Buffy, Angel, Firefly
Jossverse
Buffy the Vampire Slayer- 6 Recs
Legend by Marcus L. Rowland--gen. The legend of the Slayer told over thousands of years. Sad and very clever.
Mythologizing The Mundane: A Review of
Sunnydale Nights by Dawn Summers, Milton House, 380pp 12.95
Reviewer: Graham Peabody
Chocolate Hurricane by Cicirossi--Xander/Spike. Xander eats some mysterious chocolate bars and has an unusual reaction.
"Alright," he said aloud when he got the box open. "Dessert." Nestled inside the box was a double layer of Chocolate Hurricane candy bars, his favorite. Wow, he thought they didn't make those anymore. A quick check to the expiration date on each bar proved that they were still good, though, so Xander wolfed down his pizza and unwrapped one of the blocks of candy.
Sidelines by Anna S.--Xander/Spike. Xander's living under less than stellar conditions.
"All the comforts of hell," he muttered to himself. Including a resident demon. "Wake up," he said, kicking Spike in the shoulder with his sneaker. But Spike slept on. Vulnerable, silent. So many possibilities spread out in Xander's imagination--most involving stakes and gasoline--that he was paralyzed until his fantasies subsided back into the gloom.
Monday Morning Going Down by Dawn Sharon and Misha--Xander/Spike. An early morning conversation that turns into an interesting character study of Xander.
"Oh, help. The mean boy is hurting me. I hope he doesn't stick his big nasty tongue down my throat."
Vista by James Walkswithwind--Xander/Spike. A post-ep for "Dirty Girls." Spike helps Xander deal.
No one knows that Xander still goes out to the cemetaries at night, goes out in the streets and alleyways and dark, empty places where humans in Sunnydale usually know not to go. No one knows except the one who goes with him, and Spike would never tell because telling would involve so many other things that they never even had to ask each other to keep quiet.
Post Grad I and II by Te--Xander/Spike. Angsty and sexy and dark and interesting.
Spike wasn't... right, but neither was he. Spike tended to get scary when he was angry, though, and that wasn't as easy to brush aside. There *would* come a time when Xander wasn't ready to get turned on by the snarl, by the way the game face brushed away *all* trace of fathomable emotion. And then what?
Angel- 3 Recs
Wesley Rogue Demon by James Walkswithwind and Mad Poetess--Wesley/Gunn. An interesting and unique look at Wesley and what makes him what he is.
"Master," he whispered, the one word of greeting that he was permitted to speak, the acknowledgment that he was waiting. For orders, for punishment, for death. For whatever the figure in front of him felt like doing with him.
Skelping by Mad Poetess--Wesley/Doyle. Doyle wakes up dead and meets his replacement.
Wesley had taken over Doyle's...niche, though, in the work, in what passed for play, even. Sidekick, legman, comic relief. Cordy had inherited the visions and the headaches, but Wesley had gotten the dubious position of Angel's assistant. This dark-haired, skinny English guy, with the blue eyes and the glasses that made him look just a little like Father Carmody. (And *that* was one Doyle would've never thought he'd be admitting, that a thirty-five year old priest had set his teenage heart a-flutter all those years ago, but when you're dead... what's the point of plausible deniability?) He was a stranger to Doyle, but one whom the ghost somehow had to know more about. To know what he was, who he was, whether he was capable filling that position, and keeping Doyle's friends safe.
Open Season by WesleysGirl--Wesley/Doyle. The gang brings Doyle back to save Cordelia's life.
"Wesley Wyndam-Pryce," the man said quickly, and started to reach out as if offering to shake hands before obviously thinking better of it and pulling back. "Alan Francis Doyle. You are, aren't you?"
Firefly- 9 Recs
Always Armed by DeeDee--Zoe/Wash. How Wash convinces Zoe to date him.
"Wash," she said, more harshly than she had intended in her effort to stifle a laugh. "I just said it's not happening." She tossed her rag on the table and slid the bullets into her gun.
Of History by Northlight--Wash/Zoe. Zoe explains why Wash never has to worry about her relationship with Mal. Beautiful and lyrical and touching.
And maybe Mal knew where Zoe's scars had come from, but he would never know that she'd had socks rolling about in her shirt as she danced with her best friend.
