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Brightknightie's 2024 Fanfic Year-in-Review

In 2024, I posted 6 fanworks (4 stories, 2 poems). The work that earned the most hits got 127 (fewest 19). Most kudos 15 (fewest 1). Most comment threads 12 (fewest 1). As usual, exchanges and events earned the most interaction of all kinds by leaps and bounds -- which is surely one reason we love exchanges and events!

(Curiously -- and I did not know this until I glanced at the Statistics tab to make this post; I have no idea where to actually view these, if anywhere -- two of this year's pieces each earned one "subscription." Apparently some kind folks want to be there if those pieces spawn series, which is super neat... but super puzzling in the case of the short poem? I loved writing the poem! But it's not exactly sequel-etic.)

"Found in the Fog" (T, gen, ~5K words)
Forever Knight: As a lighthouse keeper in 1890s California, Nick fights a deadly fog and wrestles with the epiphany that cost Sylvaine's life.

"The Map in Adarbrent Manor" (G, m/f, ~10K words)
Dungeons & Dragons (Cartoon): A special map promises a way home, if our gang can get to it in time. Sheila feels the weight of change. And Eric decides that he has to tell Sheila how he feels before it’s too late.

"Beyond Illusion" (G, gen, ~4K words)
Dungeons & Dragons (Cartoon): After escaping Venger’s Forbidden Tower, Varla must decide whether to stay with her parents, join Presto and his companions, or forge her own place in the Realm.

"Garbage and Flowers" (T, gen, ~5K words)
Highlander: The Series: Gregor, having started a new life, drops by Alec Hill’s house to make amends. But Alec is dead and Richie is the one who killed him.

"The Secrets He Holds" [poem] (G, gen, 192 words)
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess / The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time: The Golden Wolf need not understand the Hero's Shade; the Hero's Shade understands the Golden Wolf.

"However Briefly" [poem] (G, gen; 657 words)
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess: As Zelda and Link escort Midna to her departure, Zelda thinks on what they’ve been through and knows what Midna will choose.

Many, many thanks to everyone who read this year! Extra thanks to those who commented! And profound thanks to those who brainstormed, beta-read, and otherwise helped me do better by the folks who read (and by the characters we love)!

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Fanfic year-in-review (2023)

I posted 7 fanfic stories this past year, which is more than I've posted in a single year since 2011. And 4 of them were "just because" stories, not for an event or exchange. I'm feeling very happy with both of those statistics! I hope to do as much or more, as well or better, this year, circumstances permitting.

( Link list of stories )

Some of the stories I'm personally happiest with from this year include: "Allow Me To Demonstrate" (BSG78) for helping me earn a deeper understanding and appreciation of the Sheba character, and for contributing an angle I feel is rare in the currently available fandom fic. Similarly with "So the Heart May Become the Eye" (D&DC) for the same with the Terri character, plus exploring evergreen unresolved canon questions. And I'm also -- though very differently -- happy with "By Zoom or Skype or Google Meet" (D&DC); this is just a deep-cut long-post-canon id-fic of our heroes all being okay at a dark time, and may, frankly, be unreadable outside that context, but it made me feel okay, too, while I was writing it, and I'm grateful. ♥

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My fanfic year-in-review 2022

Now that

hlh_shortcuts has de-anonymized, I can share my 2022 fanfic year-in-review list:

June: Forever Knight: "Amaranth (love-lies-bleeding)" in the FKFicFest challenge (M, m/f, ~5K words) (12 kudos, 8 comment threads)

August: Battlestar Galactica (1978): "Conjunction" for Sharpest_asp in the Every Woman exchange (G, gen, ~2K words) (6 kudos, 2 comment threads)

December: Highlander: "Would you leave" for Argentum_ls in the HLH_Shorcuts exchange (G, gen, 3K words) (28 kudos, 8 comment threads)

I'd planned to post more stories in 2022. But the Retro TV exchange didn't happen. And I didn't manage to complete anything not event-driven.

