Fic Year in Review
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bookishwenchOkay. This year has been highly unusual. Like, off the charts. Not only is this the first time in a long time that I had no dead spots, I also completed several multi-chapter works, participated in two ficathons and pinch hit in one of them, and did an entire Advent calendar from Dec. 1-25 without missing a day (I did pull up "Sleeping Loony," which I wrote a long time ago but never posted to AO3 before, to fill in some spaces).
The upshot is I wrote ::drumroll:: 87 fics (not including one post on here on my head canon of Loki, but charting chapters of works separately). I have never written anywhere close to that in a year before. In 2009 I wrote 44, and 2008 was 40. Those were the next two highest, and I was double that. Yikes.
Fandoms (a lot of these are crossovers):
MCU 69
Harry Potter 9
Encanto 3 (new)
Anne of Green Gables 1 (new)
Arthurian legend 1
Cinderella (Grimm version) 1 (new)
Downton Abbey 1
The Godfather 1
The Great Gatsby 1 (new)
Groundhog's Day 1 (new)
The Little Mermaid (original version) 1 (new)
Lost 1
A Midsummer Night's Dream 1 (new)
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood 1 (new)
The Night Circus 1 (new)
Peter Pan 1 (new)
Romeo and Juliet 1
West Side Story (2021) 1 (new to this version)
So, 11 new fandoms I haven't previously written.
This includes 2 pieces of meta, one on the Sokovia accords and the other on Odin's really, really bad parenting.
January
The Other Defence - Harry Potter - During the Quidditch match in book 3, one Dementor wanders off from the pack at the pitch and meets a very odd girl. (Luna-centric)
February
It's All about Phil - Marvel/Groundhog Day xver (Worlds of Chaos) - Loki takes Thor into a time loop in a pocket universe.
Hearts and Lies: Chapter 1 - Frostiron - Tony Howardson creates the most powerful and beautiful weapons in all of Asgard, gaining Loki's attention. He quickly becomes interested in more than daggers. (based on STARSdidathing's "If Kisses Were Wishes")
Hearts and Lies: Chapter 2 - In which they eat soup.
Hearts and Lies: Chapter 3 - Four months have passed.
Hearts and Lies: Chapter 4 - The morning after his dinner with Anthony, Loki went to Thor with the issue of trying to collect the dust from one of the enemy weapons.
Hearts and Lies: Chapter 5 - In which Loki believes Thor is an idiot.
Hearts and Lies: Chapter 6 - In a few short hours, Thor and Loki presented both Peter and Bjarne to Odin, with Anthony, still covered in bruises and shackled hand and foot, standing before the king’s throne.
Hearts and Lies: Chapter 7 - Loki awoke the next morning to the sensation of a soft kiss against his bare shoulder.
March
Hearts and Lies: Chapter 8 - When Loki awoke in the Healing Room, the first thing he saw was Frigga’s relieved face.
Hearts and Lies: Chapter 9 - More than a week passed since Loki’s revelation from his mother.
Hearts and Lies: Chapter 10 - In which Loki has a crummy birthday.
Condolences - West Side Story (2021) - In the days following Bernardo's death, Anita receives an unexpected visitor.
Hearts and Lies: Chapter 11 - More than three weeks passed without Thor returning to Asgard.
Hearts and Lies: Chapter 12 - In which a lot happens.
Happy Loki Day - MCU - Loki wakes up to a city that is finally showing him the gratitude he has always wanted, or at least so he thinks.
Hearts and Lies: Chapter 13 - “Why are you not terrified?” Thor said, squinting at his brother.
The Close - Sifki - Some things, though beautiful, still must end.
Simple Solution - Encanto - Antonio tries to help Luisa with the donkeys.
It's All Odin's Fault: Tracing the Blame for Thanos Back to the Allfather - MCU meta - In which I blame Odin's bad parenting for pretty much everything.
April
Apples to Apples - MCU - Odin is displeased with Thor's relationship with Jane Foster and takes drastic action. Thor is left hopeless until the last person he expects to see again shows up.
What's in a Name? - Frostiron, epilogue to Hearts and Lies - After their wedding, Loki tells Anthony a bedtime story.
Iron Man v. Captain American: Adaptations of Guilt and Responsibility - MCU meta - A brief comparison and contrast look at how the Sokovia Accords bring out the different characterizations of Tony and Steve. Whose take on them is right? The answer is yes.
