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

[stultiloquentia.livejournal.com]

burgandy letters on pink

Hit ctrl A to select all; white on blue is considerably less obnoxious than pink on pink.

[paratti.livejournal.com]

Smooch:)

[denny-dc.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the recs (I'd read all of them except for the bear's story, which I'm reading now. It's wonderful.).

[(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

[st_salieri.livejournal.com]

reading through a really good post-series fic that hits you just so makes you get insecure and start rethinking your own work...

Hoo boy. I'm totally there. Reading some of the current WIPs by people on my flist leaves me curled up in a little ball of self-loathing. You, Fer and dutchbuffy (and others, of course) create these wonderful worlds and use such beautiful language that I'm left with my mouth hanging open.

But you're right about the almost infinite possibilities. One of the things I like best about the Jossverse is that he left it so open, with so many different ways it could go after the cameras stopped. And the creativity he invested in the series means that alt-season or alt-universe fics have amazing backstories and characterization to work from.

[kathyh]

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.

It's fantastic isn't it. From the point of view of a fic reader it's like opening up a fantastic box of chocolates, all delicious and all different. I've only recently discovered anaross and I'm guzzling her stories down as fast as I can read, but I haven't read The Bear yet so many thanks for the rec. The opening endings of both series was Joss's great gift to the fans and I'm very grateful for it.

[makd.livejournal.com]

Word. st_salieri, TheBear, paratti, fer1213, herself_nyc, and db2305 -- all fantastic fanfic writers, and their work is divine.

TheBear was new to me till your rec. Now? I'm looking for more stories by her. Followed your suggestion about the heretofore unknown to me story: Prophecy and Warmth. Got sucked into the story - 3 hours of my life, but what a tale!!!

[sigh.] Well, what's another WIP, right?

thanks for the heads-up, though - a terrifically compelling read.

[bogwitch.livejournal.com]

Thanks, a great day was had!

I want to do the kinkathon, but it might be a bit much.

[db2305.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the rec, honey, and I'm in awesome company, I see.
And I will have to try The Bear if you say it's good...

[julia-here.livejournal.com]

I'm utterly unable to read anything at Buffy-Spike Central, and hope that writers who are archiving there will either agitate for a more readable format, or start archiving their work somewhere more accessible, like Shrift's site. It must be a really good fic for you to make that sacrifice.


Julia, sighing mournfully because that's the only one I hadn't read