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2010 in Fic. (As in, my fic)

ETA: Just tossing this out there. Some fic would make me so happy right now. I tend to get in a really weird/depressed mood when New Year's Day hits, because it means the Christmas season is over for another year. So I'm sitting here listening to every depressing Emmylou Harris song ever. And she has a lot of them. So if any of y'all are just out there with nothing to do . . . fic me baby! :) /pathetic

I wasn’t even going to do this, because this is the year that (canonically anyway;) half of my favorite ship ever died a ridiculous, horrible, unnecessary death and the other half discovered that the reward for sacrificing everything is exile from the country he loves and the privilege of never seeing his daughter or granddaughter again. However, I’ve found last year’s list to be a super useful tool when I’m trying to find something quickly, and I enjoy being thinky about writing on occasion, so what the hell? On to the stories! (Some of them are really short, because I did a lot of comment!fic this year.)

1. A Thin Red River Running Through

2. Water’s Edge

3. Free To Fall

4. Still

5. Calling All Angels

6. Alphabet Meme Round One: Elliot/Olivia

7. Running From Mercy

8. What You Don’t Surrender

9. Fic: Ethan/Allison [After All]

10. Some Other Place

11. Ethan/Allison [Ask Me Why]

12. Jack/Renee [Still Like the Sun]

13. Jack/Renee [Cold]

14. Jack/Renee [We Are the Same]

15. Jack/Renee [Not Without]

16. Fic: Jack/Renee [Broken Heroes]

17. Jack/Renee [Even though you are drowning in valleys of echoes]

18. Jack/Renee [London Calling]

19. Larry/Renee [Any place except your heart]

20. It’s the Season . . .

My favorite story this year (my own): Tossup between Calling All Angels and It’s the Season . . . I crack myself the fuck up with the fact that my favorite stories often turn out to be the 100 word drabble collections, because this is such a difficult way for me to write. I’m sure my affection for “It’s the Season . . . “ comes from the Christmas theme, because I will always be a Christmas stooge. But “Calling All Angels” took a long time to write and I spent a lot of time thinking about the words, so I’m strangely proud of it even if I don’t think it’s at all brilliant.

My best story this year: Water’s Edge. I don’t like this question because self-praise squicks me, but this is probably the bravest fic I’ve ever written. The fact that the fandom was even discussing whether or not the events of 8x06 should have been labeled ‘rape’ got me so pissed off that I decided to just go there. Because I’m me, I don’t love everything about it, but I think I at least managed to create an atmosphere where rape isn’t an amusing plot device. Ugh.

My worst story this year: Fic: Jack/Renee [Broken Heroes]. Many of the prompt ficlets are probably terrible because I just tossed them off. While I liked the idea of this one, the execution was way sub-par.

Fic that shifted my own perceptions of the characters: Some Other Place and Larry/Renee [Any place except your heart]. Both of these stories made me think about Jack and Renee with other people, and this taught me a couple things. 1) I really love Larry fucking Moss. And so does Renee. 2) Regardless of my hardcore Jack/Renee shipping, I don’t have any issues with Jack’s love for women in his past. Writing about Audrey also showed me exactly how much I don’t think Renee would have had trouble with it either.

Sexiest story: Well, I guess Running From Mercy, given that it was written for the porn battle. Still, there’s nothing crazy in there, although it is the first time I wrote cunnilingus. Wow, I hate that word! Have you seen Christopher Walken do Colonel Angus on SNL? Oh, good times.

Most fun story: God. This really was not a fun year to be writing 24 fanfic. Seriously. I’m gonna go with Jack/Renee [London Calling], because it’s fully angst-free, Jack and Renee are happy, and it makes me smile to think of the huge AU I’m still stoked to write.

Best title: Jack/Renee [Even though you are drowning in valleys of echoes]. Okay, I just picked this one because it’s from one of my obsession songs this year. I’m in a phase of taking almost all my story titles from song lyrics, and this one is special to me. *snerks* Well, more special to me. I HAD TO ANSWER THE QUESTION, OKAY?

