Index 2021 Favorites of Fanfic Index!

Hey everybody!

Welcome to the master list of all the stories that were put forth for the 2021 Favorites of Fanfic Festival! They are listed by week and by category; within each category SW and non-SW stories are listed separately. You can navigate directly to a given week/category in the thread index directly below. (Note that there is no separate listing for the makeup week, week 6; favorites submitted during that time are listed under their respective categories instead.)

This thread will remain stickied through the end of 2022 so that you can read any of them at your own pace. If you like a story, go give it a comment—there's no such thing as too old, and you'll make an author's day!

Thank you all for making this festival an amazing experience!
@amidalachick, @Findswoman, @Kahara, and @Raissa Baiard

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Thread Index

Week 1: Style and Length
Favorite One-Shot | Favorite Short Story | Favorite Multi-Chapter or Epic | Favorite Part of a Series | Favorite WIP

Week 2: Characters and Relationships
Favorite Interpretation of a Movie Character | Favorite Interpretation of an EU Character or Game Character | Favorite NSWFF Canon Character | Favorite Original Character | Favorite Established Relationship | Favorite Original Relationship

Week 3: Genre and Canonicity
Favorite Humor | Favorite Drama | Favorite Angst | Favorite Fluff | Favorite Romance | Favorite Action/Adventure | Favorite Genfic | Favorite World-Building | Favorite Continuity Compliant | Favorite Alternate Universe

Week 4: Fun Categories That Don't Have a Catchy Group Name Plus a Few More Just Because
Revenge of the WIP Author | Story You Just Can't Stop Thinking About | Unclassifiable Classic | Head-Canon Accepted! | Favorite Title | Favorite Line in a Fic | Favorite Headsplode Moment

Week 5: Reviewer and Author
Favorite Reviewers in Star Wars | Favorite Reviewer in NSWFF | Favorite Author in Before | Favorite Author in Saga | Favorite Author in Beyond | Favorite Author in NSWFF | Favorite New Author | Most Versatile Author | Favorite Story YOU Wrote

 

Week 1: Style and Length

Favorite One-shot:
SW
HK-47 and the Super Evil Chaos Twins of Evil by @ViariSkywalker
Metamorphosis by @ViariSkywalker
Friends to the End by @TheRynJedi
Her Father's Daughter by @devilinthedetails
The Big Date by @Gabri_Jade
Settling In by @Gabri_Jade
Namesake by @rktho
Blocks and Beads by @Raissa Baiard
Skip of Breath by @Mechalich
Earth Talker by @Kit'
Intruders, by’ @Kit'
The Pirate Queen’s Peculiar Treasure Tales, by @gizkaspice
Maybe This Time by @devilinthedetails
Nine Down, One to Go by @Findswoman
Aspect Ratio, by @Thumper09
Mending Things; or, The Seamstress of Massassi Base, by @Findswoman
NSW
[Narnia] Searching For a Silver Lining in London by @devilinthedetails
[Narnia] An Open Door to Narnia by @devilinthedetails
[Sense & Sensibility] All Fools in Love by @Mira_Jade
[Sense & Sensibility] By Their Very Nature by @Mira_Jade
[Star Trek] Moonlight Becomes You So by @WarmNyota_SweetAyesha
[The Nightmare Before Christmas] The Accidental Christmas Gift by @Seldes_Katne
[Stranger Things] Peaches, by @amidalachick
[BNHA] Watch Over Me, by @ViariSkywalker

Favorite Short Story
SW
In Dreams We Dwell by @ViariSkywalker
Bylines by @Thumper09
Stories of Life by @mavjade
If Only by @Kit'
Something There by @Mira_Jade
A Different Side of You by @Raissa Baiard
Bylines by @Thumper09
Conversational Mando’a for Beginners by @Raissa Baiard
In Dreams We Dwell by @ViariSkywalker
Archive Disaster, by @earlybird-obi-wan
The Coruscant Crusade (Dear Diary ½ Year Challenge), by @Jordan1Kenobi
Where Do I Go Next by @Adalia-Durron
An Awkward Addition to the Family by @devilinthedetails
The Captain, the H-Goater, and the Voorpak, by Findswoman
NSW
[Star Trek] Identity by @RX_Sith
[Penguins of Madagascar] Operation: Envy by @pronker
[Justice League Dark/Constantine] That We Be Made Worthy by @pronker
[Avatar: The Last Airbender] Daughter of the Fire Nation, by devilinthedetails
[The Rookie] The Beat Goes On, by brodiew

Favorite Multi-chapter or Epic
SW
Pass on What You Have Learned by @JediMaster_Jen
Interregnum II: The New Order by @Bel505
Going Within, Going Without by @Thumper09
Outsiders by @Chyntuck
Fate, So Beautifully by @Nehru_Amidala
Renewal by @Gabri_Jade
So Few Things by @Mira_Jade
Stars in Their Multitudes, Book I: Entrapment by @rktho
Renewal by @Gabri_Jade
Notes From the Field, by Seldes_Katne
Thunderbolt and Lightning, by ViariSkywalker
NSW
[Starcraft and Warcraft] First Contact by @Ihsan997
[Avatar: The Last Airbender] A Universe of Beaches by @Mira_Jade
[Avatar: The Last Airbender] Through Them the Sunlight Now Bursts by @Mira_Jade
[Sense & Sensibility] "All Fools In Love" by @Mira_Jade
[Narnia/Star Wars/Tolkien] From When We Came by
@Nehru_Amidala
[Tolkien] Hither & Yon: An Eventful Sojourn in Middle-Earth, by WarmNyota_SweetAyesha