( Ruminations and looking forward )

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2021 Fanfiction year-in-review

Now that HLH_Shortcuts has revealed, I'd like to share my list of stories posted in '21. Five is more in a single year than I've completed in a very long time. Part of that may be the renewed availability of compatible exchanges! Part may be longing to be more involved with all of you.

I seem to have been into missing scenes this past year:

FK: "Bright with Anticipation" (G, gen, 550 words) (April)
Just because. Self-indulgent happy Easter canon-divergence starring Father Rochefort (from "For I Have Sinned"), with Nick, Schanke, and Natalie.

FK: "Say Otherwise" (T, gen, ~3K words) (May)
FKFicFest. Missing scene to fill and reinterpret some of the most egregious holes in "Trophy Girl," starring Tracy, with her mom, Reese, and Nick.

FK: "For the Living" (G, gen, ~2K words) (July)
Every Woman Exchange. Canon-compliant workday with Natalie's team, off-screen inside "Cherry Blossoms," starring Natalie, with Grace and Eddie.

BSG78: "The Field Trip" (G, gen, ~5K words) (September)
Retro TV Exchange. Near-post-canon mild adventure with some introspection, angst, and sibling issues, starring Apollo, with Athena, Starbuck, Cassiopeia, and a little Boxey.

HL: "Legend Has It" (G, gen, ~3K words) (December)
HLH_Shortcuts. One missing scene and two rewritten scenes. Mainly a conversation between Darius and Richie immediately after "Band of Brothers," but also a fix-it for "Archangel" with Methos, Duncan, and Joe, because: because.

Unposted, I did draft and fool with a pile of assorted tiny snippets, some maybe worth polishing up and expanding, most definitely not. And I started that rare-pair D&DC story and got ... checking ... 1,117 typed words into it, plus some handwritten notes. I would definitely like to finish and share that this year.

Thank you for coming along for the ride!

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2020 Fanfic Year in Review (belated)

Because the HL fest reveals got pushed, I never made a 2020 fanfic year-in-review post in the season for them. May I do one now? I posted more total stories last year than I've posted in a single year in a long time. Perhaps I can do more, and better, this year.

January 2020
"A New Year’s Resolution"
Dungeons & Dragons (the '80s cartoon). 100 words. General, gen.
Present-day Eric feels melancholy and musters resolve.

April 2020
"Still Breathing"
Forever Knight. 4,169 words. Teen, gen.
Nick takes on a forgotten cold case and a new humanity therapy, while Schanke leads a project preparing for the reassignment of the homicide squad.

July 2020
"Still Burns"
Pokémon GO. 1,120 words. General, gen.
Just before the first Team GO Rocket invasion, Candela and Charmander go to train at the Ponyta field.

December 2020
"The Power That’s Inside (We All Live in a Pokémon World)"
Highlander / Pokémon - All Media Types. 6,876 words. Teen, gen.
Duncan knew that Methos had a hustle as a Pokémon GO influencer on social media. But there was so much more he didn’t know. And every game needs a champion.

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2019 Fanfiction year-in-review

The 2019 HL exchange authors have been revealed! So I can now share my own tiny annual round-up:

"Fill in the Blanks"
beta by skieswideopen; in fkficfest
Forever Knight (~4K words, Teen, gen) (Urs, Nick, Lacroix)
July '19 to date: 131 hits, 15 kudos, 5 comment threads

"Inside the Lines"
beta by skieswideopen; in hlh_shortcuts
Highlander (~3K words, General, gen) (Ceirdwyn, Methos, Duncan)
December '19 to date: 112 hits, 13 kudos, 8 comment threads

And it doesn't really count, but on New Year's Day 2020, I posted a drabble: "A New Year’s Resolution" Dungeons & Dragons (the '80s cartoon), 100 words, G, gen, Eric.

