my fic -- 2007

[fahye]

Favourite fic overall:
This may be a strange choice, but that would be No More To Leave It. I fucking LOVED writing this fic, I loved how it turned out, and I am hugely proud of the concept. I think the emotions are strong, and the prose is good, and the allusions are clever. Pity it's depressing and bizarre and not McShep every community I posted it to had it tagged as 'character death'. IT'S NOT. IT'S NOT. Humph.

Other assorted favourites:
This year's grand success was certainly turn your sail (never say we die); it was so much fun to write, to a soundtrack of Up Is Down played seven million times or so, and the words matched the images inside my head to a degree that doesn't happen often. I also really like Twelve Pater Nosters -- this one gave me the jitters, but it managed to hit just about all the things I wanted to comment on about the film itself, so...I was pleased. I will never write anything as stuffed full of meta as Eleusis; it was exhausting, but worthwhile. Daddy's Gonna Buy You A Looking Glass is another one that was everything I wanted it to be, and probably the one I'm most proud of in terms of character voices & development. Healer will probably be my most-representative-of-the-year fic, celebrating as it does both the end of the HP saga and my own sudden obsession with anatomy, and I am very fond of the prose. And I think I also need to mention no sleepers must sleep, because I really enjoy ficcing out sidelined characters (*coughSamAnderscough*) and this fic was just as dirty and decadent as anyone could desire.

Most underappreciated:
Through no real fault of its own, Take to witness all the gods. It's a weird and disturbing fic, there's no doubt about it, and I guess I should learn not to pour huge amounts of time and effort into weird and disturbing fics.

Most fun:
Considering that we spent 24 hours in my room giggling and passing laptops back and forth and gleefully finishing each others' scenes and making high-pitched exclamations like WAIT WAIT I JUST HAD A STROKE OF BRILLIANCE! AGAIN! I think the honours for this title were won fair and square by Those Journeymen Divine.



Poetry

the moon tonight is an anachronism -- not very good. fair warning.
Distillation -- Milliways-ethereals sestina.
Spirits -- I can't believe I've only written one sonnet this year.
your red lines -- I...don't think I'll ever write anything better than this.

Thomasine-mystique-verse

Essential Singularity (Fade Out) -- co-written with schiarire, featuring Thom, Lucifer, and my own much-abused OC, Thomas. Some commentary here.
Fundamental Harmonic -- the sequel!
Thomas/Melody -- in which Thomas meets someone normal. PRAISE GOD.

Miscellaneous drabbles

Buffy/Starbuck for shati
One-sentence fics
Personal canon meme
Timestamp meme
First kiss meme

(arranged by fandom)

Arthurian

Mordred/Galahad -- for tahira_saki

Bones

Collated 5 things fics -- my first attempt at writing this fandom.

BSG

Adama/Roslin drabble -- for agonistes
Kara/Lee drabble -- for elly427

Those Journeymen Divine -- the Cylon Pilots epic by stars_like_dust and I.
Eleusis -- my intensely meta post-Maelstrom fic (DVD commentary is here).
Set Light To Me Some Surprising Day -- the one in which I managed to find sympathy for Dee.
A Sunny Day In Tartarus (The Nameless Things Remix) -- written for the RemixRedux ficathon.

Dexter

Ask Me How -- my Yuletide fic for pocky_slash.

Doctor Who

Mendelian Inheritance -- creepy-awesome Doctor/Master with regeneration sex. Um.
no sleepers must sleep -- my attempt to fic out Lucy Saxon.

Doctor Who/Stargate: Atlantis

The Holes in the Ground -- the Doctor & McKay, for the Multiverse challenge ficathon.

Hard Core Logo

Twelve Pater Nosters -- Bruce & Billy post-film.

HMS Praiseworthy

Ada-Sophie backstory drabble -- written for Ji's Pworthy drabblefest.

House MD

five ways it could happen -- written in response to the CAMERON KISSES HOUSE spoilers.
Take to witness all the gods -- the House/Cameron/medical ethics AU with drugs & kidnapping (DVD commentary here).

Harry Potter

blythely's 'Corridors of Power'-verse Harry/Draco -- for setissma, who introduced me to that fic.
Triofic -- set during DH, for dopplegl
Concoct -- a Sirius ficlet that I really need to rewrite and polish.
Healer -- George/Padma written for hpmugglestudies.

Milliways

A More Excellent Name -- Grace-Lucifer futurefic.

Ouran High School Host Club

Daddy's Gonna Buy You A Looking Glass -- long crazy futurefic featuring cohabitation and sex pentagons. UM.

Pirates of the Caribbean

turn your sail (never say we die) -- epic post-movie CAPTAINS TURNER romance, featuring rum & lots of dead people.

Slings & Arrows/due South

New in Amity, pt 1 -- still in-progress! Written for brynnmck.

Stargate: Atlantis

Elizabeth Weir throws parties -- ficlet for liminalliz
Impromptu McShep -- for setissma.
No More To Leave It -- weird & wonderful Elizabeth/Sheppard/Atlantic fic.

Sports Night

five gifts casey mccall has given dan rydell -- a birthday ficlet for villainny.

Supernatural

Give a Little -- my deeply disturbing response to the S2 finale.
Snegurochka -- written for setissma's winter drabblefest.

Stealth/The West Wing

Brief ficlet -- written for bantha_fodder.

Ugly Betty

My Friday Smile -- written for hobviously after viewing four episodes, I am bewilderingly proud of this.

The Wasteland

What the thunder said -- Kenneth futurefic!

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In conclusion...I will never write anything original ever again, sigh. But I am pleased at the variety of fandoms I wrote in this year.

Comments

[apiphile.livejournal.com]

I know I said so at the time, but 'tis worth noting that I loved no sleepers must sleep so much that I consider it canon.

[fahye.livejournal.com]

This being the great thing about writing backstory that stands very little chance of ever being contradicted by canon :D Thankya!

[apiphile.livejournal.com]

If Rusty contradicts you I will ignore him, I like your canon better.

Also thanks for linking to the Dexter fic you wrote. There is precious little good stuff! It's very much in keeping with the tone of SE1, too - the idea of his redemption being within his reach. I like it.

[fahye.livejournal.com]

Oh man, I wrote that fic in the last few panicked hours before deadline and nobody will convince me that it's not terrible until I have some distance from it. I'm sure I'll like it in another week or so.

I think I do prefer S1's tone. I still haven't finished S2 because...I don't know, I can sense massive train wrecks up ahead.

[apiphile.livejournal.com]

I have yet to start SE2 - I kept telling myself I was going to catch up over Christmas when I had time (as with Avatar) but nooooooooo, I couldn't download it from effing anywhere. Thanks, internet!

It *is* fantastic, though.

[liminalliz.livejournal.com]

God, I loved all your 2007 fic and can't WAAAAAAAAAAAAAIT to see what's to come in 2008. As one of the few wot appreciates take to witness.., *HEARTS MUCHLY*; I've been thinking of that fic and the Eleusis fic a lot recently, and hobviously have just re-read turn your sail. Mmmmmmmm. TO MANY, MANY MORE.

[fahye.livejournal.com]

My predictions for 2008 are: Bones epics. Anything short and crazy that can be hammered out in between huge amounts of studying. I probably won't be keeping up with many TV shows, either, so that'll put a crimp in my fannish behaviour.

[liminalliz.livejournal.com]

I love you so!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1