Favorite Part of a Series
SW
The Way Out Is Through by @ViariSkywalker
Return to Coruscant III by @Bel505
So Few Things by @Mira_Jade
In Dreams We Dwell by @ViariSkywalker
Something There by @Mira_Jade (Song!verse AU series)
Bright Sadness by @Findswoman (Lasan series)
Called to the Dance (from Notes from the Field) by @Seldes_Katne
Reunion (from Beginnings) by @Raissa Baiard
"Living with Mystery" (from Notes from the Field) by @Seldes_Katne
The Captain, the H-Goater and the Voorpak, by @Findswoman
May It Be by @AzureAngel2 (Cassandra Krennic series)
Notes from the Field by @Seldes_Katne (same series/timeline as The Mythologist)
Child of Lasan—Child of Lira San, by Findswoman (part of the Lasan Series)
Our Weakness is the Same, by ViariSkywalker (part of the Enter the Foreign 'verse)
NSW
[Sense & Sensibility] By Their Very Nature by @Mira_Jade (Mira's S&S series)
[A:TLA] "As They Begin to Rise Again" ("A Universe of Beaches" series/thread) by @Mira_Jade
[A:TLA] Broken Cycle (Daughter of the Fire Nation series/thread) by by @devilinthedetails
[The West Wing] The Wrath of a Rose, by Briannakin (part of the Dynasty series, and Bri and Mav's larger TWW 'verse)
[The Lord of the Rings] Speaking in Wormtongue, by brodiew (part of Meanderings in Middle-Earth)

Favorite WIP
SW
Interregnum II: The New Order by @Bel505
Unexpected Allegiance by @WarmNyota_SweetAyesha
So Few Things by @Mira_Jade
Something There by @Mira_Jade
A Different Side of You by @Raissa Baiard
The Cave by @rktho
Weapons of Colour by @Ewok Poet
Chase by @Tarsier
NSW
[Multifandom-John Wick, House MD] 5 Days in May by @amidalachick
[Avatar: The Last Airbender] A Universe of Beaches by @Mira_Jade
[MCU] The Archer and the Assassin by @brodiew
[The Martian] Rescue Was the Easy Part by @mavjade

 

Week 2: Characters and Relationships

Favorite Interpretation of a Movie Character
Luke Skywalker in Past Tension by @Starith
Luke Skywalker in Interregnum II: The New Order by @Bel505
Luke Skywalker in Renewal by @Gabri_Jade
Wedge Antilles in Interregnum II: The New Order by @Bel505
Anakin Skywalker in Something There by @Mira_Jade
Anakin Skywalker in All the Difference by @devilinthedetails
Anakin Skywalker in "Changing the World" by @earlybird-obi-wan
Threepio in Artoo, Myself, and the Little Shiny Blue Thing by @Findswoman
Artoo in Artoo, Myself, and the Little Shiny Blue Thing by @Findswoman
Qui-Gon Jinn in Animal lover by @earlybird-obi-wan
Aayla Secura in So Few Things by @Mira_Jade
Rose Tico in Free as a Fathier or Saving What We Love by @devilinthedetails
Yoda in Threshold by @Kit'
Owen Lars in Krayt Dragon in the Closet by @devilinthedetails
Leia Organa in Mending Things; or, The Seamstress of Massassi Base by @Findswoman
Obi-Wan Kenobi in Dustland by @Briannakin
Qui-Gon Jinn in The Ground Quakes and Trembles, by @devilinthedetails

Favorite Interpretation of an EU or Game Character
Ben Skywalker in Before the End by @JediMaster_Jen
Ben Skywalker in The Way Out is Through by @ViariSkywalker
Mara Jade in Interregnum II: The New Order by @Bel505
Mara Jade in Renewal by @Gabri_Jade
Mara Jade in The Big Date by @Gabri_JadeJacen Solo in Metamorphosis by @Viari Skywalker
Jaina Solo in Something There by @Mira_Jade
Bell Zettifar in Charhound Chronicles by @devilinthedetails
Hallis Saper in Bylines by @Thumper09
Caleb Dume in Loth-Rat Run by @Raissa Baiard
HK-47 in HK-47 and the Super Evil Chaos Twins of Evil by @ViariSkywalker
Zeb Orrelios in Sure Looks Strange to Me by @Findswoman
Shada D’ukal in The Big Date by @Gabri_Jade
Eli Vanto in Outsiders by @Chyntuck
Winter Celchu in Unknown Goddess by @Briannakin

Favorite NSWFF Canon Character
[Avatar: The Last Airbender] Zuko in A Universe of Beaches by @Mira_Jade
[Avatar: The Last Airbender] Katara in A Universe of Beaches by @Mira_Jade
[Sense and Sensibility] Elinor Dashwood in All Fools In Love by @Mira_Jade
[Sense and Sensibility] Marianne Dashwood in All Fools In Love by @Mira_Jade
[Sense and Sensibility] Edward Ferrars in All Fools in Love by @Mira_Jade
[Star Trek] Nyota Uhura in Life Variations & the Right Choice by @WarmNyota_SweetAyesha
[Star Trek] Nyota Uhura in My Game Plan, Actually by @WarmNyota_SweetAyesha
[BNHA] Fuyumi Todoroki in Watch Over Me by @ViariSkywalker
[Avatar: The Last Airbender] Izumi in Daughter of the Fire Nation by @devilinthedetails

