wickedwords

team_angst squeaked by with a very narrow win. There were some incredible stories in the match on both sides of the angst-and-romance divide. There were some peanut butter-and-chocolate stories, too, with little bits of both teams mixed up for much tasty goodness.

My rec list of stories is here, and I have a few more left to read, too, so I will keep adding to it.

Trends! I can't leave a post without mentioning some of the trends I noticed:

1) Lots of stories with an established couple 'feel' to them, even when it was a first time story. I'm going to lay this at the feet of external situations holding the tension, rather than it being internal to the relationship. Sort of classic Hurt/comfort, other than the fact that it's not gen. (For example, Acidimia, where the tension is John-as-runner and will they be able to save him)

2) Horror! My god, there was so much great horror in this fest. It really made me happy, and I expect to see some of these recc'd again around Halloween.

3) AUs. Lots and lots of AUs, from the experimental like Life (sometimes it washes over me) to the more traditional such as Wolf in Sheep's Clothing

4) Not to mention the ever popular "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." *g*

Thanks to both

trobadora and

fluffyllama for organizing this, and team captains

trinityofone and

lamardeuse. I had a blast writing for team angst this year, and really enjoyed being a part of