A Genius Billionaire Playboy Philanthropist and a Reformed Russian Assassin Walk into a Bar - MCU - Tony has broken up with Pepper and is feeling very low. Natasha does what she does best: listens.
May
One Hundred Midsummer Nights - MCU/A Midsummer Night's Dream xover - Worlds of Chaos - Thor has managed to accidentally put Asgard on the brink of war with the Fae court of Midgard. To prevent a catastrophe, Frigga asks Loki to smooth over the situation with Oberon, but the penalty for his brother's insult is not what Loki expected.
The Princess(antly Bizarre) on the Glass Hill - Harry Potter - Muggle Fairy Tales Are Mad!
Escape to Brazil - MCU/Harry Potter xover, Worlds of Chaos - While strolling through a panicking zoo in Surrey, Loki comes across an unhappy and confused snake. Well, obviously he can't just walk past, can he?
Incomplete Erasure 1: Longing - MCU, Stucky - He doesn't know his own name, but there are memories that fight the frozen hell his life has become. Even as he is activated, they swirl, and he nearly remembers, almost grasps them in his cold hands before they melt away. Each chapter is based on one of the Winter Soldier's activation words.
Incomplete Erasure 2: Rusted - Sometimes he is able to remember more than a fragment.
Exeunt - Worlds of Chaos xover with Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood - Loki has presided over the Ragnarok of many worlds, but this is one he never wanted to end.
Incomplete Erasure 3: Furnace - Brooklyn in the winter is cold right down to the bone.
Deceptive Appearance - Worlds of Chaos xover with Encanto - The eldest Madrigal daughter is only just becoming aware of her power, and Loki decides to observe her more carefully.
June
Incomplete Erasure 4: Daybreak - Steve was sick.
The Second Happily Ever After - Worlds of Chaos xover with Cinderella (traditional version) - Cinderella lived happily ever after, but justice was meted out to her family with a rather over-zealous hand. Fairy tales always follow the rules, but to the god of chaos, those rules might merit bending.
The Tin(timidatingly Strange)derbox - MFTAM
Incomplete Erasure 5: Seventeen - The world was shifting gears, and things were beginning to happen.
Incomplete Erasure 6: Benign - Every time Steve tries to join up, he worries this is the time it will actually work.
Fortune's Other Fool - Worlds of Chaos xover with Romeo and Juliet, Loki/Mercutio - Loki generally cares little for mortals, but the sheer brilliance of this one's wit brings him such delight that he simply must reveal himself. Every pleasure has its price.
When Everything Is Nothing at All - Worlds of Chaos xover with The Great Gatsby - The sheer chaos of Gatsby's endless parties was an open invitation for Loki to arrive and play with these tattered, weary, doomed mortals, but he was not expecting to see quite so much of himself in them.
Incomplete Erasure 7: Nine Name. Rank. Serial Number. He doesn’t remember the first one anymore.
Game Night: Guaranteed Argument in a Box - Team Bonding Night at Tony's Place - “What?” Tony said. “It’ll be fun.” The Avengers (and Loki) play Monopoly.
Red-Headed Mischief - Worlds of Chaos xover with Anne of Green Gables - Loki's attention is drawn to an orphan girl on Midgard with green eyes, red hair, and the most wonderful imagination, and her maternal instinct goes into overdrive.
July
Incomplete Erasure 8: Homecoming - They walked back to the 107th.
Game Night: Is There a Doctor in the House? - “Why?” Tony asked. “You think this is going to cause more trouble than Monopoly did?” In which the Avengers (and Loki) play Operation.
Incomplete Erasure 9: One - He remembers he’d been sore, needed to see a medic, but overall, he was surprised he wasn’t a lot more of a mess.
Lethal Obsession Worlds of Chaos xover with Andersen's The Little Mermaid - Loki encounters the Sea King's youngest daughter, whose heart has fixed itself on a mortal prince. When he decides to follow her journey, he doesn't realize that he is retreading the steps of his own.
Sunset and Sunrise - Loki/Fandral and Loki/Tony - Loki has always silently adored Fandral, but he never thought he had a chance to win his heart, until suddenly things change far more than he ever thought possible.
Incomplete Erasure 10: Freight Car - He remembers falling.
Hamlet(Me Out of Here!) - MFTAM - In which Harry and Ron are introduced to the melancholy Dane.