Favorite Original Character
SW
Dorian Starskip (Darth Festus) in End of the Line, or Creep II / Brute II by @ViariSkywalker
Zervulian in Going Within, Going Without by @Thumper09
Nico Jade in Renewal by @Gabri_Jade
Darin Stanic in Perspectives by @Thumper09
Wren Ordo in A Different Side of You by @Raissa Baiard
Vestri Dain in Notes from the Field by @Seldes_Katne
Taeyn D'levosh in If Only by @Kit'
Tara Tarindae in Hollow by @Kit'
Corissa Jade in Renewal by @Gabri_Jade
Tekakwitha Gahnwahgos in Bright Sadness by @Findswoman
Tara Tarindae in Earth Talker by @Kit'
Tamar in The Cave by @rktho
Nyssa Nightstar in Living With a Nightsister by @Anedon
NSW
[The West Wing] Leo Lyman-Seaborn in Little Lion Man by @Briannakin
[The West Wing] Rose Santos in Wrath of Rose by @Briannakin
[Stranger Things] Peaches in Peaches by amidalachick

Favorite Established Relationship
SW
Avar Kriss/Elzar Mann in Working My Way Back to You by @brodiew
Mara Jade/Luke Skywalker in Changes at the Praxeum by @WarmNyota_SweetAyesha
Luke Skywalker/Mara Jade in Interregnum II: The New Order by @Bel505
Wedge Antilles/Iella Wessiri in Interregnum II: The New Order by @Bel505
Jaina Solo & Anakin Skywalker in Something There by @Mira_Jade
Luke Skywalker/Mara Jade in Renewal by @Gabri_Jade
Caleb Dume (Kanan Jarrus) / Hera Syndulla in Beginnings by @Raissa Baiard
Siri Tachi/Obi-Wan Kenobi in Seven Fatal Flaws by @devilinthedetails
Han Solo and Leia Organa Solo in Maybe This Time by @devilinthedetails
Caleb Dume and Hera Syndulla in Blocks and Beads by @Raissa Baiard
Han Solo/Leia Organa in Romantic Respite by @Hopefulwriter
Luke Skywalker/Mara Jade in Moving Day by @mayo_durron_666
Jaina Solo & Jacen Solo in The Absent by @mayo_durron_666
Luke Skywalker & Owen Lars in Krayt Dragon in the Closet by @devilinthedetails
Ahsoka and Rex in Friends to the End by @TheRynJedi
NSW
[Sense and Sensibility] Elinor Dashwood/Edward Ferrars in All Fools In Love by @Mira_Jade
[Sense and Sensibility] Elinor Dashwood & Marianne Dashwood in All Fools in Love by @Mira_Jade
[Justice League Dark/Constantine] John Constantine/Zatanna Zatara in May You Have Gnocchi from Your Children by @pronker
[Avatar: The Last Airbender] Katara & Hakoda in Warring Pride and Sorrow by @devilinthedetails
[Avatar: The Last Airbender] Aang/Katara in Hope of a Thousand Lifetimes by @devilinthedetails
[The Rookie] John Nolan & Nick Armstrong in Hindsight by @brodiew
[House, M.D.] Gregory House & Lisa Cuddy in Silver Lining by @amidalachick

Favorite Original Relationship
SW
Allana Djo Solo/Dorian Starskip (Darth Festus) in In Dreams We Dwell by @ViariSkywalker
Zervulian & Vroonze in Going Within, Going Without by @Thumper09
The Jade family (Ronan, Nadira, Nico, Corissa) & Mara Jade in Renewal by @Gabri_Jade
Ferrus & Festus in “End of the Line, or Creep II / Brute II” by @ViariSkywalker
Rika & the rest of the Rose Evergreen crew in The Astromech/Monitor Meatbag Activity by @Findswoman
Wren Ordo and Kazuda “Kaz” Xiono in Conversational Mando’a for Beginners by @Raissa Baiard
Zeb Orrelios/Shulma Trilasha Orrelios in The Captain, the H-Goater, and the Voorpak by @Findswoman
Kaagi Adin/Aranella Neral in A ride to the pond by @earlybird-obi-wan
Dorian Starskip (Darth Festus) & Veeran Starskip (Darth Ferrus) in Thunderbolt and Lightning by @ViariSkywalker
HK-47, Darth Ferrus, and Darth Festus in HK-47 and the Super Evil Chaos Twins of Evil by @ViariSkywalker
Dorian Starskip (Darth Festus)/Allana Solo in Our Weakness is the Same by @ViariSkywalker
Aslan Wan and Cassir Torwyn in Even Enemies by @madman007
NSW
[Avatar: The Last Airbender] Zuko/Katara in A Universe of Beaches by @Mira_Jade
[Stranger Things] Billy/Steve in Peaches by @amidalachick
[The West Wing] Elvie Santos and Rose Santos in The Need to Hold Your Hand by @Briannakin
[Marvel's What If...?] Peggy Carter/Natasha Romanoff in Drabbles Before Bed by @brodiew
[Penguins of Madagascar] Skipper/Marlene in Operation: Envy by @pronker
[The West Wing] Leo-Vincente "Elvie" Santos/Rose Santos in Wrath of Rose by @Briannakin

 

Week 3: Genre and Canonicity

Favorite Humor
SW
HK-47 and the Super Evil Chaos Twins of Evil by @ViariSkywalker
The Captain, the H-Goater, and the Voorpak by @Findswoman
The Big Date by @Gabri_Jade
Settling In by @Gabri_Jade
Loth-Rat Run by @Raissa Baiard
Paronomasia by @Kit'
"This is NOT the way": A Kylo Ren meets Mando story by @gizkaspice
Conversational Mando'a for Beginners by @Raissa Baiard
Mischief Makers by @Kit'
Summer Camp Shenanigans by @Anedon and @Adalia-Durron
A Steamy Vengeance by @Findswoman
The Pawful Truth by @Seldes_Katne
Sure Looks Strange to Me by @Findswoman
Archive Disaster by @earlybird-obi-wan
The Play’s The Thing by @Raissa Baiard
Artoo, Myself and the Little Shiny Blue Thing by @Findswoman
NSW
[Justice League Dark/Constantine] May You Have Gnocchi from Your Children by @pronker
[MCU] The Archer and the Assassin by @brodiew
[Sense & Sensibility] All Fools in Love by @Mira_Jade
[Narnia] Fruitcake Fight by @devilinthedetails

