straightforwardly | 214 | AO3 fic stats meme

I've seen this meme floating around on my flist, and decided that I wanted to do it as well.

List your top fanfic on AO3 for every year, sorted by kudos.

2013: in muted light (Spirited Away, Haku/Chihiro, post-canon reunion, 3.2K) - 293 kudos

2014: The First Drop (Tortall, Daine & Onua, missing scene, 1.2K) - 52 kudos

2015: What Remains (Tortall, George/Alanna, roleswap AU, 2.5K) - 153 kudos

2016: Blood in the Water (Chalice - Robin McKinley, The Blood Chalice, worldbuilding gen, 1.2K) - 49 kudos

2017: Counterbalance (Crossover - Harry Potter/Chronicles of Narnia, Tom Riddle/Edmund Pevensie, idk how to describe it but I hate it, 1.5K) - 181 kudos

2018: Her Sweet Embrace (The Borgias, Cesare/Lucrezia, sex pollen, 1.4K) - 70 kudos

2019: We Never Dreamed These Walls (The Scum Villain’s Self Saving System, Shen Qingqiu/Luo Binghe, canon divergence AU, 20K) - 1365 kudos

Then, because I’m contrary, I got curious about my least kudosed fics per year.

2013: Accumulation (Mortal City - Dar Williams, The Guy/The Girl, post-canon, <1K) - 6 kudos

2014: Promises To Keep (Cinders, Cinders/The Fairy, post-canon, 1K) - 19 kudos

2015: That Comes Nightly (Dragon Age, Isabela & Merrill, an encounter with Buffy-style vampires, <1K) - 6 kudos

2016: all of what is past (Train of Afterlife, Wind & Wing, time travel + horror, 1K) - 6 kudos

2017: a gleam of white (A Redtail’s Dream, Kielo/The Swan, post-canon reunion that I also hate, 1.3K) - 2 kudos

2018: When The Blossoms Fall (Fire Emblem Awakening, Yen’fay & Say’ri, pre-canon, 3.1K) - 1 kudos

2019: (a)rousing the dead (Love Nikki Dress Up Queen, Gray Raven/Shade, necrophilia + resurrecting cock, <1K) - 12 kudos

...Finally, I decided to also do the stats for my personal favorite fic from each year.

2013: in muted light (Spirited Away, Haku/Chihiro, post-canon reunion, 3.2K) - 293 kudos

2014: The Fairy-Touched Queen: Discovering the Life of Queen Cinders Through An Examination of Her Mythical Counterpart, by Carla Edmundston (Cinders, Cinders, fake historical research, 2.1K) - 22 kudos

2015: Tempered (Hakuouki, Kaoru & Chizuru + Saito/Chizuru, post-canon reunion + fix-it, 8K) - 98 kudos

2016: the still point of the sun (Shall We Date? The Niflheim, Sunny/Isabella + ensemble, 6.3K) - 12 kudos

2017: Now The Comb Is Pouring Blood (Stand Still Stay Silent, Ensi & Lalli, pre-canon time travel + murder ghosts, 1.9K) - 13 kudos

2018: the blessings of the moon (Original Work, Warlord Sister/Sorceress Sister, 5.3K)

2019: We Never Dreamed These Walls (The Scum Villain’s Self Saving System, Shen Qingqiu/Luo Binghe, canon divergence AU, 20K) - 1365 kudos