The New Magician - Worlds of Chaos xover with The Night Circus - Really, we all should have known that someday Loki would run away to join the circus.
August
Game Night: Whodunnit? "This time we’re really going to have fun.” In which the Avengers (and Loki) play Clue.
As Good of an Explanation as Any - Worlds of Chaos xover with Lost - Every once in a great while, Loki drinks just a smidge too much. When that happens, sometimes he finds it amusing to visit a weird island that keeps popping from one place and time to another.
Of Apples and Eternal Love: Chapter 1 Frostiron - Loki has lost his heart to a mortal, and he cannot bear the thought of his eventual death, so he tries to remedy the situation.
The Fox and the Cr(azy, as Usual)ow - MFTAM
Of Apples and Eternal Love: Chapter 2 - In which Asgard is rather inhospitable.
Of Apples and Eternal Love: Chapter 3 - the following morning, the pair of them arose not long after dawn.
September
Of Apples and Eternal Love: Chapter 4 - Six months later...
A Mother's Love - MCU - When Odin explains what his plan is for the Jotun baby he has brought back to Asgard, Frigga is horrified. He shows her what the consequences will be if she refuses to comply.
Game Night: Uncomfortable Revelations - “I’m wondering what was going on in your mind when you picked this,” Bruce said, his tone suggesting he was preparing for a disaster as he set out a large fruit and vegetable tray. In which the Avengers (and Loki) play Scattergories.
The Girl with No H(ow Is That Okay?)ands MFTAM
Prelude to Camlann - Worlds of Chaos xover with Arthurian legend - Loki is annoyed by a Midgardian sorceress's repeated attempts to summon him, so he chooses to appear before her if only to shut her up. However, Morgan le Fay and her son have their own plans.
October
Severing the Past - Encanto - Isabela asks Mirabel to do her a favor to make her just a little less perfect.
Changing Times - Worlds of Chaos xover with Downton Abbey, Loki/Thomas Barrow - Loki occasionally pops in at the abbey to check on his favorite resident trickster, but when he realizes Thomas Barrow is no longer able to handle the pressures of his own world, he decides to intervene.
November
The Boy Who Wanted to Learn How to Sh(eesh, This is Ridiculous!)udder MFTAM
Game Night: Thanksgiving Pictionary In which the Avengers (and Loki) watch A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, eat too much, and draw. Badly.
December
Christmas Special Night: Frosty the Snowman - Set immediately after Game Night, the Avengers (and Loki) watch Christmas specials.
Horse Sense - Frostiron, based on STARSdidathing's "Riding with Princes" - In the stables of Asgard lived a horse who wouldn't allow anyone to ride him, but the prince with the black mane decided to take an interest in him anyway.
Christmas Special Night Interlude: Snowmen in Central Park In which the Avengers (and Loki) get a little overly competitive.
Christmas Special Night: Rudolph In which the Avengers become very invested in a fungal infection.
The Dog and His Re(ally, Now!)flection MFTAM - In which the Trio nearly burns down Windsor Castle.
Nightmares and Dreams - Frostiron, a sequel of sorts to "Sunset and Sunrise" - Long ago, Fandral used Loki's love to humiliate him. No one knows how much he regrets his choice, but in his dreams, he took a different path. A sort-of sequel to "Sunset and Sunrise."
Christmas Special Night: The Little Match Seller (1902) - In which the Avengers (and Loki) are appalled.
Christmas Special Night: Christmas Eve on Sesame Street - In memory of Bob McGrath.
Christmas Special Night: The Star Wars Holiday Special - In which, the Avengers (and Loki) try to focus on Boba Fett.
Christmas Special Night: A Family Circle Christmas In which Loki is able to find a nefarious reason for everything.
Second Star to the Right - Worlds of Chaos xover with Peter Pan - Loki seeks out his own world to nurture into being, creating a canvas for a more innocent chaos. Unfortunately, darkness just won't leave him alone.
Christmas Special Night: How the Grinch Stole Christmas! - In which the Avengers (and Loki) eat s'mores.
Christmas Special Night Interlude: Heart to Heart - In which Steve and Bucky talk about their relationship and decide to tell the others.
Christmas Special Night: Twas the Night before Christmas - In which the Avengers (and Loki) decide Santa is a horrible person. Also, I sneak in a hidden Buffy reference.
Christmas Special Night: A Charlie Brown Christmas In which the Avengers (and Loki) are 100% sure that is not the same tree.
