Feb. 23rd, 2025

AO3 Meme

Feb. 23rd, 2025 02:47 pm
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A fun little meme borrowed from [personal profile] chestnut_pod: give us the links to your fics with the most hits, second most kudos, third most comments, fourth most bookmarks, fifth most words, and fewest words.

Most hits by far, with twice as many as the runner-up, is "Climbing Garden Walls", a nearly twelve-year-old fic for Attack on Titan, a fandom I was in for about a minute in high school, and that mostly because [tumblr.com profile] sandavier was into it. (I've heard it ended horribly, haven't been keeping up.) Definitely the case of publishing a fic in the right fandom at the right time to get a lot of interest, and it still dominates my stats.

Second most kudos is "Special Assignment", and unlike in hits, this one is actually close - it's only 10 kudos behind Garden Walls and I expect it will overtake at some point. It's a Star Wars fic, Obi-Wan/Alpha-17, written as a pinch hit in the 2020 round of [community profile] swrarepairs, and is a product of my Emails Phase. Its (relative) popularity has always surprised me, as I've never been particularly satisfied with it, but re-reading it with some distance, I think I'm a little fonder of it now!

Third most comment threads is "Climbing Garden Walls" again (beaten handily by #1 "Letters from Himring" and closely by #2 "Special Assignment").

Fourth most bookmarks is "necessity", a very short Star Wars fic about Depa Billaba's apprenticeship that was written very specifically for [personal profile] independence1776 - I didn't care at all if anyone else liked it, and am pleasantly surprised by how many people evidently do!

Fifth most words is "Special Assignment" again.

Fewest words is "Chicken Soup for the Ranger's Soul", a true drabble featuring Aragorn & Gandalf - and some Tolkien fic makes it into this meme at last!
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