Favorite Drama
SW
"All is fair in love and war" by @AzureAngel2
Before the End by @JediMaster_Jen
Renewal by @Gabri_Jade
So Few Things by @Mira_Jade
Earth Talker by @Kit'
The Cave by @rktho
Abendrot or Sunset Lament by @devilinthedetails
Seven Fatal Flaws by @devilinthedetails
Interregnum II: The New Order by @Bel505
In Dreams We Dwell by @ViariSkywalker
Season of the Slave by @Kit'
This Kind of Fire Don’t Keep Us Warm Inside by @ViariSkywalker
The Value of Freedom by @Anedon
Intruders by @Kit’
Mending Things; or The Seamstress of Massassi Base by @Findswoman
Her Father’s Daughter by @devilinthedetails
An Awkward Addition to the Family by @devilinthedetails
NSW
[Avatar: The Last Airbender] Inherit the Earth by @devilinthedetails
[Sense & Sensibility] By Their Very Nature by @Mira_Jade

Favorite Angst
SW
The Bull and the Bear by @rktho
"May it be" by @AzureAngel2
The Ossus Excavation and Archaeology Project by @Bel505
So Few Things by @Mira_Jade
Schnik. Snikt. Swish by @Kit'
Metamorphosis by @ViariSkywalker
They Didn't Ask Me by @CaraJinn
Hollow by @Kit'
End of the Line, or Creep II / Brute II by @ViariSkywalker
Night Must Fall by @ViariSkywalker
A Lesson in Death by @Kit'
Mending Things; or, The Seamstress of Massassi Base by @Findswoman
Earth Talker by @Kit’
Bright Sadness by @Findswoman
The Way Out Is Through by @ViariSkywalker
Turn Ourselves Into These Ashes, by @ViariSkywalker
NSW
[MCU] One More Time, Again by @brodiew
[BNHA] Watch Over Me by @ViariSkywalker
[Sense & Sensibility] By Their Very Nature by @Mira_Jade
[Phantom of the Opera] I May Be Dreaming Awake by @Mira_Jade
[MCU - Falcon and The Winter Soldier] Dog Tags by @mavjade

Favorite Fluff
SW
Child of Lasan, Child of Lira San by @Findswoman
Lost and Found by @Raissa Baiard
Settling In by @Gabri_Jade
Conversational Mando’a for Beginners by @Raissa Baiard
Lost and Found by @Raissa Baiard
Out in the Wash by @Briannakin
Those Three Words by @ViariSkywalker
A Subtle, Artistic Reminder by @WarmNyota_SweetAyesha
Vi’s Fancy Dress Story by @ViariSkywalker
The Seamstress/Sewing Is Everything by @Findswoman
Krayt Dragon in the Closet, by @devilinthedetails
The Big Date by @Gabri_Jade
NSW
[Penguins of Madagascar] Operation: Envy by @pronker
[Avatar: The Last Airbender/Legend of Korra] The Garden Was Beautiful by @devilinthedetails
[Sense & Sensibility] All Fools in Love by @Mira_Jade
[Marvel's What If...?] Drabbles Before Bed by @brodiew
[The West Wing] Auntie by @mavjade

Favorite Romance
SW
Five Worst Dates by @Kit'
Conversational Mando'a for Beginners by @Raissa Baiard
So Few Things by @Mira_Jade
The Big Date by @Gabri_Jade
Romantic Respite by @Hopefulwriter
Adrift in An Ocean of Love by @devilinthedetails
Those Three Words by @ViariSkywalker
Return to Coruscant III by @Bel505
Something There by @Mira_Jade
Working My Way Back to You by @brodiew
Seven Fatal Flaws by @devilinthedetails
Spikes; or Chitin Deep by @Findswoman
A Different Side of You, by @Raissa Baiard
NSW
[Stranger Things] 16 Very Short Stories About Dates by @amidalachick
[Sense & Sensibility] "All Fools in Love" by @Mira_Jade
[Sense & Sensibility] Before I Knew That I Had Begun by @Mira_Jade
[Avatar: The Last Airbender] Through Them the Sunlight Now Bursts by @Mira_Jade
[Avatar: The Last Airbender] Dances and Disguises by @devilinthedetails
[Penguins of Madagascar] Operation: Envy by @pronker
[Avatar: The Last Airbender] A Universe of Beaches by @Mira_Jade

Favorite Action/Adventure
SW
Shadow Over Curean by @Anedon
Here There Be Monsters by @ViariSkywalker
Something There by @Mira_Jade
Diplomatic Mission by @Thumper09
Birthday Wishes by @Kit'
Reunion by @Raissa Baiard
A new life for clones by @earlybird-obi-wan
First Do No Harm by @JediMaster_Jen
Interregnum II: The New Order by @Bel505
Even Stars Burn Out by @ViariSkywalker
Skip of Breath by @Mechalich
Killer Lake by @earlybird-obi-wan
Nine Down, One to Go by Findswoman
Icky Stuff and Creatures by @earlybird-obi-wan
Too High A Price by @Ihsan997
Forces of Gravity, by @ViariSkywalker
NSW
[Cyberpunk 2077] Lyberfunk by @moosemousse
[Tolkien] Hither & Yon: An Eventful Sojourn in Middle-Earth by @WarmNyota_SweetAyesha
[Justice League Dark/Constantine] That We Be Made Worthy by @pronker

