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Hello and welcome! You have found the journal for Jedi Buttercup (also known by that name across the fic-sphere and previously on LJ since 2002, though I am not the JediButtercup on Twitter or the one on Instagram). I mostly currently use this journal for fic posting, though posts on other topics of interest or locked RL updates occasionally make an appearance.

My master fic lists are here: by B:tVS-verse or all other fandoms. They're current through 1/2/2026.

My fic is also at up at my AO3, and my crossovers at Twisting the Hellmouth.
Other links: JB's Librarything | 2026 Book List (+2025) | JB's Letterboxd | 2026 Viewing List (+2025).

Feel free to drop by and leave a comment! If you're looking for my transformative works policy: you do not need to ask my permission to podfic, translate and create art for any fanwork I have posted, or write stories in my universes. Please include a link back to my work, and share the link to your work with me -- I'd love to see it! HOWEVER, please do not 'continue' or 'claim' any of my WIPs! (These are clearly tagged "Work in Progress" on AO3, and there are only four of them!)

All fic are listed in alphabetical order. Fic NOT set in the Buffy and Angel-verse are split into a separate post, linked here; crossovers between the Buffyverse and other fandoms will show up in both.

Most links go to the story on Dreamwidth; those marked with an asterisk go to the AO3 archive.

Updated through October 10, 2024.

( Jedi Buttercup's Buffyverse Fic )

All fic are listed in alphabetical order by fandom, with links in each fandom for crossover fic. Buffy and Angel-verse fic are split into a separate post, linked here.

Most links go to the story on Dreamwidth; those marked with an asterisk go to the AO3 archive.

Updated through January 2, 2026.

( Jedi Buttercup's Fic )

Snowflake Challenge: A flatlay of a snowflake shaped shortbread cake, a mug with coffee, and a string of holiday lights on top of a rustic napkin.

Challenge #7 - List three (or more) things you like about yourself. They don’t have to be your favorite things, just things that you think are good.

( My response to this one should be no surprise.... )

Challenge #8 - Talk about your creative process.

( Okay, this one got a little wordy.... )

two log cabins with snow on the roofs in a wintery forest the text snowflake challenge january 1 - 31 in white cursive text

Challenge #6 - Top 10 Challenge. The category(ies) you choose are up to you. Can't think of 10 of anything? That's okay, 10 is just an abstract. It's totally up to you.

( Four Lists Related to My Viewing Habits )

Snowflake Challenge: A warmly light quaint street of shops at night with heavy snow falling.

Challenge #5 - In your own space, create a list of at least three things you'd love to receive, a wishlist of sorts. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it and include a link to your wishlist if you feel comfortable doing so.

( Creating a Wishlist... )

Challenge #4 - Rec The Contents Of Your Last Page. Any website that you like, be it fanfiction, art, social media, or something a bit more eccentric!

( Fanfic Research That Has Sparked Joy )

Challenge #3 - Write a love letter to fandom. It might be to fandom in general, to a particular fandom, favourite character, anything at all.

( Fandom's never really not been a part of my life.... )

Challenge #2 - Pets of Fandom - Loosely defined! Post about your pets, pets from your canon, anything you want!

( I need a new kitten icon; two cats and a puppy within.... )

Challenge #1 - The Icebreaker Challenge: Introduce yourself. Tell us why you're doing the challenge, and what you hope to gain from it.

( Giving this a try again.... )

2007 - 100 Books (avg. 408.57 pages)
2008 - 80 Books (avg. 385.50 pages)
2009 - 67 Books (avg. 338.03 pages)
2010 - 129 Books (avg. 378.75 pages)
2011 - 133 Books (avg. 375.98 pages)
2012 - 144 Books (avg. 398.92 pages)
2013 - 130 Books (avg. 397.36 pages)
2014 - 130 Books (avg. 391.13 pages)
2015 - 122 Books (avg. 364.18 pages)
2016 - 100 Books (avg. 433.06 pages)

2017 - 104 Books (avg. 413.24 pages)
2018 - 108 Books (avg. 377.99 pages)
2019 - 125 Books (avg. 389.52 pages)
2020 - 266 Books (avg. 306.32 pages)
2021 - 255 Books (avg. 312.65 pages)
2022 - 251 books (avg. 328.91 pages)
2023 - 240 books (avg. 337.88 pages)
2024 - 236 books (avg. 399.28 pages)
2025 - 273 books (avg. 336.71 pages)

Starting my reading list for 2026! Another year of my most OCD New Year's Resolution. :)

I set a new high-water mark for total book count this year, but 2024 remains my record for total pagecount (at 94,231); this year's books were generally shorter, for a total of 91,921 pages. That's 250 pages per day. Probably still too much, but I tend to read/watch more in exhausting RL years, and 2025 was definitely that for me.

