jasmasson

A look at my AO3 fic stats. Most of my fic on AO3 had been transferred in from LJ and archives, so terribly misleading but still interesting…

1. Most Hits: Rituals (for winners and losers) Harry Potter, Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy. Just BDSM porn. 34,537 hits. Porn tags get clicks. As does Harry/Draco. But less people engage with straight up porn, I find… swings and roundabouts I guess!

2. Second Most Kudos: Maybe Baby Smallville, Clex. 778 kudos. My most kudoed fic for years until recently overtaken by the latest fic I wrote, Limping. Written in the LJ/SSA days and then archived here, so most of the feedback on that was not on AO3.

3. Third Most Comments: Off the Script SPN RPS - J2. Just porn again. Probably the most popular thing I’ve ever written in terms of comments (off AO3) and awards.

4. Fourth Most Bookmarks: Limping A newer Batfam gen bat family fic. People use AO3 a lot differently now that back in the day so not surprising to see newer fic scoring highly…

5. Fifth Most Words: However you like it . SPN Wincest, only 9,090 words. I don’t write long fic… mostly just self indulgent porn!

Fannish 50 #6

This very day I shall be in the same (very large) room as Tom Hiddleston as I’m going to see him and Hayley Atwell in Much Ado About Nothing, which I’ve very much been looking forward to.

One of the advantages of living near a big city (in my case, London) is the opportunity to experience a big ‘cultural hub’. So I’ve been lucky enough to see quite a few of my fannish favourites live and in person at the theatre. Here’s a list off the top of my head:

Loki and Agent Carter - Much Ado About Nothing
Ripley - The Tempest
Draco Malfoy - 2:22 A Ghost Story
Sherlock and Sherlock (Benedict Cumberbatch and Johnny Lee Miller) - Frankenstein
Professor X v1.0 (Patrick Stewart) - Waiting for Godot
Professor X v2.0 (James Macavoy) - Macbeth
The Doctor (David Tennant) - The Good Man
The Doctor (Matt Smith) and Mr Robot (Christian Slater) - Swimming with Sharks
Dumbledore v3.0 (Jude Law) - Dr Faustus
James Bond v4.0 (Timothy Dalton) - His Dark Materials

and my absolute favourite

Obi-Wan Kenobi v2.0 (Ewan MacGregor) - Guys and Dolls

Who have you seen and who would be your dream to see?

Fannish 50: #4

The article The Endless Appetite for Fanfiction by by Elizabeth Minkel on fansplaining.com was linked by amalthia and was very interesting. Very much mirrors my experience of fandom.

Without doubt, the best time I had in fandom was in the LJ days, where fanfic and fandom were together, but in fairness AO3 is a much better reader experience and fanfic repository than lj ever was, but as the author argues it makes it a pure reading experience rather than an engagement with a fandom.

Not sure that’s ever going to get better, however, in the spirit of ‘being the change you want to see in the world’ my New Years resolution is to comment on any fic I like enough to bookmark, and kudos any fic I like at all. I could do better, I know, but NY resolutions are all about achievable goals, right?

I’m doing https://www.tumblr.com/fanfic-reading-challenge (again, if you like reading fanfic, enjoy spreadsheets and feel a great sense of satisfaction in ticking items off a to do list you should give it a try, it’s great) and one of the comment tasks was to comment on at least 10 chapters of a 20 chapter or more fic and I rather enjoyed doing that. I don’t believe I’ve ever commented more than once on a fic before and it was rather fun - I’ll definitely do it again!

And finally every time I rec a fic, I’ll drop a comment to the author saying I did so; that’s always nice to hear, right!

Fannish 50: #2

I have signed up for three (3) year long fannish challenges for 2025 and am rather excited.

Blogging (mentioned before)

I have signed up for Fannish 50 on goals_on_dw so will post 50 fannish things in the next year. They will be fanfic recs because I love reccing, and I’ll certainly be reccing on fancake, so two birds one stone. 😁

One post a week more or less seems doable…

https://goals-on-dw.dreamwidth.org/4343.html

Writing

I’ve signed up for getyourwordsout. The lowest habit challenge (rather than word-based) where I’m looking to write on 120 days over the year. 10 a month is challenging, but I’m good at planning so fingers crossed.

Reading

I’m going to do https://www.tumblr.com/fanfic-reading-challenge which I am loving the look of because I love a good spreadsheet! Looks a bit intimidating, but it’s actually very low pressure; no sign ups, no obligations. And I certainly will be reading fanfic next year, so a participant badge at least is in the bag! 😉

Roll on 2025!