Favorite Genfic
SW
Mending Things, or the Seamstress of Massassi Base by @Findswoman
Hi Kiddo by @CaraJinn
Perspectives by @Thumper09
Aspect Ratio by @Thumper09
The Cave by @rktho
Going Within, Going Without by @Thumper09
Saltnut Butter Sandwiches by @devilinthedetails
Charhound Chronicles by @devilinthedetails
Metamorphosis by @ViariSkywalker
Free as a Fathier or Saving What We Love by @devilinthedetails
Artoo, Myself, and the Little Shiny Blue Thing by @Findswoman
Even Enemies by @madman007
Loth-Rat Run, by @Raissa Baiard
A Rose Has Five Petals, by @Findswoman
NSW
[Tolkien] Respite in the Gardens by @WarmNyota_SweetAyesha
[Narnia] An Open Door to Narnia by @devilinthedetails
[Narnia] A Daydream of Narnia by @devilinthedetails
[Sense and Sensibility] By Their Very Nature by @Mira_Jade
[Tolkien] Hither & Yon: An Eventful Sojourn in Middle Earth by @WarmNyota_SweetAyesha

Favorite World-Building
SW
Going Within, Going Without by @Thumper09
So Few Things by @Mira_Jade
Perspectives by @Thumper09
Rites of Passage by @Seldes_Katne
Child of Lasan - Child of Lira San by @Findswoman
Bright Sadness by @Findswoman
Notes from the Field by @Seldes_Katne
Free as a Fathier or Saving What We Love by @devilinthedetails
The Captain, the H-Goater and the Voorpak by @Findswoman
NSW
[Avatar: The Last Airbender] Conversation with the Moon Spirit by @devilinthedetails
[Avatar: The Last Airbender] "To Light a Candle" by @Mira_Jade
[Avatar: The Last Airbender] Through Them the Sunlight Now Bursts by @Mira_Jade
[Sense & Sensibility] By Their Very Nature by @Mira_Jade
[Avatar: The Last Airbender] A Universe of Beaches by @Mira_Jade

Favorite Continuity Compliant
SW
Legacy of Iokath: The Triple World by @Mechalich
Free as a Fathier or Saving What We Love by @devilinthedetails
The Big Date by @Gabri_Jade
Diplomatic Mission by @Thumper09
Her Father’s Daughter by @devilinthedetails
Settling In by @Gabri_Jade
Gifts Of Love by @Hopefulwriter
Going Within, Going Without by @Thumper09
Bylines by @Thumper09
NSW
[Star Trek] Identity by @RX_Sith
[Sense & Sensibility] "...and Shake the Rising Soul" by @Mira_Jade
[Sense & Sensibility] All Fools in Love by @Mira_Jade
[The Rookie] This 'n' That 'n' Those by @Mira_Jade
[Sense and Sensibility] By Their Very Nature by @Mira_Jade

Favorite Alternate Universe
SW
Unexpected Allegiance by @WarmNyota_SweetAyesha
Sugar Wishes by @Kit'
Something There by @Mira_Jade
Renewal by @Gabri_Jade
Beginnings by @Raissa Baiard
So Few Things by @Mira_Jade
Those Three Words by @ViariSkywalker
Interregnum II: The New Order by @Bel505
Course Correction by @ViariSkywalker
All the Difference by @devilinthedetails
Thunderbolt and Lightning by @ViariSkywalker
Dustland by @Briannakin
Forces of Gravity by @ViariSkywalker
NSW
[Avatar: The Last Airbender] A Universe of Beaches by @Mira_Jade
[The West Wing] Auntie by @mavjade

 

Week 4: Fun Categories That Don’t Have a Catchy Group Name Plus a Few More Just Because!

Revenge of the WIP Author
Meet the Aliit by @Raissa Baiard
The Mythologist by @Seldes_Katne
(so glad to see both of these completed this year!)
Interregnum by @Bel505
Empire of Ashes by @cthugha

Story You Just Can’t Stop Thinking About
SW
Living with Mystery by @Seldes_Katne (for the hard lesson it teaches about interacting with cultures not one’s own)
Going Within, Going Without by @Thumper09 (a model job of making an alien culture truly alien)
Something There by @Mira_Jade (pre-Jag/Jaina goodness, plus Anakin Skywalker being the best grandpa)
Renewal by @Gabri_Jade (Mara gets her birth family back, and everything hurts but it's also so wholesome and good and I love it)
Earth Talker by @Kit'
Dinner at the Hungry Hutt by @Chyntuck and @Findswoman
In Dreams We Dwell by ViariSkywalker (I will never be over this story - never, I say! This is one of my all-time favorites for its sheer emotional intensity, spectacular use of imagery, and gorgeous descriptive prose - all with such a haunting sense of "what could of been" that pervades the entire story.)
Renewal by Gabri_Jade (The heartfelt emotion in this story is enough to sock you in the face, but then it welcomes you in from the cold with a hot cup of cocoa and a fresh batch of cookies until you never want to go back to canon again.)
NSW
[Sense & Sensibility] Before I Knew That I Had Begun by @Mira_Jade (I love how tangible the romantic tension is in this!)
[Sense & Sensibility] By Their Very Nature by @Mira_Jade (I always appreciate seeing a "still waters run deep" type of character struggling to keep their control, and then the parts about being a knight just hit me right in my SW feels)
[BNHA] Watch Over Me (The usual messy Todoroki family dynamics are so intense in this story - but it's that lasting bond between siblings that really makes this one special.)
[The Lord of the Rings] Speaking in Wormtongue by @brodiew (The use of first person POV to depict Théoden trying to break free of Gríma's mind control was so intense in this story. I really can't applaud brodiew's characterization highly enough!)
[BNHA] Watch Over Me by @ViariSkywalker
[Sense &Sensibility] "By Their Very Nature " by @Mira_Jade