Christmas Special Night Interlude: Truth or Dare - In which Natasha and Loki bond.
Christmas Special Night: A Muppet Family Christmas - In which everybody goes to Clint and Laura's farm in the country for the holidays. Everybody. Really. (note to self: What happened to the spacing?)
The Fir(Pity's Sake, Cheer Up!) Tree MFTAM - Hermione tells the boys another depressing Andersen story.
Christmas Special Night: Rudolph's Shiny New Year - In which the Avengers start the New Year off by being overly critical of a children's special and Nick Fury is right.
Love and War - Sifki - Written for Ladylaufeyson1 in Mischief and Mistletoe - Sif was proud of her strength and skill. No man could tame her, or so she believed.
Fragments of Memory - The Godfather, 5 parts - written for ceruleantactian for Yuletide 2022 - Carmela Coreleon has always loved her family, even when they broke her heart.
A Delayed Engagement - Sifki - written for Elenniel for Mischief and Mistletoe - Loki has requested his parents' permission to marry the Lady Sif, and though Odin sees advantages in the match, Frigga is less certain.
So, what changed? I'm honestly not sure. I think letting myself play with new fandoms helped. Three of these were for ficathons. Two others were inspired by other works (and "Sunset and Sunrise" spawned a fic by someone else, the first time that's happened that I know of other than one person using the format of MFTAM for a different fandom). I did comedy, angst, parody, romance, and sort of let things be flexible rather than rigid. I have more ideas that I can go back too, which I'm trying to remember to write down.
I also found I like to finish an entire multi-part fic before I start posting it. I might go through and edit it as I post, but I like the idea that it's basically done before I put it out there. I did that with "Hearts and Lies," "Incomplete Erasure," and "Apples and Eternal Love." I did it the other way with "Game Night" and "Christmas Special Night." Both can work, but those are more free-form rather than plotty, similar to MFTAM.
I've also come to the conclusion FF.net is just this side of dead, but in a weird way. People do read there, but comments are really sparse. AO3 does have kudos (though only 1 per fic, regardless of number of chapters), so that helps some, but it does seem like people don't do feedback much anymore. I tend to think Tumblr's format had something to do with this.
On the whole, it's been a heck of a year fic-wise. This one went pretty well.
ETA: Oh, and also, since he seems to be my muse at the moment, here's the not-really-a-fic, Weird Headcanons for Loki.
The upshot is I wrote ::drumroll:: 87 fics (not including one post on here on my head canon of Loki, but charting chapters of works separately). I have never written anywhere close to that in a year before. In 2009 I wrote 44, and 2008 was 40. Those were the next two highest, and I was double that. Yikes.
Fandoms (a lot of these are crossovers):
MCU 69
Harry Potter 9
Encanto 3 (new)
Anne of Green Gables 1 (new)
Arthurian legend 1
Cinderella (Grimm version) 1 (new)
Downton Abbey 1
The Godfather 1
The Great Gatsby 1 (new)
Groundhog's Day 1 (new)
The Little Mermaid (original version) 1 (new)
Lost 1
A Midsummer Night's Dream 1 (new)
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood 1 (new)
The Night Circus 1 (new)
Peter Pan 1 (new)
Romeo and Juliet 1
West Side Story (2021) 1 (new to this version)
So, 11 new fandoms I haven't previously written.
This includes 2 pieces of meta, one on the Sokovia accords and the other on Odin's really, really bad parenting.
January
The Other Defence - Harry Potter - During the Quidditch match in book 3, one Dementor wanders off from the pack at the pitch and meets a very odd girl. (Luna-centric)
February
It's All about Phil - Marvel/Groundhog Day xver (Worlds of Chaos) - Loki takes Thor into a time loop in a pocket universe.
Hearts and Lies: Chapter 1 - Frostiron - Tony Howardson creates the most powerful and beautiful weapons in all of Asgard, gaining Loki's attention. He quickly becomes interested in more than daggers. (based on STARSdidathing's "If Kisses Were Wishes")
Hearts and Lies: Chapter 2 - In which they eat soup.
Hearts and Lies: Chapter 3 - Four months have passed.
Hearts and Lies: Chapter 4 - The morning after his dinner with Anthony, Loki went to Thor with the issue of trying to collect the dust from one of the enemy weapons.
Hearts and Lies: Chapter 5 - In which Loki believes Thor is an idiot.
