Month: April 2018

Monthly Analytics: April 2018

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Analytical Highlights

1,258 total fics recs have been posted in the 14 months since this blog’s creation. 100 of them were posted in the last 30 days. To view this month’s recs, please click here.

THIS MONTH’S BREAKDOWN*:

Total Followers: 1,345
By Chapters: 12 Chaptered Fics and 87 One-Shots
By Length: 37 fics Under 1K, 49 fics 1K to 5K, 2 fics 5K – 10K, 5 fic 10K – 25K, 3 fics 25K – 50K, 3 fics 75K – 100K, and 1 fic Over 100K
By Rating: 7 fics Not Rated, 51 fics rated General Audience, 30 fics rated Teen & Up, 7 fics rated Mature, and 5 fics rated Explicit
By Genre: 1 Alternate Dimension fic, 83 Canon AU fics, 3 Canon Compliant fics, 2 Crossover / Fusion fics, 10 Human AU fics, and 2 Other AU fics
By Point of View: 55 fics that feature Alec’s POV, 59 fics that feature Magnus’ POV, and 8 fics that features an Outside POV

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

Other Highlights 

NEW AUTHORS:

Agnes Joseph
Airuna
becuille
ByTheAngell
catarinalec
coziness
Humansunshine
infinitymalec
luminousalexander
MalecCraze 
maqbane
Mere
our_little_broken_dream
sova
SquaresAreNotCircles
TintedMirrors
WasabiMalec

NEW FAVORITES:

All These Sacred Boundaries by paperiuni
Constellations by throughout
Days of Dark by magnusragnor and ohprongs
Far From Gone by Agnes Joseph
Flint to Flame by magnusragnor
Invictus by Lecrit
Loving You (It’s the Easiest Thing I’ll Ever Do) by Bohemian
Nothing’s Gonna Bring Me Down by Fatale
One Last Call for Alcohol by djchika
Promises Are Shapers of Fate by Inrainbowz
Relationships Take Effort by blushingalec
So Much More Inside Me Now by gingergenower
So Shed Your Skin and Let’s Get Started by iphigenias
Stripped Down to My Heart by tomfoolery14
The Unexpected by Ravelen
Untitled by laughingmagnus
Untitled by luminousalexander
What I Yearn For by WasabiMalec
When You Need Me by Ravelen

NEW SERIES:

A Series of Completely Not Awkward Encounters series by MalecCrazedAuthor

NEW TAGS:

Cashier
Driver
First Meeting
Florist
Hodge Starkweather
Hooking Up
Jace Wayland / Maia Roberts
Librarian
Magic Loss
Pilot
Raj
Research Assistant
Scientist
Slow Burn
Superhero
Telepathy
Winged Alec

THIS MONTH’S MOST POPULAR FICS

A Drink with Underhill by TintedMirrors
All These Sacred Boundaries by paperiuni
Bibliophile by alineppenhallow
Buckle Up by Ketz
Could We Ever Be Enough? (Baby We Could Be Enough) by infinitymalec
Expectations by NotEvenThat
Forever and ? by MadamPuddifoot9
He Says Thank You by soundsaboutright
Heart-Shaped Box by alittlebriton
Making Life Less Lonely by hufflebee
Marry Me (Today and Every Day) by sunsetveins
Melt Your Headaches (Call it Home) by tomfoolery14
Modus Operandi by sova and

theonetruenorth
Moving In by MalecCraze
My Heart Keeps Bleeding by gingergenower
Plus One by AlxSteele
Say Something Like You Love Me by ohprongs
So Much More Inside Me Now by gingergenower
So Shed Your Skin and Let’s Get Started by iphigenias
The Remedy by Desirae
The Silence of the Stars and Sea by Fatale
Time Will Find a Way to Heal by Malteser24
Untitled by sunnyalec
Vulnerable by sanctuary_for_all
Wing AU by theonetruenorth

EVENTS

The 3A Episode Collection Event continued throughout the month. This weekly three-day event will continue following the next four episodes of Season 3.

The Author Appreciation Day 2.0 event announcement was revealed this month. To view it, please click here. 

MISCELLANEOUS

After playing with custom page themes for a few weeks, eight pages were updated and revealed towards the end of the month. For more information, please click here.

