fandom weekly { 2021 } entry tracking part 3

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Fandom Weekly part the third.

101 and we all lose our charms in the end | leverage | 617 **SECOND PLACE**

102 the choice is yours | dctv | 698

103 we got fun and games | original | 830

104 i've been sleeping with a cloud above my bed | leverage | 1,000 **FIRST PLACE**

105 never shall we die | original | 553 **FIRST PLACE**

106 harder better faster stronger | original | 971 **AMNESTY**

107 give me all of your prayers to sing | tvdverse | 929

108 it's who we're doing them with | original | 861 **AMNESTY**

109 friends are like an old shirt that always makes you smile | dctv | 879 **WINNER**

110 take a look, it's in a book | tvdverse | 997 **SECOND PLACE**
- - - AMNESTY - - -

111 wouldn't you like to see something strange? | tvdverse | 756 **WINNER**

112 let me know if you're really a dream | uncharted | 760 **AMNESTY**

113 winter wonderlands weren't made for one | tvdverse | 934 **AMNESTY**

114 you love how i keep you guessing | teen wolf | 942 **AMNESTY**

115 speak up, take a stand | dctv | 911 **AMNESTY**

116 stay alive until this horror show has passed | teen wolf | 842 **AMNESTY**

117 it's love that makes me walk way | everyone lives | 960 **AMNESTY**

118 and i'll be you | tvdverse | 898 **AMNESTY**

119 i hear your heart beat to the beat of the drum | teen wolf | 981 **AMNESTY**

120 there's no rescuing now because you're falling apart | dctv | 996 **AMNESTY**
- - - AMNESTY - - -

121 stuck in the real world, nothing comes free | original | 979 **FIRST PLACE**

122 i couldn't compete with the spell you were under | tvdverse | 561 **AMNESTY**

123 let my heart be the teacher | the magicians | 589 **AMNESTY**

124 you better trust me when i tell you | suits | 729 **AMNESTY**

125 say the word and i'm already there | teen wolf | 832 **AMNESTY**

126 the wheel is spinning me | marvel cinematic universe | 1,000 **THIRD PLACE**

127 it all started with a big bang | dctv | 667 **AMNESTY**

128 am i past repair? | tvdverse | 910 **AMNESTY**

129 it was lost long ago | dctv | 982 **AMNESTY**

130 and for you, darling, i'll hang the moon | teen wolf | 967
- - - AMNESTY - - -

131 i would never fall unless it's you i fall into | izombie | 680 **AMNESTY**

132 this is the life that we choose | dctv | 996 **AMNESTY**

133 no porch light on to pull me home | supernatural/tvdverse | 866 **AMNESTY**

134 i'll pretend my ship's not sinking | original | 607 **AMNESTY**

135 does the fun ever start? | tvdverse | 972 **AMNESTY**

136 play me time and time again | original | 997 **AMNESTY**

137 when i closed my eyes, i was so surprised | original | 765 **AMNESTY**

138 and the journey's been so rough | original | 935 **AMNESTY**

139 you think you're on your way | original | 840 **AMNESTY**

140 now the pain has cut too deep | original | 840 **AMNESTY**
- - - AMNESTY - - -

141 it's some kind of secret plot | wynonna earp | 710 **AMNESTY**

142 we could steal time just for one day | marvel cinematic universe | 824 **AMNESTY**

143 the dream is over | dctv | 990 **AMNESTY**

144 i'm a porsche with no brakes | marvel cinematic universe | 979 **AMNESTY**

145 tempted but the truth is discovered | leverage | 538 **SECOND PLACE**

146 your faith was strong but you needed proof | white collar/leverage | 984 **SECOND PLACE**

147 this time did it feel like thunder | wynonna earp | 753

148 this is one unhappy diva | original | 994

149 no medicine to procure | dctv | 821

150 it's just a jump to the left | paper girls | 998
- - - AMNESTY - - -

151 some things are meant to be wynonna earp | 882 **AMNESTY**

152 such a lonely word | supernatural | 683 **AMNESTY**

153 i breathe in on the tick and out on the tock | dc extended universe | 1,000 **AMNESTY**

