2007 in fic
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Circle [ZukaFuji // G // Romance // 1660 words]
It all comes around.
Rain and Lies [ZukaFuji // PG // Romance //1541 words]
Who forgets about their umbrellas when it's raining outside?
Megane Rangers (1-6 so far) [ZukaFuji, YamaYuki, SanaYuki (?), D1, AtoOshi // R // AU crack // 12892 words]
In a world where opticians and bespectacled people are threatened by evil, the Megane Rangers save the day! And spread some goya sparkles in the process.
Lullaby (1-8 so far) [YukiSanaYana // PG // Romance // 16174 words]
Sanada realised there was a lot about Yukimura that he didn't know about. The more answers he got, the more questions were revealed. Is this what people call "growing up"?
The Prince and The Horse [ZukaFuji // PG // AU crack // 4421 words]
A parody fairy tale of sorts, featuring all the Seigaku characters.
Love Story [OshiGaku // PG // Romance // 7679 words]
After years of no contact, Gakuto goes back to Japan and finds that Yuushi has become a romance novelist.
Affirmation [KiteRin, KaiRin // G // Fluff (?) // 1075 words]
"I wish we had someone like Tezuka as our captain," Rin mused out loud over his seafood flavoured cup noodles.
Gift [ZukaFuji // G // Romance // 1912 words]
Tezuka disliked Valentine's Day intensely.
Birds of Paradise [YukiYana // G // Romance // 584 words]
What will Yukimura do now that his toy has expired? (This is a side story to The City, set after the events in the main story. It contains heavy spoilers to the main story right from the first sentence.)
Tag [YagyuuNiou // G // Romance (?) // 721 words]
It's Niou's birthday. (This is a side story to The City, set in the main story timeline, at around chapter 3 or so.)
My OCD Boyfriend [SanaYana // PG // Fluff // 1309 words]
Renji got a part time job as a supermarket checkout. The job didn't like him.
Atobe/Jirou drabble [G // Wuxia humour // 100 words]
Atobe's qinggong was better than Jirou'd imagined.
Miffy [SanaYuki, YanaKiri // G // Romance/fluff // 716 words]
Sanada owned a pet rabbit.
Heat [SanaYuki // G // Romance // 270 words]
All Yukimura could think about was the heat.
Frivolous [Kite and Rin // G // Friendship/romace // 368 words]
Possibly a follow-up of [Affirmation]. Rin hoped Seigaku would win the Nationals and the idea didn't sit well with Kite.
Cool [Tezuka and Echizen // G // General // 313 words]
Echizen wanted to hang out with the 'cool' group.
Fine [SanaYana // NC17 // Romance // 8892 words]
Renji was used to telling everyone he was fine, even when he wasn't sure.
Renji's Plan [SanaYana // NC17 // PWP // 1500 words]
PWP!
Song of the Bamboo Forest [SanaYuki // NC17 // AU romance // 9617 words]
Meet Rikkai, one of the largest and the most powerful yakuza syndicates in Japan.
Misled [YukiNiou // PG // Romance // 2201 words]
Niou didn't like to think too hard.
A Dance with the Chrysanthemum [YagyuuNiou // PG-13 // AU romance // 11153 words]
This was how Niou, a yakuza, and Yagyuu, a university student, met.
Analogy [Yanagi and Yagyuu // PG // General // 814 words]
Almost a week after it all, Yanagi asks Yagyuu to meet up for drinks one night. (This is a side story to The City, set after the events in the main story. It contains major spoilers to the main story.)
In the Willow Shade [Yanagi and Yagyuu // G // AU general // 736 words]
Short background story on the two brothers.
Ten Years [SanaYuki // G // Romance // 1500 words // 6982 words]
Ten years later, Sanada discovered the meaning of the lonely rabbit.
Others, finished but not posted
Total number of fics: 27
Total 2007 "finished" word count: 103912
Unfinished (word count only for those heading in a definite direction)
Opinions on the fics
Favourite: [Fine], because Renji's voice was exactly how I wanted it and it was a combination of that unassuming voice and the simple plot that proved you don't need anything fancy to make a good story. And yes I'm saying my own story is a good story. :P I was worried when I first posted it, but am glad that I did.
The Best: [Love Story], hands down. It's my first OshiGaku and probably will remain my only OshiGaku, but it really /worked/. The plot, the characterisation, the pace, I think it all worked together really well and heck, Gakuto turned out exactly like I thought he would, somewhere between grown up and never growing up. He wasn't whiney, he and Oshitari didn't mate like rabbits - they didn't even get to mate at all, for that matter - AND he fought for himself. He was /real/.
Most underappreciated by the universe: I could say it's [Misled] because it was an exchange story and the recipient never replied, but I don't like that story enough to care. I think [Birds of Paradise] deserves a better response. But probably very few care about Renji from that universe.
