Top 5 2020 Works

[yourlibrarian]

A bit of art, meta, fic, and icons :)

1) to be fair, I wasn't listening by double_dutchess. Fun set of Giles icons with quotes.



2) Riley in As You Were by thenewbuzzwuzz. The implications of one of Riley's lines in this episode that might shed a different light on his reactions.

3) Civilization by beer_good_foamy. What I particularly liked about this were the perspectives of the characters on the same location, both at first and over time. And, of course, their utter sense of certainty in their own superiority.

4) [Art] something divine or damned by angelandfaith (nowrunalong) Buffy/Faith/Spike fanart in "vaguely tarot-inspired poses with the idea of Faith and Spike being Buffy's connection to exploring the side of herself she rejects as 'dark'."

5) deepest secret nobody knows by rose_griffes. "Out to the ballgame. And a riverbank. And a cheap hotel." There's often a lot of poignancy to stories that re-imagine what Wes and Faith's relationship could have been had things gone quite differently. But this story presents a Faith not matured by remorse or consequences, and a Wes who still has to strain for her respect.

Comments

[thenewbuzwuzz.livejournal.com]

Awww, thank you for the shoutout! :))

And that Buffy x Spike x Faith artwork is fabulous.

[yourlibrarian]

You're welcome :) And not a pairing that one sees that often, either.

[sparrow2000.livejournal.com]

Love those icons. Look forward to discovering the rest, so thanks for highlighting them. :)

[yourlibrarian]

It was a really good set, a standout for me. And hope you like them!

[double_dutchess]

Thanks for reccing my Giles icons. That set was so much fun to make.

I support 2) (yes, suddenly that whole stupid episode makes a lot more sense!) and 4) (awesome artwork!) and will have to go and read the other two!

[yourlibrarian]

Ha, speaking of great icons!

I never had an issue with that episode in particular, but I do appreciate the meta for, among other things, focusing on the fact that people can't simply go for days without sleep! And not only is this exaggeration made often in fiction, but so many TV and movie stories seem to happen continuously so that we never see people sleeping and rarely eating either, as if they could keep doing everything they're doing without rest or fuel.

I happen to agree with beer_good about the stimulants, it's common in the military but there's also a good comment about that on the AO3 version of the post. All of which is to say, there are still new things to say about this series after all these years!

[double_dutchess]

Ha, speaking of great icons!

Thanks! For some reason I have made more icons of Giles than any other character. He's just very iconic :-)