Lex Talionis by Tara O'Shea--gen (Kaylee/Simon). The crew thinks about their relationship with Kaylee after a terrible encounter with Niska. Warning: implied rape and violence.
"One of my crew got snatched on Greenleaf," Mal continued, deceptively calm. "My mechanic. Last time you saw her, she was in a pink fluffy dress, bow in her hair. Cute as a gorram bug. Niska's men tore her up pretty bad, and as you are the only person who knew we were gonna be on Greenleaf..."
Big Damn Zombies, Sir by shrift--gen. Jayne gets turned into a zombie and (sort of) terrorizes the crew. Funny!
Mal sighed and climbed back up the ladder, leaving Jayne to cuddle Vera to his undead heart's content. "Somebody should head back into town, ask around. See if they can't scare up a reason why Jayne's all... zombified and such."
Academies by pearl-o--gen. Five places that River Tam could learn. The second one packs a punch with its correlation to canon.
I'm sitting on the window seat in my room with a plate of Madeline's special cookies and some tea (that's the stain at the bottom of the page -- sorry).
She Walks In Beauty by defender82--Zoe/Wash. Wash outsmarts Mal in order to find an opportunity to propose to Zoe.
"You get me to a decent planet and get us a couple of days of shore leave, kid, and I'll buy you that hydraulic autoclamp you been lusting after. Planet's got a beach, I'll throw in a pair of synchronizers."
Expedient by Ana--Kaylee/Jayne. Kaylee and Jayne let off some steam together. I like this Kaylee.
Walking closer to him, Kaylee says, "I figure you liked what you saw, back when the councillor walked in. Me too. More fun for both of us if we work it out together."
The First Step by llaras--Wash/Zoe. Wash tries to woo Zoe.
"You can't win her over with fripperies like poetry or flowers or candy."
Simply Perfectest by voleuse--Wash/Zoe. Wash's plan to win Zoe doesn't go exactly the way he'd planned, but he can learn to adjust. I love pre-series Wash/Zoe. Also, the image of enraged Wash attacking Bester is really hot to me for some reason.
And then he's in the engine room, and panic flashes over Bester's face as he slams him into the engine, and Wash lets loose every profanity, every obscene name he ever picked up from his older brothers on the playground.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer- 6 Recs
Legend by Marcus L. Rowland--gen. The legend of the Slayer told over thousands of years. Sad and very clever.
Mythologizing The Mundane: A Review of
Sunnydale Nights by Dawn Summers, Milton House, 380pp 12.95
Reviewer: Graham Peabody
Chocolate Hurricane by Cicirossi--Xander/Spike. Xander eats some mysterious chocolate bars and has an unusual reaction.
"Alright," he said aloud when he got the box open. "Dessert." Nestled inside the box was a double layer of Chocolate Hurricane candy bars, his favorite. Wow, he thought they didn't make those anymore. A quick check to the expiration date on each bar proved that they were still good, though, so Xander wolfed down his pizza and unwrapped one of the blocks of candy.
Sidelines by Anna S.--Xander/Spike. Xander's living under less than stellar conditions.
"All the comforts of hell," he muttered to himself. Including a resident demon. "Wake up," he said, kicking Spike in the shoulder with his sneaker. But Spike slept on. Vulnerable, silent. So many possibilities spread out in Xander's imagination--most involving stakes and gasoline--that he was paralyzed until his fantasies subsided back into the gloom.
Monday Morning Going Down by Dawn Sharon and Misha--Xander/Spike. An early morning conversation that turns into an interesting character study of Xander.
"Oh, help. The mean boy is hurting me. I hope he doesn't stick his big nasty tongue down my throat."
Vista by James Walkswithwind--Xander/Spike. A post-ep for "Dirty Girls." Spike helps Xander deal.
No one knows that Xander still goes out to the cemetaries at night, goes out in the streets and alleyways and dark, empty places where humans in Sunnydale usually know not to go. No one knows except the one who goes with him, and Spike would never tell because telling would involve so many other things that they never even had to ask each other to keep quiet.
Post Grad I and II by Te--Xander/Spike. Angsty and sexy and dark and interesting.
Spike wasn't... right, but neither was he. Spike tended to get scary when he was angry, though, and that wasn't as easy to brush aside. There *would* come a time when Xander wasn't ready to get turned on by the snarl, by the way the game face brushed away *all* trace of fathomable emotion. And then what?
