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It's interesting how much het I've written this year. Erm. Weirdness? *g*

Favorite story this year: Quiet (Hermione/Remus). It's my baby and I only let it go into the scary wide world half an hour ago (WAH!).
Best story this year: My snupin_santa, which still has its faults, but for the most part it says exactly what I want it to say. Also Shadows in Light and Dark (Narcissa-centric gen). It's not brilliant, but it is my personal canon and I worked really hard on it. In the end, I was very pleased by the result.
Most underappreciated by the universe: Heart Stops Beating (Narcissa/Severus). Once my beta told me it wasn't crap, I came to love this story very, very much.
Most fun story: Glaciers Melting in the Dead of Night (Sirius-centric gen). I love twisting Sirius around!
Sexiest story: Hmm, that's a hard one because I haven't concentrated on this aspect. I think it's Quiet.
"Holy crap, that's wrong even for you": Actually this is not applicable because OMG WHERE ARE THE BAD NON-CON STORIES OF 2007??? but I'll humour you. Red Destruction (Ginny/Ron), because it has non-con incest. It's nothing fancy, but I couldn't see myself writing incest before, so there you go.
Story that shifted my own perceptions of the characters: My smutty_claus story, most definitely. And Quiet, because it finally let me find my Remus.
Hardest story to write: My snupin_santa aside, it was definitely Shadows in Light and Dark (Narcissa-centric gen). Writing Narcissa's relationships to all those different characters was difficult, to say the least. Emotionally it was There Is Always Consolation (Remus-centric with some Snupin, about Sirius' death). That's my heart right there.
Biggest disappointment: In Your Reach (Bill/Severus), because it never quite came together the way I wanted it to.
Biggest surprise: Downward Spiral. I didn't think it was all that good, but the response to it has been amazing.
Story I want remembered: Quiet, because as I said above it's my baby.


ETA: Writing New Year's Resolutions!

- write all the freaking damn fic ideas in your three (!) writing notebooks and the half-finished drafts in your Google Docs! (esp.: Severus/Sirius fic that might span from Marauders era up to DH with canon-compliance; Hermione/Severus with twisted motivations; Charlie/Remus/Tonks fic that already has a sequel.)
- write all the goddamn meta in your head
- explore more kink (esp. of the wrong variety; too many stories of that kind are already in your notebook)
- indulge in new Supernatural obsession...
- ... and do not forget Harry Potter over it
- write more slash and gen, because Teh Het seems to be taking over your world
- control run-on sentences
- try to write plot
- work on dialogue

I think that sounds like enough to work on. Anything that you want to focus on, dear flist?

I need an Albus icon. Ah well. -

I actually didn't want to talk about it, but it can't be helped. The thoughts need out!

( Reactions (to reactions) to JKR's revelation, and why it perhaps didn't appear in the books )

And, finally, an (older) art rec that will prove that OMG old!man sex can be HOT:
Scarred by matyas_adina (Albus/Severus, NC-17 and thus NWS)

Now, I think this commentary might be somewhat disorganised and jumping from point to point, but it's been a very long time since I've actually had to write comprehensible comments/essays - and to actually make sense I'd have to reread DH. Mmm. Whatever. Thoughts, comments, links and/or corrections? Shoot away!

Also, you can still request a ficlet from me, to be a posted at the end of December, here!