Five Ways I Read Fic In 2007
Jan. 3rd, 2008 02:16 amWhen in doubt, make a list. That's what this comm is about, right? And since I'm awfully fond of the "X somethings Y Z'ed"-type fics, here's five I enjoyed in 2007 – some of them made me laugh, others ripped my heart out and stomped on it (y'know, in a good way), some of them managed both before they were over. Some are porny, others are completely non-porny, all of them make perfect sense for the characters.
1. Five Proceedings of the We Hate Cordelia Club by
francis_eugene (Xander & Willow friendship, G). From childhood to seen-too-much adulthood - heartwarming until it gets the tear canals working overtime on the last one.
2. Five Ways Buffy Summers Didn't Die by
spuffyduds (various pairings, PG13-NC17). The creepy thing is how close it gets, and how much sense each would have made.
3. 25 occasions people have celebrated in the Jossverse by
minnow1212 (Gen, PG-ish). 25 little moments, giving the stage to both regulars and near-forgotten characters and saying so much with few words.
4. Five Things Angel Never Says To Spike by
lyrstzha (Spike/Angel, NC17). Just such beautiful characterizations - and I say that as someone who doesn't normally read explicit slash. One of the most surprising and yet perfectly natural post-NFA solutions I've read, too.
5. Ten Moments In The Life of Faith Lehane by
bakatulip (Gen, PG13). Faith pre-Sunnydale.
bakatulip has written a bunch of similar fics for other characters too, all worth checking out.
1. Five Proceedings of the We Hate Cordelia Club by
2. Five Ways Buffy Summers Didn't Die by
3. 25 occasions people have celebrated in the Jossverse by
4. Five Things Angel Never Says To Spike by
5. Ten Moments In The Life of Faith Lehane by