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Top Five Classic Spander Fics:

1- Sidelines by [personal profile] eliade

No Spander fan has never read this one, and if there is, they're clearly not real fans. This one is a real classic. A good classic. An alternative Season 4. Instead of Willow falling for Tara and realizing she's gay, it's Xander who goes through the coming-out drama as he falls for Spike.


2- Sweet Revenge by [profile] jackson_rayne

A rewrite of season 5 but Spander style. Spike is the character that attracts me the most in this fanfic, usually fanficcers try their hardest to show us how Spike is worthy and deserves to be treated better, sometimes exaggerating to the point of showing him as a saint, even with his apparent flaws. Here though Jackson gives us the real Spike, the Spike who goes through major developments to improve with time for the person he loves without losing what makes him a vampire. I guess the fact that she's using S5 to write her fic helped her to keep Spike in check. Her Spike will always be my favorite Spike.

3- Sands of Time by [personal profile] wolfling and James Walkswithwind

I love the writing of this, very well done, even though this Xander is more insecure than who we see on TV. This is more than just a Spander fic, this is about Xander and his sexual relationship with Spike, his father/son relationship with Giles (which I really adore) This starts during S1, the first fic that touches Xander's abusive home life. My favorite is Sandy Places in the Ground because it has lots of action and shocking moments.

4- The Stranger Things Series by [profile] tolerik

The plot and the sex are amazing, this is a Spander epic, it also has the fine pairing of Angel/Doyle. I like Spike and Doyle in this, they are nicely in character. I adore this epic, because it's so old and classical and you're not a Spander fan until you read it. My favorite story here is The Promise, it's so chilling and creepy, amazing action, and poor, poor Xander.

5- The Dark Cavalier by [personal profile] sabershadowkat

[personal profile] sabershadowkat wrote many Spander fics but this is the only one with a Spike I like, as well as The Magic of Computers, because usually her Spike tends to be a bit girly. Her Xander is always nicely in character.

Note: The link for Sands of Time is fixed. :)

Date: 2007-10-28 07:29 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] trepkos.livejournal.com
Glad to see eliade recced - she was one of the first authors I found - so I was spoilt!
Her other Spike/Xander stories are lovely too, and I especially go back to Subtleties: http://www.drizzle.com/~eliade/subtleties.html

Date: 2007-10-28 07:29 pm (UTC)
yourlibrarian: Angel and Lindsey (SX OTP: rayne_y_daze)
From: [personal profile] yourlibrarian
You've got two of my all-time favorites there :> Just a note though, looks like the Sands of Time site is down?

Date: 2007-10-28 10:20 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fuzzyboo03.livejournal.com
Oooh, great recs!

I've always been a bit sad there isn't more of Sands of Time. I mean, it's sort of not a wip, but there could be more.

By the way, the correct webaddress for Sands of Time is http://gila.faking-sanity.net/sandstime.html

Date: 2011-10-15 03:06 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dragonyphoenix.livejournal.com
Got here looking for a Sands of Time line but hey! I'm a Spander fan, and I've never even heard of Sidelines. *pouts*

I've even got the best Spander icon ever! *sticks out tongue*
Well, OK, your "Never been kissed" icon is pretty good too, she admits grudgingly. *giggles*

Going to check it out now though. ;-)

Date: 2011-10-16 12:28 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dragonyphoenix.livejournal.com
Thanks. I waited a long time to find the icon I wanted. I think I squeed ever time I used it for like the first month!

Date: 2011-11-05 10:03 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dragonyphoenix.livejournal.com
I was not able to access Sidelines. I don't know if the site is temporarily down or gone for good but I'm guesstimating that this Sidelines (http://spanderfiles.com/arvs/anna_s/sidelines01.html), by Anna S., is the same story.

Date: 2011-11-06 06:02 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dragonyphoenix.livejournal.com
It was a good one; thanks for suggesting it.

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