a mystery that weaves his and a dragon’s fates together irrevocably. (really enjoyed this interesting canon-era sentient(ish) burial mounds AU)

All That Glitters by Witch_Nova221 (25k)
Summary: When Lan Wangji discovers he could shapeshift into a dragon, in a world where shapeshifters are feared and hunted, he has to leave his home and his family for their safety and his own. With the world at war though, he cannot just hide away and do nothing so instead dedicates himself to stealing the bribe money sent by those who would force their way into power.

His treasure soon attracts the attention of a small black crow who steals some of the vast fortune he has stolen but, as he realises that the crow is more than it seems, he finds himself not only reacquainted with an old friend but also drawn back into the world he has tried to leave behind. (interesting shapeshifting AU)

tumblr art recs:
DMBJ/The Lost Tomb
- Hei Xiazi and Xiao Hua (Gorgeous watercolor painting of the scene in Mystery of the Abyss when XH is unconscious in HXZ's arms)

Guardian
- Void Cat Da Qing (gorgeous)

Lord of the Rings
- World's most tense egg and spoon race (hilarious comic)

MCU
- Ability to stab - (2024) (gorgeous and raw Bucky art)

MDZS/The Untamed
- NMJ braiding little NHS’s hair (so cute)
- Emotional Support Zidian (Jiang Cheng and fuzzy worm snake zidian- adorable)

Merlin
- sometimes he forgets the power behind his magic and goes a bit overboard (hilarious Merlin comic)

Sherlock Holmes
- Brett always did a wonderful job at showing just how much Holmes hated the outdoors (this is hilarious and made me laugh)

X-Files
- I want to believe (Mulder and Scully exploring the woods and finding... things)

A meme borrowed from

trobadora - A guessing game via AO3 (this is based off my donutsweeper acct and not my birthdaybash sock, since that one is 90% crochet and bad art and 100% silliness)

1. What rating do you write most fics under?
100% positive it's General Audiences, yep, not remotely surprised by the result:

General Audiences (336)
Teen And Up Audiences (77)
Mature (29)
Not Rated (15)
Explicit (7)

2. What are your top 3 fandoms?
I think MCU has finally overcome Sherlock BBC? (AO3 is a skewed look at my fanfic output since I did not move the vast majority of the stuff I posted before AO3 was available and did not crosspost the majority of my drabbles/flash fics that I wrote the first few years when I was still actively posting my fic on LJ so a good half or more of my Doctor Who/Torchwood and NCIS stuff never made it there)

Marvel Cinematic Universe (41)
Captain America (Movies) (40)
Sherlock (TV) (36)
陈情令 | The Untamed (TV) (35)
Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms (30)
魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù (22)

Huzzah! I was right! I didn't realize Untamed was that high though. I've mostly quit writing for MCU and Sherlock (although there's always the possibility of treating a prompt for an exchange in one of them) so Untamed, and probably Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms, will overtake the others soon.

3. What is your top (3) character(s) you write about?
Probably John Watson? I tend to focus my Holmes fandom stories on him.

John Watson (53)
Sherlock Holmes (46)
Steve Rogers (37)
Wei Ying | Wei Wuxian (26)
Jack Harkness (23)

Considering Jack was my fandom for 2 or so years, I'm actually really happy to see he's in 5th place.

4. What are the 3 top pairings?
WWX/LWJ or Watson & Holmes would be my guess.

Lan Zhan | Lan Wangji/Wei Ying | Wei Wuxian (23)
James "Bucky" Barnes/Steve Rogers (14)
Carlos "Cougar" Alvarez/Jake Jensen (12)
Sherlock Holmes/John Watson (9)
Sherlock Holmes & John Watson (6) // Du Cheng/Shen Yi (Under the Skin 2022) (6)

Okay, honestly surprised Stucky is in second and shocked Holmes/Watson is above Holmes & Watson. (And it's hilarious that of my 13 Losers fic, 12 are Cougar/Jensen and the other pre-Cougar/Jensen. I think I have a type for that fandom)

5. What are the top 3 additional tags?
I deleted something like 100 Yuletide treat tags a while back so now I have no idea. Probably h/c?

Hurt/Comfort (76)
Drabble (49)
Introspection (37)
Alternate Universe (32)
Crossover (25) // Post-Canon (25)

That year I treated the hell out of multifandom drabble really shows.

