Holdouttrout

@geneeste​ tagged me on this fanfic meme a LONG time ago. I finally got that far back in my drafts. Unless otherwise noted, all stats are from AO3, which isn’t totally fair, but I’m lazy.

1. Your 3 fanfics with the most comments:

Just from AO3 comment threads: Close to Perfect (SG-1), It’s a Nice Day to Return a Wedding Dress (SG-1), and A Long Time Coming (OUAT). But back in the days of LJ, I think the fic with the most comments was Echoes (SG-1).

2. Your 3 fanfics with the most kudos:

Measure of a Scoundrel (Star Wars), A Long Time Coming (OUAT), The Great Costume Swap (OUAT)

3. Your oldest fanfic:

Okay, AO3 lies about this because I apparently did not set the dates correctly for the earliest fics. But this is positively the earliest fic I wrote and posted: Ordinary Encounters: Miss Parker (The Pretender). I actually wrote and posted that one when I was still in high school, possibly before the turn of the century.

4. Your latest fanfic:

A Long Time Coming (OUAT)

5. Your proudest fanfic:

I’m really proud of Echoes (SG-1) still. I’m also proud of Four Walls and a Blaster (Star Wars) because of how I tried to incorporate elements from the EU into my little weird AU.

6. Your longest fanfic:

The Glass Falcon (Star Wars), which is a noir-inspired detective story that comes in at a whopping 14,786 words.

7. Your 3 fanfics with the most bookmarks:

Measure of a Scoundrel (Star Wars), The Great Costume Swap (OUAT), and Friday Night (Iron Man)

8. Your favorite character to write in fanfic:

Whichever one I’m writing at the moment. I have loved Sam Carter, Cam Mitchell, Miss Parker, Han Solo, Jack O’Neil, Tony Stark, Emma Swan, and Regina Mills, among others.

9. 3 fanfics you love that aren’t already listed:

Temporary Deadness (SG-1) always makes me laugh, even though I wrote it. It even comes with a terrible fake PDF medical form I worked way too hard on.

Operation Eyrie (OUAT), because it’s an OT3 that gets no love (Outlaw Swan Queen) for reasons I understand but mourn anyway. This fic started as idle wondering if the secret passage of OT3 could possibly work for these three and consumed my brain. I still want to write the sequel, despite the current bad timing.

Passing & Morning (Star Wars), which is a series of connected drabbles in a strange AU where Luke and Leia both grow up on Tatooine. I know it makes no sense, but I was always very fond of this AU.

And one more, because I’m terribly greedy: Honeymoon Suite (SG-1), because although it wasn’t the first Sam/Vala fic I wrote, it’s the one that I did the most work on and because my beta on it was particularly vicious and good. @splash-the-cat​

Bonus Round: Your 3 favorite fanfics not posted yet.

I’m rather skittish about providing details on fic I’m working on, but we’ll see what we can do.

I have a Swan Queen fic that needs a little bit of work and needs to sit for a while on the back burner for other reasons anyway, but it’s a pretty straightforward ship fic.

I have another Swan Queen fic that involves sex magic that’s actually basically done but needs a second part that’s eluding me because leaving it where I did is cruel and pointless.

Oh! the best idea I have is a Welcome to Night Vale/OUAT crossover fic. It’s still in early stages yet and may not ever get finished, but if I can find the right hook, it’ll be funny and cute and definitely one of my favorites.

I guess I’ll tag anyone else who feels like it, but especially @knightedrogue because she should have to suffer and read through some of her stuff again.

We are here again, my dear friends. It is time for the annual reckoning, that fannish evaluation that decides whether we live or die or join tumblr!

Okay, so I already joined/started actually using tumblr. What can I say? I appreciate the daily scroll of pretty! Tumblr is actually not a bad place for me right now. Most of the time, it involves pretty pictures of pretty people, cute animals, or funny comics. Some of the time, there are links to meta and essays that make me think. Sometimes there is even fic--though honestly, fic was a very small part of my life this year.

Still, I did write some.

Teamwork. Stargate SG-1, Sam/Jack.
Two Things Sam and Janet Don't Have in Common (and One Thing They Do). Stargate SG-1, Gen.

TWO?! I ONLY WROTE TWO FICS?! I guess that means I have to stay on tumblr.

