extrapenguin

AO3 Stats

Stat	2024	2023 then	2023 now	All years
User Subscriptions:	269	235	-	-
Kudos:	410	2002	3605	51585
Comment Threads:	99	147	209	3254
Bookmarks:	59	619	1212	11888
Subscriptions:	1	60	103	1364
Word Count:	9238	70555	70555	912252
Hits:	3550	15074	28713	528382

I did not even break 10k, which explains the entire rest of the stats lol. Not surprised given the creative and other sort of burnout I have been experiencing due to RL stuff. Partly also 2023 exacting its revenge once I ran out of fumes to run on.

I posted 23 things to AO3 in 2024. Mostly for Battleship – some fic, some art, a few vids, one fanmix.

Popularity

Unlike previous years, there was no singular #1 top everything work! Instead, the work that's #1 in hits, kudos, and bookmarks, as well as the recipient of the singular subscription, is at the whopping place of #17 by comments.
Sit Next to Me (SW PT, gen, 864)

Mace Windu seeks out a quiet moment on the Temple roof.

Short and sweet ficlet that's Mace & Anakin, written for Battleship, I guess the kind of thing where people read it, find it cute, and thus press the kudos button but don't have that many thoughts? Or simply some sort of outlier effect from this being one of two SW fics (with the other being Shmi-centric short gen) and thus the only thing that would bring in any numbers.

The other victor is a vid! The award of the most comments goes to:
[Vid] Northwest Passage (For All Mankind, gen)

Molly and the Moon.

I do like this vid! It's also my one singular Festivids vid, and it seems they love commenting! Also works canon-blind, which probably made it easier to comment on. 10/10 no notes.

Nonetheless, let's look at the runners-up.

#2: Hits
Let Your Breasts Be My Fields (OW, F/M, 667)

The Crown Prince goes to visit a pregnant concubine of his father's.

A porny fic written for Tit for Tat. Noncon boob drinking. Not the most niche and taggable of kinks, but kinky OW nonetheless.

#3
( . Y . ) (OW, F/F, 1k)

Smart Past-Her-Prime Concubine/New Naive Beautiful Concubine

A smart concubine, mother of the heir, has a bit of fun with her new toy.

Similar to the above, except written for Battleship, more of a longterm frog-boiling manipulation setup, and F/F. Also I got incredibly burnt out on titles and accidentally gave this one the best one due to lack of fucks given, lol. It was originally just (.Y.) but then the boobies would've been insufficiently plump, so I padded them out with spaces to ( . Y . )

#2: Kudos
[Vid] Northwest Passage, again!

#3
There, I could die (OW, F/F, 1.2k)

Widow of the Emperor/Concubine Mother of the Heir

After the sudden death of the Emperor, the now-Dowager Empress must legitimize his only heir.

Another Battleship fic. I like how snarky the Empress Dowager's voice ended up; she was fun to write.

#2: Comment Threads
Bravais Crystal Lattice Deities (OW art)

Crystal deities demonstrating each Bravais lattice found in a pure element at room temperature and pressure.

Battleship art for "crystal deities". Dumb in the best way and also educational.

#3
Honk ♥ Cluck (comic!)

The Soulmate Enforcing Goose meets the Sex Chicken.

Another incredibly silly Battleship art piece, this time a comic. Exactly what it says on the tin.

#2: Bookmarks
There, I could die again

#3
[Vid] Northwest Passage again

Self-recs

Art/Comics
This year, I think my favorite is actually a solo art piece featuring a lava mermaid:
Hot Pool

Fanmix
I made another Expanse fanmix! This one is about the Ring Worlds and humanity's settlement of them: ::: our destiny, the void ::: there, the alien ::: there, a home ::: and in the end, we alone :::
Distant Skies, My Destiny

Vid
I only made five. I like all of them, so I'll rec the only one not shown at any sort of vidcon:
Return to the Sea

Fic
Not much this year, so have only one:

Yet the skies always sing to me is a gen pre-canon fic for the Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, ft. Shmi and the Force.

2024 Resolutions & did I do them

Find love
No. My international move did not happen in 2024; instead, it will happen in February. Did not even consider this.

Do [redacted RL sports thingamajig]
Done! Successfully! GJ me!

Finish the work project
Done! Successfully! Woohoo!

Make a vid from a baihe short film
Done! Until Eternity features several in a reincarnation theme thingy.

Finish my vid_bingo card
Done! In July, I got a line bingo. Link to card.

Write some fic that is weird/wild/experimental
Not really? Did not write much of anything tbh.

2025 Resolutions

I have my RL todos already, so a small amount of fandom stuff for this year.

Write 10k
Should be doable if I sign up for Battleship again and maybe write people OW boob porn treats, since that's everything my brain is capable of nowadays lol.

Be more present on DW
Music posts, if nothing else. I enjoy my community of pocket friends but have been feeling burnt out of everything (see also: giant backlog of not-replied-to AO3 comments...) and hopefully reattaching myself somehow will help with the sense of burnout/"I am too tired to do anything" etc.

Get a new vid_bingo card and make at least one vid
Possibly a 3×3 so I can attempt a blackout bingo this time! I'll see if any of the readymade 3×3s look nice (music, character, theme – probably not music, given that I am picky about music and want my vidsong to be listenable) and if not, idk, generate my own.