Hardest story to write: Still. No question. I didn’t even mean to write it, but ultimately I couldn’t stop myself. I still can’t read it without sobbing, and that isn’t because it’s good. It’s because I’m never going to not miss Renee like a motherfucker. Honorable mention to Water’s Edge, because it’s another fic that wrote its effing self in my brain. Renee’s rape = almost as much suck as her death. Almost.

Most unintentionally telling story: Free To Fall. I wrote this in the last few days before 8x17, and . . . god there’s such a part of me that just knew. So I will always love this story because it’s the last one I wrote where at least in my head, Renee was alive in canon. I can’t make myself go back and read it right now, but if I remember at all correctly, my love for her is kinda bleeding onto the page as usual.

Biggest surprise: Ahahahahaha. Me writing so much Ethan/Allison. Wtf,

mintcloud? Also, the fact that so far, the Elliot/Olivia prompts are the only ones from the alphabet meme I’ve finished. I am such a dong.

Did you take any writing risks this year? What did you learn from them? This is one of those questions I could probably babble on about for hours, but I won’t. Writing Ethan/Allison was a risk, because I feel so shaky on characterization there. Trying to write Elliot/Olivia when I haven’t watched three years was certainly strange. But the biggest thing I learned this year was how to write AU. Renee’s death is unacceptable to me. Therefore, I will fix it in fic. For me, that’s new!

This year’s theme: Augh. Talk about depressing. According to last year’s version of this meme, the year’s theme was supposed to be, “Jack and Renee are ludicrously sappily happy in a way they will never ever be on the show, and they also have lots of sex.” And well, shit. I guess I didn’t turn out to be wrong, given the content of most of my stories. In the few places where I stuck with canon, the fic is depressing as fuck. What did I learn from this year though? AU I CAN HAS! So I guess the theme for 2011 is, “Finally get Jack and Renee the fuck out of my system by writing the London AU and whatever else I need to write about them.” Of course, the idea that I’m ever getting over them is ludicrous. However, my goal this year is to correct as many of HoGo’s fuckups as possible, so that the ever-expanding happy place in my head continues to grow and flourish:) /insanity

Oh! And another goal this year is to finally be brave enough to attempt some original fiction. Yep. I need to try.

lowriseflare, you are absolutely my inspiration.

To anybody who didn’t make it through that diatribe (for which I don’t blame you at all – as I said, I do this largely to have a quick point of reference when I need to find a fic), do you guys have thinky thoughts on fic as the new year starts? Is there anything you’d like me to try to write? Is there something specific you’re psyched to try writing? I’d love to see this meme by anybody and everybody who wants to do it, because there aren’t that many things I love more than talking writing with people who love fic:)

Happy New Year, you guys! I wish everyone an amazing 2011.

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YAY!!!

I don't have time to read this RIGHT now, but I'm super excited if this is what I think it is.

:) :) :)

LOL. Well unless my memory fails me (which it often does, so it could totally be one of those times), you were asking if I was going to do a list this year as I did last year, and yes, this is that list. I always feel strange, as if I'm trying to be all LOOK AT MY FIC, but it's cool to talk about fic with other people and to have a master list available.

Aw icon. I never stop loving that one.

Awesome list, even if it makes me go "Gah, I haven't done SHIT!" and want to bang my head repeatedly against my desk. LOL.

Noooooooooooo, don't say that! Or bang your head against your desk. Dude. I still haven't written the fic I most want to write, so believe me, there's plenty of headdesking to go around. Am I making shit up, or are there rumors floating around at 24nmore that you have something in the works?

You could always add the challenge of doing some RP even if only in googledocs. HINT. HINT. HINT.

Dude. I swear to god I want to do it. I do. You don't understand. I'm just terrified of doing it badly, or doing it wrong, or doing it wrong and badly, or doing it badly and wrong . . . you get the picture!