2019 AO3 statistics (across 107 works in 12 fandoms):

28 Kudos 13 Comment Threads 1 Bookmark 243 Hits

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2018 Fanfiction Year-in-Review

The 2018 HL exchange authors have been revealed on the AO3! So I can now share my own tiny annual round-up:

"The European Occultists"
beta by skieswideopen, for Merfilly, in fkficfest
crossover between Forever Knight and Nick Knight (~4K words, G, gen)
Jul. '18 to date: 146 hits, 10 kudos, 7 comment threads

"Halcyon"
beta by skieswideopen & batdina, plus a note from senmut, for killabeez, in hlh_shortcuts
Highlander (~2K words, G, gen)
Dec. '18 to date: 191 hits, 26 kudos, 9 comment threads

2018 AO3 statistics (total 105 works in 12 fandoms):

36 Kudos 16 Comment Threads 0 Bookmarks 337 Hits

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2017 Fanfiction Year-in-Review

I posted only 2 stories in 2017, I'm afraid:

"The Decline and Fall of the Murphy Case"
beta by sholio; for lastscorpion in fkficfest
(Forever Knight; ~2K words; G, gen; Schanke, Nick, Stonetree, Norma)
05/30/17-01/06/18: 88 hits, 14 kudos, 7 comment threads

"To Reason Why "
beta by batdina; for morgynleri in hlh_shortcuts
(Highlander; ~3K words; G, gen; Methos, Grace, original characters)
12/20/17-01/06/18: 169 hits, 19 kudos, 5 comment threads

2017 AO3 statistics (across 103 works in 12 fandoms):

  33 Kudos
  12 comment threads
    2 bookmarks
    0 subscriptions
257 hits

I'd never noticed the AO3's "Statistics" tab until I picked up on it from

senmut. I learned that my most viewed story ever, by leaps and bounds, is my one BSG78 story. I had no idea (it's earned 7 kudos in 6 years, so who could have guessed?). Anyway, if you've never looked at your AO3 "Statistics," you might find them interesting. :-)

And I do still owe several fanfic "gift certificate" fulfillments from years past (list). Sorry!!!

Crossposts: http://brightknightie.livejournal.com/250699.html

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2016 Fanfiction Year-in-Review

I wrote only three stories in 2016, I'm afraid:

myoldfandom 2016 Exchange: "The Wand of Siora the Wise"
beta by Skieswideopen; for DesertVixen
(Dungeons & Dragons (1983-85); ~9K words; G; Sheila, Eric, Hank, Bobby, Diana, Presto, etc.)

   This was my first writing in this lifelong-loved fandom. I tried so hard to fulfill the prompt and be episode-like that I may have overdone it. Yet I learned about the characters as you do only when you're writing them, and found much delight in them and their universe! I want to write them again, and read them more.

fkficfest 2016 Exchange: "The Time Will Come"
beta by Batdina; for Merfilly
(Forever Knight; ~3K words; G; Janette, Alma, Aristotle, the Enforcers)

   Late summer and all fall are lost to me in a haze of overwork. I don't recall just how this concept found me, only that it felt important to stake FK's claim on an open future. I learned more about Canadian security than the story needed, not to mention Syrian brutality. But the story, I think, I hope, is finally full of hope and determination — first-season-style, today.

hlh_shortcuts 2016 Exchange: "Ships in the Night"
betas by Skieswideopen, Celli & Sholio; sounding-board-ing by ArgentumLS & Skieswideopen; for Idontlikegravy
(Highlander; ~1K words; G; Richie, Michelle, Angie)

   I almost didn't sign up for this fest. And then I almost dropped out. HLdom often seems to me as monolithic as FKdom is diverse; I worried and fussed. The kind people listed above helped me through. I do love HL dearly, for all that I'm lost in HLdom. I hope that I did right by it and by the other players, and maybe they won't mind me playing again someday.