6. Did any of this surprise you? e.g. what turned out to be your top tag.
Definitely surprised by a few things (Cougar/Jensen being so high for one, as well as The Untamed in general)

7. Readers of this post, did any of this surprise you?

And, while I'm posting, have some

recthething recs (2 Untamed/MDZS fics and 1 art)

The inherent romanticism of hiding a body together by Aki_no_hikari (4k)
Summary: Lan Zhan finds true love in the middle of a dark forest, burying a body. He offers to help, after all, he has experience on the matter. (dark lwj love at first sight modern AU that is oddly sweet, despite the premise)

No Loss by eb4life (46k)
Summary: After being forced to remain stuck in his wolf form by Madam Yu, Wei Wuxian conforms to her wishes of making it appear that he's runaway from home by doing just that. When he's God knows how far from home and manages to get captured by the knights of a king he's only heard rumors of, Wei Wuxian expects to be killed or imprisoned as the king's personal attack dog. He doesn't expect to move from "exotic pet" to "closest friend" within only weeks of his stay at the king's side. This story is inspired by Bisclavret. (werewolf medieval AU)

Art: Catch! by mekare
Summary: Lan Jingyi and Lan Sizhui travel back to the time Wei Wuxian attended the Cloud Recesses for the first time. (a very cute take on an iconic moment)

I have posted my name to the holiday love meme again, please everyone go add yours so we can spread the love!

✨ holiday love meme 2023 ✨
my thread here

(every time I do this I forget the coding for how to have

donutsweeper show up and spend ages trying a zillion different things. It's @ then the username then . then ao3 with no spaces in case anyone else needs it)

I've been playing yarn chicken with the oven mitt I'm doing and I don't think I'm going to win. I have enough cotton for it, but the colors will be interesting.

Here's this week's

recthething recs (two mdzs/untamed fics):

Who Ever Said the Past is Set in Stone? by Tekia (series, 3 works, 24k total words)
After the juniors are thrust back in time they accidentally change the past in ways they didn't intend so they try again and then again. (delightful time travel series)

A Brother's Choice by Admiranda (8.5k)
Summary: Once upon a time, there was a genius and his friend, who thought more fondly of each other than friend could cover, although they had yet to admit it to each other. The genius, thinking wistfully on days when they were younger, had been struck by an idea then. After some experimentation he had created a talisman that essentially created a door to another time, where one longing to see a long lost face could go and see that person again, and return back at the end. After all, he was not interested in reliving those long, painful years even if he could change some things for the better. Once had been more than enough.
He offered it to his dear friend first, thinking of a young woman who had inspired and sheltered them both in times of turmoil “Wen Ning, you could see your sister again! You should get the chance first, then you can tell me if it's safe for me and Lan Zhan to use it as well.”
So he had taken the chance, to wander back many many years, to when they were children, and the world was simpler. But he didn't tell Wei Wuxian of all of his plans back in this time. (interesting Wen Ning time travel fic, not Madame Yu friendly)

The Most Fanfic Meme (from

calliopes_pen)
rules: give us the links to your fics with the most hits, most kudos, most comments, most bookmarks, most words, and least words.

Most hits, kudos and bookmarks (by 40342 hits, 1426 kudos, and 519 bookmarks) is Cloudy With A Chance Of Something, a decent length (14k) Merlin, modern au Merthur fic that was posted during the tailend of the fandom's heyday (2012), thus the reason for the numbers. Summary: As Albion's Sexiest Bachelor for four of the past five years Arthur could have anyone he wanted, but as it happened the one man he wanted was an oblivious baker named Merlin who had no idea who he was.

Second for all three (and also another outlier numbers-wise as it was recced by a stucky tumblr back in the day) was The Time With The... , a 4k Captain America, Stucky(ish) humor fic from 2014. Summary: The five times Steve and Bucky lied about what they faced during the War and the one time they told the truth. Aka the five times they trolled the Avengers and one truth that enabled them to get away with it.

