Fic Alphabet
Oct. 28th, 2025 02:36 pmI did this meme when it was going around Tumblr about a month and a half ago, and since it's going around here now, I will simply shamelessly copy and paste my answers for those of you who didn't see it then.
Rules: How many letters of the alphabet have you used for a fic title? One fic per line, ‘A’ and 'The’ do not count for 'a’ and ’t’. Post your score out of 26 at the end, along with your total fic count.
A- Advice given by Attolia Irene to Eddis Helen on the occasion of the latter's coronation (and Eddis' response) (Queen's Thief, 261 words, what it says on the tin. Sestina.)
B- Bless You and Keep You (Murderbot Diaries, 65 words, Iris & her dads. Three-sentence fic.)
C- Came Back Wrong (Witch King, 83 words. Poetry (free verse))
D- Doubt (Lackadaisy, 330 words. Mordecai finds religion (sort of))
E- Equipment Fault (Murderbot Diaries, 111 words, Murderbot. Sonnet-ish.)
F- From the Depths I Called to You (Queen's Thief, 932 words, Costis & Eugenides the God (+ a little bit of Kamet). Missing scene)
G- greet your beast and let 'em streak into the fray (Enchanté (song by The Dirt-Poor Robins), 1032 words, original werewolf characters, slice of life if your life involves trying to take down the shadowy government agency who turned you into a living weapon.)
H- Happy Little Accident (Stand Still Stay Silent, 782 words. Reynir-centric. Exploring some crack theories, highly context-dependent.)
I- it's the rest of the world that looks so small (Critical Role, 22 words, Orym/Will. Mourning. Poetry (free verse))
J- Jester's Hymn to Gender (Critical Role, 94 words. What it says on the tin. Poetry (free verse))
K- Kallohonka (Stand Still Stay Silent, 1569 words. Ensi & Lalli. Backstory.)
L- Loose Every Knot (Cyteen, 319 words. Scenes from Ari I's childhood, featuring Estelle Bok II.)
M- Mother of the Silent (Raven Tower, 98 words. Zezume & Mawat. Rhyming poetry, I honestly don't remember if I was following a historically recognized form or not? It's certainly not one of the better-known ones, but it's got internal rhymes, so it might be one of the obscure Welsh ones.)
N- Not a Path, But All Paths (Hexwood, 389 words. The Wood/The Bannus. I am fairly confident that this is the only fic that exists of this particular pairing.)
O- Oh, it's you (Stand Still Stay Silent, 69 words. Michael/Signe. Poetry (free verse))
P- Peel Me an Orange (Queen's Thief, 111 words, Attolia/Eugenides, fluff. Three-sentence fic. Did you know I've got an improbable number of stories that start with P? I didn't!)
Q- The Queen's Favorite (Goose Girl, 1179 words. Warning: rape.)
R- Riot of Flowers (Original Work, 40 words. Post-Apocalypse. Rhyming poetry.)
S- so dizzy with the altitude (it's just too far) (The Man I Knew (song by Dessa), 1256 words. Original magic students (despite the title of the song, their genders are unspecified))
T- Tear Him for His Bad Verses (Julius Caesar (Shakespeare), 112 words. Cinna the Poet/Cinna the conspirator. I'm fairly confident that this is the only fic of this particular pairing, too. Sonnet.)
U- Useful Crafts (Heroes of Olympus, 17439 words. Look, it's what some might consider an actual full-length fic! Leo, Annabeth, and Rachel go on a quest.)
V- Vermin (Hawk & Fisher, 694 words. Accidental pet acquisition. Warning: rats.)
W- Wrong-footed (A:tLA, 1412 words. Suki/Toph with background Suki/Sokka.)
X- I got nothing.
Y- You're My Wings (Wings (music video by Pixy), 1133 words. F/F dark fairytale.)
Z- Again, nothing.
Score: 24/26
So yeah, like pretty much everyone else, I'm missing X and Z.
Total number of works: 248