( Still-unfulfilled fanfic IOUs )

( Still-unwritten fanfic just for me )

Crossposts: http://brightknightie.livejournal.com/220470.html

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2015 Fanfiction Year-in-Review

Fandom Stocking 2014/2015 (treat fest)

"Designed to be Seen"
for PJ1228, beta by Skieswideopen (Forever Knight, >1K words, PG; Nick/Janette)
"When the Nat's Away"
for Wendymypooh (Forever Knight, <1K words, G; Sydney, Nick/Natalie)
"Ad Festivum Ignem"
for Falcon_horus (Forever Knight, <1K words, G; Fleur)

RarelyWritten (née RareWomen) 2015 (exchange ficathon)

"Between within and without"
for Damask_and_Dark, beta by Batdina
(Daniel Deronda — George Eliot, ~7K words, G; Gwendolyn, Catherine, Herr Klesmer, Mrs. Arrowpoint)

FKFicFest 2015 (exchange ficathon)

"Wake the Morning After"
for MelissaTreglia, beta by LastScorpion
(Forever Knight, ~15K words, PG; Natalie, Nick, Schanke, Urs, Lacroix)

Still-unfulfilled fanfic "gift certificates" (from years past)

For Carabas, Forever Knight, a "For I Have Sinned" tag with St. Joan content
For Ravenela, Highlander, Tessa behaving maternally toward Richie's girlfriend
For Leela, Forever Knight, Janette&Urs or Janette/Urs
For Celli, Once Upon a Time, how Henry first figured out that something was wrong

Crossposts: http://brightknightie.livejournal.com/193771.html

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2014 Fanfiction Year-in-Review

Fandom Stocking (Fanwork Gift Fest)

"In Pursuit of the Paladin" (Forever Knight) (~1K words, PG) (Lacroix, Natalie) (Beta'd by Skieswideopen)
"Lazarus Heart" (Highlander) (~1K words, PG) (Methos, Alexa) (Beta'd by Celli)

Rarewomen (Exchange Ficathon)

"Wake and Remember" (Forever Knight) (~6K words, PG-13) (Fleur, Nick) (Beta'd by Skieswideopen and Argentum-ls)

FKFicFest (Exchange Ficathon)

"Missing Persons" (Forever Knight) (~8K words, PG-13) (Tracy, Nick, Reese, Myra, Natalie, Vachon) (Beta'd by Skieswideopen)

Still-Unfulfilled Fanfic "Gift Certificates"

For Carabas, Forever Knight, a "For I Have Sinned" tag with St. Joan content
For Ravenela, Highlander, Tessa behaving maternally toward Richie's girlfriend
For Leela, Forever Knight, Janette&Urs or Janette/Urs
For Celli, Once Upon a Time, how Henry first figured out that something was wrong

Crossposts: http://brightknightie.livejournal.com/193375.html

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2013 Fanfiction Year in Review

FKCommentFic “Bloor Mistletoe Challenge”

"Fair Shares" (Forever Knight) (~2K words, G) (Schanke, Nick, Natalie, Stonetree) (Beta'd by Batdina and PJ1228)

Fandom Stocking (Fanwork Gift Fest)

"When a Lady's in the Case" (Highlander) (>1K words, G) (Duncan, Tessa, Amanda) (Beta'd by Celli)
"Relocation Therapy" (Forever Knight) (>1K words, G) (Nick, Lacroix) (Beta'd by Leela)

Rarewomen (Exchange Ficathon)

"Yet There Are Many" (Highlander) (~3K words, PG) (Michelle) (Beta'd by: Leela and Batdina)

FKFicFest (Exchange Ficathon)

"Closer to the Renaissance" (Forever Knight) (~4K words, PG-13) (Nick, Janette, Lacroix) (Beta'd by Skieswideopen, Sholio and Natmerc)

Crossposts: http://brightknightie.livejournal.com/193062.html

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2012 Fanfiction Year-in-Review

Fandom Stocking (Fanwork Gift Fest)

"Scrubbed Clean" (Forever Knight) (~2K words, PG-13) (Janette, Nick, Lacroix) (Beta'd by Celli)
"A Hunt By Any Other Name" (Forever Knight) (~2K words, PG) (Natalie, Janette) (Beta'd by Skieswideopen and Celli)
"Thirty-One, Level 1" (Forever Knight) (~1K words, G) (Natalie, Sharon) (Beta'd by Malinaldarose and Celli)

