The Weather's Nice Again, Finally

[thedeadlyhook]

Quick fly-by. First up, Happy Birthday bogwitch! Second, fic recs. I've been sucked in hopelessly by WIPs recently - anaross's fic in general and Gail pointed me to The Bear's story Prophecy and Warmth on Buffy/Spike Central. I have to admit that despite the no doubt great collecction of stories there, I haven't made a habit of checking that sight because the burgandy letters on pink background format is such a strain on my eyes... and yet, I plowed through 29 chapters of this story, with the laptop held up near my face to read in some cases, because yes, it's that riveting. Reminds me of something I think fer1213 said recently, about st_salieri's recent fics (also wonderful - for god's sake, please go check them out), that reading through a really good post-series fic that hits you just so makes you get insecure and start rethinking your own work... and yet, there are practically infinite possibilties, aren't there? I had this urge last week to try to categorize the variations of post-series B/S that I've seen, that all feel equally valid in their own way - fics in which Spike starts his own journey separate from Buffy, such as paratti's Samson and the Broken Dolls, fics where Buffy and Spike get back together after a period of struggle, such as fer1213's Third Chances, or totally alt-universe futures such as herself_nyc's Bittersweets or A Nice Place to Visit. I've probably pimped db2305's Take Heart before, but if I haven't, I so should have - alt-Season 4 Buffy/Spike, super-kinky and wonderfully weird and horrific and funny all at once, and originally written for meee, so you know I love it! I'm probably forgetting a whole raft of great stories that deserve pushing, but I'm finding even that thought heartening somehow - that there's really that much more out there to be discovered.

Guess that wasn't such a fast fly-by post, huh?

buffyx is running a Spuffy Kinkathon. C'mon, everybody. You know you want to.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

As I expressed below, I'm happy you liked the story, but I'm sorry about the print. At first, I think the story was archived only at BS Central. Thanks for the other recs! I've read some but not all. There's nothing better than a new good fic!

Gail

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I'm in a very fic reccy mood, I think. People have been kind enough to throw up all sorts of pointers lately, yourself included - I just really want to return the favor.

And the text color problem has been solved, so I can read to my heart's content! Hurray!