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fluffernutter8

It's the most wonderful time of the year! And other happy IWRY thoughts

Nov 10, 2011 00:16

Okay, I lied. Although this is one of my favorite times ever, the time of non-stop high-quality B/A fic, what I'm really here to say is that it's my IWRY day!!!

I've participated for the past three years, and I look forward to my posting day with a combination of dread and excitement. So, to help amp up the excitement and bring down the dread factor ( Read more... )

fanfiction: iwry marathon, fanfiction: btvs/ats, ship: buffy/angel

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moraglee November 10 2011, 14:18:14 UTC

... how did NaNoWriMo and loads of exams make me forget about this? Now I have ten days of backreading to do. (YAY ( ... )

moraglee November 10 2011, 14:22:41 UTC

Other thing I forgot to say: I read Nightfall on the airplane home from Boston, and two random dudes sitting next to be were awkwardly very interested in their in-flight magazines as I cried my way through it. It was the most beautiful thing, and tore out my heart and shredded it. I've still got it on my Kindle, in the collection of favorite things.

fluffernutter8 November 10 2011, 18:33:09 UTC

I guess some people actually have lives and things to do other than fanfiction and tv.

I didn't know that there were going to be other moments either, but I was so blocked when I sat down to write for IWRY this year that I decided to take K's advice and revisit it. I'm not 100% pleased with the way it turned out, but I'm glad that I went back and added more because just having Angel talking to/about dead Buffy was bumming me out.

But I'm glad that you got a Buffy vibe- I always try really really hard.

I think that the Martyr of the Month calendar would have 6 months worth of Angel in different positions.

in possibly one of the saddest understated lines in a fic where both main characters dieI think that this is my favorite line from this review (not that the rest isn't awesome) just because it made me laugh. And then realize why everyone I asked thought that this story was so depressing. It sounds stupid, but I just did not pick up on the fact that I KILLED BOTH OF MY MAIN CHARACTERS. How did that happen ( ... )

moraglee December 4 2011, 07:58:42 UTC

(See parenthetical on other comment.)

It's less of having a life and things other than fanfiction and television to do and more that I've been spending my time in a different fandom, so IWRY fell off my radar. I like to pretend that I spend much more time on college than I actually do so that I don't have to think about how much of my time and money I'm wasting. Anyway. Not relevant here.

The other six months on the Martyr of the Month calendar would be of Doyle in different positions. Angel could take the odd months and Doyle the even. I would buy this thing Every. Year.

(Um, of course the story was depressing. Amazing, and far less depressing once Buffy and Angel got to be cute a bunch of times [my face, still smiling from the adorable], but still depressing. Because they're dead. Even if they're rocking Heaven out like no one's business.)

(Don't be silly. I have a fabulous memory for awesome, of course I remembered reading this. And thank you for writing!)

ital_gal November 10 2011, 21:27:24 UTC

well I left a comment already over at IWRY about your amazing touching achingly love affirming story. just finished reading it again (third time today) have missed reading stories by you, so this really made my day.

wanted to dash back here just to comment on your post too- IWRY is my favorite time of year too and I look forward to it for weeks, in my mind I'm just counting down the days and clapping my hands with glee.

Just as my tears were sort of drying up from your story, I decided to check out Nightfall. wow. thanks.

fluffernutter8 November 11 2011, 06:31:13 UTC

And a second fantastic review!! You really read my fic three times?!?! That is such a huge compliment.

I had this huge debate this year because I change my background every month and I didn't know whether to go with a Bones background in honor of the premier, or one of the IWRY backgrounds that I wait all year to get to put up. Drama in Fluffland!!

I'm really sorry for the Nightfall thing. Well, not that sorry, because that story is AMAZING, but it makes me cry every time. It's bookmarked on my computer as "Nightfall- are you clinically depressed?" Still, incredible.

a2zmom November 11 2011, 01:47:12 UTC

I really liked seeing their relationship through the years. The small moments you choose showed exactly what kind of a relationship they had, even through the tough times. Lovely work.

fluffernutter8 November 11 2011, 06:32:14 UTC

Thanks so much for the comment. I do enjoy peeking in on Buffy and Angel as the years go by, because they have so many directions in which to grow.

Are you writing for IWRY this year?

a2zmom November 11 2011, 22:32:56 UTC

Unfortunately no, I wasn't up to it this summer. However, I recently got my writing mojo back and I'm currently writing what should be a long story. I'm already in the midst of chapter 3.

perpetual November 29 2011, 17:36:51 UTC

Review time! You knew I'd be back, right? Lateness is my trademark.

It was a teasing game she played, to determine her control over herself and because she was used to denying herself the things she wanted.

I love this look into Buffy's mind. As fiercely independent as she is, she can still become bound to her own habits, and it's so sad to think that one of those habits is self-denial.

Like, instant-mashed-potatoes-now. Microwave, not stovetop.At least once per story you always have a line of Buffy dialogue that's so perfectly and entertainingly her that it makes me want to bounce in my chair ( ... )