Most words (38.6k!!) is The World Again, a Step to the Left, a Sherlock (BBC) fic also from 2014. Summary: Moriarty was back and destroying everything and everyone who got between him and a certain artefact, one that John was desperately trying to get to Sherlock. When Moriarty found him John thought it might be the end, that he was going to die. When Moriarty shot him he was sure of it. But then John woke up in a world that wasn't his own, where Moriarty was dead but everyone else was alive and he wasn't sure how he got there or how to get back, or even if he wanted to. (Its stats are laughable in comparison, but those two are outliers)

There's one art, Da Qing Demands Fish (cat sketch for Guardian done for last year's Battleship) and three octopus crochet pieces, the Tentacles Tentacles Tentacles series done for 2020's Battleship with, obviously, zero words but then (and thus the reason I am doing this meme) 60 drabbles, which is such a neat number of them. I'm not going to list them but here's my AO3 sorted to 100 words exactly although that doesn't include the one with weird formatting because even though it has 100 words the formatting trips AO3 up so it thinks S@ve the &ees!!! has 108 words.

Speaking of Battleship, 2023's is currently ongoing. I'm not being anywhere near as prolific as I have in years past, not accomplishing much at all actually, but hopefully that will change soon.

Have several weeks of

recethething MDZS/Untamed fic recs:

no morning glory by luny0 (4k)
Summary: It was late at night, long past curfew, when Lan Qiren found the note. At first, he thought it had entered the doctor’s records by mistake, but while the writing was haphazard, it was the same hand. The notes seemed incomplete - a diagram of qi flows here, a note to procure clean thread for stitches there. Most confusing were the references to the golden core. They looked nothing like anything Lan Qiren had ever seen. If they had been found anywhere else, he would have assumed them to be the deranged ravings of a madman, but Wen-daifu, whatever their flaws, was clearly intelligent.

After the war, Lan Qiren picks up the pieces. (Canon divergent fic where LQR figures some things out and there is the hint that things will go very different as a result)

Oh if I could I'd will these clouds away by gdnightsweetme (7.5)
Summary: Lan Wangji reaches the shop and stops dead. There is someone huddled on the step, but the meager overhang does nothing to shield them from the snow and the wind. “They are not dressed right for this weather,” is the first thought Lan Wangji has.

A boy is lost, a boy is found. (sweet, modern AU, LWJ helping MXY fic with accompanying art)

Peachick by saichan (6.5k)
Summary: Really, it all started with her brothers. If not for them, then Jiang Yanli might never have had the idea.

Jiang Yanli crochets a peacock feather baby blanket to announce her pregnancy to her husband. (lovely JYL-centric crafting = love fic with accompanying art)

Fate's Helpful Assistants by wanderingflame (24k)
Summary: When the Juniors discover Zizhen’s teacher knows Sizhui’s dad—and there’s clearly something going on between the two—they decide fate has brought the former lovers together and it’s now up to them to reunite them. Unfortunately, Wei Ying and Lan Zhan aren’t making it easy. (Very cute Modern-with-Cultivation fic with accompanying art)

there is no limited dimensions by Stratisphyre. (105k)
Summary Snippet: Lieutenant Commander Lan Wangji joins Baxia Station as Head Science Officer. Of all the things he anticipates upon accepting the commission, Wei Wuxian is not among them. (delightful Star Trek fusion with some DS9 cameos)

Crafting-wise, I've two blankets ongoing. The first is the zig-zag one which is very easy and takes no brain power to do I mentioned last post. The second is a very complicated one, a dragonscale pattern I'd done a swatch with and liked but thought it needed a color-changing type of yarn and the pattern recommended mandalas which happened to be on a great sale (the 'bonus' cakes, multicolored 1,181 yard/300 gram ea) so I picked up a few to try out. I'm doing it in "sasquatch" color which ranges from soft purple to blue then green, yellow and orange before going back again to purple. No idea why that is sasquatch colored but whatever. It is such a slow, complicated pattern to do (it's a combo of Tunisian and regular crochet), wow, but it looks very cool.

The bread bag rug has been finished! It would up a bit more oval than usual, not sure why (27"x14") but it fits perfectly so that worked out okay.

Bit the bullet and signed up for the love meme thing again...

