Well, this year is coming to a close!!! Here are my favourite writings from the year 2020 :)
āA penchant for looking at rocksā, the first ever Amamota fic I wrote (itās been a long fucking year, haha) and another 5+1 things fic! Buckle down LGBTQ+ community because there are a lot of these, in fact Iām pretty sure I started off last yearās compilation with a 5+1 things fic? Anyway, this one was the five times Kaito helps Rantaro when heās hurt, plus the one time Rantaro helps Kaito. I love me some good whump and I felt I had to choose this one because itās one of my favourites just generally speaking.
Content Warnings: Injuries, tending to injuries, asthma attacks.
āIbuki Miodaās Kissesā, which I wrote for day fourteen of Femslash February. Boy, if I thought I wrote a lot in January, just take a moment to peek at February 2020ā¦ I was churning out a fic daily for the entire month. I donāt regret it though! I got to write a lot of characters who I havenāt written a lot, and explore a whole lot of prompts, and if I can remove my head from my ass I fully intend on participating in Femslash February again next year. Ibuki Miodaās Kisses is the piece I wrote for Valentineās Day, which was my two year anniversary with my boyfriend, so I wanted to write something special commemorating our relationship. No idea how Iām going to top that in 2021, but uh, check out the fic! Itās cute and I like to think itās clever.
Content Warnings: The Mortifying Ideal Of Discovering Oneself, secondhand embarrassment, bad kisses. (I mean in the sense that texturally theyāre just, unpleasant. Itās about asexuality, alright.)
āAdventureā, which I wrote for day five of Amasai Week, which was the first ship week I hosted and participated in in 2020! This was the longest piece that I wrote, and my favourite, just because I really really love the childhood friends trope, and I liked writing Shuichi and Rantaro as children, adventuring together and just having a fantastic time. Amasai Week actually took place while one of my parrots stayed overnight at the emergency vet after a fight with another one, so it was a pretty stressful time for me, but Iām proud of myself for completing it and looking forward to hosting Amasai Week again in 2020! Stay tuned, weāve almost got the prompts worked out.
āA couple of ghostsā, which is the fic I wrote for Kaitoās birthday! I see weāve reached the part of 2020 where I met my abuser, which, yaaaaay, but also, Iām still really proud of this fic, despite how much I kind of associate it with him now! Itās the fic where I said, yāknow what, no, we canāt have nice things, and gave Kaito a horrible, traumatic reason for his fear of ghosts, as well as two dead parents. Itās Saimota though and thereās a cute hurt/comfort scene at the end so go ahead and check it out if you want.
Content Warnings: Car accidents, minor character death, injuries, PTSD.
āAre you down to play?ā, the fic that I wrote for day four of Saimota Week, wherein Shuichi has a secret and Kaito makes a bet with Kaede to figure it out. Man, if you thought I had bad associations with the fic I chose for April, look at this one, haha. But itās objectively the best writing piece I uploaded that month, Iām really proud of my characterisation and the scenes in the fic, and hopefully someday Iāll be able to read this piece without thinking about him. :)
Content Warnings: None! This oneās just a fluffy feel good fic.
āTamago kake gohanā, the Sonanami canon compliant hurt/comfort fic I wrote for my friend Voidās birthday. I put out a whopping three one shots in June because Iād really hit the swing of my roleplaying and hadnāt adjusted to it well enough to be writing fic at the same time yet, so, yeah. This oneās cute, though! Sonia is sad about Gundham and then Chiaki makes her some food. Theyāre sapphic.
Content Warnings: Canonical character death.
āGood nightā, the Amasai 5+1 things that I wrote for my friend Nebās birthday! This is the five times Saihara slept in front of Amami, plus the one time Rantaro slept in front of Shuichi. Itās cute! Theyāre tender! It features the trope where you sleep in front of a loved one! I love that trope! And itās Nebās favourite so I had to go for it, hehe. These two are cute boys and they deserve to be happy.
Content Warnings: Breakdowns, nightmares. (But neither is from the narratorās perspective.)
āMaking that dream come trueā, the royalty AU Kaede and Rantaro become friends fic that I wrote while I briefly hyperfixated back on my royalty AU. I got into another writing groove during this time so I actually have a lot of really good fics up from August (including Mutual Vulnerabilityā¦ Amamotas Iām sorry to have cucked you like this that fic was so damn good) but this one was my favourite. I love writing in first person, and I love writing platonic relationships, and someday Iām going to write the multichapter that this fic sets up for.
Content Warnings: Arranged marriages, and something else but itās a secret, shhh.
āA lot of firstsā, the Harumami fic I wrote for the first day of Amami Week, which is a personal writing challenge that I did this year to celebrate the week leading up to Amamiās birthday. September was a really dry writing month for me, partly because of the roleplay stuff and partly because of personal issues, but Iām still proud of the heteroeroticism (heh) in this one. Maki and Rantaro have chemistry, what can I say.
Content Warnings: Stab injuries (not from Maki to Rantaro, please).
āOctober 3rdā, the second fic I wrote for Rantaroās birthday, and also the Oumami fic that I wrote for day seven of Amami Week. Iām a fan of most of the fics I wrote in October (I wouldnāt gift someone a fic Iām not proud of and most of the fics I wrote, including this one, were gift fics) but this one is my favourite just because of the introspection, and also because of the fact that I got to write Ouma, because heās always so much fun. I enjoyed writing the two of them going back and forth and have another Oumami fic on the way so stay tuned, haha.
āIt is what it isā, the fic I wrote for day four of Amamota week, which takes place when Rantaro is an adult, and out at a bar with his friends, where he meets Kaito and goes for a walk outside. Itās a melancholic piece for sure, but I like capturing those vibes with my fics, and I got to write a group interaction which is always one of my favourite things to do. Amamota is my biggest comfort pairing and Iām glad that I got to host Amamota Week this year, because I enjoy those two so much. :) Great chemistry.
Content Warnings: Recreational alcohol use (everyone is drinking legally and tentatively responsibly), general sad vibes idk.
Okay, honestly, I havenāt posted anything yet this month aside from a vent, and since the vent I posted talks about my eating disorder and itās not really very good writing anyway, I donāt feel comfortable putting it on this list. I have a multichapter holiday themed Oumami fic on the way that I will hopefully finish before the end of the year, as well as a fic Iām working on for a writing and art trade that I ABSOLUTELY need to get off my ass and work on, so those will hopefully be out by the end of 2020.
But yeah, that aside, thatās the complete list of my favourite fics from 2020. Itās been a long year and Iām glad to have stayed a member of the Danganronpa fandom through it. I really appreciate all the friends Iāve made, and the fun times Iāve had while Iāve been here.
2020 has treated me pretty terribly, haha. I met someone who I really wish I couldāve gone without, and my health has suffered, and Iām hoping to be able to start my recovery properly in 2021. Guess if I have a new yearās resolution, itās to let go of what he did to me and start trying to get better. So Iām going to work on it! I canāt say that I think 2021 is going to be anybodyās year, but maybe itās not about what the universe has in store for us so much as it is about what we make of it.
I hope everyone who reads this has a wonderful new year, I love you all dearly, thanks so much for the support and the laughs, and Iāll keep on hanging around and spreading my Amami propaganda.
