2021 fanfic retrospective!

hello all and welcome to my 2021 fanfic retrospective/year in review! it's my first time doing one of these and i'm incapable of shutting up so it's quite long, sorry </3

please be aware that fics discussed within may include topics including, but not limited to: nsfw/smut, character injury/death, domestic violence/fighting, and alcohol consumption.

click on the title of this post to read the entire thing, or you can click on the arrow for the cut next to each question! 

( total number of completed stories (published on ao3, not co-written): )

( wips )

( looking back, did you expect to write more fic than you thought you would this year, less, or about what you’d expected? )

( what pairing/genre/fandom did you write that you would never have predicted in January? )

( did you take any writing risks this year? what did you learn from them? )

( what’s your own favourite story of the year? )

( best story of the year? )

( most popular story of the year? )

( story of mine most under-appreciated by the universe, in my opinion: )

( most fun story to write: )

( story with the single sexiest moment: )

( most sweet story: )

( “holy crap, that’s wrong, even for you!” story: )

( story that shifted my own perceptions of the characters: )

( most unintentionally telling story: )

( hardest story to write: )

( biggest disappointment: )

( favourite opening line(s): )

( favourite closing line(s): )

( favourite 5 line(s) from anywhere: )

( do you have any fanfic or profit goals for the new year? )