Hearts and Lies: Chapter 6 - In a few short hours, Thor and Loki presented both Peter and Bjarne to Odin, with Anthony, still covered in bruises and shackled hand and foot, standing before the king’s throne.
Hearts and Lies: Chapter 7 - Loki awoke the next morning to the sensation of a soft kiss against his bare shoulder.
March
Hearts and Lies: Chapter 8 - When Loki awoke in the Healing Room, the first thing he saw was Frigga’s relieved face.
Hearts and Lies: Chapter 9 - More than a week passed since Loki’s revelation from his mother.
Hearts and Lies: Chapter 10 - In which Loki has a crummy birthday.
Condolences - West Side Story (2021) - In the days following Bernardo's death, Anita receives an unexpected visitor.
Hearts and Lies: Chapter 11 - More than three weeks passed without Thor returning to Asgard.
Hearts and Lies: Chapter 12 - In which a lot happens.
Happy Loki Day - MCU - Loki wakes up to a city that is finally showing him the gratitude he has always wanted, or at least so he thinks.
Hearts and Lies: Chapter 13 - “Why are you not terrified?” Thor said, squinting at his brother.
The Close - Sifki - Some things, though beautiful, still must end.
Simple Solution - Encanto - Antonio tries to help Luisa with the donkeys.
It's All Odin's Fault: Tracing the Blame for Thanos Back to the Allfather - MCU meta - In which I blame Odin's bad parenting for pretty much everything.
April
Apples to Apples - MCU - Odin is displeased with Thor's relationship with Jane Foster and takes drastic action. Thor is left hopeless until the last person he expects to see again shows up.
What's in a Name? - Frostiron, epilogue to Hearts and Lies - After their wedding, Loki tells Anthony a bedtime story.
Iron Man v. Captain American: Adaptations of Guilt and Responsibility - MCU meta - A brief comparison and contrast look at how the Sokovia Accords bring out the different characterizations of Tony and Steve. Whose take on them is right? The answer is yes.
A Genius Billionaire Playboy Philanthropist and a Reformed Russian Assassin Walk into a Bar - MCU - Tony has broken up with Pepper and is feeling very low. Natasha does what she does best: listens.
May
One Hundred Midsummer Nights - MCU/A Midsummer Night's Dream xover - Worlds of Chaos - Thor has managed to accidentally put Asgard on the brink of war with the Fae court of Midgard. To prevent a catastrophe, Frigga asks Loki to smooth over the situation with Oberon, but the penalty for his brother's insult is not what Loki expected.
The Princess(antly Bizarre) on the Glass Hill - Harry Potter - Muggle Fairy Tales Are Mad!
Escape to Brazil - MCU/Harry Potter xover, Worlds of Chaos - While strolling through a panicking zoo in Surrey, Loki comes across an unhappy and confused snake. Well, obviously he can't just walk past, can he?
Incomplete Erasure 1: Longing - MCU, Stucky - He doesn't know his own name, but there are memories that fight the frozen hell his life has become. Even as he is activated, they swirl, and he nearly remembers, almost grasps them in his cold hands before they melt away. Each chapter is based on one of the Winter Soldier's activation words.
Incomplete Erasure 2: Rusted - Sometimes he is able to remember more than a fragment.
Exeunt - Worlds of Chaos xover with Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood - Loki has presided over the Ragnarok of many worlds, but this is one he never wanted to end.
Incomplete Erasure 3: Furnace - Brooklyn in the winter is cold right down to the bone.
Deceptive Appearance - Worlds of Chaos xover with Encanto - The eldest Madrigal daughter is only just becoming aware of her power, and Loki decides to observe her more carefully.
June
Incomplete Erasure 4: Daybreak - Steve was sick.
The Second Happily Ever After - Worlds of Chaos xover with Cinderella (traditional version) - Cinderella lived happily ever after, but justice was meted out to her family with a rather over-zealous hand. Fairy tales always follow the rules, but to the god of chaos, those rules might merit bending.
The Tin(timidatingly Strange)derbox - MFTAM
Incomplete Erasure 5: Seventeen - The world was shifting gears, and things were beginning to happen.
Incomplete Erasure 6: Benign - Every time Steve tries to join up, he worries this is the time it will actually work.
Fortune's Other Fool - Worlds of Chaos xover with Romeo and Juliet, Loki/Mercutio - Loki generally cares little for mortals, but the sheer brilliance of this one's wit brings him such delight that he simply must reveal himself. Every pleasure has its price.