Rarewomen (Exchange Ficathon)

"We Also Serve" (Battlestar Galactica 1978) (~4K words, PG) (Cassiopeia, Athena, Starbuck) (Beta'd by Malinaldarose)

FKFicFest (Exchange Ficathon)

"Chante à Nouveau" (Forever Knight) (~10K words, PG-13) (Urs, Lacroix, Fleur, Nick) (Beta'd by Wiliqueen, Skieswideopen and Batdina)
"Party Favors 2012" (Forever Knight) (assorted drabbles)

Crossposts: http://brightknightie.livejournal.com/117720.html

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2011 Fanfiction Year-in-Review

In 2011, I finalized 10 fanfiction pieces (~36K words). I also have 2 lingering "leftover" stories (~2K words), which I posted as commentfic for Fandom Stocking 2010/11, but still have not yet polished for the list or archived; they're not abandoned, just... not yet satisfying. 8 of the 10 are Forever Knight, 1 Highlander, and 1 Young Blades. 9 (prose) were written for fests, and 1 (poem) just because. They're all pretty much gen, as I measure it, though there are splashes of canon romance.

I also archived all my fanfiction on the AO3 this year, re-editing most pieces as I went. A big job! I still have to transfer the changes back into the originals on my fansite.

My thanks to my 2011 beta-readers! ♥ Batdina, Skieswideopen, LastScorpion, Amilyn, Ithildyn, Natmerc, Sholio and Celli. Plus Wiliqueen and Leela for brainstorming.

( 2011 Stories Table ) ( 2011 Fanfic Reflections ) ( 2012 Fanfic Resolutions )

A very happy New Year to everyone! May we all be blessed, and bless each other.

Crossposts: http://brightknightie.livejournal.com/88862.html

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2010 Fanfiction Year-in-Review

In 2010, I posted six fanfiction stories (~23,500 words). Three were Forever Knight, two Highlander, and one Harry Potter. Three were written for ficathon prompts, two as gifts, and one just because. They're all gen, in the old-fashioned way I think, but in today's terms, I suppose one is het, one is "pre-slash," and one has het and femmeslash.

My thanks to my beta-readers! Batdina, Wiliqueen, Amilyn, Celli, Havocthecat, Natmerc and Eeyore9990.

( 2010 Stories List ) ( 2010 Fanfic Reflections ) ( 2011 Fanfic Resolutions )

A very happy New Year to everyone! May we all be blessed, and bless each other.

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2009 Fanfiction Year-in-Review

This year, I posted seven total fanfiction stories (~40,200 words). One was in Highlander, three in Forever Knight, and three in the Buffyverse. Six were for ficathon prompts, and one was just because. They're all gen, in the old-fashioned way I usually think about classifications, but in more contemporary terms, I suppose three are gen, three are het, and one is het and femmeslash.

( Table of 2009 Stories )

( 2009 Fanfiction Reflections ) ( 2010 Fanfiction Resolutions )

A very happy New Year to everyone! To paraphrase Bill Watterson, I am so glad and grateful to have a big blank new sheet of paper before me -- and all of us. May everything in the world go better from here on out.

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2008 Fanfiction Round-up Meme

It doesn't look like much next to the breathtaking productivity of some fanfiction authors who have shared this meme, but my 2008 was unprecedently prolific. This was also the year I discovered ficathons. (I suspect a connection, oh yes. How did Bill Watterson have Calvin and Hobbes put it? "I work best under pressure." / "You work only under pressure.")

2008 is the last year for which tv_elf will appear in beta credits. I miss her. I am grateful to her and much_madness, batdina, leela_cat, wiliqueen, abby82, and a few people from the list, who generously gave their time and thought to make my stories worth reading -- and, in many cases, to midwife them into existence in the first place by asking questions and waiting out the answers.

And I am so grateful to everyone who read the stories -- especially those who told me they did. :-)

( The 2008 Story List ) ( The Rest of the Meme )