AO3 Hits Meme

Gacked from igrockspock and alphaflyer:

1. You See, It Was Like This (The Avengers (Marvel Movies), Thor (Movies)) (100 words), Hits 1409
   
   I have no idea why this drabble is so popular, but it was fun to write. Clint, Darcy, + kitten.
   


2. 5 Reasons Natasha Knew Something Was Very Wrong with Clint (and 1 Reason She Knew That Nothing Was Wrong at All) (The Avengers (Marvel Movies)) (2066 words), Hits 1309
   
   I'm actually super happy this showed up here. It was my first major attempt upon Clint/Natasha, written for a comment_fic prompt, and alphaflyer betaed. Admittedly, it was a rough write, and I was less than pleased with how much reader feedback it got, so color me surprised that it gets good hits.
   


3. Tingo (Pascuense) (The Avengers (Marvel Movies), Captain America (Movies)) (1647 words), Hits 1303
   
   There is no top 10, AO3-only based list that this story doesn't hit. I read a funny definition, got bit by the muse, and wrote a story about Natasha stealing all the stuff out of Clint's home by borrowing. I also regret nothing.
   


4. Carnal (X-Men (Movieverse)) (16334 words), Hits 1289
   
   A WIP I really want to and ought to finish. Rogue/Gambit and way more sex-based communication/relating than any of my other fics for them. They seem to prefer fighting and sleeping together to talking.
   


5. The Rogue's Gambit (X-Men (Movieverse)) (1371 words), Hits 1276
   
   The one-shot that Carnal is sequel to. Basically, Rogue tests the Cure on the mutant she picks up. He's less than thrilled to realize she's a virgin.
   


6. Made and Meant (The Avengers (Marvel Movies), Thor (Movies)) (835 words), Hits 1199
   
   A fun little soulmates AU where Darcy's the only one in the Avengers Tower brave enough to tell Clint and Natasha that their UST is bothering everyone else.
   


7. Skin Deep (X-Men (Movieverse), X-Men: First Class (2011)) (1356 words), Hits 1190
   
   This was a story I wrote for me, the closest I came to writing incest before this year, and really it's adopted and he's trying so hard not to be attracted. I'm surprised it has that many hits, but I was proud of it when I finished.
   


8. Son o' de Guild (X-Men (Movieverse), X-Men (2000)) (26691 words), Hits 1189
   
   My runaway favorite on FF.net, another WIP, and basically an X1 as canon only what if Remy turned to Xavier instead of Sinister when his powers blew up on him? It's a monster on FF.net and I'd be downright surprised if it didn't show up high here even though it hasn't picked up nearly the same traction on AO3.
   


9. 'Til Death Do Us Part (The Avengers (Marvel Movies), Captain America 2: the Winter Soldier - Fandom) (2191 words), Hits 1167
   
   My first Clint/Natasha soulbond AU. Written for Trope Bingo and inspired by both Rogue/Danvers and the rules of their shared lifeforce and The Fey saga by Kristine Rusch and another tangled lifeforce bond.
   


10. Taken (The Avengers (Marvel Movies), Captain America (Movies)) (422 words), Hits 1066
    
    Maria helps Natasha pick out something to show she's taken before she's partnered with Steve who might not realize that.
    

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Variation: Top AO3 Kudos

So because there's a difference between hits and kudos and I'm that sort of curious (hits especially can be rereads and are always more likely to be older fics than newer), my top 10 kudoed fics on AO3.

1. Tingo (Pascuense), (MCU: Clint Barton/Natasha Romanoff) 167 kudos

Once again, as expected, but this time it's number one. It's funny and lighthearted and I had a ball writing it, so I'm glad it's so high up, even if I am occasionally surprised at how much attention it got.

2. Hypothetically, (MCU: Maria Hill/Bucky Barnes) 108 kudos

Written for tielan because she prompted the pairing and I said, why did I never think of this? Yes, please! and wrote it. It has followed a continuing trend that if beatrice_otter reads and likes and recs something of mine, suddenly the hits and kudos shoot up.

3. Call Me Phil, (MCU: cat!Phil Coulson) 101 kudos

Started life as a comment_fic thing, then got such responses in the comments, I decided to keep going. (Funny, that's how I got dragged into 200 chapters of Whispers too). I haven't updated in a bit, but I do think I want to write some more installments). Basically, Phil is reincarnated as a cat instead of Agents of SHIELD happening. Maria adopts him.

4. One More Day, (MCU: Clint Barton/Natasha Romanoff) 94 kudos

One of my best fics ever, I think. This one struck a chord for me and for readers, judging by the comments. Written for the be_compromised promptathon (and an aside, but exchanges and comms really increase visibility/readership for me), the prompt basically went every day, Natasha decides again not to kill Clint. Well, being me, that immediately spoke to brainwashing and triggers and what would make her want or need to kill him in the first place.

5. 'Til Death Do Us Part, (MCU: Clint Barton/Natasha Romanoff) 86 kudos

Natasha falls first, they share a soulbond, Natasha has history with Bucky, the Winter Soldier, and I blame it all on Trope Bingo. I was blown away initially by the response it got, then rolled with it and wrote two more installments: a prequel and a Clint-POV remix.

6. Taken, (MCU: Maria Hill + Clint Barton/Natasha Romanoff) 82 kudos

Again with the necklace and Natasha and Maria being friends because they seriously are.

7. Learning Natasha (Again), (MCU: Natasha Romanoff) 80 kudos

The remix! This one is my most popular Natasha piece between all sites and the quality of the commentary, bookmarks, etc. It was a remix of an awesome fic by OracleGlass, and I tried to keep the Clint/Natasha readable as either platonic or romantic because that's how the original went really. I was seriously blown away by the reaction to this fic, though it still gratifies me and gives me warm fuzzies, because it's just really identity exploration and relationship building and bonding and working at socialness, which is something I can relate to but don't usually see as very popular compared to romance, missionfic, or smut.

8. Shall We Dance?, (MCU: Clint Barton/Natasha Romanoff) 79 kudos

I just kind of decided that Natasha deliberately got on SHIELD's radar to get to Clint because my Trope Bingo card said reunion and I thought them, and I just kept writing. I was actually really happy about how this one turned out, if it does have that slightly off vibe my first works had before I fully got a handle on the pairing for myself.

9. Made and Meant, (MCU: Clint Barton/Natasha Romanoff) 77 kudos

I'm not even going to ask how a fic I wrote this year got this highly kudoed that fast. I like this little Darcy tells the spysassins they belong together ficlet, but I never counted it among my best.

Stopping there because the next two tie and were on my top hits list. So there you have it. What AO3 readers say they love best of my fics.

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