Unclassifiable Classic
SW
Mrs Palpatine Meets the Skywalkers by @GregMcP (exactly what it says!)
Sheelal’s Soliloquy by @rktho (Qymaen/Grievous muses in iambic pentameter)
A Rose Has Five Petals by @Findswoman (a great introduction to Findswoman's ensemble of OCs, with some very poignant insights)
Child of Lasan—Child of Lira San by @Findswoman (loved seeing a portrayal of impending parenthood and then the parents' reaction when that long-awaited moment arrives)
Perspectives by @Thumper09
The Ossus Excavation and Archaeology Project by @Bel505
Loth-Rat Run by @Raissa Baiard
Cease, Banthas, Life Is Short! by @Ewok Poet
The Way Out is Through by @ViariSkywalker (Somehow this collection of stories is so tangibly hopeful, even though it's primarily about death - I don't know what to call that, exactly, but "classic" seems about right!)
Bright Sadness by @Findswoman (This story is incredibly unique in its use of fanon spiritual lore and creative imagery - combine that with a wallop of poignant emotion, and you have a classic, again!)
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[Sense & Sensibility] “…and Shake the Rising Soul” by @Mira_Jade (the first of Mira's S&S 'verse that I read, and an unexpected but excellent way of introducing the uninitiated to Colonel Brandon/Marianne Dashwood)
[Stranger Things] 16 Very Short Stories About Dates by @amidalachick
[Stranger Things] It Ain't No Sin by @amidalachick (Both of these stories are fantastic collections of bite-sized bits of happiness!)
[Stranger Things/Storage Wars] Untitled by @amidalachick
[Castle/Doctor Who] Between the Precinct and the Police Box by @brodiew

Head-Canon Accepted!
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Blocks and Beads by @Raissa Baiard (Hera Syndulla and Caleb Dume meet as kids)
The Play’s the Thing by @Raissa Baiard (Jocasta Nu organizes padawan theater productions)
Renewal by @Gabri_Jade (I have a hard time picturing Mara’s parents/family any other way after reading this!)
The Ossus Excavation and Archaeology Project by @Bel505 (Cray Mingla deserved better, and I’d take this AU fix-it over canon any day)
All the Difference by @devilinthedetails (Han and Leia stay together after Ben becomes Kylo Ren)
Child of Lasan—Child of Lira San by @Findswoman (One user writes, “Zeb gets to live happily ever after and have kids.” Another writes, “Perfect AU is perfect for Zeb and Shulma and all of our dear, dear Spectres.”)
Interregnum II: The New Order by @Bel505 (literally everything about Tionne’s characterization; I never cared about her before and in this story she’s amazing)
In Dreams We Dwell by @ViariSkywalker (Allana Djo Solo’s favorite color is definitely lilac)
The Revwien species and their Thuwisten Force tradition as expanded in Going Within, Going Without by @Thumper09. A-plus job of taking a fun but limited chunk of source material and making it into something really rich and interesting.
The world of Lira-San and how it is poignantly like and unlike what the survivors of Lasan remember in Bright Sadness by @Findswoman . (Also the fact that Zeb is there with Shulma, who is definitely headcanon accepted for me at this point )
Beginnings by Raissa Baiard (I just adore this backstory for Kanan and Hera more than words can say!)
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[Sense & Sensibility] By Their Very Nature by @Mira_Jade (this is definitely how the duel between Colonel Brandon and Willoughby went, right?)
[Tolkien] Respite in the Garden by @WarmNyota_SweetAyesha (One user writes: "I'm a sucker for multi-generational stories about women, anyway, but this one was especially poignant for having Melian, Galadriel, and Celebrían all happy and healing together in Valinor. Yes, please and thank you!” Another writes, “A wonderful between-scenes character moment of reconnection and peace that I absolutely choose to believe happened somehow.”)
[Stranger Things] Peaches by @amidalachick (One user writes, "What don't you mean that this wasn't exactly what happened in canon?” Another writes: "Such a happy AU and Peaches is a very good pony. All the Stranger Things characters need at least one universe where things are a bit less of a terrifying ordeal and I'm just going to assume this is that world. “)

Favorite Title
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Cease, Banthas, Life Is Short! by @Ewok Poet (It's the truth! Plus I love the juxtaposition, as I always think of banthas as long-lived! But that would be why they need to be told. )
HK-47 and the Super Evil Chaos Twins of Evil by @ViariSkywalker (One user said: “Is so eminently and so perfectly what it says on the tin!”)
Conversational Mando’a for Beginners by @Raissa Baiard
The Ossus Excavation and Archaeology Project by @Bel505
The Captain, the H-Goater and the Voorpak by @Findswoman
"Dinner at the Hungry Hutt," by @Findswoman and @Chyntuck
"Better to Light a Flamethrower," by @devilinthedetails
A Fateful Dune by @clone commander bossk
The perils of draxin collecting by @earlybird-obi-wan
While the Charcoal Smolders by @Mechalich
"Relegated to the Children's Table" by @Seldes_Katne
Our Weakness is the Same by @ViariSkywalker
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[Phantom of the Opera] I May Be Dreaming Awake by @Mira_Jade
[Tolkien] Hither & Yon: An Eventful Sojourn in Middle-Earth by @WarmNyota_SweetAyesha
[Justice League Dark/Constantine] May You Have Gnocchi From Your Children by @pronker