So talk to me about how it would work. I'd probably have to start with Renee because she's the person whose mind I can live in most easily. But even if I screwed up the courage, like give me a scenario. I'm trying to picture what I'd be doing.

RP would be a total challenge. Absolutely.

Pffft. Remember the comment to your last fic. You are never allowed to say that you could possibly suck at writing ever again.

Well what scenario would you want to do? There's post-S7 AUs with the first time Renee actually picks up the phone when Jack calls--or maybe the first time she goes to visit him, depending on your stance on whether she'd really let Jack call 7 times and not pick up. Or there's the first time she visits him in NYC. For S8 and AU post-S8, there's RPing a scene from canon (or in between scenes from canon) either as-is or the way it should have been written. There's immediately post-S8 AU with either tired but successful Jack and Renee heading back to his place, or there's Jack and Renee on the run. Or there's post-S8AU where Renee's been in the hospital.

It all depends on what you feel like RPing. :D

Ack! I want to do all of them at once! Because seven phone calls wtf? My brain is exploding with all these ideas. Honestly. Which scenario are you most into? I'm trying to sort of . . . organize thoughts. Which at this point isn't easy at ALL.

*is nervous*

OK, well I'm probably more for a post-S7 than a post-S8 because then we have top figure out what actually happened in the non-sucky version of S8. Might be easier for when you're getting your feet wet. :D

Would you want to do something where they're working their relationship out and figuring out how/whether they want to be friends, or something where their relationship is more decided?

Well I know S7 pretty much like the back of my hand, so post S7 works really well for me. I think (trying to ponder on the fly here when I am SO TIRED) I'd love to RP something where they wound up working together post S7 (obviously after Jack's recovery) with a combination of actual relationship angst and real job drama. But I don't know how all this works so maybe that's too much? I'm so clueless!

OK for a thread like that, we'd have to figure out more, like where are they working, what kind of threat is going on, if Jack's not working at this place but gets called in then we have to figure out why, there's how did Renee get hired there after what happened with Wilson, if they haven't talked to each other since S7 then why not...

In other words, that sounds like more of a possible plot than just a thread. :D An awesome one! But maybe not the best place to get started.

See that's what I thought! My ideas are ridiculous. I always get all big picture and then become grumpy when I have to figure out the details.

Okay. Let me see if I can not be quite so global. It's good to start out with something not TOO huge, I think. Absolutely. Especially given that I have no clue what I'm doing!

LOL I keep almost replying with my RP account.

And there are the options I gave out above for ideas. I think the main thing is to consider this more like thinking of an idea for a character-piece fic, not one with an actual plot. Or at least one with a quieter scene, as it's that scene that would be better for first-time threading. :)

Okay, so a specific scene works best for newbies like me? A scene that you are kind of trying to take from point A to point B? Mmmkay. I will think on that one. I'm hilarious in that my ability to AU shit is now out of control, so any thought goes off in ten million directions.

*nodnodnod* Though it doesn't even really have to have a point B, at least not one that you've decided on beforehand. Like, say, Renee's first visit to Jack after S7. I'm assuming it would end with them open to another visit, though I've done options where they've had a big fight and needed a couple days to cool down. :D Sometimes you don't know exactly where a thread is going to end up.

Impressive list. You are without question the most popular writer in our fadom, at least on LJ. Do I have to do my own list now?

My thinky thoughts: I need to write in other fandoms. I'm open to Mad Men and Fringe.

I need to do something for the 24nmore Season 9 challenge, but my brain still doesn't want to accept Day 8.

Aw, *is blushy*. Even if that's true, it's only because I'm one of the last people who still writes in this damn fandom. Argh! It's so sad the way the suck of S8 just killed the energy. Well, not mine. Just normal people's;)

Do I have to do my own list now?

No! Only if you want to. The fun of the meme is in talking about the stories, at least to me. Then again, I think having a fic master list is kind of a cool and useful thing.

