A Miscellany
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redfiona99Because I haven't finished the previous meme because I have a great many feeeeeelings about both the characters suggested so far.
RL goes swimmingly. I am now the proud owner of a washing machine. Which freaks me out somewhat. I thought you had to get a licence for those things to prove you were sensible enough to own one.
Another sign of my age is how I'm grumpy at how shocked everyone is by which of their fics have the most hits on Archive of Our Own. It's not that I assume that everyone is constantly watching the number of hits their fics get, it's because it's always the same fics you'll pick up at the top of these lists because of confirmation bias. Bascially, the first time you do it, fics 1 to 10 come up. Your f-list reads them because they think they might not have done. So the next time the meme comes round, those already have at least a plus 1 advantage over your other fics. The next time, they read them again, either to double check that they're the fics they think they are, or because they've just been reminded of one of their favourites or what have you, so unless you suddenly write something that overtakes them, a lot of your old fics are going to be the ones that will come up the most often. I'm not saying don't do the meme, I'm just saying less surprise please.
Walking In These Shoes - http://archiveofourown.org/works/67195 - Pepper Potts/Tony Stark written for the lgbtfest. Popular because it was a big pairing at the time, just after a popular film came out and it was written for a fest with a high readership.
Cross-Cultural Communications - http://archiveofourown.org/works/66775 -Ianto/OC Tentacle porn featuring the teaboy (don't hit me, I love Ianto really), it was going to be either a huge success or a dismal failure.
The To-Do List - http://archiveofourown.org/works/85150 - 11th Doctor/River Song-ish, 11th Doctor/Amy Pond-ish, episode tag
Hope, Possibly - http://archiveofourown.org/works/66928 - Sarah/Karl, post-movie. Popular movie, popular pairing, where people didn't like what happened at to said pairing in the film.
Coloured Pieces of Paper - http://archiveofourown.org/works/84283 lgbtfest fic again, this time, Being Human, Carl/Daniel who were minor characters in one episode.
Please Sir! - http://archiveofourown.org/works/67178 - Kinky Florton.
Seeing Round Corners - http://archiveofourown.org/works/67194 - Yet more kinky Florton.
A Real Green Time - http://archiveofourown.org/works/67184 - Kinky Orton/RVD
Strange Loyalties - http://archiveofourown.org/works/66914 - Titus Pullo gen. So very happy to see some gen here.
Two Day Forfeit - http://archiveofourown.org/works/67198 - Orton/Carlito non-con fic.
So basically, people like fest fic, and they like porn.
Unrelated to the above, would anyone mind beta-ing a fic for me? It'll be Torchwood femmeslash set post-Children of Earth but mostly I just need a spelling, grammar, punctuation and tense check.
And continuing the unrelated theme:
Dear fic, you're supposed to be a PWP. That sex scene that makes up most of your length ought to be a clue. Why are you turning into a psycho-drama?
Also, sheesh self, choose one tense and stick to it.
RL goes swimmingly. I am now the proud owner of a washing machine. Which freaks me out somewhat. I thought you had to get a licence for those things to prove you were sensible enough to own one.
Another sign of my age is how I'm grumpy at how shocked everyone is by which of their fics have the most hits on Archive of Our Own. It's not that I assume that everyone is constantly watching the number of hits their fics get, it's because it's always the same fics you'll pick up at the top of these lists because of confirmation bias. Bascially, the first time you do it, fics 1 to 10 come up. Your f-list reads them because they think they might not have done. So the next time the meme comes round, those already have at least a plus 1 advantage over your other fics. The next time, they read them again, either to double check that they're the fics they think they are, or because they've just been reminded of one of their favourites or what have you, so unless you suddenly write something that overtakes them, a lot of your old fics are going to be the ones that will come up the most often. I'm not saying don't do the meme, I'm just saying less surprise please.
Walking In These Shoes - http://archiveofourown.org/works/67195 - Pepper Potts/Tony Stark written for the lgbtfest. Popular because it was a big pairing at the time, just after a popular film came out and it was written for a fest with a high readership.
Cross-Cultural Communications - http://archiveofourown.org/works/66775 -Ianto/OC Tentacle porn featuring the teaboy (don't hit me, I love Ianto really), it was going to be either a huge success or a dismal failure.
The To-Do List - http://archiveofourown.org/works/85150 - 11th Doctor/River Song-ish, 11th Doctor/Amy Pond-ish, episode tag
Hope, Possibly - http://archiveofourown.org/works/66928 - Sarah/Karl, post-movie. Popular movie, popular pairing, where people didn't like what happened at to said pairing in the film.
Coloured Pieces of Paper - http://archiveofourown.org/works/84283 lgbtfest fic again, this time, Being Human, Carl/Daniel who were minor characters in one episode.
Please Sir! - http://archiveofourown.org/works/67178 - Kinky Florton.
Seeing Round Corners - http://archiveofourown.org/works/67194 - Yet more kinky Florton.
A Real Green Time - http://archiveofourown.org/works/67184 - Kinky Orton/RVD
Strange Loyalties - http://archiveofourown.org/works/66914 - Titus Pullo gen. So very happy to see some gen here.
Two Day Forfeit - http://archiveofourown.org/works/67198 - Orton/Carlito non-con fic.
So basically, people like fest fic, and they like porn.
Unrelated to the above, would anyone mind beta-ing a fic for me? It'll be Torchwood femmeslash set post-Children of Earth but mostly I just need a spelling, grammar, punctuation and tense check.
And continuing the unrelated theme:
Dear fic, you're supposed to be a PWP. That sex scene that makes up most of your length ought to be a clue. Why are you turning into a psycho-drama?
Also, sheesh self, choose one tense and stick to it.