154 just searching for a world with some soul | the umbrella academy | 630 **AMNESTY**

155 the past was much more fun | tvdverse/teen wolf | 942 **AMNESTY**

156 it took so long to leave | original | 560 **AMNESTY**

157 when you feel so tired but you can't sleep | tvdverse | 826 **AMNESTY**

158 had to get away | original | 642 **AMNESTY**

159 pressed between the pages of my mind | tvdverse | 542 **AMNESTY**

160 i've come to you 'cause i need guidance to be true | haven | 925
- - - AMNESTY - - -

161 if you still have a place for me | haven | 968

162 i'm not gonna stand here and wait | original | 632 **FIRST PLACE**

163 you say it's your birthday | original | 655 **THIRD PLACE**

164 i made this whole world shine for you | tvdverse | 709

165 what do i do when lightning strikes me? | tvdverse | 741 **THIRD PLACE**

166 the loneliest number that you'll ever know | teen wolf | 998

167 i know you've got your reasons | leverage | 830 **RUNNER UP**

168 maybe you've been watching me too | original | 915 **SECOND PLACE**

169 you can read me anything | original | 713 **THIRD PLACE**

170 oops there goes another rubber tree plant | original | 613 **THIRD PLACE**
- - - AMNESTY - - -

171 and you better come to play | the umbrella academy/marvel cinematic universe | 778 **RUNNER UP**

172 but you were history with the slamming of the door | dctv | 659 **RUNNER UP**

173 you got nothing to do and even less to lose | leverage | 721 **FIRST PLACE**

174 you got your head in the clouds | the umbrella academy | 662 **AMNESTY**

175 and i wish that love could save us | original | 846 **SECOND PLACE**

176 gravity is pulling me closer to your heavenly body | leverage | 713 **AMNESTY**

177 that you may be my problem not my love | original | 995

178 but your apathy is like a wound in salt | original | 798

179 they're calling you a fool | original | 845

180 careful what you wish for | original | 555 **FIRST PLACE**
- - - AMNESTY - - -

181 i can't be trusted around you | original | 667

182 you're just harder to see than most | original | 881 **FIRST PLACE**

183 send out the call and join the fray | original | 949 **AMNESTY**

184 gonna lure you into the dark | tvdverse | 706 **AMNESTY**

185 and i'm damned if i do and damned if i don't | tvdverse | 859 **AMNESTY**

186 won't you let me in? | tvdverse | 761 **AMNESTY**

187 you were only killing time and it'll kill you right back | teen wolf | 825 **AMNESTY**

188 say the world and i'm already there | tvdverse/teen wolf | 912 **AMNESTY**

189 let's not wait for armageddon | original | 607 **AMNESTY**

190 i can't think of what else i need to see | tvdverse | 780 **AMNESTY**
- - - AMNESTY - - -

191 as clear as the sun in the summer sky | marvel cinematic universe | 840

192 are you ready to watch me be legendary? | original | 585 **WINNER**

193 somebody's judgement was poor | original | 888

Part 2
Running Word Count: 73,858 words

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#113 ~ winter wonderlands weren't made for one ~ tvdverse ~ 934 ~ AMNESTY

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Lizzie Saltzman wants to know why she is so unlucky in love. She wants to know who in the grand scheme of the world she pissed off that just when she thinks that luck may be turning; she finds herself profoundly disappointed and heartbroken all over again.

It’s her. It has to be her. She’s dated wide varieties of men, of different types and distinct personalities, and in the end, it all ends the same. The boy wandering or dying or claiming he’s no longer interested. Or, with Gregory, the latest in her long line of romantic mistakes, just a piece of garbage.