✨ holiday love meme 2022 ✨
my thread here

Also have (sigh) three weeks of

recthething recs (lots of Untamed/MDZS fic and assorted

ficinabox things (only one of which is a fic)

MDZS/Untamed Fics:
Due Process by Kytrin, Mslead (280k)
Summary: The huli-jing of the Yiling Wei sect have always stood out as neither being on the side of the law or against it. However everything changed with the murder of their leader. Now, with a usurper sitting upon the Spider Lily throne, Wei Wuxian fights to reclaim his birthright and set his clan back on the right course. No one will stop him. Not even Lan Wangji, the finest dragon on the force and the only man to ever come close to catching him. (Okay, so this a long one, but it's great! There's tons of world building for how cultivation still exists in the modern world and how those who are fully humans and those who aren't work together. The Mystery is well plotted and despite the length the fic never seemed to drag. If you have the time, it's well work a read.)

Of nothingness of everything of nevermind by Spodumene (2.5k)
Summary: Lan Zhan wants to get married. Wei Ying wants to know why. (cute fluff)

The Donkey Books of How to Be Good and Punish Mean People by Admiranda (series, 4 works, 6k total)
Summary for first in series: Little Apple is a good donkey. She knows this in her heart. And to be a good donkey, you have to eat apples, run fast, and kick people. (adorable and hilarious Little Apple POV fics)

Turn away at the western gate by Mhalachai (13k)
Summary: Cast out of the Cloud Recesses in secrecy following Qingheng-Jun’s death, the woman who was once Madam Lan makes her way across the lands as she mourns the loss of her sons. In Yiling she finds a small child, himself missing his parents. Can Liu Meihui help little Wei Ying when she can’t even help herself? (a take on non-jiang!WWX I haven't seen before)

lotus blossoms out of season by Kieron_ODuibhir (5k)
Summary: “How could you let him?” she asked abruptly. It came out—menacing. Her own voice hadn’t been capable of conveying anger like that. If she’d tried very hard to rage, it would have been shrill and unimpressive, and if she’d spoken the way she’d tried to just now, it might have chilled the right room but it would still have sounded gentle. A-Cheng’s voice had no softness in it, and both boys went very still. (brief glimpse of a fascinating things-post!WWX's-death-go-very-different AU)

It's not a fairytale by underwaves (16k)
Summary Snippet: After the Sunshot Campaign, rumors of a monster living in the forest of Yiling spread. Hanguang-jun is known to be wherever the chaos is. Alternative title: Little White Riding Hood and the Big Bad Wen Wolf (great AU and written for the 2020 MXTX Big bang, so it also has incredible art)

The

ficinabox recs (all works currently anon):
Art:
MCU- Thor- In His Glory (really neat stained glass art of Loki)
Star Wars original trilogy:
-Bond (utterly gorgeous Leia and Luke)
-Lando (wonderfully detailed, particularly the clothing)
Star Wars all media types and Discworld crossover - [ART] Interdimensional Parallels (Cat Edition), Death has made some new friends. ...hopefully they're friends. (An adorably cute Death)
Original Work - Meadow Friends, Summary: A bear and a friend. (so cute)

Choose Your Own Adventure:
The Losers: Hit with Your Fists - Summary: Roque knew whatever he decided, he was going to have to act fast. To punch Clay, click here. To kiss Clay, click here. (really neat format and a great story)

Cross stitch:
We Are Lady Parts (TV) - [Cross Stitch] You're Good Simple cross stitch pattern of Saira and Amina. (I really like the detail work on the guitar in particular)

Fic:
The Untamed - Answer With Your Heart (2k), Summary: Following the Sunshot Campaign and a rash declaration at the victory banquet, Wei Wuxian is highly sought after as a son-in-law. Fortunately, he has a plan to put a stop to that. (very cute)

I think am FINALLY almost done with my Yuletide assignment, the latest ever in the however many years I've been doing YT other than that time assignments went out on Nov 21st. Sigh. I'd blame this awful flu that I just can't seem to shake but it's really more due to a horrible case of writer's block. SIGH. At least I won't have to default and maybe I'll manage a treat or two even.

