Month: May 2017

Monthly Analytics: May 2017

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Analytical Highlights

281 total fic recs have been posted in the 3 months since this blog’s creation. 77 of them were posted in the last 31 days. To view this month’s recs, please click here.

THIS MONTH’S BREAKDOWN*:
Total Followers: 944
By Chapters: 5 Chaptered fics and 72 One-Shots
By Length: 57 fics Under 5K, 15 fics 5K to 10K, 2 fics 10K to 25K, 2 fics 25K to 50K, 1 fic 50K to 75K
By Rating: 32 fics Not Rated, 17 fics rated General Audience, 19 fics rated Teen & Up, and 8 fics rated Mature
By Genre: 21 Alternate Dimension (This World Inverted) fics, 3 Canon Compliant fics, 46 Canon AU fics, 9 Human AU fics, and 4 Other AU fics
By Point of View: 53 fics that feature Alec’s point of view, 27 fics that feature Magnus’ point of view, and 6 that feature an outside point of view

* – Note that some fics fall into more than one option per category

Other Highlights

NEW AUTHORS
1Q96
ace-arrow-alec
addict_writer
Baniverse
broadrippleisburning
drakamena
ElasticElla
fly_by_night 
hal_incandenza
happilyy
HornedQueenOfHell
JeffnaBoots
Lemur710
MirellaPryce
Monmonmoiru
Mowarki
notnatural
Pameluke
PrincessOfMalec
serendipitiness
softlightwood
theonetruenorth
tiptopevak
WendigoBaby 
yallaintright

NEW COLLECTIONS
Malec Week 2017

NEW FAVORITES
Force of Nature by Lemur710 
Holding the Stick by StarWitness42
How Rare and Beautiful by thessalami
Sleeping Beauty by vulturemonem

NEW SERIES
Malec/Madzie series by onihunter305
Realization Verse series by darkangel86
The Relationship Between Magnus and Max Lightwood series by NotEvenThat 
Shattered Cup series by hal_incandenza

NEW TAGS
Cat-Eyed Magnus
Marriage Proposal 
Married Couple
Pining

MISCELLANEOUS
Sixty-eight people weighed in on MalecFicLibrary’s Fic Preference Poll over the course of three and a half weeks. The results will influence fic recs during the first full two weeks of July. To view the poll’s results, please click here. 

Thanks for another great month!

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Boy Your Eyes Burned Through Me by broadrippleisburning

Chapters: One-Shot
Genre:

Human AU

Length: Under 5K
Rating: Teen & Up
Secondary Characters: Clary Fray, Izzy Lightwood, Jace Wayland, Raphael Santiago, Simon Lewis


Secondary Pairings: Clary Fray / Jace Wayland
Themes:

Alcohol,

Alec POV, Family,

Fashion Designer,

Flirting, Wedding

Summary:

Alec sighed, rubbing a hand over his face. “Thanks Izzy, but getting your little sister to ask a guy out for you is a little too elementary school for me.”

“Well, I suppose I could always be the one to ask you out,” Magnus laughed from behind Alec. Alec jumped, knocking over the glass of water resting on the table in front of him. Izzy hid a small smirk while Simon and Raphael didn’t even bother trying to conceal their laughter. Alec shot them both a glare which quickly shut them up.

Or; Magnus and Alec meet at Jace and Clary’s wedding.

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Little By Little by yallaintright 

Chapters: One-Shot
Genre: Canon AU
Length: Under 5K
Rating:

Teen & Up

Secondary Characters:

Clary Fray,

Jace Wayland


Secondary Pairings:

Alec Lightwood / Jace Wayland,

Clary Fray / Jace Wayland

Themes:

2×06,

Alec POV,

Angst,

Domesticity,

Established Relationship,

Family, Fluff,

Hurt & Comfort,

Unrequited Feelings

Summary:

It’s not that Alec is a bad brother, per se. In fact, the number of times he’s risked his life to protect one of his (hopelessly annoying, annoying hopeless) siblings is evidence enough of that. So Alec is definitely a good brother. That’s not the problem. The problem is that Alec would like to try being a good boyfriend as well, and it’s hard to do much boyfriending when Jace is sulking and stomping all over the very nice, very comfortable pieces of furniture that Alec would very much like to sink into with Magnus.

Set immediately post 2×06.