I re-watched Legend of the Seeker (again). The epic hair, forbidden love, cheesy humor, beautiful scenery, pretty people, shiny swords, and female friendships all make me very happy--and the show is only two seasons long, which makes it easy to rewatch.

I got very fannish about Once Upon a Time.

I started a Farscape re-watch that I didn't finish… yet. I'll get there. It's SUCH a good show, but I totally got sucked into a Doctor Who rewatch instead--I was trying to get caught up for the Day of the Doctor, and I ended up starting back with Nine, because I could and because I had to wait a very long time for the latest DVDs from the library. I have part of a post put together about the Awesomeness of Donna Noble, which I hope to get together and post early in 2014.

However, I also tried to watch Torchwood: Miracle Day. Ugh. Just… ugh. Gave up.

I was really, really, really obsessed with Iron Man 3.

Past Years
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006

I just found this sitting around my drive, nearly complete. I'm hoping I haven't already posted it somewhere. That's happened to me before.

Title: Teamwork
Fandom: Stargate SG-1
Characters: Sam and Jack
Category: Friendship, Gen, Fluff
Word Count: 450
Summary: Sam's had a long night. If only she had a viable exit strategy.


( As parties go, this one sucks )

Title: Bedroom Situation
Fandom: Stargate SG-1
Pairing: Sam/Jack
Rating: PG
Category: A cliche cabin fic--the cliche is sharing a bed, because I am predictable.
Summary: The team is at the cabin, it's late, and there is a Bedroom Situation. My thanks to annienau08 for the beta--among so many other things.


( She knew it was up to her to make the offer )

Title: Close to Perfect
Fandom: Stargate SG-1
Rating: PG
Category: Fluff
Pairing: Sam/Jack
Summary: If something was going to happen, it would happen soon. AU post-Moebius.
Notes: I've been feeling nostalgic lately, and reading a lot of Sam/Jack fic. I thought, "Hey, if I'm feeling nostalgic, maybe someone else is, too." So I dove into my WIP folder and found this nicely indulgent little thing, waiting for a decent ending.
Read on AO3


( If something was going to happen, it would happen soon )

Daniel/Vala hand-kissing drabble. Stargate, Daniel/Vala.
Three Times Sam and Jack Didn't Touch. Stargate, Sam/Jack.
Keeping Secrets Doesn't Work if You Use Real Names. Stargate, Sam/Vala.
Rules. Stargate, Sam/Jack.
Four Walls and a Blaster. Star Wars, Han. Leia.

Stick Figure Comics. Stargate. (Image Heavy)


I'm not answering the standard questions this year, because I only wrote five stories. I think my two favorites are Four Walls and a Blaster and Keeping Secrets Doesn't Work if You Use Real Names, but the Sam/Jack fluff is always a happy thing, too. I just didn't write enough, and I think that's partly because I've said just about everything I wanted/needed to say about Sam/Jack, and partly because no new fandoms have made me fic them (yet).

I actually have a few things sitting around on my hard drive, waiting for endings or polishing or for me to screw up the courage to post them. If nothing else, I'll plan on a fic amnesty day sometime soon.


Past Years
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006

I've been kinda bored various places recently, and have just happened to have access to the things needed to create stick figure comics.

( image heavy )

Title: Four Walls and a Blaster
Fandom: Star Wars
Rating/Warnings: PG (Character Death.)
Characters: Han. Leia.
Summary: Han left, and Leia couldn't fault him. What might have happened if he never came back at the battle of Yavin.
Author's Notes: Well, this is awkward. knightedrogue, this was supposed to be finished and posted much, MUCH earlier this last year. Hope you like it, even if it has been delayed for far too long. My sincere gratitude to annerbhp, who helped see the light of day by refusing to let it die several times, and whose birthday gave me a new deadline.


( Four Walls and a Blaster )

I have a couple of fics or parts of fics that are being relegated to my "Probably Will Never Post" folder, in which fics I wrote either too early or too late can rest comfortably without disturbing me by actually being on my journal, unlike some fics I could name.

These include an "Aliens (Tried to) Make Them Do It" for Sam/Jack that just. No. Seriously, if I posted it, you would all tilt your heads to the sides and go "Okay, who wrote this and why on Earth did Trout steal it?"

Then there's the amnesiac Sam/Jack fic in which the point of view changes every sentence and everyone is wildly OOC.

Another one involved babies.

( Below the cut are vague descriptions of WIPs that might still see the light of day )

You're totally going to make me post these, aren't you?