1) Five Things Giles Regretted and One He Didn't by shapinglight. Great set of drabbles, all tied to the events in Chosen. Insightful, sad, and very fitting. ( Read more... )

I’m a sucker for stories that say ‘what happens next’ post series, because there are so many possibilities. Here are five ‘what ifs..
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Half a Sky of Stars by curiouswombat has my all time bullet proof kink - strong, confident Xander who has found his place in the world. Just gorgeous. Oh and this is het.

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Five of my favorite parody fics, arranged from shortest to longest.

Spike's Fury by coalitiongirl. Buffy, Angel, Spike, PG-13. The alternate ending of season 8 comics. Much better than canon one.

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Oh dear, another year where I read a lot of good fic and completely forgot to tag it so I could find it again, but here goes:

local_max's Making a Good Entrance and brutti_ma_buoni's Connected both take on "Chosen", from very different perspectives, and both end up giving me a huge smile while still making some interesting commentary on the show. We critique because we ( Read more... )

My top five stories of 2008 that were in some way unexpected. My criteria include unexpectedness, in-character voices, breezy writing skills and memorable happenings. There are stories I might not otherwise have read but was incredibly glad I did.

Item Title or Description: Spill
Creator’s Name: miriam_heddyPairing: Xander/Spike, Harry/Bob (Dresden Files ( Read more... )

1. The Official "Willow's Ex-Boyfriends" Club, Membership 2 by kindkit - PG-13 - My favorite line? "You're the secret gay kryptonite, Xander." Lighthearted little slice of an afternoon.
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And another fic-related Top 5:

( Top 5 Fics in Pairings Not My Usual, but Darned if They Don't Make Me Forget It: )

My problem is that out of my fic-reading-time-pie the biggest slices are S/X, which leaves a lot smaller slices for everything else. Personally I’d like to solve this by having a bigger pie but RL isn’t very cooperative in this respect. So I ended up having one big slash category because I probably don’t have enough items for the various ( Read more... )

Fics of unusual scope and originality. These authors thought big and outside the box to produce some extraordinary reading.

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This is an odd and very personal list through my head. I write a lot of ships. Want to know who made me want to? I hope you like this quirky little list.

( 5 ship or idea influences for me for 2005 )