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Apocalypse Round 2 2021: Fic Year in Review

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The Stats:

Total Word Count: roughly 134k words in between two AO3 accounts and two Scarygirlynight entries
Total Fics Written: 34, which took me by surprise. Same number as last year????
Fandoms Written In: LOONA, Twice, Enhypen (BOYS????)
Pairings Written For: A LOT. Most prominent would be Yvesoul, easily 70k words or more


Chronological list (or chronological number of words!):
just gonna list off the top of my head for this one
january: 2jin kite fic!!! hyunjin had me by the throat for this one
february: shortcake bc february was sad and loveless
march: did nothing but work on olymfics here
april: official launch of the yvesoul asteroid fic
may: the Heechuu Primer (it's due a 2022 update isn't it)
june: here, now UGH thinking about this makes me so sad
july: a no sex bondage fic. nuff said
august: Nayves Detective AU (also due a 2022 update) and reverse hanahaki hyunhye
september: really fun month fic-wise - a fic in base64 (haha this one was fun), a remix for panyxed, a remix for forestday, AND a conyo fic
october: one minute
november: my first commission and my first boy fic LOL
december: my first attempt at omniscient




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✿ Overall Thoughts ✿

🍃 Looking back, did you write more fic than you thought you would this year, less, or about what you’d predicted? If you predicted anything.
I was really aiming for 100k this year and when I hit 62 k by the end of March I was ready to reach 200. But after that I really had to pull myself out of a (non-ABO) rut and get to the end of the year. Pleasantly surprised to have written a healthy amount past 100k, and 100k in my main ao3 account.

🍃 What pairing/genre/fandom did you write that you would never have predicted in January, and was it as unpredicted as this entire year?
So I never expected to fall in love with Yvesoul as a ship this year, but writing so much for them was a one-way ticket to falling in love with the dynamic. I was also not expecting to write for boys at all this year, but ALAS. 

🍃 What’s your own favourite story of the year? Compared to overall?
it has to be even the dust on stars are breathing. No understatement, I tucked my heart and soul into the sentences and paragraphs of this fic, wrote so much love into it that I struggled to find anything worth writing afterwards. Even now i'm struggling to write anything that will captivate me the way this fic did. But I want to HAHA. This will probably be my favorite overall story forever though. 

🍃 Do you have a story from previous years you now feel is underappreciated? Better than you remembered it to be?
Circles!! I think i was running a fever when I first wrote this one, i hated the way I felt about it when I published it. Now i reread it when i wanna feel like a champ HEHEHE

🍃 Did you take any writing risks this year?
Well: first off I wrote a 60k oneshot. HAHAHA
I think i really pushed myself this year - I joined a LOT of fests (ggjukebox, director's cut, emoficfest, ficmix, ficwip), including a team fest where i knew NOBODY (yaaay Olymfics) and even found myself part of an organizing team for one (Moonlight Party!). These were great opportunities to connect with other writers and it really opened my horizons on fanfiction and what it's capable of. Olymfics is a definite recommend - I got to know a lot of experienced writers and learn about kpop fic and writing in general. There are some fests that I found myself unready for though especially as real life commitments began to pile up, so I really found myself at my limits this year.
This is also the first year i ventured into NSFW content. I think it's because I finally figured out what I wanted it to mean for me as a writer. It's still something difficult for me to explore writing-wise, but I think i have stories to tell for this one.


🍃 Biggest source of inspiration?
KPOP content and interactions is the best. My irl beta comes next, followed by conversations i have with friends on discord and twitter. 

🍃 Do you have any fanfic goals for the new year?
I want to finish the two multichapters i left hanging HAHAHA and I want to write another 10k au, something fun. I want to write more heart into more fics.

🍃 You survived a year! Did the circumstances drive your creative juices, or did it leave you as out of whack as it did everything else?
Happily creative but now struggling to figure out what exactly I want to write about. What else is there to care about?

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✿ From my past year of writing, what was… ✿
get ready for multiple mentions of the asteroid fic

🍀 My best story (or scene!) of this year:
even the dust on stars are breathing! 

🍀 My most popular story of this year:
even the dust on stars are breathing! 

🍀 Story of mine most under-appreciated by the universe, in my opinion:
here, now - it's not my fault nobody goes to fanfic for a platonic post-disbandment au

🍀 Longest story of the year:
even the dust on stars are breathing! 

🍀 Shortest story of the year:
one minute (a whopping 300ish words!)

🍀 Most fun story to write:
even the dust on stars are breathing! 

