Copper and Moonlight (the Mimi & Rodolfo Remix). This is another one from nwhepcat because why would you ration yourself when there is quality fic to be had? Willow and Xander tend to Giles after his ordeal with Angelus. (This is a remix of Substitute by antennapedia which is also worth your time)

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In no particular order :

Girl Talk . rahirah dissects Buffy's love life in fictional format.

Metaphors in Season Six by elisi.

Fanged Four dynamics revisited by selenak.

In which I talk about my favourite subject. Lots. - which is Spike and Buffy - by the_royal_anna.

Season Seven essays by sylva_rerum, with help from elisi.

Yay for the return of buffyversetop5. Thank you to petzipellepingo and yourlibrarian for continuing to host this lovely celebration of our fandom every year.

Since we’re running up to Halloween, here are five stories that make the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. This is a mixture of pairings and canon characters.

For All My Pains A World of Sighs by baudown makes my heart ache at the ( Read more... )

Since we’re coming up on Halloween, I thought I'd get in the mood with a list of fics that make me shiver. Here’s five that do the job nicely, or in some cases, not so nicely.

This is not a love story by raynejelly is bleak in the best way - this is the Spike, Xander, Angel scene in School Hard with a twist.

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There aren't a lot of people still writing and reading Buffy/Angel fic these days, but the ones still active are very dear to my heart. Here are five of my favorites from the last 12 months:

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Here are five longer fics from summer_of_giles I really enjoyed.

Second Sight by il_mio_capitano finds our intrepid Watcher thrown back to his 21 year old self, two months before Eyhgon. This isn’t about the Eyhgon incident, but it is about choices. I really liked the portrayal of Giles’ father in this fic, and his grandmother is wonderful - just remember to comb your hair and ( Read more... )

An assortment of favorite things, in no particular order :

Spike's Story for Dummies by james_translate.

"My hat has a cow." by molly_may.

Buffy's Four Loves by rahirah.

The Art Project by st_salieri.

Drusilla family essay by bookishwench.

And a bonus item : How to Write a Lousy Sex Scene Handout.

I love buffyversetop5 classic recs. It's a great time to rootle around in the vault and rediscover fics that got me hooked on fandom way, way back in the day. As we're coming up to Halloween, here are five fics that make me shiver.

Three Ring by brutti_ma_buoni finds Xander and Willow on a school trip to a less than normal circus. There aren’t any clowns in this fic, but if ( Read more... )

In no particular order :
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I did my list of comedy fics that made me giggle in 2016, so here now is a list of five pretty angsty dramatic fics that made me go wow, I wish I’d written that.

First up is aadler’s There Ought to be Clowns (The Lying Eyes Remix). Buffy makes Xander a ‘no strings’ offer and Xander accepts. Funny how it becomes impossible to say what you really want ( Read more... )