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The Mentalist

Fanfiction:
Red Revival: Red John is dead...right? Jane and Lisbon are happily living their lives when a man shows up claiming that Red John isn't just alive; he's killing people again. Even worse, Jane is missing. Lisbon has to get the team back together one last time to find out the truth -- and save Jane's life.

I haven't managed to finish a Bingo card in two years, so I'm not sure why I'm even attempting this. But here goes. You never know, a miracle could happen and I might actually write something.

Hanukkah	Some People Just Want to Watch the Tree Burn	Baking/Cooking	Krampusnacht	Advent Wreath \|Calendar
Send Cards	Aggressively Festive Holiday Sweater	Make a List	Black Friday	Bad Santa
Doughnuts	Christmas Eve	FREE SPACE	Saint Nicolas	Scrooged
Yule Log	Blankets	Shoveling Snow	“Screw You Santa” by Dickie Christmas	Yule
Shopping	Holiday in Handcuffs	Hot Cocoa	Elf on the Shelf	Christmas Every Day

2022 has been...how do I put this...a shitshow. I haven't achieved any of my goals. Not in writing or anything else. I'm even behind on my reading goals on Goodreads.

But I'm still here. Still chugging along. Still trying my best to keep my head above water. So I'm counting that as a win.

Title: 70 Years of Regret
Author: BitterandSweet
Fandom: MCU
Wordcount: 100
Characters: Steve Rogers, Natasha Romanov
Genre: M/F, Drabble
Disclaimer: I am not associated with the MCU. I didn't create the characters, I'm not claiming ownership of the show, etc.

It didn’t take long for Steve to realize his mistake. He’d gone back in time for a happily ever after with Peggy. But every flash of red hair in a crowd stopped him. He knew it couldn’t be Natasha, but he’d stare anyway, searching for her face.

Why hadn’t he realized he loved her before it was too late?

As the years flowed forward, Steve did see her once. A flash of crimson, and his 100-year-old heart faltered. She looked at him, a question in her eyes. But then she shrugged as if waking from a dream and turned away.

Because I needed more challenges that I'll probably never finish, here's my card for

tic_tac_woe .

Time goes backwards/Big Crunch	Sentient hostile planet	Doomsday device
Perfection/immortality achieved	WILD CARD	Pollution/poisoning
Dystopia without end	Rogue superbeing/omnicidal maniac	Psychic storms

This will definitely be a challenging card to fill if I stick with my first love, The Mentalist. I might branch into another of the fandoms I enjoy. Otherwise, these will be massively AU. We'll see.

2144 / 13000 words. 16% done!

Projects
Fanfic:
The Mentalist: Night (Title TBD)
The Mentalist: Red Revival
FBI: One Bullet

Origfic:
Snowed In
Bonus Story (Title TBD)
Vella 1
Vella 2

I wrote a long recap of 2021, and then deleted it all. Why? Because it focused on shortcomings and things I didn't manage to do.

And I'm done with that attitude. For 2022, I'm going to love myself and say screw everything else.

I finished one fic and started a series that I'm going to work on for 2022.

My love for BTS continues to grow.

I want to start weight-training and writing more in 2022.

There. That's it. No lofty plans or goals. Just "be happy" and "do more of the things I enjoy."

Creator:Bitterandsweet / bitterlysweetnow
Title: Tricks and Treats
Rating: PG
Type: Fic
Word count: 1617
Prompt: Trick-or-treat! square of my 2021 Fall Festival Bingo card
Fandom/Ship: The Mentalist: Jane/Lisbon
Notes/Warnings: Extreme fluff
Summary Lisbon and Jane pretend to be married while on a case. Will it make them want something more between them? Something real? A short and sweet piece of fluff.

Link: Tricks and Treats

Full story in the comments if you'd like to read it here.

I am not a prolific writer; adding on another challenge is completely silly. And yet... I like this idea. It's to use this prompt table to write fic for 100 different ships. I don't know how many I'll actually do, but I'd like to keep the prompt table here just in case. For

100ships .
( Prompt table under here )

No clue if I'll wind up writing anything for this (since I have sooo much time /sarcasm), but the bingo card is too good to ignore. Courtesy of

allbingo

Victim's friend/family	Getting arrested	Abigail "Abby" Sciuto	Victim	MTAC
Spouse cheated	FBI Agent	Bullpen	IT Specialist	Donald "Ducky" Mallard
Secretary of the Navy (SecNav)	Anthony DiNozzo	WILD CARD	Kasie Hines	Tire tracks
Revenge	Kidnapping	A Cemetery	Forensics Lab	Local Restaurant
DNA match	Suspect's Home	Getting rid of witnesses	Autopsy	Ziva David

Amnesia	Hurt / Comfort	Playground	Dusk	Humour
Could it be Ritual? Archaeologists and their Theories.	Spells and Geases	Bitter	Standing Trial	When I'm 64: Future
Frankencritters	Happy Endings	Wild Card	Enemies	Something is Destroyed / Demolished
Song Inspired	Trickster	Megacities	Curtainfic (and similar)	Polite Society
On the slopes of the Volcano	Heights and Depths	Freestyle crossover	Absolute Zero	The Game's Afoot

No clue if I'll actually get any of these done but who knows.

Table courtesy of

allbingo

Trick-or-Treat!	Night	Party	Fangs	Recycled Costume
The Call is Coming From Inside the House	Thing in the Closet	Sweater Weather	Harvest	Spirits
Summoning	Cemeteries	FREE SPACE	Black Cats	Ancestors
Masks	Refusal to Dress Up/Non-costume	Costume Malfunction	Last Harvest	Candy apples
Prank	Haunted House	Potion	Bad Wig	Spider

Title: Red Revival
Author: BitterandSweet
Fandom: The Mentalist
Wordcount: TBD
Characters: Lisbon, Jane, TBD
Genre: Gen, crime
Disclaimer: I am not associated with The Mentalist. I didn't create the characters, I'm not claiming ownership of the show, etc.

Red John is dead...right? Jane and Lisbon are happily living their lives when a man shows up claiming that Red John isn't just alive; he's killing people again. Even worse, Jane is missing. Lisbon has to get the team back together one last time to find out the truth -- and save Jane's life.

Red Revival @ AO3

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