I bet the Fringe fandom is totally insane! You should definitely give that one a whirl. No clue on Mad Men, given that I finally admitted that show is so definitely not for me, until such time as I wish to kill myself;)

As for the 24nmore challenge, keep in mind you don't have to leave in all of S8 even if you want to use part of it. It can take off somewhere in the middle, so you don't have to write the crazy Jack you really dislike!

I just posted my list! Man, that HTML coding is teh bitch.

LOL. I'm so used to it I could do it in my sleep now, which is another hilarious side effect of my LJ indoctrination. It's all thanks to

dealan311. Srsly. Honestly though, beyond the fun of meme fic discussion, it's so handy to have a fic list right there!

I don maintain another Master List, but it's good to do yearly lists as well.

I have never had a master list. I think I'm too lazy. Well also, I didn't really give a shit about keeping fanfic crap organized until I started writing for 24. Oh show that won't leave my brain alone!

ETA: If you can write Ethan/Allison, you can totally write Adama/Roslin.

Wait, WHAT? You actually see parallels between these two 'ships,' save that both humans are over forty? Ahahahahahahaha. I am le amused.

I wouldn't be even a little surprised if I write some Adama/Roslin by the time I get done with the show. I love them so much I can't even tell you, and not a thing has happened yet! They are just tailor made to make my heart do flippy things. My friend

lowriseflare laughs at me for being in love with the 'old people' instead of the hot pilots, but the honest truth? I would have loved Adama/Roslin the most when I was sixteen. That's exactly how weird I am. They are amazing.

I mostly meant that these two ship involve Lady Presidents getting involved with someone *cough* Under their command. As for the over forty set, *I'm* over forty! And so is Jack. We both love Bill/Karen

Ah, okay. Lady presidents and ahem. Underlings. Right. That parallel I can see. It's rough for me, because I never identified with Taylor at all and Roslin already owns my soul. Weird, that.

Dude. I'm gonna be forty in less than 15 months. Ageist is the LAST thing I am;)

Welcome to the best decade of your life (so far)

Oh baby oh baby!

A master list.

I find it awesome and interesting to read your overall thoughts on writing this year.

Running From Mercy--mmmm. Now that should go on the list of taking risks, because that was new and different for fandom. And fucking HOT OKAY? d;lafjsd;lfkajsd;lfasd

You also did a lot of emotional absorption this past year. And I realize that this doesn't make a lot of sense, but what I mean by that is that you felt a mood/scene/idea/plot occurence from the show and immersed yourself so completely in order to get through writing it. Eg. Still and Water's Edge.

I'm really proud of your writing this year, as usual. You've done a lot of new things and you've worked remarkably with that the fandoms did and didn't give you, and for that I am envious and gushy and happy and proud to be one of your betas. Because the work you put out has a way of making editors look good when, in fact, it is ALL YOU.

So, I'm really happy to have a master list. Finally the parties are over and I'm gonna sit down with a cup of coffee tomorrow. I'm so flippin' excited to revisit these babe.

I LOVE THIS LIST SO MUCH I WANNA BITE IT IN THE ASS!

LOL. All I was saying about "Running From Mercy" is that it wasn't a wild and crazy threesome fic or anything way outside my comfort zone like that. Now I just gotta write me a blow job and we'll be over and out, right? Ahahahahahaha.

Ugh, unintentional immersion. I'm glad it worked, but sometimes, wow it's hard to go there. Weird though how the stories that I think pack the most emotional punch are the ones where that happened. Meh.

And it's NOT all me. Psh. Without you and Katie, I would be lost. You know how much encouragement I need to put shit out there, and you always listen when I have yet another freakout. How you manage not to punch me, I have no clue!

Bwah! I love that bite it in the ass line so effing much, because it's equally applicable to things one loves and hates. So diverse! Muah.

Now I just gotta write me a blow job and we'll be over and out, right?---Wellll. *innocentface*.

I would definitely like for you to cross that one of your list though. DEFINITELY. I would like that very much.

I think that's the best thing about your stories, besides impeccable characterization. That your emotional impact just hits the reader right upside the head. Seriously. Awesome.

