Month: October 2017

Monthly Analytics: October 2017

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Analytical Highlights

809 total fics recs have been posted in the 8 months since this blog’s creation. 110 of them were posted in the last 31 days. To view this month’s recs, please click here.

THIS MONTH’S BREAKDOWN*:

Total Followers: 1,082
By Chapters: 21 Chaptered Fics and 90 One-Shots
By Length: 62 fics Under 5K, 23 fics 5K – 10K, and 17 fics 10K – 25K, 6 fics 25K – 50K, 2 fics 50K – 75K, and 1 fics 75K – 100K
By Rating: 5 fics Not Rated, 33 fics rated General Audience, 59 fics rated Teen & Up, and 12 fics rated Mature, and 9 fics rated Explicit
By Genre: 2 Canon Compliant fics, 57 Canon AU fics, 2 Crossover / Fusion fics, and 49 Human AU fics, and 4 Other AU fics
By Point of View: 85 fics that feature Alec’s POV,  63 fics that feature Magnus’ POV, and 20 fics that feature an Outside POV

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

Other Highlights

NEW AUTHORS:

Ajenno
AllOfTheFanfic
ariquitecontrary
atticrissfinch
BiconBane
budapestagain
CalmBeforeAStorm
ChelseasDeadSmile
Chonideno
ems_specter
EveryWordHandwritten
Farah_Rose
hckycry07
hellaheline
Hpfanonezillion
hufflepufflightwood
Insomiak
JustCallMeJo
leetje
LittleSparrow69
lost_strayer
Madzie
Maleciseverything
maroukado
MenckensChrestomethy
merycula
milominderbinder
Mortalacademy
owilde
perpetual_journey
pumpkinpetals
rottnrotty
RunawayVoices
sanctuary_for_all
Sanime
sceptical
Seastar529
softshumjr
sophmundane
SuchSeeweedBrain
ThePineScentedAir

NEW FAVORITES:

A Dream of Peace by Ketz
A Horse That Loves You by Lemur710
Freud Is a Dick by sanctuary_for_all
Heaven Can Wait by sceptical
Heirlooms by BiconBane
It Isn’t an Adventure Worth Telling If There Aren’t Any Dragons Involved by CalmBeforeAStorm
Kids in the Kitchen by perpetual_journey
Masters of War by Lecrit
Our Souls Met Long Before Our Eyes by deathdario
Serenity by ariquitecontrary
So Bright by lemonoclefox
Things We Think We Know by maleccrazedauthor
Unbreakable Bond by rottnrotty
Unglamored by otppurefuckingmagic

NEW SERIES:

BAMF Prince of Hell High Warlock series by BiconBane
Like He Walked Right Out of the Wild Wild West series by EveryWordHandwritten
Lovely Firsts series by matslightwood
Magnus and Max series by CalmBeforeAStorm
Of Glitter and Guestlists series by sceptical
Piano Neighbors series by RunawayVoices
Rainy Nights/Sunny Mornings Verse series by NotEvenThat
Say You Will series by ThePineScentedAir
Soulmates With a Twist series by Hobbit69

NEW TAGS:

Blogger
Catarina Loss / Tessa Gray
Composer
Dot Rollins / Maia Roberts
Dot Rollins / Max Lightwood
Firefighter
Imasu
Imasu / Magnus Bane
Musician
New Year’s
Outlaw
Singer
Speech Impediment
Valentine’s Day
Wedding Planner

MISCELLANEOUS:

The Tag a Day Event ran almost the entire month and resulted in 107 fic recs. Combined with the fics recced for the Trick or Treat Event on Halloween, that’s nearly 967,000 words worth of fics!

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Thanks for another great month!

