Jan. 11th, 2009
5 Banners That Knocked My Socks Off
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1. Frozen Memories by
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There's not a lot of art dedicated to Giles & Jenny, and why not? This is a beautiful piece with some dramatic textures. The haunted look on Giles' face in contrast to the placid serenity of Jenny's reminds us of how gutting her death was.
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5 Banners That Knocked My Socks Off
Jan. 11th, 2009 12:18 pm![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png)
1. Frozen Memories by
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There's not a lot of art dedicated to Giles & Jenny, and why not? This is a beautiful piece with some dramatic textures. The haunted look on Giles' face in contrast to the placid serenity of Jenny's reminds us of how gutting her death was.
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Five Great Fics from Phantasmagoria
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The Hard Choices
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Timing: Season 5, Forever
Rating: PG
Characters: Buffy, Angel, Joyce
Summary: Angel reflects on his relationship with Joyce as he drives to Sunnydale to visit her gravesite in Forever.
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Five Great Fics from Phantasmagoria
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The Hard Choices
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Timing: Season 5, Forever
Rating: PG
Characters: Buffy, Angel, Joyce
Summary: Angel reflects on his relationship with Joyce as he drives to Sunnydale to visit her gravesite in Forever.
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5 Fics Where Dawn Copes With Loss
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And the poor girl certainly has had a lot to lose in her young life. These ficlets and shots all revolve around that central, reoccuring theme that Dawn must constantly adapt to and cope with. The stories range in scope from Buffy running away after S2 and her death in S6, to the deaths of Joyce, Tara and Justin. One thing all these works have in common? Some really, really superb Dawn characterization.
1. The Flowers You Gave Me byhands_of_blue
Dawn, Spike, PG, the summers between S2/S3 and S5/S6
Summary: It’s a special kind of day when it rains in Sunnydale.
Review: What I enjoyed so much about this fic is the slow evolution of Dawn's understanding of disappearance and death, first viewed from a child's eyes and then as a teenager. This fic touches on that inalienable truth of how perception changes with time and that patterns and cycles regularly arise. It's also a beautiful, tight piece that brings all the imagery back together by the end, sinching the story up neatly.
5 Fics Where Dawn Copes With Loss
Jan. 11th, 2009 03:13 pm![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png)
And the poor girl certainly has had a lot to lose in her young life. These ficlets and shots all revolve around that central, reoccuring theme that Dawn must constantly adapt to and cope with. The stories range in scope from Buffy running away after S2 and her death in S6, to the deaths of Joyce, Tara and Justin. One thing all these works have in common? Some really, really superb Dawn characterization.
1. The Flowers You Gave Me byhands_of_blue
Dawn, Spike, PG, the summers between S2/S3 and S5/S6
Summary: It’s a special kind of day when it rains in Sunnydale.
Review: What I enjoyed so much about this fic is the slow evolution of Dawn's understanding of disappearance and death, first viewed from a child's eyes and then as a teenager. This fic touches on that inalienable truth of how perception changes with time and that patterns and cycles regularly arise. It's also a beautiful, tight piece that brings all the imagery back together by the end, sinching the story up neatly.
Top Five Short S8 Fics
Jan. 11th, 2009 06:27 pm![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png)
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Top Five Interesting S8 Discussions
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Top Five Het Xander Fics
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Top Five Friendship Fics
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My top 5 favorite 'kink' fics.....
Jan. 11th, 2009 08:14 pm![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png)
Five fics that I've thoroughly enjoyed reading in 2008 and which all had one thing in common. Varying degrees of 'kink' as well as some darn good writing and characterization. ( Read more... )
My top 5 favorite 'kink' fics.....
Jan. 11th, 2009 08:14 pm![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png)
Five fics that I've thoroughly enjoyed reading in 2008 and which all had one thing in common. Varying degrees of 'kink' as well as some darn good writing and characterization. ( Read more... )
Top Five Drabbles
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Top Five Things Done By Dawnofme!
Jan. 11th, 2009 10:54 pm![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png)
dawnofme never pimps her work so I thought that I'd pick my top five of the fics/artwork that she did in 2008.
She'll probably tell me off for doing this but what the hell...I'm safe in England and she's in California. Why can I never write that without hearing it in my head as Calli-forn-nye-ay?. I digress - click on the cut to find the gems that I've selected!
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Top Five Things Done By Dawnofme!
Jan. 11th, 2009 10:54 pm![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png)
dawnofme never pimps her work so I thought that I'd pick my top five of the fics/artwork that she did in 2008.
She'll probably tell me off for doing this but what the hell...I'm safe in England and she's in California. Why can I never write that without hearing it in my head as Calli-forn-nye-ay?. I digress - click on the cut to find the gems that I've selected!
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Five Drabbles by Kudagirl
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Five Drabbles by Kudagirl
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