Year in Review (of my fic)
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mrsluigivargasThis year I set out to post at least one fic every month, because I almost inadvertently managed it last year and it will be very amusing in hindsight. Well, I'm happy to say that as of today I've managed it! So that's exciting. It definitely got tougher near the end of the year because I got really busy all of a sudden. All in all, I'm happy I never have to do this again, lmao. And I'm excited to get to work on some multi-chapter fics next year!
Anyway I wanted to list all the fics-per-month I've written, hehe. For months where I wrote more than one fic I'll just pick my favorite!
Prison Escapes and Pianos
General Audiences | Mario & Peach & Luigi | 2,081 words
The thing about Peach being kidnapped by people other than Bowser was that a lot of the time, they didn't know what to do with her. For example, they didn't know to not leave a cast-iron skillet within arm's reach.
Tags: Friendship, Adventure, Nonverbal Mario, Luigi has Speech Loss
Honeymoon Suite
General Audiences | Mario & Peach | 2,320 words
After a pretty standard rescue mission, Mario and Peach need to stop at a hotel for the night before finishing the trip home. There’s only one room left that’s available for them, though.
Tags: Friendship, Fluff, Aromantic Mario, Nonverbal Mario
Bowser Hates Having Feelings
General Audiences | Mario/Bowser | 1,028 words
Bowser lowered his hand onto Mario’s shoulder. Mario sighed in his sleep, expression relaxing. Bowser scowled against the blood rushing to his cheeks. “I hate it,” he repeated.
“You’ll deal.”
Tags: Pining
Tiny Adventure
General Audiences | Mario & Kamek | 5,246 words [2 chapters]
“Either that spell I’d cast was more powerful than I’d realized,” Kamek slowly said, “Or I somehow managed to shrink myself, instead.”
“...”
“I’d shrunken myself, didn't I.”
Tags: Humor, Shrunken Character, Nonverbal Mario
One Track Mind
General Audiences | Mario & Peach & Luigi | 2,081 words
The thing about Peach being kidnapped by people other than Bowser was that a lot of the time, they didn't know what to do with her. For example, they didn't know to not leave a cast-iron skillet within arm's reach.
Tags: Friendship, Adventure, Nonverbal Mario, Luigi has Speech Loss
Ti voglio tanto bene
General Audiences | Mario/Peach | 11,002 words
Here’s the thing.
Mario liked Peach.
And he knew she had a crush on him. And by all rights, she was the kind of person he was supposed to be dating.
So, he figured, he might as well give it a try.
Tags: Angst with a Happy Ending, Queerplatonic Relationships, Brotherly Love, Internalized Aphobia, Aromantic Mario, Asexual Mario, Nonverbal Mario
UNO Reverse Kidnapping
General Audiences | Bowser/Mario/Peach/Luigi | 3,957 words
The traditional courting rituals of Bowser's Kingdom weren't really known by those who didn't hail from within its borders. What even fewer knew was that the whole kidnapping thing King Bowser did was based on one of the last vestiges of said rituals, pulled forward by circumstance, convenience, and because some people are more of a romantic at heart than what they'd have you believe.
Understandably unaware of all this, Mario lays in the grass outside his home and wonders about the feasibility of kidnapping Bowser, for a change.
It turns out it’s more feasible than Luigi insists it is.
Tags: Humor, Accidental Courting, Pre-Relationship
Worry
General Audiences | Toadsworth | 200 words
Toadsworth was feeling a bit under the weather, so he turned in early for the evening.
Tags: Sickfic, Double Drabble
An Unexpected Caretaker
General Audiences | Luigi & Kamek | 1,734 words
Somewhere between Mario leaving to rescue Princess Peach and waking up from his nap, Luigi gains a visitor. It is not a visitor he is particularly enthused to have.
Prompt: Overdramatic Patient
Tags: Sickfic, Humor, Sick Luigi
no rest for the wicked
General Audiences | Bowser & Kamek | 2,784 words
Bowser is very much used to Kamek grumbling under his breath about the amount of work he has to do, work that Bowser gives him more often than not. But Kamek always pulls through with good results, so Bowser never pays said complaining any mind. Maybe he should have been doing so, instead of taking Kamek’s efforts for granted.
Tags: Angst, Exhaustion, Family
A Reframing
General Audiences | Mario & Luigi | 1,830 words
So it turns out getting trapped in portraits a few times changes your opinion on other types of magical paintings, too.
Tags: Hurt/Comfort, Mild Humor, Nonverbal Mario
you're at the bottom, this is it
General Audiences | Bowser & Kamek | 1,714 words
After so many kidnappings and unwanted advances by Bowser over the years, an especially trying night at the end of which she’d gotten kidnapped by him again has Peach finally snapping and letting him have it. This is some of the aftermath.
