Linman: The Tenebrae Series
Linman: The Tenebrae Series
Fandom: BtVS I was recently reminded by sparrow2000 of a wonderful series that I'd read some time ago and somehow failed to post here. It's the Tenebrae Series by Linman, consisting of a massive 14 stories, and it comes highly recommended by both of us.
To quote sparrow2000: What’s the story about? - It starts when a young academic finds herself in another dimension, in Sunnydale, during season 5. She and the Scooby gang have to race against time to return her home before things go completely pear shaped.
Why do I love it? - Because this author uses words beautifully and knows how to plot both the short and long games of a story this size. Because her canon characters are written with understanding and depth and because her OC’s are vivid and glow with life. In fact in this story, I don’t even think of them as OC’s because this universe wouldn’t exist without them. Mainly I love it because the author has written a Giles who is as strong as he is fragile - a man who is staggering under his burdens, but is also willing to leave himself vulnerable to the possibility that he could have a life as well as a calling.
To this eloquent review I'll just add: The quality of the writing is amazingly good and the author has a real gift for descriptive and emotive language. I was also fascinated by how the author managed to tread such a fine line between having her(?) OC steer clear of influencing the characters and yet still richly interact with them, obviously particularly with Giles. If I were in that situation I would find it *very* hard not to influence the outcome of some of the key events.
Length: long (72 chapt)
Rating: PG
Pairing: Giles/OC
Fandom: BtVS I was recently reminded by sparrow2000 of a wonderful series that I'd read some time ago and somehow failed to post here. It's the Tenebrae Series by Linman, consisting of a massive 14 stories, and it comes highly recommended by both of us.
To quote sparrow2000: What’s the story about? - It starts when a young academic finds herself in another dimension, in Sunnydale, during season 5. She and the Scooby gang have to race against time to return her home before things go completely pear shaped.
Why do I love it? - Because this author uses words beautifully and knows how to plot both the short and long games of a story this size. Because her canon characters are written with understanding and depth and because her OC’s are vivid and glow with life. In fact in this story, I don’t even think of them as OC’s because this universe wouldn’t exist without them. Mainly I love it because the author has written a Giles who is as strong as he is fragile - a man who is staggering under his burdens, but is also willing to leave himself vulnerable to the possibility that he could have a life as well as a calling.
To this eloquent review I'll just add: The quality of the writing is amazingly good and the author has a real gift for descriptive and emotive language. I was also fascinated by how the author managed to tread such a fine line between having her(?) OC steer clear of influencing the characters and yet still richly interact with them, obviously particularly with Giles. If I were in that situation I would find it *very* hard not to influence the outcome of some of the key events.
Length: long (72 chapt)
Rating: PG
Pairing: Giles/OC