🍀 Story that needed the most research:
even the dust on stars are breathing! 

🍀 Story with the single sexiest moment:
my...no sex bondage fic

🍀 Story with the single cutest/sweetest moment:
It's worth it if she smiles!!! has me grinning like a fool every time i reread it

🍂 Story that shifted my own perceptions of the characters:
even the dust on stars are breathing! 

🍂 Hardest story to write:
even the dust on stars are breathing! 

🍂 Biggest surprise:
even the dust on stars are breathing! 

🍂 Most unintentionally telling story:
even the dust on stars are breathing! 




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gonna pick random five for these

✿ Favourite Opening Lines: ✿
  1. Asteroid X-2050 is a Torino Scale 10. This means two things: one, that all known life will perish should the asteroid collide with Earth, and two, that the asteroid will definitely collide with Earth.
  2. Jihyo cannot remember the specifics of the crime for which she was convicted to a thousand years of employment at the Courier Service of the Endless Universes. The company made sure of that — all Jihyo is allowed to recall is that it happened, she had been immensely angry, and that she had pleaded guilty on all counts. 
  3. The last thing Jungeun remembers as a brick flies into the base of her skull is the shattering of glass and the look of horror on Heejin’s face. 
  4. Heejin never thought she’d willingly crawl back inside a closet after coming out to her parents in high school, until Jeno’s party happens.
  5. Kim Jungeun. 24 years old. Reported missing on Wednesday, 14th of April 2021, after failing to report for work for three days straight. 

✿ Favourite Closing Lines: ✿ SPOILERS
  1. She'll make it back to her, endure the cold for one more chance at warmth
  2. That’s how the Dalso University legend of the “women’s finest first date” finally comes to an end, with Sooyoung scoring a second date with Jinsol. And then a third, and then some kissing—
  3. “I should.” The boatwoman watches as the cavern ceiling closes on her yet again. “I really should.”
  4. Jinsol kisses her again, with more. She pulls away with a smile that Sooyoung still feels on her lips. "I'll go get them coffee."
  5. Weeds grow outside the dormitory once more.
✿ Favourite lines from anywhere: ✿
random 10 and only 2 from the asteroid fic
  1. "Belt bag," and Heejin laughs as she says it because they both know it's a fanny pack, "so it got lost under my tape dispenser."
  2. Destruction of universes. Jihyo thinks she sees herself. Thinks she recognizes the memories playing on the glass surfaces, the immense anger bubbling beneath her skin.
  3. “Oh, right.” Jinsol takes a big bite, chews it as slowly as she can. She has the decency to turn red, but Sooyoung’s face is burning under the scrutiny of the store’s cashier. “Is that why you like Subway so much—”
  4. Actually, Jinsol only found out that she was into women two days ago, when Sooyoung lent Jinsol her jug of water and Jinsol briefly imagined their lips touching for longer than two seconds. “It’s a recent development.”
  5. Now Yeojin’s marimo balls are sitting in front of Hyeju, in a glass terrarium that shouldn’t be open. 
  6. Jiwoo's smile is cheery, satisfied. Sweet, but tinged with a little of the wistfulness Heejin feels in her own chest. "Good, right?"
  7. "I want to mend your broken heart with mine." Heejin lifts Jiwoo's hand to her lips, presses a kiss to Jiwoo’s  fingertips. "I don't know how long it will take, but I’ll try. If that's okay with you."
  8. “You understand, right?” Nayeon rubs her face. “I’ve waited ten years for her return, kept her immortal heart in a wooden chest beneath my bed. Even the thought of her hating me—I’d rather drown, Hyo.”
  9. God,” Sooyoung whimpers, forearm pressed to her eyes, “I can’t let you go."
  10. Make it back to me.
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✿ Looking back at 2021: ✿
The thrill of writing is unmatched. I think i've barely scratched the surface.

✿ Fic-writing goals for 2022: ✿
100k words and a lot of fun! Maybe a longfic for *gasp* BOYS

 
Specifically:
  • Keep a Writing Diary - been successful so far because all i'm tracking is how many words i've written and significant events which has so far been covid LOL
  • more dreamwith posts - the heechuu primer could use an update and I should get around to making a table of contents LOL maybe some posts about my writing process
  • finish my two multichaps - On The Brink and this is a mcdonalds
  • finally write the karaoke birthday party for shortcake
  • finish more of my WIPs, especially space deity
  • YEOJIN GHOST RIDER AU?????
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