Favorite Line in a Fic
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“Oh. I was just…talking to myself.” —Kanan Jarrus in Loth-Rat Run by @Raissa Baiard (who just had a time-travel encounter with the child Caleb Dume in the Lothal Jedi temple… see also next category)
“Mothers never lie about these things,” her mother said. “Daughters just don’t always believe them.” —Nadira Jade in Renewal by @Gabri_Jade
“But something Yoda told me once helps me sometimes, at least. All is one, in the Force. The Force is all life, not just all life that is, but all life that was, and all that will be.” —Luke Skywalker in The Ossus Excavation and Archaeology Project by @Bel505
“Far away on the horizon, meanwhile, the sky was reddening, purpling, and even red-purpling as sunset came on.” Sure Looks Strange to Me, by @Findswoman
“The planet is exquisite, a perfectly-formed globe of sparkling emerald, pristine as it nestles into the space around it like a jewel, haloed by the glow of countless stars and the shimmering blue-violet gases of surrounding nebulae. | Darth Festus hates it.” Turn Ourselves Into These Ashes by @ViariSkywalker
“A couple of Sith Lords walk into a bar. | It sounds like the start of a bad joke. A really bad joke. Or maybe the most amazing joke ever, he’s not really sure.” End of the Line, or Creep II / Brute II by @ViariSkywalker
“Dreams are strange, he thinks. Something scratches at the edges of his brain, a sharp-beaked avian pecking at him over and over, open up, open up. He knows he can’t, though. Even in the dream, opening up is the beginning of ending.” Turn Ourselves Into These Ashes by @ViariSkywalker
“‘You don’t have to be a Jedi to make a difference,’ she said softly, and when he turned towards her, she was holding up a small object—the plush cat Kanan had found abandoned underneath the jumble of overturned chairs, lost in the scuffle when the Empire came.” Beginnings by @Raissa Baiard
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“You do not need a sword to act the role of knight...” —[Sense & Sensibility] Colonel Brandon in By Their Very Nature by @Mira_Jade
[Sense and Sensibility] “Such shall be all the excitement I ever need or desire: guarding the carrots with you.” All Fools In Love by @Mira_Jade
“Reflection: Perhapsss there isss sssome truth to the rather trite meatbag aphorisssm that the more thingsss change, the more they ssstay the sssame. Sssupporting narration: It ssseemsss that only a short while ago I wasss traveling from sssyssstem to sssyssstem burning masssive holesss through meatbagsss the massster wished to have eliminated. Juxxxtaposssition: Now, after what I underssstand to be ssseveral cccenturiesss, I find myssself tasssked with shooting sssuperheated water through caf groundsss the massster wishesss to have dissstilled.” HK-47 from A Steamy Vengeance by @Findswoman
“For a moment, Cassandra wondered if she ought to take offence and stab him with a fork. Then again, anger lead to the Dark Side.” from “I, too can command the wind, sir!” by @AzureAngel2
“She flings herself at him, wrapping her arms around his trembling shoulders, pulling from the icy center of her own body to help cool his. They collapse against each other, two halves of the same whole, freezing and burning and it’s okay, I’ve got you, I’ve got you.” [BNHA] Watch Over Me by @ViariSkywalker
“‘We women will insist on being remembered.’ Izumi’s chin lifted, pride radiating from her like heat from the sun in the sky. ‘We’re like your garden in that way.’” [A:TLA/LoK] The Garden Was Beautiful by @devilinthedetails
“Please,” Elinor raised her eyes to the sky to implore, “don’t let her start on about trusses and stays.” / “Why ever not?” Edward asked – then looking her up and down in a way that left little doubt as to his thoughts, even when they were walking so close together that he could hardly see the whole of her. “I’d say, it’s a fine a subject as any.” [Sense & Sensibility] "All Fools in Love" by @Mira_Jade

Favorite Headsplode Moment
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Loth-Rat Run by @Raissa Baiard (Caleb Dume’s encounter with his adult self)
Cross-Training by @Seldes_Katne (Remy the rat fills in at Dex’s Diner, while Mr. Jettster himself serves Vestri at Galaxy’s Edge—as in, Disney’s Galaxy’s Edge)
So Few Things by @Mira_Jade (Bly and Aayla’s unexpected first kiss!)
A Steamy Vengeance by @Findswoman (HK-47’s brain is loaded into Zeb’s caf maker)
Mrs Palpatine Meets the Skywalkers by @GregMcP (Palpatine has a sweet, fluffy—yet Sithly—wife)
The moment where Darin meets a very unique alien in Perspectives by @Thumper09. Astonishing and adorable.
Anakin's vision of a legendary figure known as the Prime Jedi in All Chosen Ones by @devilinthedetails and how their conversation turns the usual interpretation of the whole Chosen One prophecy upside down -- and it works too.
In Dreams We Dwell by @ViariSkywalker (Everything from "I think you're distracted, Princess" to Darth Ferrus quite literally crashing the party in all his Super Evil Chaos Twin glory was quite headsplode-y.)
Renewal by @Gabri_Jade (It's part of the premise of the story, yes; but realizing that Mara Jade's birth family was still alive and wanted to reconnect with her was quite the surprise - and then the story just got better from there!)
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The moment when Jack receives a very surprising batch of correspondence in [Nightmare Before Christmas] The Accidental Christmas Gift by @Seldes_Katne

 

Week 5: Reviewers and Authors

Favorite Reviewers in Star Wars
@Findswoman
@WarmNyota_SweetAyesha
@Mira_Jade
@Seldes_Katne
@Thumper09

@Mira_Jade (for the in-depth love she gives every line!)
@rktho (for his keen eye for details!)
@Seldes_Katne (for suggesting unexpected insights and drawing thoughtful RL parallels!)