Most fun to write: [Song of the Bamboo Forest] was huge fun. Some research had gone into it, but to call it research almost makes it sound like I went all nerdy and plucked books off shelves and highlighted paragraphs and made notes - it wasn't like that. I sat down with books and read and found it fun. The story itself was fun to write. Sanada got laid, he wasn't abused, and even though he wasn't a "hero" in the story, he sort of was.
But of course, [Megane Rangers] as a series is the most amazing thing EVAR and writing it is always full of lolz. And this is where I focus the Sanadabuse.
Sexiest: That AU backstory.
"Holy crap, that's wrong even for you": That AU backstory. Once I toldgiving_ground what I had in mind, she said, covering her mouth in horror: "oh my GOD, that is /so wrong/, but... so right!" It really is very wrong, that's all I can say.
Fic that shifted my own perceptions of the characters: That wasn't one. But I explored Higa for the first time in [Affirmation] and [Frivolous], and that was pretty cool.
Hardest to do: [Circle] - it's entirely to do with timing rather than the fic itself. I was at a very low point with my writing when I posted it. Nothing seemed to be helping, everything I wrote felt crap, and a lot hung on this story's reception. Luckily I got a lot of encouraging words.
Biggest disappointment: [A Dance with the Chrysanthemum] didn't turn out like anything I wanted. It didn't turn out /bad/, just not what I wanted.
Biggest surprise: [Ten Years] - people like it a lot better than I do myself. I did love how characters turned out, but the story as a whole has pacing problems. Or maybe it's just me...
Most telling: [Fine]. But I'm not going to tell you why. :P
Overall
Plan for 2008
reposoir.Posted
Circle [ZukaFuji // G // Romance // 1660 words]
It all comes around.
Rain and Lies [ZukaFuji // PG // Romance //1541 words]
Who forgets about their umbrellas when it's raining outside?
Megane Rangers (1-6 so far) [ZukaFuji, YamaYuki, SanaYuki (?), D1, AtoOshi // R // AU crack // 12892 words]
In a world where opticians and bespectacled people are threatened by evil, the Megane Rangers save the day! And spread some goya sparkles in the process.
Lullaby (1-8 so far) [YukiSanaYana // PG // Romance // 16174 words]
Sanada realised there was a lot about Yukimura that he didn't know about. The more answers he got, the more questions were revealed. Is this what people call "growing up"?
The Prince and The Horse [ZukaFuji // PG // AU crack // 4421 words]
A parody fairy tale of sorts, featuring all the Seigaku characters.
Love Story [OshiGaku // PG // Romance // 7679 words]
After years of no contact, Gakuto goes back to Japan and finds that Yuushi has become a romance novelist.
Affirmation [KiteRin, KaiRin // G // Fluff (?) // 1075 words]
"I wish we had someone like Tezuka as our captain," Rin mused out loud over his seafood flavoured cup noodles.
Gift [ZukaFuji // G // Romance // 1912 words]
Tezuka disliked Valentine's Day intensely.
Birds of Paradise [YukiYana // G // Romance // 584 words]
What will Yukimura do now that his toy has expired? (This is a side story to The City, set after the events in the main story. It contains heavy spoilers to the main story right from the first sentence.)
Tag [YagyuuNiou // G // Romance (?) // 721 words]
It's Niou's birthday. (This is a side story to The City, set in the main story timeline, at around chapter 3 or so.)
My OCD Boyfriend [SanaYana // PG // Fluff // 1309 words]
Renji got a part time job as a supermarket checkout. The job didn't like him.
Atobe/Jirou drabble [G // Wuxia humour // 100 words]
Atobe's qinggong was better than Jirou'd imagined.
Miffy [SanaYuki, YanaKiri // G // Romance/fluff // 716 words]
Sanada owned a pet rabbit.
Heat [SanaYuki // G // Romance // 270 words]
All Yukimura could think about was the heat.
Frivolous [Kite and Rin // G // Friendship/romace // 368 words]
Possibly a follow-up of [Affirmation]. Rin hoped Seigaku would win the Nationals and the idea didn't sit well with Kite.
Cool [Tezuka and Echizen // G // General // 313 words]
Echizen wanted to hang out with the 'cool' group.
Fine [SanaYana // NC17 // Romance // 8892 words]
Renji was used to telling everyone he was fine, even when he wasn't sure.
Renji's Plan [SanaYana // NC17 // PWP // 1500 words]
PWP!
Song of the Bamboo Forest [SanaYuki // NC17 // AU romance // 9617 words]
Meet Rikkai, one of the largest and the most powerful yakuza syndicates in Japan.
Misled [YukiNiou // PG // Romance // 2201 words]
Niou didn't like to think too hard.
