Buffy S8, Carpe Diem, Courtney Crumrin and the League of Extraordinary Gentleman

[black_samvara]

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8, Issue 11 and 12 by Joss Whedon. New bad guys, Buffy's love life in chaos, dating Xander style and vampires who melt into fog. Still happy.

Carpe Diem by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller. Space Opera. Light hearted and dramatic with action, adventure and angst all wrapped up in some of the most enjoyable characters I've

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[angriest]

Was one of those Buffy issues the one with (SPOILER SPOILER ETC) Buffy having sex with another woman? Because I'm really interested in people's responses to that.

[black_samvara]

Yes! It's funny, how it's written is very in character, it lays out how blurry that line between straight and gay can be and how you can take it one step at a time.

It's funny and kinda sweet and I love that in Issue 11 Buffy is all - I know you're in love with me but I'm not gay and while it's flattering, it's not good for you - plus everyone I LOVE DIES HORRIBLY OR LOSES AN EYE" which is classic Buffy and her tortured relationships.

I like the segue via Xander's atrocious dating abilities and then in Issue 12 she's all "Wow" followed by "didn't just turn gay all of a sudden" except she's quite obviously not writing it off. The dialogue is very funny and then we don't know what would have happened next what with the sheer number of people bursting in babbling about wolves and panthers.

[angriest]

See, I'm interested in it, having read the sequence in question but not the context, because superficially speaking if there was a list you wrote for "male writer pens lesbian sex for a heterosexual male gaze", you could tick every box with that scene.

[black_samvara]

It didn't trigger that reaction for me, it felt quite natural. Not to be offering material for your fantasies :p but it looked a lot like parts of my sex life without quite so much of the Willow style babbling. Oh hell, I admit to the babbling too.

[black_samvara]

Made for the win! They're light, adorable and a real romp.

I read my first 50 pages on cupidsbow's floor, bought my own copy of Partners in Necessity and got ariaflame to loan me all hers until I could buy my own.