My fic for 2015

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Overall I’m pretty pleased with the output. I wrote my first long-fic (and learned a lot about how different the approach to characterization, foreshadowing, and arcs can be.)

I wrote a lot for events (het_bigbang, femslashbb, summer_of_giles, whichwillow) and communities (femslash_minis, buffy_genfic, open_on_sunday) this year. I’m not sure I will do quite so many next year. I really like the community encouragement, particularly from the Big Bangs. And deadlines helped light a fire under my butt to finally write a couple things that had been rattling around in my brain for a long time. But I also really struggled with deadlines a few times, especially at the end of the year. There were a few times where someone gave me a great prompt, and wish I’d done a better job with giving them a fic that lived up to the promise of the prompt. I’d also like to revisit a couple of the universes that I’ve created in 2016. So we'll see. (Several times this year I told myself "No more fic with deadlines" only to find a prompt or community too tempting to resist.)

So here's the fic. Starred entries are personal favorites.

Gen:

Someday My Prince Will Come
Willow, G
Summary: Willow's internet addiction support group gets a surprise visitor. Set in Cleveland in the present, no comics canon used.
Word count: 1535

If You Are What You Say You Are
Jonathan, Joyce, G
Summary: A "what if" set during Jonathan's augmentation spell in Superstar. Inspired by this line: Buffy: "I'm just saying it doesn't make any sense. He starred in the Matrix but he never left town. And how'd he graduate from med school? He's only eighteen years old."
Word count: 100

Femslash:

My Heart the Red Sun, Your Heart the Moon Clouded
Willow/Kennedy, R
Summary: AU ATS Season 5: Cordy isn't in a coma, and calls Willow to save Fred
Word count: 3428

* Sapling
Willow/Faith, PG
Summary: AU Season 3: Buffy doesn't come home after Acathla, and Faith's Watcher survived. Willow, Faith, and three Jewish holidays,
Word count: 1463

* Cinders
Willow/Anya, PG-13
Summary: AU Season 5: Willow and Anya's Halloween date night takes an unexpected turn
Word count: 1013

I Know You Might Roll Your Eyes at This, But I'm So Glad That You Exist
Kennedy/Dawn, R
Summary: Kennedy and Dawn unwind after Kennedy's sister's wedding. Title is from The Weakerthans songs The Reasons
Word count: 727

How Does That Make You Feel?
Buffy/Souled!Vamp!Willow R
AU Season 5. (Willow was turned prior to Buffy arriving in Sunnydale. Ethan Rayne took a different path after Eyghon.) Buffy copes with the newest arrival to Sunnydale.
http://punch-kicker15.livejournal.com/18150.html

* The Sound You Found For Me
Willow/Tara, G
Summary: A few days after the Tabula Rasa spell, Tara unpacks and remembers. Which is more complicated than it used to be.
Word count: 990

* Dawn Does Detection
Dawn/Kennedy, R
Summary: In an AU post-Chosen, ATS Season 5, Dawn and Kennedy investigate a haunted porn movie.
Word count: 1268

The Green-Eyed Monster
Amy Madison/Kendra Young, G
Summary: AU: Kendra was called before Buffy, and had a different Watcher. Kendra struggles with jealousy when a new Slayer comes into town.
Word count: 659

* Patchwork Girls
April/Buffybot, R
ummary: AU: when the Urn of Osiris is irreparably damaged, the Scoobies bring back April to help on patrols. April develops a crush on the Buffybot.
Word count: 729

* Strange Bedfellows
Nikki Wood/Anyanka, R
Summary: AU: Sparks fly when a Slayer and a vengeance demon walk out of a bar.
Word count: 884

* Whispers in the Dark
Willow/Evil Willow, R
Summary: AU: While Willow deals with magic withdrawal symptoms, temptation arrives from the worst possible source: another Willow.
Word count: 1005

Het:

* The Borders of Night Start to Give
Willow/Giles, R
Summary: A prophecy leads Giles to practice dark magic once again. This sets him down a dark path, and Willow may be the only one who can help. AU in which Willow’s magic training started earlier than in canon.
Word count: 47,533

* Crisis
Willow/Giles, PG-13
Summary: Stopping two apocalypses was the easy part of the day for Giles and Willow.
Word count: 601

Lie to Me
Willow/Riley, R
Summary: Instead of instantly forgiving Tara after the revelations in Family, Willow is angry and hurt by Tara's deception. Riley is there to listen.
Word count: 1403