Anyway, I love the video of the scientists who discovered the black-naped pheasant pigeon (a critically endangered bird that hadn't been seen for 140 years) in Papua New Guinea earlier this year (link to article about the discovery, some photos and also the video on this tumblr post), hopefully you all will as well. :)

As seen around (although I added in when they were posted and if for yuletide because I was curious) and cut for scrolling:

Hits
1. Cloudy With A Chance Of Something (Merlin, 14355 words) Hits: 47699 (written Jul 2012)
2. The Time With The... (MCU, 3828 words) Hits: 13537 (written Nov 2014)
3. Ethics, Schmethics (Original Work, 2416 words) Hits: 8449 (written Jun 2020)
4. Confessions of the Fevered Kind (Sherlock, 4018 words) Hits: 7652 (written Apr 2012)
5. Control, Or Lack Thereof (Teen Wolf, 2732 words) Hits: 7233 (written Apr 2012)
6. Love Will Keep Us Tooooogether (MCU, 4836 words) 6824 (written Sept 2014)
7. Preparing For Change (Sherlock, 1764 words) Hits: 6705 (written Jun 2011)
8. Lost and Found (White Collar, 5214 words) Hits: 5905 (written Dec 2009 - yuletide fic)
9. Haunting Laughter (Sherlock, 5385 words) Hits: 5575 (written Jun 2011)
10. Missions Of Most Importance (Covert Affairs, 1406 words) Hits: 5158 (written Dec 2012- yuletide fic)

Kudos
1. Cloudy With A Chance Of Something (Merlin, 14355 words) Kudos: 2655 (written Jul 2012)
2. The Time With The... (MCU, 3828 words) Kudos: 1670 (written Nov 2014)
3. Love Will Keep Us Tooooogether (MCU, 4836 words) Kudos: 634 (written Sept 2014)
4. Confessions of the Fevered Kind (Sherlock, 4018 words) Kudos: 464 (written Apr 2012)
5. Control, Or Lack Thereof (Teen Wolf, 2732 words) Kudos: 458 (written Apr 2012)
6. Between Memory and Moment (Charmed, 5926 words) Kudos: 448 (written Jul 2018)
7. Eloquence in Motion (Sherlock Holmes (Downey films), 725 words) Kudos: 393 (written Jul 2013)
8. The Sky Visitor (WTNV/, The Incredible Hulk, 1224 words) Kudos: 393 (written Aug 2013)
9. Advance and Be Recognized (MCU, 1864 words) Kudos: 375 (written Jul 2012)
10. Visions, Illusions, and Nothing (Everything) to Hide (NCIS, 2782 words) Kudos: 338 (written May 2019)

Bookmarks (according to stats page, including hidden ones)
1. Cloudy With A Chance Of Something (Merlin, 14355 words) Bookmarks: 767 (written Jul 2012)
2. The Time With The... (MCU, 3828 words) Bookmarks: 366 (written Nov 2014)
3. Between Memory and Moment (Charmed, 5926 words) Bookmarks: 144 (written Jul 2018)
4. Confessions of the Fevered Kind (Sherlock, 4018 words) Bookmarks: 136 (written Apr 2012)
5. Love Will Keep Us Tooooogether (MCU, 4836 words) Bookmarks: 127 (written Sept 2014)
6. Control, Or Lack Thereof (Teen Wolf, 2732 words) Bookmarks: 110 (written Apr 2012)
7. The Depths of Silence (The Losers, 2167 words) Bookmarks: 71 (written Jan 2018)
8. The Moment's Respite (9-1-1, 1163 words) Bookmarks: 71 (written Feb 2020)
9. To Not Exceed the Limit (The Losers, 4222 words) Bookmarks: 65 (written Feb 2018)
10. How to Thrive in the Cloud Recesses (MDZS, 1209 words) Bookmarks: 65 (written Dec 2020 - yuletide fic)

Subscriptions
1. Cloudy With A Chance Of Something (Merlin, 14355 words) Subscriptions: 43 (written Jul 2012)
2. Grief and Blame, Interwoven (MDZS, 2762 words) Subscriptions: 32 (written Oct 2021)
3. Control, Or Lack Thereof (Teen Wolf, 2732 words) Subscriptions: 16 (written Apr 2012)
4. Frame of Fearsome Symmetry (MDZS, 1060 words) Subscriptions: 12 (written Dec 2020 - yuletide fic)
5. The Moment's Respite (9-1-1, 1163 words) Subscriptions: 11 (written Feb 2020)
— Memories of a Life Never Lived (MDZS, 1351 words) Subscriptions: 11 (May 2021)
7. The Time With The... (MCU, 3828 words) Subscriptions: 10 (written Nov 2014)
— The Placing of Thread (MDZS, 1562 words) Subscriptions: 10 (Sep 2020)
— The Worse Tomorrow (MDZS, 555 words) Subscriptions: 10 (written Jan 2021)
10. Tethers to Home (9-1-1, 2630 words) Subscriptions: 9 (written Feb 2020)
— Stains of Regret (MDZS, 1429 words) Subscriptions: 9 (written Jul 2021)
— Moments of Warmth and Home (MDZS, 200 words) Subscriptions: 9 (written Aug 2021)