Per an anon’s suggestion, Alec and Magnus’ familial relationships and friendships will be featured on the Tags Index page under the section title of Additional Relationships. These tags will start being used on May 1st.

The blog surpassed 1,300 followers this month. To view the post that marked the milestone, please click here.

Thanks for another great month!

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Everything About Him by blushingalec

Chapters: One-Shot
Genre: Canon AU
Length: Under 1K
Rating: General Audience
Secondary Characters:

None
Secondary Pairings: None
Themes: 3×06, Alec POV, Angst,

Cat-Eyed Magnus,

Established Relationship,

Fluff

Summary:

He loved everything about Magnus, every little mannerism and habit, which was why he had resolved to stop taking ten steps back when things got hard.

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Author Appreciation Day 2.0: Event Announcement

“The whole point of fanfiction is that you get to play inside somebody else’s universe. Rewrite the rules. Or bend them. The story doesn’t have to end. You can stay in this world, this world you love, as long as you want, as long as you keep thinking of new stories.”

– Rainbow Rowell

Without fanfiction, fandoms would be a much different place. Fic authors are often the unsung heroes behind the scenes, choosing to take time away from their other responsibilities to produce and update fics for our enjoyment, as well as their own. 

In order to recognize them, this blog will once again dedicate a single day to show gratitude to the amazing fic writers in the Shadowhunters fandom. Like last year, it will take place during National Author’s Day on November 1st.

With the event still six months away, you may be wondering why I am announcing it now. That’s because this year’s event will be slightly different: there will be two parts to it, one of which is much bigger than anything from last year.

Part #1: Personalized Thank You Card

The newest addition to this event is an opportunity for readers and/or authors to write a personalized thank you message to an author that they are assigned to through a sign-up and selection process. Once all of the messages have been submitted, I will have thank you cards printed and mailed or PDFed and emailed to the author based on their preference. This is a tangible and personal way for members of the fandom to interact and show their appreciation for fic writers and their works.

Part #2: Positive Messages

Readers and authors will once again have the opportunity to write responses about their positive experiences in the fandom. These supportive messages will be posted on November 1st during the event in order to help spread positivity and solidarity within the fandom.

More information for both parts of the event will be posted when the sign-up and response forms go live, beginning in a week. However if you’d like to learn more now, please feel free to visit the Author Appreciation Day page.

In preparation of this event, please read below the cut for its general guidelines and timeline.

*Shout-out once again to the incredible @ninwrites for her feedback and advice. Thanks so much for everything!

Keep reading

The Author Sign-Up Form goes live tomorrow! Stay tuned!

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He wants to forget everything, for just a moment, wants to go to the loft that he had thought of as home, wants to feel Magnus’ arms wrap around him. He wants to shove aside the storm brewing inside him, the fear for his parabatai. The pain of the argument, and Magnus’ eyes, brewing with anger, cutting into him not a day ago. The steady beat of his own heart, something that had begun to feel like a countdown.

Alec Lightwood in Constellations by throughout

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Your Fragile Heart by beatperfume

Chapters:

Chaptered Fic
Genre: Canon AU
Length: 1K to 5K
Rating: Teen & Up
Secondary Characters: Izzy Lightwood,

John Underhill
Secondary Pairings: None
Themes:

3×05, 3×06,

Alcohol,

Alec POV,

Angst,

Coming Out,

Domesticity,

Drunk Alec,

Established Relationship,

Food & Cooking,

Immortality Issue,
Magnus POV

Summary:

Alec wonders if he’s supposed to say something. To press Magnus, or to reassure him, or what. Nine times out of ten Alec will just do something, bluff his way through and hope it all turns out for the best, but that hasn’t worked out for him so far today, so he finds that he’s out of ideas.

Ficlets based on the previews for 3×05 & 3×06.

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There are secrets to be kept not because we want to live a lie. It has very little to do with a lack of honor or pride either, it’s figuring out a way to be ourselves in a world that, for the most part, doesn’t reflect us. And it’s safety, because some people will actively condemn us, or try to hurt us, and we never know who those people will be.

Alec Lightwood in In the Sin Bin by otppurefuckingmagic

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