Fanlore:Featured Article Archives/2022: Week 19
An Algorithm for Mistakes is a very popular Teen Wolf fan fic by fleete. It's a Lydia-focused future fic written after season 2, set when the pack goes off to college. Lydia/Stiles is the primary pairing, with past Jackson/Lydia and unrequited Derek/Stiles. It was written for the 2012 Teen Wolf Fall Harvest exchange. It has been podficced by lunchee.
An Algorithm for Mistakes is one of the Lydia/Stiles fics on Archive of Our Own with the most kudos, bookmarks, and comments. It has been widely recced on Lydia-focused and Lydia/Stiles reclists, and has also been recced by many fans who do not usually read Stydia or Teen Wolf stories. Fans have praised the fic's handling of Lydia's POV and her characterization, as well as the accuracy of its setting.