5 comics-based fanfics

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While Twilightgate is rumbling in Buffy comics world, I'd love to rec some interesting fanfics that take place in season 8. Some of them are reacting to certain controversies surrounding season 8; some deal with relationships; some offer good old-fashioned adventures.

In Alphabetical Order by beer_good_foamy
http://beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com/112573.html
One-shot, PG-13. Season 8 – spoilers up until #27. "One day in Tibet, Willow puts two and two together. Buffy remembers putting one and one together. It adds up to about 7 billion." Mordant humor and polemic plotting.

A Girl with a Purpose by lusciousxander
http://community.livejournal.com/spring_with_xan/130079.html
One-shot, PG, post-Chosen. Xander/Renee. On a mission to recruit new slayers Xander meets Renee - a newly-activated slayer who works as a maid in an inn. Sweet and sad and poignant - to read about the start of their relationship in retrospect, knowing the outcome.

Desperate Choices or Why Buffy Robs Banks by angearia
http://angearia.livejournal.com/58261.html
One-shot, G, season 8. An interesting attempt to deconstruct Buffy's controversial behavior in season 8.

Majestic Creatures of Legend by stormwreath
http://stormwreath.livejournal.com/83729.html
One-shot, PG-13, season 8, post-Time Of Your Life. Xander/centaur!Dawn snuggling... Simultaneously touching and a bit morbid.

A Country Ride by nothorse
http://nothorse.livejournal.com/26851.html#cutid1
One-shot, NC-17 Spoilers: Season 8 - No Future for you. Giles and Faith investigate another evil conspiracy. Funny, creepy, inventively plotted; great Giles voice.