Generally, this is what I expected, although the subscriptions list is a little surprising to me. Sorry, everyone interested in the LXC-time travels-but-fucks-up fic, that's definitely a one shot! Although, honestly, so are all the MDZS (which I just used to label anything in the greater expanded MDZS universe)

As seen elsewhere

1) First year you signed up for Yuletide
2009 (fun fact, this was the split year - signups at the old site but fics posted to AO3)

2) Last year you signed up for Yuletide (other than this one)
last year

3) Have you signed up this year?
yes

4) Have you skipped signing up any years since you first took part?
nope

5) How many years have you defaulted by the default deadline?
none

6) How many years have you treated in addition to your assignment?
every year

7) How many years have you treated but not signed up?
never- I've signed up every year since it really came on my radar.

8) How many different canons have you covered in your Yuletide stories?
bwhahaha... okay, buckle up....
Assuming I didn't miss any, fandoms in the main collection only with some being a result of crossovers (and not counting this year)- 66

16 Ways to Kill a Vampire at McDonalds
9-1-1
Agents of Shield
Agent X
And I Awoke and Found Me Here on the Cold Hill's Side
Arrow
Baywatch
Behind You
Captain America
Cookie Clicker
The Big Valley
Call Me By Your Name
Covert Affairs
Dash Sword Slash and the Defenders of Everything
Dinner for One
Down in the Library Basement
Earth: Final Conflict
The Flash
Forever
Frequency
The Good Place
Gotham
Graceland
The Great Mouse Detective
The Haunting of Hill House
Haven
Houdini & Doyle
Ink
Intelligence
In the Flesh
Into the Woods
Jake 2.0
Killjoys
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
Lethal Weapon
The Librarians
The Losers
Magnum PI
Midnight, Texas
Murdoch Mysteries
Muppet Show
NCIS: LA
Numbers (anthropomorphic)
Outliers: Strange Stars
Peacemakers
Pushcart War
The Residence at Whitminster - M. R. James
Roundtable Rival
Secret Adventures of Jules Verne
Sesame Street
The Shadow
Sleepy Hollow
Spinning Silver
Street Justice
Timeless
Tremors
Usual Suspects
White Collar
Without a Clue
Wild Wild West
Wonder Woman
The Yellow Wallpaper - Charlotte Perkins Gilman
魔道祖师 | Módào Zǔshī (Cartoon)
魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
魔道祖师 | Módào Zǔshī Q (Cartoon)
陈情令 | The Untamed (TV)

and fandoms that appeared in Madness only - an additional 13

The Addams Family
Almost Human
Awake
Charlie Brown: Blockhead's Revenge
The Blacklist
Damien
Eureka
Guardians of the Galaxy
Lucifer
MacGyver
Second Chance
Stargate Universe
Yuletide

9) What AO3 ratings have you covered in your Yuletide stories?
G 92, T 20, M 2, E 1, not rated 6

10) What AO3 categories have you covered in your Yuletide stories?
Gen 88, m/m 15, m/f 3, f/f 4, multi 2, other 1, none 8

Wow this was not easy to tally. Also, I find it kind of hilarious it doesn't ask for a total of things written for yuletide. There's assignment/pinch hit numbers, treat numbers, main collection vs madness numbers, word counts....)

The questions:

1) First year you signed up for Yuletide
2) Last year you signed up for Yuletide (other than this one)
3) Have you signed up this year?
4) Have you skipped signing up any years since you first took part?
5) How many years have you defaulted by the default deadline?
6) How many years have you treated in addition to your assignment?
7) How many years have you treated but not signed up?
8) How many different canons have you covered in your Yuletide stories?
9) What AO3 ratings have you covered in your Yuletide stories?
10) What AO3 categories have you covered in your Yuletide stories?