The rough genre counts bear that out, lots of distraction material: 78 narrative non-fiction; 25 post-apocalyptic fiction; 39 mystery or thriller; 32 LitRPG; 23 Jane Austen variations; 35 other scifi; 21 other fantasy; 5 poetry collections; and only 15 historical or literary fiction.

In other stats for 2025: 8 were re-reads; and 10 were graphic novels. 127 were ebooks, the rest physical, 32 of which were borrowed from the library. 7 were YA. And my work book club completed its third year and planned for a fourth! So, on to Year Twenty of book tracking! I record books here as I start them, and remove them if I don't finish.

Books for 2026: 12 including 1 rereads, 4 nonfiction, 0 poetry collections, 0 ya, 8 ebooks, and 1 graphic novels. Library count: 2.

( Books Read in 2026 )

[Past: 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25]

As usual, I rounded all TV episodes (however viewed) up to the nearest half-hour mark and most movies to two hours total, then added in repeats. As with 2024, I watched more documentaries and "reality" shows than narrative fiction, many of them on my propped-up smartphone while doing repetitive tasks (blame the ADHD for that; I've found it actually helps). And I saw twelve movies in theaters, a high-water mark in post-pandemic times.

For posterity's sake: that adds up to 1985.5 hours of screentime (5.44 hrs/day). Anyway, on to my nineteenth year of tracking: started off as usual with a New Year's watch party with the BFF followed by a bunch of true crime for background noise while doing chorse and packing up the Christmas decorations. We'll see how it goes from here!

( Bookmark Post: TV and Movies Watched in 2026 )

At some point I may just have to admit that writing motivation and energy is not the same in my late 40s as it was in my 20s and 30s. But not quite yet. My 2025 total was a tiny bit higher than the year before (by 1 fic and 1,600 words); and I have signed up for

getyourwordsout yet again.

For the first time in quite awhile, I had no crossovers in the list; but I did manage to write three fic outside of exchanges. Three were slash, three were gen, four were poly, seven were het, and the plots included a lot of canon divergences, fix-its, soul mates, get-togethers and other tropey indulgences. Also, something I just noticed - all but one were movie fandoms this time. Huh.

Anyway, in March, it will be twenty-four years since my first published fic was finished; my goal for the next two years is to finish my last four WIPs before I hit the quarter-century mark as a fic writer. Might as well dream big!

( On to the list of fic! )

PG-13; Ready or Not (2019), Grace/Daniel. Canon-divergence AU, 1,400 words. #4/4 for Yuletide 2025.

"Hey, what do you say we stick together for survival?"

some may call it luck

(For

Bottomfeeder in

yuletide)

PG-13; Logan Lucky (2017), Mellie Logan/Joe Bang. Post-movie, 1,100 words. #3/4 for Yuletide 2025.

If she hadn't got him out of her system yet, Mellie was starting to think she might not want to.

Some Days Really Are Diamonds

(For

anr in

yuletide)

PG-13; Wolfs (2024), Margaret's Man/Pam's Man. Post-movie, 1,500 words. #2/4 for Yuletide 2025.

Some things go a little past labels.

the very best there is

(For

malfeasance in

yuletide)

PG-13; Twisters (2024), Kate/Javi/Tyler. Post-movie, 2,200 words. #1/4 for Yuletide 2025.

Somehow, that rollercoaster of a day had given Kate back more than she ever could have expected.

nearest to being alive

(For

Arsenic in

yuletide)

PG-13; PotC: At World's End; Elizabeth/Will. Post-trilogy soulmark AU, 1300 words.

Her future was unwritten, the challenges ahead of her many. And yet she would trade none of it for what they had taken together with only their own determination and the skill of their hands.

The Only Rules That Matter

(For

Ekevka in

ficinabox)

PG-13; Mummy Returns (2001); Rick/Evy & Rick/Evy/Ardeth. Post-movie, 11,300 words.

Evy O'Connell still loved the scent of books and the organised air of a well-maintained library, but there was nothing like clearing the last shovelful of sand from the entrance to a long-lost wonder of ancient architecture and stepping inside to behold something new.

So It Has Always Been, So It Always Shall Be

(For

Ekevka in

ficinabox)

PG-13; Ready or Not (2019), Grace/Daniel. Canon-divergence AU, 3,800 words.

There were only two words printed in an ornate font on the card's surface, this time: "Round Two."

Take a Risk, Gain the Advantage

(For

klutzy_girl in

trickortreatex)