When Everything Is Nothing at All - Worlds of Chaos xover with The Great Gatsby - The sheer chaos of Gatsby's endless parties was an open invitation for Loki to arrive and play with these tattered, weary, doomed mortals, but he was not expecting to see quite so much of himself in them.
Incomplete Erasure 7: Nine Name. Rank. Serial Number. He doesn’t remember the first one anymore.
Game Night: Guaranteed Argument in a Box - Team Bonding Night at Tony's Place - “What?” Tony said. “It’ll be fun.” The Avengers (and Loki) play Monopoly.
Red-Headed Mischief - Worlds of Chaos xover with Anne of Green Gables - Loki's attention is drawn to an orphan girl on Midgard with green eyes, red hair, and the most wonderful imagination, and her maternal instinct goes into overdrive.
July
Incomplete Erasure 8: Homecoming - They walked back to the 107th.
Game Night: Is There a Doctor in the House? - “Why?” Tony asked. “You think this is going to cause more trouble than Monopoly did?” In which the Avengers (and Loki) play Operation.
Incomplete Erasure 9: One - He remembers he’d been sore, needed to see a medic, but overall, he was surprised he wasn’t a lot more of a mess.
Lethal Obsession Worlds of Chaos xover with Andersen's The Little Mermaid - Loki encounters the Sea King's youngest daughter, whose heart has fixed itself on a mortal prince. When he decides to follow her journey, he doesn't realize that he is retreading the steps of his own.
Sunset and Sunrise - Loki/Fandral and Loki/Tony - Loki has always silently adored Fandral, but he never thought he had a chance to win his heart, until suddenly things change far more than he ever thought possible.
Incomplete Erasure 10: Freight Car - He remembers falling.
Hamlet(Me Out of Here!) - MFTAM - In which Harry and Ron are introduced to the melancholy Dane.
The New Magician - Worlds of Chaos xover with The Night Circus - Really, we all should have known that someday Loki would run away to join the circus.
August
Game Night: Whodunnit? "This time we’re really going to have fun.” In which the Avengers (and Loki) play Clue.
As Good of an Explanation as Any - Worlds of Chaos xover with Lost - Every once in a great while, Loki drinks just a smidge too much. When that happens, sometimes he finds it amusing to visit a weird island that keeps popping from one place and time to another.
Of Apples and Eternal Love: Chapter 1 Frostiron - Loki has lost his heart to a mortal, and he cannot bear the thought of his eventual death, so he tries to remedy the situation.
The Fox and the Cr(azy, as Usual)ow - MFTAM
Of Apples and Eternal Love: Chapter 2 - In which Asgard is rather inhospitable.
Of Apples and Eternal Love: Chapter 3 - the following morning, the pair of them arose not long after dawn.
September
Of Apples and Eternal Love: Chapter 4 - Six months later...
A Mother's Love - MCU - When Odin explains what his plan is for the Jotun baby he has brought back to Asgard, Frigga is horrified. He shows her what the consequences will be if she refuses to comply.
Game Night: Uncomfortable Revelations - “I’m wondering what was going on in your mind when you picked this,” Bruce said, his tone suggesting he was preparing for a disaster as he set out a large fruit and vegetable tray. In which the Avengers (and Loki) play Scattergories.
The Girl with No H(ow Is That Okay?)ands MFTAM
Prelude to Camlann - Worlds of Chaos xover with Arthurian legend - Loki is annoyed by a Midgardian sorceress's repeated attempts to summon him, so he chooses to appear before her if only to shut her up. However, Morgan le Fay and her son have their own plans.
October
Severing the Past - Encanto - Isabela asks Mirabel to do her a favor to make her just a little less perfect.
Changing Times - Worlds of Chaos xover with Downton Abbey, Loki/Thomas Barrow - Loki occasionally pops in at the abbey to check on his favorite resident trickster, but when he realizes Thomas Barrow is no longer able to handle the pressures of his own world, he decides to intervene.
November
The Boy Who Wanted to Learn How to Sh(eesh, This is Ridiculous!)udder MFTAM
Game Night: Thanksgiving Pictionary In which the Avengers (and Loki) watch A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, eat too much, and draw. Badly.
December
Christmas Special Night: Frosty the Snowman - Set immediately after Game Night, the Avengers (and Loki) watch Christmas specials.
