Five fics in which characters read fanfiction about themselves

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"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" is a post-modernist show. "Dawn's in trouble - must be Tuesday", Buffy says in "Once More With Feeling", referring to the BtVS time slot. Canonical post-modernism echoes in fanfiction, where the fourth wall is even more blurry.

Ipso Facto by Jenny
NC-17. Spike and Angel discover joys of slash fanfiction.


Some Smut, Some Angst and a Huge Pile of Bodies by SpikeLover
PG-13. To convince Buffy to have sex with him, Spike gives her a leather-bound copy of 50 naughtiest fanfics...

Spike and Buffy, Lost in Cyberspace by Anne Rose
R. In season 6 Spike opens Willow's laptop and thanks to magic connects to the real-world-Internet full of fanfiction, spoilers and shipper wars.

Ships that Pass Into Type by HonorH
PG-13, Buffy, Xander, Spike, Cordelia, and Angel read and discuss shipper fics.

Loose Lips, Sinking 'Ships by HonorH
PG-13. Angel, Cordelia, Connor, Fred, Gunn, Wesley, and Lilah read fanfiction about themselves. (Fred is scribbling notes as she reads.)