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Blueberry and Little Archer Boy by sophmundane

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

General Audience
Secondary Characters:

Chairman Meow,

Jace Wayland,

Max Lightwood, Max Lightwood-Bane, Rafael Lightwood-Bane  

Secondary Pairings:

Alec Lightwood / Jace Wayland


Themes:

Alec POV,
Established Relationship, Family, Fluff, Halloween, Holidays,

Kids,

Magnus POV,

Parents

Summary:

“Hey Dad! Look at our costumes!” Rafael and Max said, jumping up and down enthusiastically in front of their Dad. Alec couldn’t help but smile. 10 years ago, he was an angry closeted teenager who was in love with his best friend, Jace. Now, aged 27 he was extremely happy, engaged to the guy of his dreams with two adorable, wonderful adopted sons. He was brought back into reality as Max jumped onto his knee, cuddling up to him.

Malec and family, based in 2016. AU. It’s Halloween – Magnus’ favourite time of the year and Alec’s worst since he lost his brother. Rafael and Max have set their heart on going out trick or treating but Alec is having none of it. Can Magnus, Max and Rafael manage to convince Alec that there is still fun to be had on Halloween?

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Warlocks Are Better Than Wizards by Astoria Gracewell

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

General Audience
Secondary Characters:

Izzy Lightwood, Jace Wayland,

Maryse Lightwood,

Max Lightwood,

Robert Lightwood


Secondary Pairings:

None
Themes:

Alec POV,

Coming Out,
Family, Fluff, Halloween, Holidays,

Kids

Summary:

It’s All Hallow’s Eve. What’s a clueless young Shadowhunter to do when babysitting his Mundane-fascinated younger brother? Go Trick-or-Treating, of course! They never know whose door they’ll knock on next!

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Dress for Success by GoldenDaydreams

Chapters: One-Shot
Genre: Canon AU
Length: Under 5K
Rating: Mature
Secondary Characters: Clary Fray, Izzy Lightwood, Jace Wayland,

Simon Lewis
Secondary Pairings:

Clary Fray / Jace Wayland,

Izzy Lightwood / Simon Lewis
Themes: Cat-Eyed Magnus,

Dance,

Established Relationship, Family, Fluff,

Halloween,

Holidays,

Magnus POV

Summary:

The Halloween party at Pandemonium is in full swing, however Alec has remained very hush-hush on his costume, and Magnus is more than ready to see what his beloved angel has decided on.

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Cupids, Tigers, and Pokemon Trainers – Oh My! by heartsdesire456

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

General Audience
Secondary Characters:

Maryse Lightwood,

Max Lightwood
Secondary Pairings:

None
Themes:

Alec POV,

Cat-Eyed Magnus, Established Relationship, Family, Fluff, Halloween, Holidays, Magnus POV,

Relationship Milestones

Summary:

When Magnus discovers that Max has never been trick-or-treating, he decides that he and Alec have to fix this immediately.

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Happy Halloween! In celebration, all fic recs will feature family, fluff, parties, pumpkins, candy, costumes, and other themes associated with the holiday. No trick-or-treating necessary here; just sit back, relax, and enjoy. Happy reading!

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Amor Verus by budapestagain

Chapters:

Chaptered Fic
Genre: Human AU
Length:

25K – 50K
Rating: Teen & Up
Secondary Characters:

Camille Belcourt,

Chairman Meow,

Clary Fray, Izzy Lightwood, Jace Wayland, Lydia Branwell,

Maryse Lightwood,

Ragnor Fell,

Raphael Santiago,

Simon Lewis
Secondary Pairings: Alec Lightwood / Lydia Branwell,

Camille Belcourt / Magnus Bane,

Clary Fray / Jace Wayland,

Izzy Lightwood / Meliorn,

Raphael Santiago / Simon Lewis

Themes:

Alcohol,

Alec POV,

Angst, Arranged Marriage,

Blue-Eyed Alec,

Coming Out,

Domesticity, Family,

Flirting,

Fluff,

Food & Cooking,

Internalized Homophobia,

Law Enforcement,

Magnus POV,

Outside POV,

Pining,

Relationship Milestones,

Wedding,

Wedding Planner

Summary:

To Alec Lightwood, family is the most important thing, above everything, including personal happiness. So when he proposed to Lydia, he wasn’t thinking of himself but the family name. Magnus Bane is a popular and successful wedding planner and when he’s hired to plan Alec’s wedding, he thinks this will just be another job. They have to find out that sometimes the right thing to do is to follow your heart.