Horse Sense - Frostiron, based on STARSdidathing's "Riding with Princes" - In the stables of Asgard lived a horse who wouldn't allow anyone to ride him, but the prince with the black mane decided to take an interest in him anyway.
Christmas Special Night Interlude: Snowmen in Central Park In which the Avengers (and Loki) get a little overly competitive.
Christmas Special Night: Rudolph In which the Avengers become very invested in a fungal infection.
The Dog and His Re(ally, Now!)flection MFTAM - In which the Trio nearly burns down Windsor Castle.
Nightmares and Dreams - Frostiron, a sequel of sorts to "Sunset and Sunrise" - Long ago, Fandral used Loki's love to humiliate him. No one knows how much he regrets his choice, but in his dreams, he took a different path. A sort-of sequel to "Sunset and Sunrise."
Christmas Special Night: The Little Match Seller (1902) - In which the Avengers (and Loki) are appalled.
Christmas Special Night: Christmas Eve on Sesame Street - In memory of Bob McGrath.
Christmas Special Night: The Star Wars Holiday Special - In which, the Avengers (and Loki) try to focus on Boba Fett.
Christmas Special Night: A Family Circle Christmas In which Loki is able to find a nefarious reason for everything.
Second Star to the Right - Worlds of Chaos xover with Peter Pan - Loki seeks out his own world to nurture into being, creating a canvas for a more innocent chaos. Unfortunately, darkness just won't leave him alone.
Christmas Special Night: How the Grinch Stole Christmas! - In which the Avengers (and Loki) eat s'mores.
Christmas Special Night Interlude: Heart to Heart - In which Steve and Bucky talk about their relationship and decide to tell the others.
Christmas Special Night: Twas the Night before Christmas - In which the Avengers (and Loki) decide Santa is a horrible person. Also, I sneak in a hidden Buffy reference.
Christmas Special Night: A Charlie Brown Christmas In which the Avengers (and Loki) are 100% sure that is not the same tree.
Christmas Special Night Interlude: Truth or Dare - In which Natasha and Loki bond.
Christmas Special Night: A Muppet Family Christmas - In which everybody goes to Clint and Laura's farm in the country for the holidays. Everybody. Really. (note to self: What happened to the spacing?)
The Fir(Pity's Sake, Cheer Up!) Tree MFTAM - Hermione tells the boys another depressing Andersen story.
Christmas Special Night: Rudolph's Shiny New Year - In which the Avengers start the New Year off by being overly critical of a children's special and Nick Fury is right.
Love and War - Sifki - Written for Ladylaufeyson1 in Mischief and Mistletoe - Sif was proud of her strength and skill. No man could tame her, or so she believed.
Fragments of Memory - The Godfather, 5 parts - written for ceruleantactian for Yuletide 2022 - Carmela Coreleon has always loved her family, even when they broke her heart.
A Delayed Engagement - Sifki - written for Elenniel for Mischief and Mistletoe - Loki has requested his parents' permission to marry the Lady Sif, and though Odin sees advantages in the match, Frigga is less certain.
So, what changed? I'm honestly not sure. I think letting myself play with new fandoms helped. Three of these were for ficathons. Two others were inspired by other works (and "Sunset and Sunrise" spawned a fic by someone else, the first time that's happened that I know of other than one person using the format of MFTAM for a different fandom). I did comedy, angst, parody, romance, and sort of let things be flexible rather than rigid. I have more ideas that I can go back too, which I'm trying to remember to write down.
I also found I like to finish an entire multi-part fic before I start posting it. I might go through and edit it as I post, but I like the idea that it's basically done before I put it out there. I did that with "Hearts and Lies," "Incomplete Erasure," and "Apples and Eternal Love." I did it the other way with "Game Night" and "Christmas Special Night." Both can work, but those are more free-form rather than plotty, similar to MFTAM.
I've also come to the conclusion FF.net is just this side of dead, but in a weird way. People do read there, but comments are really sparse. AO3 does have kudos (though only 1 per fic, regardless of number of chapters), so that helps some, but it does seem like people don't do feedback much anymore. I tend to think Tumblr's format had something to do with this.
On the whole, it's been a heck of a year fic-wise. This one went pretty well.
ETA: Oh, and also, since he seems to be my muse at the moment, here's the not-really-a-fic, Weird Headcanons for Loki.