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He’d done it for the exact reason he told Alec – because in all his time in the league, no one has ever stood up for him the way Alec did in the locker room. His reputation is garbage at the moment anyway, so why should Alec be demonized as well simply for backing up a teammate? But now Magnus almost wishes that he could go back and do it all over again because whatever motivation he had just twenty-four hours ago seems to already pale in comparison to the one he has now. The one that says Alec Lightwood is the type of person that should be protected at all costs. Which is an odd way to feel about a man he hardly knows, especially when that man caused a ten-minute game delay tonight by hitting a guy so hard he cracked a panel of glass along the boards. But it is there regardless, simmering under the surface of Magnus’ skin.

Magnus Bane in Holding the Stick by StarWitness42

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Holding the Stick by StarWitness42*

Chapters: Chaptered Fic
Genre:

Human AU


Length:

75K – 100K

Rating:

Mature

Secondary Characters:

Camille Belcourt, Catarina Loss, Clary Fray, Izzy Lightwood, Jace Wayland,

Luke Garroway,

Lydia Branwell,

Maryse Lightwood,

Max Lightwood,
Meliorn, Raphael Santiago, Robert Lightwood, Sebastian Verlac / Morgenstern, Simon Lewis

Valentine Morgenstern
Secondary Pairings: Alec Lightwood / Lydia Branwell,

Clary Fray / Jace Wayland,

Izzy Lightwood / Lydia Branwell ,

Maryse Lightwood / Robert Lightwood

Themes: Alec POV, Angst, Arranged Marriage,

Athlete,

Blue-Eyed Alec, Celebrity,

Coming Out,

Domesticity,

Emotional/Psychological Abuse, Family,

Friends to Lovers,

Hurt & Comfort,

Injured Alec,

Injury,

Magnus POV,

Pining,

Protective Alec,

Protective Magnus,

Relationship Milestones,

Sports,

Travel

Summary:

Alec Lightwood has dreamed of hoisting Lord Stanley since he was eight. It’s in his blood. He’s spent the last five years trying to make that dream a reality, only managing to fall short each time.

Until a scandal leads to a multi-team trade that sends Magnus Bane his way. One of the top performing wingers in the league. An up and coming star.

And the most handsome man Alec has ever met.

He’s doomed.

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The Doors to Other Dimensions are Open by hal_incandenza

Part #1 of the Shattered Cup series

Chapters:

Chaptered Fic
Genre:

Alternate Dimension (This World Inverted),

Canon AU
Length:

10K – 25K

Rating:

Teen & Up

Secondary Characters:

Alternate Alec, Alternate Magnus, Clary Fray, Izzy Lightwood, Jace Wayland, Lydia Branwell, Valentine Morgenstern

Secondary Pairings: Alec Lightwood / Lydia Branwell,

Alternate Magnus Bane / Alternate Alec Lightwood

Themes:

Alec POV,

Angst, Arranged Marriage,

Coming Out,

Family,
Hurt & Comfort,

Interdimensional Travel,

Relationship Milestones

 

Summary:

“Are there any side effects? Of dimension-hopping?”

“It depends,” said Magnus. “Some travelers say so. Not many shadowhunters have made the trip, though. Are you experiencing something in particular?”

“No,” Alec lied.

Ever since Jace went through the seelie portal, Alec has been having dreams—visions of parallel worlds like that one. Lydia is hatching a plan, Magnus is sharing poetry, the Lightwood siblings are working on talking things out. And in light of these alternate lives, Alec considers his choices in this one.

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Looks Like We’ll Be Trapped For a While by PrincessOfMalec

Chapters:

Chaptered Fic

Genre: Canon AU
Length: Under 5K
Rating:

Teen & Up

Secondary Characters:

Clary Fray, Izzy Lightwood, Jace Wayland


Secondary Pairings: None
Themes: Alec POV, Family,

Flirting,

Fluff,

Hazel-Eyed Alec,

Injured Alec,

Injury, Magnus POV, Outside POV

Summary:

In a world where Magnus and Alec didn’t meet through Clary turning everyone’s lives upside down, fate has to make other plans for getting the two of them together! This is really just pure cute first meet-fluff.

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Introduction to Flirtation by ElasticElla

Chapters: One-Shot
Genre:

Human AU

Length: Under 5K
Rating: Teen & Up
Secondary Characters: Clary Fray,

Izzy Lightwood, Jace Wayland,

Meliorn,

Simon Lewis

Secondary Pairings:

Alec Lightwood / Jace Wayland,

Clary Fray / Izzy Lightwood / Meliorn, Jace Wayland / Simon Lewis
Themes: Alec POV, Angst,

College,

Coming Out,

Flirting,

Fluff,

Food & Cooking,
Relationship Milestones

Summary:

Alec knows it’s not the best idea. If seducing his best friend was a good idea, he’d be going to Izzy for help, not Magnus.