Summer Retrospective - My most popular A)3 fanfic by year

[alessnox]

I have been posting fanfiction to AO3 for seven years. It's hard to believe.
I currently have about 111 works mostly in the Sherlock fandom.

Looking at the top rated fics from each year I can conclude...

1. My most kudoed works are all fanfiction stories in the Sherlock fandom. Other formats such as podfic, podcasts, and fanvids don't get the likes on AO3.

2. My older works were all Johnlock. My later works were about other characters such as Eurus Holmes and Molly Hooper.

3. Although my normal writing length is novella, the list includes drabble length fics (Acorns and Gingernuts) as well a novel (By Any Other Name).

4. Almost all of the works are standalones (not part of a series).

5. About half are explicit. The other half are G or T.

6. I also write things that disturb me such as Slavery (John Uncollared) and bad character arcs ( Acorns and Gingernuts, Morning After, By any other name).

Here are the favorites by Kudos for each year.
(Feel free to count this as a challenge and make your own lists)


2013

John Uncollared (21032 words) by AlessNox
Chapters: 13/13
Fandom: Sherlock (TV)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Rape/Non-Con
Relationships: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson, Mycroft Holmes & John Watson
Characters: John Watson, Sherlock Holmes, Mycroft Holmes, Original Characters
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Dark, Alternate Universe - Slavery, Terrorism, Disturbing, Brainwashing, Additional Warnings Apply, Pain, Submission, Science Fiction, Confusion, Moral Ambiguity, Johnlock - Freeform, Revolution, Emotional Manipulation
Summary: For five years John has lived as a slave. Serving Sherlock Holmes has given him joy due to a brainwashing device (the internal collar) which gives him pleasure for every command that he follows, but when he is finally freed he must rediscover his purpose and his feelings in a world where all true instincts have been subverted. When asked if he will ever recover they say,
"All that I can promise you is pain."


2014

The Golden Cottage (20203 words) by AlessNox
Chapters: 10/10
Fandom: Sherlock (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Sherlock Holmes & John Watson
Characters: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson
Additional Tags: Injury, Cabin, cottage, Post Season 3, AO3 1 Million, Bees, Composing, Sherlock Plays the Violin, Love, Friendship, Writing, Conflict, Broken Dreams, Hope
Summary: In a golden cottage deep in the English countryside a man comes to visit and to ask what went wrong with a friendship that once seemed so bright.
Posted early in honor of AO3's one Million works. Hurrah!


2015

The Morning After (3856 words) by AlessNox
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Sherlock - Fandom, Sherlock (TV)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson, Mary Morstan/John Watson
Additional Tags: Angst, Sex, First Time, Post Season 3
Summary: Dearest Sherlock,
It's only a matter of time before the police come to get me. It's much too obvious. I wouldn't even rate the crime scene a four. It's always the husband, isn't it?


2016

Things I'll never say. Thoughts I'll never mention. (4354 words) by AlessNox
Chapters: 2/2
Fandom: Sherlock (TV)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson
Characters: Sherlock Holmes
Additional Tags: Masturbation, Regret, Season/Series 03 Spoilers, demisexual
Summary: Sherlock Masturbates the night before John's wedding.


2017

Acorns and Gingernuts (454 words) by AlessNox
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Sherlock (TV)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Mycroft Holmes & Eurus Holmes
Characters: Eurus Holmes, Mycroft Holmes, Sherlock Holmes
Additional Tags: Cake, Magic, acorns, Siblings, Fear, Prediction
Series: Part 1 of Young Eurus Holmes
Summary:

The Holmes children play prediction under an oak tree in the autumn.
A brief moment with Sherlock's creepiest sibling.

2018

By Any Other Name (64990 words) by AlessNox
Chapters: 41/41
Fandom: Sherlock (TV)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Sherlock Holmes & Molly Hooper, John Watson & Molly Hooper, Sherlock Holmes & John Watson, Molly Hooper & Sherlock Holmes & John Watson
Characters: Molly Hooper, Mycroft Holmes, Mrs Hudson, Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, Rosie Watson, Eurus Holmes
Additional Tags: Consequences, Post Season 4, Periods, Drinking, Angst, Biological Clock, Solitude, Friendship, Love, relationships, Regret, Family, Crime, I Love You Scene (Sherlock: The Final Problem), Fix-It, Brioche, Infatuation, Self-Discovery, Dancing, Tango, Career, parenting, going through a bad patch, Conflict, Found Family, happiness, Asexual Sherlock, Adoption, Work, Doubt, Life Choices, Loneliness, Happy Ending, Podfic Welcome
Summary:

When Sherlock said, “If I wasn’t everything that you think I am – everything that I think I am – would you still want to help me?”
Molly thought she that understood what Sherlock meant.
Molly has a very bad day, that will change the rest of her life.
From Molly’s pained love confession in The final problem, to her smiling entry into 221B, a post season 4 fix it for Molly and the boys.

2019 (Current)

Impregnation 5 - The Audition (6705 words) by Moire
Chapters: 6/6
Fandom: Sherlock (TV)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Molly Hooper/Greg Lestrade/Mycroft Holmes
Characters: Molly Hooper, Mycroft Holmes, Greg Lestrade, Sherlock Holmes, John Watson
Additional Tags: Anal Sex, Cunnilingus, Anal Fingering, Vibrators, Chocolate
Series: Part 5 of Molly's Little Helpers
Summary: Mycroft Holmes wants to Join the group. Molly will require him to audition.