#otby

I was tagged by @memorizingthedigitsofpi​, @grapehyasynth​ and @unbreakablejemmasimmons​

3 fanfics with the most comments:

A Few Tricks Up My Sleeve (AFTUMS), the Fitz-as-a-birthday-magician/Jemma-has-a-kids-science-show AU (and kitchen-sink tropefest) you really never needed                                

Oh To Be Young (OTBY), a since-canonballed version of how FitzSimmons might have become friends at the Academy, addresses their personal codes re: killing bad guys who are just doing their job, headcanons for Fitz’s dress style, love of monkeys, the DWARFs, why he was too chicken to ask Jemma out, bullying, pranks, Academy timeline, all sorts of stuff.            

And a Happy Nude Year (AAHNY), sequel to A Kiss-mas Story, 5x+1 fic where Fitz and Jemma navigate their brand-new romantic relationship while they’re apart for the holidays.

3 fanfics with the most kudos:

OTBY

A Kiss-mas Story, mistletoe-based 5x+1 fluff fest written as part of the Secret Santa exchange for @historygirlbites​                                  

AFTUMS

Your oldest fanfic:

The Note, based on the persistent plot bunny that Jemma wrote Fitz a love confession on the napkin she put in the sandwich.  You know, the sandwich that Ward threw away.                                  

Your latest fanfic:

Falling for You, a FitzSimmons Skydiving AU                                 

Your proudest fanfic:

I mean, everyone complains about having to pick, because.  Yeah.  How. But I’d have to go with

Green, because it was the first time I felt like I was doing an okay job and not just fumbling around

or Gone Soft, because it actually had a plot and I did everything I meant to do in it

Your longest fanfic:

AFTUMS, comin’ in hot at 70912 words

3 fanfics with the most hits/views:

Same as the first answer: AFTUMS, OTBY, and AAHNY

3 fanfics with the most bookmarks/follow:

OTBY, Gone Soft, and AFTUMS

Top 3 crossover fics:

Never written a crossover fic in the sense that FitzSimmons would interact with the characters from a different show or movie, but I did include several parallels and took inspiration from a movie in

Out of the Lab-yrinth, where FitzSimmons spend an adventurous night running around the city after watching Jim Henson’s Labyrinth (features thirsty!Jemma)

Your favourite character to write in a fanfic:

Fiiiiiiiitz  (no surprises there).  Obviously I adore FitzSimmons both, and I do like writing Jemma because she’s super complex and a great character, but Fitz was my first fanfic love, and I don’t see anyone taking his spot anytime soon.  

Out of the rest, I think I sound the most like Daisy in my head (not angsty Daisy, I mean sarcastic, pervy-joke Daisy, or Season 1 Skye if you want) and Hunter is always good as an outlet for irreverence.

A fic you love that is not mentioned above:

Heh, oof.  I’m tempted to be willfully obtuse and start listing other fanfickers’ works because this didn’t specify it had to be my own.  :-P

My Big Fat British Pregnancy (by Leopold Fitz), I guess, because I never expected anyone else to like it.  I mostly wrote it for me and @badscienceshenanigans​ because we would say things like BUT WHERE’S THE BODY HAIR AND FARTS WHERE’S THE POOPING-THE-BED CONCERNS (re: pregnancy fics, not just... as part of our normal conversation ok who’m I kidding we totally say this regardless of context)

Tag ten!

8. Was there anything I only learned about the fic after I had finished it? (themes, motifs, symbolism, etc)9. Did anyone in the fic surprise me by doing anything? If so, what?10. If I were to rewrite this fic, what would I change?11. Did any thing about this fic’s reception surprise me?

6.  Who’s my favorite character in the fic?

But— but— you know Fitz is my favorite!  Um, okay.  I’m guessing you mean not Fitz or Simmons either?  Because obviously, if it’s not Fitz, it’s Simmons, even if I still think Simmons in OTBY was a little too selfless and mature… I mean, she’s still the one that I spent the most time on besides Fitz.  But if you meant out of my OCs, Jonesy, hands down, man.  Jonesy is so much fun to write and he’s a total idiot, but I love him.

Jonesy’s not in Shots, though.  So (assuming not Simmons, because, otherwise, Simmons) my favorite OC in Shots is probably Herrick, since again, I’ve spent more time on him.  But, also, and this is gonna sound really dumb, but I like the kid in Shots named Mack who calls everyone “gang”, because he’s loosely inspired by comedian Joe Machi and I lurv him.