Tags: Angst, Hurt/Comfort, One-Sided Bowser/Princess Peach, Implied/Referenced Mario/Peach/Luigi
So that's 12 fics plus 10 extras, totaling around 49.5k words! Looking forward to writing less next year, hopefully. I have a bunch of other hobbies I'd like to catch up on, too, like my video game backlog or my Neocities site or even seeing if my melodica is still viable to play after sitting in its case unused for almost 5 years, haha (I should probably buy a new one). Maybe I'll even start going to the library again... 🤔
Anyway I wanted to list all the fics-per-month I've written, hehe. For months where I wrote more than one fic I'll just pick my favorite!
Prison Escapes and Pianos
General Audiences | Mario & Peach & Luigi | 2,081 words
The thing about Peach being kidnapped by people other than Bowser was that a lot of the time, they didn't know what to do with her. For example, they didn't know to not leave a cast-iron skillet within arm's reach.
Tags: Friendship, Adventure, Nonverbal Mario, Luigi has Speech Loss
Honeymoon Suite
General Audiences | Mario & Peach | 2,320 words
After a pretty standard rescue mission, Mario and Peach need to stop at a hotel for the night before finishing the trip home. There’s only one room left that’s available for them, though.
Tags: Friendship, Fluff, Aromantic Mario, Nonverbal Mario
Bowser Hates Having Feelings
General Audiences | Mario/Bowser | 1,028 words
Bowser lowered his hand onto Mario’s shoulder. Mario sighed in his sleep, expression relaxing. Bowser scowled against the blood rushing to his cheeks. “I hate it,” he repeated.
“You’ll deal.”
Tags: Pining
Tiny Adventure
General Audiences | Mario & Kamek | 5,246 words [2 chapters]
“Either that spell I’d cast was more powerful than I’d realized,” Kamek slowly said, “Or I somehow managed to shrink myself, instead.”
“...”
“I’d shrunken myself, didn't I.”
Tags: Humor, Shrunken Character, Nonverbal Mario
One Track Mind
General Audiences | Mario & Peach & Luigi | 2,081 words
The thing about Peach being kidnapped by people other than Bowser was that a lot of the time, they didn't know what to do with her. For example, they didn't know to not leave a cast-iron skillet within arm's reach.
Tags: Friendship, Adventure, Nonverbal Mario, Luigi has Speech Loss
Ti voglio tanto bene
General Audiences | Mario/Peach | 11,002 words
Here’s the thing.
Mario liked Peach.
And he knew she had a crush on him. And by all rights, she was the kind of person he was supposed to be dating.
So, he figured, he might as well give it a try.
Tags: Angst with a Happy Ending, Queerplatonic Relationships, Brotherly Love, Internalized Aphobia, Aromantic Mario, Asexual Mario, Nonverbal Mario
UNO Reverse Kidnapping
General Audiences | Bowser/Mario/Peach/Luigi | 3,957 words
The traditional courting rituals of Bowser's Kingdom weren't really known by those who didn't hail from within its borders. What even fewer knew was that the whole kidnapping thing King Bowser did was based on one of the last vestiges of said rituals, pulled forward by circumstance, convenience, and because some people are more of a romantic at heart than what they'd have you believe.
Understandably unaware of all this, Mario lays in the grass outside his home and wonders about the feasibility of kidnapping Bowser, for a change.
It turns out it’s more feasible than Luigi insists it is.
Tags: Humor, Accidental Courting, Pre-Relationship
Worry
General Audiences | Toadsworth | 200 words
Toadsworth was feeling a bit under the weather, so he turned in early for the evening.
Tags: Sickfic, Double Drabble
An Unexpected Caretaker
General Audiences | Luigi & Kamek | 1,734 words
Somewhere between Mario leaving to rescue Princess Peach and waking up from his nap, Luigi gains a visitor. It is not a visitor he is particularly enthused to have.
Prompt: Overdramatic Patient
Tags: Sickfic, Humor, Sick Luigi
no rest for the wicked
General Audiences | Bowser & Kamek | 2,784 words
Bowser is very much used to Kamek grumbling under his breath about the amount of work he has to do, work that Bowser gives him more often than not. But Kamek always pulls through with good results, so Bowser never pays said complaining any mind. Maybe he should have been doing so, instead of taking Kamek’s efforts for granted.
Tags: Angst, Exhaustion, Family
A Reframing
General Audiences | Mario & Luigi | 1,830 words
So it turns out getting trapped in portraits a few times changes your opinion on other types of magical paintings, too.
Tags: Hurt/Comfort, Mild Humor, Nonverbal Mario
you're at the bottom, this is it
General Audiences | Bowser & Kamek | 1,714 words
After so many kidnappings and unwanted advances by Bowser over the years, an especially trying night at the end of which she’d gotten kidnapped by him again has Peach finally snapping and letting him have it. This is some of the aftermath.
Tags: Angst, Hurt/Comfort, One-Sided Bowser/Princess Peach, Implied/Referenced Mario/Peach/Luigi
So that's 12 fics plus 10 extras, totaling around 49.5k words! Looking forward to writing less next year, hopefully. I have a bunch of other hobbies I'd like to catch up on, too, like my video game backlog or my Neocities site or even seeing if my melodica is still viable to play after sitting in its case unused for almost 5 years, haha (I should probably buy a new one). Maybe I'll even start going to the library again... 🤔