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1. How many works do you have on ao3?

121 

2. What's your current AO3 wordcount?

2,055,131

3. How many fandoms have you written for and what are they?

Um.....  20, although I have a few things I’ve never published in small fandoms (The Black Tapes Podcast) and not so small fandoms (Hunger Games) 

Published: The Walking Dead, Star Trek, Teen Wolf, Star Trek RPF, Ugly Betty, Sherlock, Inception, Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, House M.D., Marvel, AO3 Abuse, X-Men, The OA , CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, The Long Dark (Video Game), Dragonriders of Pern - Anne McCaffrey, Stranger Things 

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

Hey There, Little Red (5696) Teen Wolf

Nowhere Man (5628) Teen Wolf

Love the One You’re With (4851) Star Trek AOS

Five Times Stiles Needed a Crash Course on Wolfy Behavior and One Time He Figured Shit Out. (3206) Teen Wolf

What The Moon Showed Me (3206) Teen Wolf

5. What are your top 5 fics by hits? 

  Nowhere Man (222,990) Teen Wolf

Hey There, Little Red (210,147) Teen Wolf

Love the One You’re With (109,625) Star Trek AOS

What The Water Gave Me (66,720) Teen Wolf

in the bed where you lie (66,405) The Walking Dead

6. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

Always. It might take me a bit to get to them, but I always respond. Often, they’re little bits of joy in a usually hectic day. 

7. What's the fic you've written with the angstiest ending?

Hm. I’m kind of a giant nerd for happy endings. Angstiest would probably be Thistle and Weeds, a Rickyl fic. 

8. Do you write crossovers? What's the craziest one you've ever written?

Not usually. My crossovers tend to be within the same ‘verse. I wrote one where Kirk and Spock from TOS met Kirk and Spock from AOS and several fics where Clementine from TWD Video Games meets Rick, Daryl ... and especially Carl. :D 

9. Have you ever received hate on a fic?

Yep. 

10. Do you write smut?

Definitely, yep. I would say mostly smut. 

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Sadly, yes. A few times. 

12. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

Sure have a few times! It’s fun! 

13. What's your all time favorite ship?

Oy. That’s really hard to pick just one. I’d probably say Sterek. Or Kirk/Spock. Or Rickyl. Or Drarry!  GAH.

14. What was the first fandom you wrote for?

Ever? Star Trek

15. What's your favorite fic you've written?

in the bed is the one I’m the most proud of. It’s probably too long. Okay, it’s definitely too long. But I think it’s some of my absolute best writing. 

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Some of you may have noticed that my fic “Sing Me to Sleep” is no longer on AO3. I deleted it earlier today after a great deal of thought, and I will not be completing it. Since it didn’t end in a place that could serve as a satisfying ending, I decided it was better to take it down than to continue to make people read something that was never going to be complete. 

“All I Want for Christmas is You” will stay up but I’ve marked it as complete, since all that was left to go was an epilogue, and the story has a good ending without it. All of my other works will remain up for everyone’s enjoyment, so don’t worry about that. 

Why is this happening? I’m retiring from Rickyl, officially. Honestly I hadn’t been very involved in the fandom or the ship for a while now, but I’d been telling myself that I’d find my way back someday. That still may happen (and I have a copy of SMTS saved on Google Docs in case I do decide to go back to it someday), but for now, I’m not planning on writing any more Rickyl. I stopped watching the show after the premiere of season 7 and honestly I have had zero (0) desire to continue watching any of the latest episodes. I could go into all my reasons, but I’d rather leave the fandom with dignity instead of getting involved in criticism of a show I once loved so much. 

From the bottom of my heart, thank you for all of your support, comments, kudos, flailing, DMs, and general friendship. Rickyl was a part of my life for several years, and you all made it something I’ll never forget.