Angel- 3 Recs
Wesley Rogue Demon by James Walkswithwind and Mad Poetess--Wesley/Gunn. An interesting and unique look at Wesley and what makes him what he is.
"Master," he whispered, the one word of greeting that he was permitted to speak, the acknowledgment that he was waiting. For orders, for punishment, for death. For whatever the figure in front of him felt like doing with him.
Skelping by Mad Poetess--Wesley/Doyle. Doyle wakes up dead and meets his replacement.
Wesley had taken over Doyle's...niche, though, in the work, in what passed for play, even. Sidekick, legman, comic relief. Cordy had inherited the visions and the headaches, but Wesley had gotten the dubious position of Angel's assistant. This dark-haired, skinny English guy, with the blue eyes and the glasses that made him look just a little like Father Carmody. (And *that* was one Doyle would've never thought he'd be admitting, that a thirty-five year old priest had set his teenage heart a-flutter all those years ago, but when you're dead... what's the point of plausible deniability?) He was a stranger to Doyle, but one whom the ghost somehow had to know more about. To know what he was, who he was, whether he was capable filling that position, and keeping Doyle's friends safe.
Open Season by WesleysGirl--Wesley/Doyle. The gang brings Doyle back to save Cordelia's life.
"Wesley Wyndam-Pryce," the man said quickly, and started to reach out as if offering to shake hands before obviously thinking better of it and pulling back. "Alan Francis Doyle. You are, aren't you?"
Firefly- 9 Recs
Always Armed by DeeDee--Zoe/Wash. How Wash convinces Zoe to date him.
"Wash," she said, more harshly than she had intended in her effort to stifle a laugh. "I just said it's not happening." She tossed her rag on the table and slid the bullets into her gun.
Of History by Northlight--Wash/Zoe. Zoe explains why Wash never has to worry about her relationship with Mal. Beautiful and lyrical and touching.
And maybe Mal knew where Zoe's scars had come from, but he would never know that she'd had socks rolling about in her shirt as she danced with her best friend.
Lex Talionis by Tara O'Shea--gen (Kaylee/Simon). The crew thinks about their relationship with Kaylee after a terrible encounter with Niska. Warning: implied rape and violence.
"One of my crew got snatched on Greenleaf," Mal continued, deceptively calm. "My mechanic. Last time you saw her, she was in a pink fluffy dress, bow in her hair. Cute as a gorram bug. Niska's men tore her up pretty bad, and as you are the only person who knew we were gonna be on Greenleaf..."
Big Damn Zombies, Sir by shrift--gen. Jayne gets turned into a zombie and (sort of) terrorizes the crew. Funny!
Mal sighed and climbed back up the ladder, leaving Jayne to cuddle Vera to his undead heart's content. "Somebody should head back into town, ask around. See if they can't scare up a reason why Jayne's all... zombified and such."
Academies by pearl-o--gen. Five places that River Tam could learn. The second one packs a punch with its correlation to canon.
I'm sitting on the window seat in my room with a plate of Madeline's special cookies and some tea (that's the stain at the bottom of the page -- sorry).
She Walks In Beauty by defender82--Zoe/Wash. Wash outsmarts Mal in order to find an opportunity to propose to Zoe.
"You get me to a decent planet and get us a couple of days of shore leave, kid, and I'll buy you that hydraulic autoclamp you been lusting after. Planet's got a beach, I'll throw in a pair of synchronizers."
Expedient by Ana--Kaylee/Jayne. Kaylee and Jayne let off some steam together. I like this Kaylee.
Walking closer to him, Kaylee says, "I figure you liked what you saw, back when the councillor walked in. Me too. More fun for both of us if we work it out together."
The First Step by llaras--Wash/Zoe. Wash tries to woo Zoe.
"You can't win her over with fripperies like poetry or flowers or candy."
Simply Perfectest by voleuse--Wash/Zoe. Wash's plan to win Zoe doesn't go exactly the way he'd planned, but he can learn to adjust. I love pre-series Wash/Zoe. Also, the image of enraged Wash attacking Bester is really hot to me for some reason.
And then he's in the engine room, and panic flashes over Bester's face as he slams him into the engine, and Wash lets loose every profanity, every obscene name he ever picked up from his older brothers on the playground.