tagged by: @im-immortal
tagging: no one, ever, as always
—Words posted: the lying liar AO3 stats said it was over 1 million, but in reality it would have been closer to 750k
—Additional Words Written: 11,931
—Grand total of words: I mean, you can see it
—Fandoms: The Walking Dead
—Works: There's 22 of them, guys. I'm in immense physical pain.
—Highest Kudos: In the Dust and the Dirt because Bethyl is BY FAR the most popular ship I've written for
—Highest Hit One-shot: The Things We Wished We’d Done but it's also one of the least kudosed!
—New Things I Tried: AUs and OT3s. also tried my hand at writing Glenn/Daryl which was super intimidating to me (and still is)
—Fic I Spent the Most Time On: Probably Love, Run, which is genuinely depressing to me rn.
—Fic I Spent the Least Time On: Any of the short oneshots.
—Favourite Thing I Wrote: not so secretly Somewhere Along the Way. Glenn/Daryl was my first ship wayyyy back when the show was airing. I never would have thought I'd be brave enough to even attempt writing it, let alone somehow manage to actually enjoy reading it when it was done, too.
—Favorite Thing I Read: It wasn't written this year, but I read it this year: But Clouds Got in My Way by Mugatu
—Something I Finished:
A lot of chaptered fics:
Fighting the Fall! And it's the longest fic in the Daryl Dixon/Jesus tag! My one claim to fame and my baby.
Somewhere Along the Way
In the Dust and the Dirt
and a whole host of one shots as well
—Miscellaneous Highlights: Finishing Fighting the Fall. I love that fic and I didn't want it to end. It's what gave me the confidence to try writing more fics in different ships, even if they were all in the same fandom.
—Writing Goals for 2025: Write less. Which is now largely out of my hands thanks to the fun neurosurgical times I'm about to have. Finishing up with the Bethyl fics is another big one. I'm really looking forward to wrapping all of those up and letting all the hatred and the hurt from this year pass and, hopefully, be replaced with something lighter. I'm also hoping to get some serious work done on the huge three parter Aaron fic.
—Final Thoughts: I really learnt that no anti-shipper in this world will make you dislike a ship the way the other shippers can. I also wrote a frick ton of stuff, actually, and most of it was fun. I'm just going to try and focus on the fun parts this year and try not to get bogged down with the bad. Especially now that my body is a painful wreck and I'm stressed out of my own head.