Crossposts: https://donutsweeper.livejournal.com/650069.html

Bit the bullet and jumped on the bandwagon....

✨ holiday love meme 2021 ✨
my thread here

and this week's

recthething recs (all from the NIF exchange)

Under the Waning Moon (850 words) Summary: Shortly after the Chiyan Conspiracy is unveiled and Lin Shu dies, Xiao Jingyan secretly visits Mu Nihuang at her Jinling manor. (Jingyan and Nihuang mourning together, beautifully done)
Lilies That Bloom (1.5k) Summary: Liyang, after the trial. (wonderful look to Liyang's strength and what happens to her after)
The Secret History of Young Prince Changlin (11k) Summary: In the years following the Chiyan massacre, through the efforts of Jingyu's wife, her servant, Prince Ji, Consort Jing and Xiao Jingyan, Tingsheng is born and somehow survives in obscurity until he is rescued by Mei Changsu. (great pre-canon explanation for Ji and Jingyan's ability to look out for Tingsheng)
we cradle the sun (3k) Summary: 5 times Fei Liu was taken good care of + 1 time it was his turn to care for someone else. (delightful and tender Fei Liu POV)
memories to bury or live by (10.5k) Summary: Yan Yujin spends her maiden years growing up in the shadow of the Chiyan Rebellion. (interesting what-if AU)
what other lapis lazuli was hiding (1k) Summary: It has been twelve years since Jingyan and Nihuang lost their shared soulmate. Then they discover something both better and worse: there was always supposed to be four of them. (Fascinating soulmark AU)

Crossposts: https://donutsweeper.livejournal.com/648997.html

(meme borrowed and adapted from many people, altered a bit from last year's version)

stories: 24
fandoms: 16
new-to-me fandoms: 6
exchange/fest stories (including remixes): all 24
fannish origfic: 1
remixes (by themselves): 2

gen: 15
het: 2
m/m: 8
f/f: none
Multi: none

G rated: 17
T rated: 6
M rated: 1
E rated: 0

drabbles (100 words exactly): 4 (3 for multifandom drabble, 1 for yuletide)
ficlets (101-999 words): 3 (1 chocolatebox, 1 watson woes, 1 yuletide)
full length stories (1000+ words): 17 (1 trading losers, 1 chocolate box, 3 NPT, 2 remix, 10 Yuletide)
Long stories (10k+): none
My longest story this year was 5,925 words (Between Memory and Moment, Charmed fandom, written for NPT)

total word count: 41784

Fandoms (new-to-me starred):
*Call Me By Your Name
*Charmed (TV)
Forever
*Haunting of Hill House
*Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
The Losers
The Magnificent Seven (TV)
Original Fiction
*Outliers: Strange Stars
The Shadow
Sherlock Holmes (Downey films)
Sherlock Holmes - ACD
Southland
*Spinning Silver
The Usual Suspects
White Collar

Year in review, as seen around LJ/DW

( general stats and some answered questions, altered for what makes sense for me to compile )

Crossposts: https://donutsweeper.livejournal.com/575299.html

AO3 meme from Lan

( Stats and blatherings, cut to save space )

tl;dr AO3 provides sometimes weird, but totally unsurprising stats regarding my fic writing.

And now back to the Yuletide treat I used this meme to avoid working on....

Crossposts: https://donutsweeper.livejournal.com/568048.html

I'm bored so it seems like a good time for a prompt meme! (stolen from measured_words on dreamwidth)

How about alphabet drabble/ficlet challenge, then? Give me a fandom/character/pairing and a prompt for the letter of your choice and I'll write you a drabble! eg: L is for Love, Arrow, Sara/Felicity.

Any fandom I've written before is fair game - you can look over to the left to see what fandoms I've written in previously. If you're not sure, or want me to try something else, feel free to ask and I'll let you know whether I think I can manage it.