A Dance with the Chrysanthemum [YagyuuNiou // PG-13 // AU romance // 11153 words]
This was how Niou, a yakuza, and Yagyuu, a university student, met.
Analogy [Yanagi and Yagyuu // PG // General // 814 words]
Almost a week after it all, Yanagi asks Yagyuu to meet up for drinks one night. (This is a side story to The City, set after the events in the main story. It contains major spoilers to the main story.)
In the Willow Shade [Yanagi and Yagyuu // G // AU general // 736 words]
Short background story on the two brothers.
Ten Years [SanaYuki // G // Romance // 1500 words // 6982 words]
Ten years later, Sanada discovered the meaning of the lonely rabbit.
Others, finished but not posted
- That AU backstory (5200 words)
- That AU chapter (3399 words)
- That AU Yuki and Renji sidestory (1683 words)
Total number of fics: 27
Total 2007 "finished" word count: 103912
Unfinished (word count only for those heading in a definite direction)
- That AU Renji sidestory (3008 words)
- [Lullaby] chapter 9
- Skin Deep chapter 5
- Troika fluffy AU (5126 words)
- [Worth] (2240 words)
- KiteRin
- Megane Rangers chapters 7+8
- ZukaFuji
Opinions on the fics
Favourite: [Fine], because Renji's voice was exactly how I wanted it and it was a combination of that unassuming voice and the simple plot that proved you don't need anything fancy to make a good story. And yes I'm saying my own story is a good story. :P I was worried when I first posted it, but am glad that I did.
The Best: [Love Story], hands down. It's my first OshiGaku and probably will remain my only OshiGaku, but it really /worked/. The plot, the characterisation, the pace, I think it all worked together really well and heck, Gakuto turned out exactly like I thought he would, somewhere between grown up and never growing up. He wasn't whiney, he and Oshitari didn't mate like rabbits - they didn't even get to mate at all, for that matter - AND he fought for himself. He was /real/.
Most underappreciated by the universe: I could say it's [Misled] because it was an exchange story and the recipient never replied, but I don't like that story enough to care. I think [Birds of Paradise] deserves a better response. But probably very few care about Renji from that universe.
Most fun to write: [Song of the Bamboo Forest] was huge fun. Some research had gone into it, but to call it research almost makes it sound like I went all nerdy and plucked books off shelves and highlighted paragraphs and made notes - it wasn't like that. I sat down with books and read and found it fun. The story itself was fun to write. Sanada got laid, he wasn't abused, and even though he wasn't a "hero" in the story, he sort of was.
But of course, [Megane Rangers] as a series is the most amazing thing EVAR and writing it is always full of lolz. And this is where I focus the Sanadabuse.
Sexiest: That AU backstory.
"Holy crap, that's wrong even for you": That AU backstory. Once I told
giving_ground what I had in mind, she said, covering her mouth in horror: "oh my GOD, that is /so wrong/, but... so right!" It really is very wrong, that's all I can say.Fic that shifted my own perceptions of the characters: That wasn't one. But I explored Higa for the first time in [Affirmation] and [Frivolous], and that was pretty cool.
Hardest to do: [Circle] - it's entirely to do with timing rather than the fic itself. I was at a very low point with my writing when I posted it. Nothing seemed to be helping, everything I wrote felt crap, and a lot hung on this story's reception. Luckily I got a lot of encouraging words.
Biggest disappointment: [A Dance with the Chrysanthemum] didn't turn out like anything I wanted. It didn't turn out /bad/, just not what I wanted.
Biggest surprise: [Ten Years] - people like it a lot better than I do myself. I did love how characters turned out, but the story as a whole has pacing problems. Or maybe it's just me...
Most telling: [Fine]. But I'm not going to tell you why. :P
Overall
- Everything turned out to be Prince of Tennis. I don't have a problem with that. I just write what I want to write and don't feel obliged to write for any particular fandom.
- There were a few short ficlets in July, mostly because I wrote nothing post-able in June. But overall, stories are getting longer. In the past, the average story or chapter length was probably 2500 words (I guess). Now there are a few 7000+ fics. I no longer split a story into chapters just because of length, which is definitely a step in the right direction.
- I made less SPaG-related mistakes than I did in 2006; I've become more careful, but there is still "lots more to work on".
- 2007 was more productive than 2006. The word count doubled.
- I played in different genres. Fluff was featured often, but so was outright crack and some heavy stuff. I also tried new characters.
- I finished a lot of things I started before 2007! But there are still unfinished stories hanging around. =/
- THERE HAD ONLY BEEN ONE CHARACTER DEATH IN 2007!
Plan for 2008
- Write at least 100k again.
- Finish all the stories from before 2007, and continue or finish all the ones started in 2007.
- Keep trying different genres.
- Kill some characters. Maybe. XD