Her phone dings on her bedside table, and she groans, pulling her blankets up over her head. She’s been back in Mystic Falls for all of a day. She should have known that Josie and Hope, also returning from their colleges of choice, would have already designated bestie adventures for them to partake in, as well as their regular Christmas rituals before Hope makes her way back to New Orleans to spend the holiday with her family. Lizzie knows their window is limited, but she’s not quite ready to face her best friend or sister yet. Not until she’s gotten her broken-hearted malaise under control and can be her usual, semi-confident self. She’s just not sure if she can manage it on Hope and Josie’s time table.

Her phone dings again and she huffs, before reaching over to read the text messages: Bonfire season? followed by a couple of fire emojis rests under Hope’s name, with Josie sending back a gif indicating the affirmative. All that’s left is Lizzie to confirm whether she’s coming.

She contemplates ignoring it a little while longer, but before she can dwell on it too much, an Instagram notification comes up from his account. She knows she shouldn’t. She knows it’s nothing but bad news and nothing Gregory’s posted this soon after their breakup can be good, but she looks anyway. If nothing else, Lizzie is a glutton for punishment.

Obviously, she dated him.

As she opens up her feed, she sees an artfully posed picture of him and another girl under the mistletoe—he wants to be an influencer, gag—and she fights the urge to throw her phone against the wall. If he weren’t several states away, she’d burn him to the ground. Unfortunately, right now, all she has available is his varsity hoodie that she spent the entire drive home crying into while blasting her breakup playlist.

Then a realization dawns. She grins and starts gathering everything she can from the room. It’s not much of his stuff, but it’s enough. After she finished gathering it into a box, she texts back the group chat. On my way.

Time for some closure.

* * * * *

When she emerges in the backyard of the Salvatore School, where Josie and Hope had set up their principal-approved bonfire for their little ritual, both girls raise their eyebrows at the box in Lizzie’s hands. Hope tips her head to the side before raising an eyebrow.

“Have a lot of wishes this year?”

The bonfire tradition is one that Hope’s father’s family has had for centuries. Every year, they come together for Christmas and each burn their wishes for the new year, hoping they might come true. It’s one of the few traditions that have stuck for a thousand years, and Lizzie knows it’s one of Hope’s favorites. The three of them now have a bonfire of their own, where they can burn away the regrets and unfortunate ways the supernatural world has collided with their friendship over the year, and start fresh in the one to come.

Lizzie is also in need of a different fresh start. “Not exactly. This is Gregory’s stuff.”

Hope glances back at Josie, confused. Josie sighs. “He broke up with her.”

“Not only did he break up with me. He dumped me at my car, as I was kissing him goodbye for winter break. I wished him a Merry Christmas and left him his present, and he dumps me. Because he doesn’t think I’m ‘star quality’ material.” Lizzie holds up a finger. “And then, less than twenty-four hours after smashing my heart into a million pieces, he posts this.”

She passes her phone to the other two, of the girl and the mistletoe, and both of their shoulders straighten. “Do you want us to kill him?” Hope asks, and Lizzie can’t tell if she’s serious or not. (She might, if Lizzie really wanted her to.) “Because we can totally kill him.”

Josie nods. “I made some friends in social media and computer science majors. We could completely torpedo his account.”

“Lovely as both options are, I have a simpler solution.” She holds up the box. “This is the stuff he left with me, and I’m feeling like trying my hand at this social media thing.”

Hope smirks before stepping back and gesturing to the fire pit with her hand. “By all means. This is all about cleansing us of our past mistakes, right?”

Josie nods as well, setting the fire with a wave of her hand, and the flames spring to life. Lizzie pulls out the hoodie to start and tosses it into the fire. Time to let the healing begin.

* * * * *

Later, after they’ve completed their ritual, Lizzie posts an artfully arranged picture of the bonfire, with a charred piece of the hoodie clearly visible. The caption reads: Starting fresh for a happy new year.

She can’t wait to see how many likes she gets.