I could punch you! Nah. Probably I'd feel like punching you a lot if, like I said, I didn't typically just love writing talk so flippin' much. It's so...brainy and fun.

I love you so much I wanna bite you in the ass.

Only like... not fer serious. you know what I mean, bb.

You know I'm gonna write a blow job at some point just because if the mountain (ahem) is there, you gotta . . . climb it?

You should totally punch me. I deserve it times ten million. But you are too nice. True story:-P

Hee, I know what you mean bb. Oh look! I just realized I can delete my Christmas icons (not the winter ones yet), which means I can make moar of 8x17! Life is good:-P

I wanna read that SO bad. Yes. Yes, I do. Ahem. What was I saying?

I forgot to mention in the last response that I love that Mary Sue icon. hahahaha. And I have to get rid of the few Christmas ones I have and put in some of the old favs, because I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH SPACES!

Yay more 8x17 icons. Bed Smiles!

You use that icon on purpose to make me write mountains of ridiculous fic. I know these things:-P

If I had evidence it worked I'd use it even MORE frequently. :-P

GIVE ME EVIDENCE

OH, YOU'RE GOING TO BE SORRY YOU SAID THAT WHEN YOUR FIC APPEARS. UH HUH.

I WILL NEVER BE SORRY IF I HELP PRODUCE FIC WRITTEN BY YOU

WHY WOULD I BE SORRY?

Meh to post-Christmas season depression :( *hugs* But yay for fic meme!! You wrote so many amazing stories this past year. I think "Calling All Angels" is my favorite of the ones you've written in 2010, although it's so hard to pick a favorite!! Also, Running From Mercy = GUHHHHH. So hot I can't even. And go you for learning to write AU this year, although I wish the circumstances that led to it had been different. =/

In addition to writing London (I don't want to say "I hope you can write London" because I KNOW you'll be able to write London) this year, I just want you to write whatever you feel inspired to write! And that's so awesome that you want to try writing some original fiction as well :) You can do it!!

Happy new year to you, too!! <3

Oh, it's okay, because I watched two BSGs tonight and my funk has already lifted, at least for the moment. Oh show that restores my faith in TV! Sort of:-P

Aw, it makes me so happy that you like "Calling All Angels" too, because even though it's such an odd story for me to write, I really worked hard on so many aspects of that one, so I feel as if there was so much investment and thought and . . . yeah.

I'm gonna write London! It might suck ass and it might kill me, but I'm gonna do it! But I also want to try some original fic, because as much as I love them, I know I can't write Jack and Renee forever. I need to kind of process them out and move on at some point. At least in what I'm actually writing.

Super Happy New Year!!! &hearts

My Fav fic of yours is Some Other Place. Because you wrote it for ME! (sort of). I *told* you Nine Inch Nails has awesome lyrics.

Oh I always believed you about NIN and the lyrics. I'm super guilty of listening to music for sound first and lyrics second, and I don't love their sound. The lyrics you sent were amazing! And they made me write Audrey, which was kind of odd:-P

*Is late to the party*

Yay! Master list.

You wrote so much this year! I'm impressed and also somewhat surprised, because it seems like you spend a lot of time talking about how you are finding it difficult to write, yet obviously you managed to GET IT DONE. Oh, yeah.

My favourite fics of yours this year are It's the Season (those photos in the stairway! Augh.) And the one with the gun fight in the parkade. I forget what it's called.

I'm giggling my ass off, because I do constantly bitch about not being able to write, don't I? But see here is the thing: I have like five fics in my head right now. So it's more a proportional thing -- idea to execution.

Also I should say that a huge number of these hover around the five hundred word mark, so it's nowhere near as impressive as it looks as a list. I think I wrote a lot more words last year.

Aw, I'm glad you liked "It's the Season," because my flaily Christmas self can't help getting all squashy. And if you enjoyed the badassery, there is more where that came from if I can ever get off my ass and write the big AU. Yeesh.

On ICON. That one never fails to make me snorffle:)

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