@ViariSkywalker
@Bel505
@Mira_Jade
-All three routinely offer insightful and nuanced feedback and meta, and can always be counted upon to notice the subtle details

@Gabri_Jade (Gabri's wit is on full display in her reviews, and she almost always leaves me chuckling with her comments. She's also incredibly knowledgeable about storytelling and the craft of writing fiction, and that's evident in her keen insights and thoughtful reflections on the stories she responds to.)
@Mira_Jade (Mira is an incredibly rewarding reviewer whose enthusiasm for the characters and the worlds and storytelling is obvious and boundless, and she goes above and beyond in showing her appreciation for a story. Mira never fails to make me smile with her reviews.)
@Findswoman (Finds always leaves such thoughtful reviews, and she is a cheerful, engaged, and enthusiastic story supporter. I greatly enjoy reading her insightful commentary whenever she stops by one of my threads.)

@amidalachick Amidalachick's reviews are always kind, detailed, and supportive with quotes from what she liked in the stories. Reading her reviews always brings a big old smile to my face, which sometimes I need so much after a rough day!
@Findswoman Findswoman's reviews never fail to be amazingly insightful, and she has a knack for appreciating and noticing everyone's unique talents and perspective as writers. Findswoman's reviews so often make me think about my writing and myself as a writer in new ways, and I love that.
@WarmNyota_SweetAyesha Just like her username suggests, Nyota's reviews are never anything less than warm and sweet. Her reviews are like perfectly baked chocolate cookies in that way.

@WarmNyota_SweetAyesha (reviews a greater breadth of fanfic than anyone from what I can tell, and is always so very in tune with the characters and their relationships)
@Findswoman (always has fascinating insights and is very encouraging too; echoing devilinthedetails that I often end up with a new perspective from her comments)
@Mira_Jade (fantastically in-depth comments and perceptiveness with regards to characterization)

@Findswoman
@Mira_Jade
@WarmNyota_SweetAyesha
All three always have insightful, thoughtful and in-depth comments.

1) @earlybird-obi-wan: Always reads and leaves a comment. Always. On multiple stories on the same day. How does she do it? Does she have her own Clone Army? Can she warp the fabric of time and space to be in more than one place at the same time? I must know her secret! (Regardless, I appreciate the comments. )
2) @Thumper09: Always leaves thoughtful comments. Her reviews are a joy to read.
3) @Findswoman: It's a pleasure to have a fellow enthusiast of GFFA non-Humans review my stories. She often catches small details and asks intriguing questions.

Favorite Reviewer in NSWFF
@Mira_Jade (same reasons as above!)
@Mira_Jade Reading a Mira review is like opening a present. Her reviews are always so thoughtful and filled with meaningful quotes and analysis of what she enjoyed in a fic.
@amidalachick (leaves many thoughtful reviews and has a knack for finding the funny moments in a fic)
@earlybird-obi-wan (she reads my stories fandom-blind so that makes her lovely, supportive comments even more special to me )

Favorite Author in Before
@devilinthedetails
@Kit'
@Thumper09
@brodiew
@earlybird-obi-wan

Favorite Author in Saga
@Raissa Baiard
@Seldes_Katne
@Findswoman
@Mira_Jade
@Thumper09
@JediMaster_Jen
@rktho
@earlybird-obi-wan

Favorite Author in Beyond
@Gabri_Jade
@ViariSkywalker
@Anedon
@Bel505
@Mira_Jade
@WarmNyota_SweetAyesha
@mavjade

Favorite Author in NSWFF
@Mira_Jade
@WarmNyota_SweetAyesha
@pronker
@devilinthedetails
@mavjade

Favorite New Author
@Blue_Daddys_Girl
@Ihsan997
@Dream-Thinker

Most Versatile Author
@devilinthedetails
@Raissa Baiard
@Findswoman
@Bel505
@ViariSkywalker
@Kit'
@Mira_Jade
@Gabri_Jade
@Seldes_Katne
@AzureAngel2
@brodiew
@earlybird-obi-wan

Favorite Story YOU Wrote
As always, this is a difficult category to choose, but I think I’ll go with A Rose Has Five Petals. I’m proud of the way I was able to structure the group of five stories for the Summer Olympics challenge around my group of five characters. (@Findswoman)

Beginnings I gave Kanera their big, fat happily ever after in the Marzra-verse, but I think this is the first AU I’ve written where I changed up their past and it was a lot of fun…and indirectly led to another AU Kanera verse in “Taungsday Night at Okadiah’s”. The Infinite Kanera Project, anyone? (@Raissa Baiard)

Look, this is like trying to choose between my kids, so instead of picking an absolute favorite, I’m going to pick one that probably hasn’t gotten as much attention because it was part of a collection of ficlets. “I Loved and I Loved and I Lost You” (the last entry in Our Weakness Is the Same) is in some ways the culmination of just about everything I’ve written for Allana and Festus in the last year-and-a-half, and I’m really proud of it. I’m also told it’s one of the best things I’ve ever written. If you’ve ever wondered why the heck I’m fixated on these characters and their twisted and tragic connection, this story might be the best encapsulation of everything I love about writing them. (@ViariSkywalker)

All the Difference Because I really like how I developed this AU where Anakin didn't fall to the Dark Side. I am just super proud of myself for writing an AU of this length and complexity! (@devilinthedetails)

“Fill Your Heart With Love (Travel Is Homecoming)”: An easy pick since it was also the only story that I wrote in 2021. But it was really nice to get to write a bit about Rose from the sequels. (@Kahara)

Pass On What You Have Learned because it was probably the first time I’d written across eras in the same stories and because it was written for one of my favorite events-the FanFic Olympics. (@JediMaster_Jen)[/QUOTE]