Gratuitous poll

[sholio]

I have reached a never-again milestone on AO3; my number of works is currently sitting at 999!

It'll increment in a few days when some currently unrevealed things are revealed, but before it does that I want to try to write a lucky 1000th fic.

(Appropriately, I'm also hitting this weird little milestone on the 25th anniversary of my time writing fanfic, which started in 2000.)

Poll #33773

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 52

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What should I doooooo?

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Write something extra special or iddy
44 (84.6%)

Use this as motivation to finish a WIP
19 (36.5%)

Actually manage to write something for spook-me this year
6 (11.5%)

Write a fandom or pairing I've never written before
3 (5.8%)

Revisit a fandom or pairing I haven't written in ages
23 (44.2%)

Write something experimental or wildly off brand for me
7 (13.5%)

Write something I, the person taking this poll, would like to see and will tell you about in comments
5 (9.6%)

Write a giant mega crossover of every fandom I've ever been in
8 (15.4%)

How very DARE you limit me to 3 options on this poll! I will express my opinions in comments
3 (5.8%)

Comments

[sovay]

(Appropriately, I'm also hitting this weird little milestone on the 25th anniversary of my time writing fanfic, which started in 2000.)

Mazel tov!

[sholio]

Thank you! <3

[sweetsorcery]

I love that you responded to your own poll by telling yourself off for the 3 answer limit. :D

And wow, that's a lot of writing! Won't congratulate you in advance, in case it's bad luck, but woohoo!

[sholio]

I wondered if anyone would notice that. :D (And thanks!)

[foxmoth]

Congrats!!

I fake-dare you to write Biggles romantasy AU. XD XD XD

[philomytha]

See I just selected something extra special or iddy because that automatically covers 'something I personally would enjoy' <3

Congratulations on the fic millennium!

[lunabee34]

I would be deeply amused to see that mega crossover.

[leesa_perrie]

Congrats on 25 years, and also 999 fics!! Here's to the next 25 years and 999 fics!! :D

And of course I want you to revisit SGA with a gen h/c and/or angsty Rodney fic, but honestly, write what you want!! :D

[trobadora]

OMG, wow, congrats!!!!!

[sgatazmy]

Wow! 1000! That’s so cool. I vote definitely make it special.

[via_ostiense]

The recent Louvre theft is making me think of White Collar - I would love to read Neal and Mozzie's reaction to the theft. Perhaps some criticism of how unsophisticated it was (a smash and grab, not an elaborate ruse), or an argument about style versus directness in art theft?

[conuly]

You really ought to write a very special megacrossover of all your WIPs.

[sholio]

The worst of all possible options!

I don't know what you expected.

[sheron]

[tinyfont]Biggles[/tinyfont]

[passingbuzzards]

Congratulations!! What an awesome milestone.

(Honestly, mega-crossover does seem the most strictly appropriate, but does anyone actually enjoy reading those? :,D Though I would trust you to find some way to pull it off!)

[sholio]

Do I actually enjoy WRITING those, also, and the answer is emphatically no. xD I should probably make this something that I would genuinely enjoy. (And thanks!)

[scioscribe]

I just noticed this the other day! Congratulations!

[sholio]

Thank you! It was a pleasant surprise to realize that.

[alessandriana]

Dang, that's a lot of fic! (Did you move all your SGA fic over to AO3?)

Definitely do something iddy. That's by far the most appropriate.

[sholio]

Nooooo, this still doesn't account for the majority of the SGA fic. So it would've crossed this awhile back if I had ever finished that project.

But yes! Iddy is the way to go, I think.

[sgatazmy]

I actually got a DM last month from a friend asking how they could convince you to move more of your sga fic over to ao3…

[sholio]

AWWWWWW. <3 I mean, it'll happen eventually. I have other things I need to get up on there too - I'm about 5 years behind on compiling more of my short fic in various fandoms over there. It's mostly just finding the time! But it's nice to know people are interested. And I do still get comments now and then on the fic I have already moved over.

[sgatazmy]

Oh, that’s good to know actually because this person was offering to do most of the work. DM if interested see what they had in mind.

I know “Follow the sun to the end of the world” is one I really want up so I can rec it on my sga discord. And “Old Soldiers Die Hard” I just got a few nudges asking if I would please still podfic that.

[sholio]

Old Soldiers Die Hard is already on AO3 - it's here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/177589. I'll think about putting others up, maybe on an alt account or something. I don't need help, although it's very nice of them to offer, and it's nice to know that people still remember my stories fondly!

Also, all of my fic is still at my old fanfic site, though most of it links to the fic on places like LJ and ffn rather than being directly hosted there. (But the links still work, as far as I know.)

[yalumesse]

Wow. I knew you wrote a lot, but I'm floored by that number. Congratulations!

Personally I terribly miss your Peggy, so I'd love to see something from her again (do you remember our Wild West AU? that was such fun), but really, just write whatever makes you happy.

[schneefink]

That is so many! And those are only the ones on AO3! Massive kudos :D