A - Archery, Arrow, Oliver -- Protect and Survive
B - Blue - SGA - John/Rodney -- Bitter and Blue
C
D - Donuts, Welcome to Night Vale, any -- The Most Important Snack Food of All
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L - Lucky - White Collar - Neal-Centric (Pairing(s) Optional)
M - Movie Night, Avengers, any
N - New seed - Plants vs. Zombies -- Seeds of Doom
O - Old friends, NCIS, Gibbs/Ducky -- The Long Goodbye
P - Procrastination, Agents of SHIELD, any -- Neverending Forms
Q
R - Runaway, Winnie the Pooh, any -- The Runaway
S - Sneeze - NCIS - Tony/Gibbs
T
U
V
W
X - Xenophile, X-Files, any -- Appropriation
Y
Z

stolen from

kaylashay

Tell me a story I haven’t written, and I will give you at least 1-3 sentences from or about it. However, it will likely be more and with luck will at least be a drabble.

(1) One prompt per person.

(2) Crossover prompts are allowed and encouraged.

(3) Fandoms Allowed: Anything you think I might know, including but not limited to: Arrow, Avengers, Big Valley, Doctor Who, due South, Haven, Hawaii Five-0, His Dark Materials fusions, Magnificent Seven, NCIS, NCIS:LA, New Amsterdam, Sherlock Holmes (any), Stargate Atlantis, Torchwood, Supernatural, Teen Wolf, White Collar.....

Prompts can range from something like "H50/HDM, Tell me what Danno's daemon thought about moving to Hawaii" to "SPN, Bobby takes Kid!Dean trick-or-treating" to "Doctor Who/TGMD, Basil and Dawson come across a Dalek".

Fills:
1) H50/Avengers - just how does Danny react when it turns out that Kono's got this side gig as a superhero going.--- 'Because Aliens' Is As Good an Excuse As Any

2) Avengers/His Dark Materials- Loki's daemon and Tony's daemon during the scene in Avengers where Tony and Loki are talking before Loki defenestrates Tony. --- Building Blocks

3) NCIS/SG1- Why did Tony have a burn phone that only rang once a month? --Mysteries To Unravel

4) due South/HDM fusion- Diefenbaker is NOT a Daemon ---The Confounding Canadian

5) The Great Mouse Detective- Basil and Dawson attempting to steal supplies from the Big Flat-- The Great Mouse Revelation

6) Supernatural/Sherlock BBC crossover- Sam and Dean are on a hunt. (Un)fortunately, so are Sherlock and John-- Annoying Amateurs

Stolen from

awanderingbard

Name a character and I will tell you:
1) The most interesting canon fact about them
2) Something from my personal canon about them

Any canon I've written in or watched or read is up for grabs

Comment and I'll pick one (unless you want more) of your fandoms, post the answers to your journal and so on and so forth.

karaokegal gave me NCIS.

( Q&A under the cut )

The rules are simple, if you're interested leave a comment and I'll LJ stalk you to find THREE FANDOMS you apparently love. And then you answer these questions about them!

1) What got you into this fandom in the first place?
2) Do you think you'll stay in this fandom or eventually move on?
3) Favorite episodes/books/movies/etc.?
4) Do you participate in this fandom (fanfiction, graphics, discussions)?
5) Do you think that more people should get into this fandom?

mad_jaks gave me:
1) Dresden Files
2) SGA
3) NCIS

( Cut for ramble )

mad_jaks and I recently were discussing fic titles and how sometimes two totally different stories in two totally different fandoms wind up with the same title, so she came up with a meme idea:

Give me a title and I shall write a snippet for it in several different fandoms of my choosing.

Come play! You know you want to!

So, looking at my calender, I just noticed that, by quiting, not only will I be missing staff meeting tomorrow, but I will also be missing the 'Annual meeting pre-meeting agenda committee meeting pre-meeting' which, for all of you who don't speak meetingese translates as a meeting to discuss the agenda for a meeting which will be about a meeting. Only discuss the agenda, mind you, actually deciding upon the agenda will happen at the 'annual meeting agenda committee meeting pre-meeting.' *shakes head*

Anyway, missing an important event like that demands celebrating. So.... PRESSIES FOR EVERYONE!

Hopefully, anyway.

Respon to this post with a request. For a story, an icon, a meta, anything. Doctor Who, Torchwood, Supernatural, NCIS, SGA, any fandom or verse I've written in ever (with the exception of Dresden Files, sorry awanderingbard, I've lost my voice for it). Timestamp request of a previous verse, continuation of a story, interaction between two characters, anything that strikes your fancy, and hopefully I'll be able to make it work for you.

Make a request! Help me celebrate!

Before I run off to my last day of work...

♥ the fanficcers love meme, continued ♥

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