Good evening! If you had to pick your top 5 fics that you've written, what would they be? š
Good evening! <3 For starters,ahhhhhĀ how am I supposed to pick favorites Iām so bad at this fjdskl;fjsla;, but thank you for asking!! Iām going to not count Support System because we all know itās my baby and I will love it the most forever so itās almost unfair to try and throw it in with other things Iāve written, nothing else will ever stand a chance xDĀ 1. Weight of LivingĀ - I love this fic so much. Itās very heavy and I wanted to be extra careful with how I portrayed some of the themes and emotions in this one,Ā giving a deeper look into Raphaelās feelings after that breakdown/lash out he has after Rosa dies, his almost father-son relationship with Magnus, his still-new connection with Simon. It hurts all the way through but it ends with a bit of optimism, which since then has been a definite theme in my heavier angst.Ā
2. Life in the Shadow of Death - This isnāt like anything else Iāve written. Itās more of an introspective character study than anything else, following Jace from birth to present and reflecting on the way death seems to be such an instrumental part of shaping who he is throughout every stage of his life so far. I love the way the concept came together in the end and Iām really proud of it, and of myself for taking a chance on something outside my normal comfort zone.Ā 3. I Could Really Use The Win - A fic that has both Magnus and Alec POVs of the training scene in 3x12. After the initial hype of first watching the scene faded, a few things didnāt sit right with me, and this was my attempt at working through them. I love pieces where I can take an existing scene and elaborate or expand on it, try to get into the characterās heads, and this is my favorite one of those I did during season 3. I mostly did it to bridge a gap for myself with some deeper context/analysis, and was pleasantly surprised by the amount of comments I got on this one saying how right it felt for the charactersĀ <3 <3 (also for the record, I love this scene to pieces with or without digging deeper behind the playful banter itās mostly billed as!!)Ā
4. Something Worth ProtectingĀ - I started this after the 3A finale, a coda that picks up from the moment Lilith explodes the top of that building, following the next few hours of Magnus coming to terms with the loss of his magic and immortality, as well as losing Clary, Alecās injuries, and the aftermath theyāre all dealing with now. I really enjoy the way I had things play out in those turning-point moments while emotions ran high and itās everything I wish we got to see between 3A and 3B.5. Iām going to cheat for the last one and say my Flufftober FicletsĀ (I technically posted them as one āficā, with 31 chapters). I tried to do a different pairing for each day, and while there is some repeats itās a lot of varied friendships and romantic couples who were all a lot of fun to try my hand at! Really, thereās a little something for everyone in there, though Iām particularly fond of my Ragnor-is-still-alive pairings/fix-its and my two This World Inverted set Clace stories!Ā (Bonus: theyāre labeled by characters in the chapter titles for easy navigation if there are some youād prefer to read, or prefer to avoid!)Ā Ā
(and because Iām Trash⢠and went through and re-read so many of my fics that Iām sure my top 5 would be entirely different if I answered tomorrow, some honorable mentions (because how can I just pick 5 out of 134?! Impossible.) : Shed My Skin, My Scars,Ā Ā it runs in the familyĀ , Showing Hearts, Ā Better Together, cadence of my heart,Ā A Way With Words,Ā Traces of Love, and Iām going to stop now I just have a lot of feelings about a lot of things Iāve written and Iām already the worst at picking favorites of anything, let alone things Iām emotionally attached to. asking me to talk about my own writing is always a mistake fjdskljf;lasdfjsa)Ā Ā