Welcome to Classic Recs!

[yourlibrarian]

Top 5 is now open for all your classic recs posts or searches for Buffyverse favorites gone by.

While all of you prepare to set out your platters of treats, I thought I'd kick us off by throwing out a few stats about the 953 rec posts that have been made since we started out in 2005.( Read more... )

Welcome to Classic Recs!

[yourlibrarian]

Top 5 is now open for all your classic recs posts or searches for Buffyverse favorites gone by.

While all of you prepare to set out your platters of treats, I thought I'd kick us off by throwing out a few stats about the 953 rec posts that have been made since we started out in 2005.( Read more... )

5 Fray fics

[later-tuesday.livejournal.com]

Fray is an amazing limited run series that I highly recommend you pick up. It takes place about a 1000 years after Buffy and Angel end, and there's some truly kick ass world building/continuation going on here. It's a little bleaker than Buffy, and the stories here reflect that. I'm not sure how well you'll be able to follow what's going on here with out having read the stories, so I strongly recommend reading the source material first.

( Bad day. Started bad. Got worse. )

5 Fray fics

[later-tuesday.livejournal.com]

Fray is an amazing limited run series that I highly recommend you pick up. It takes place about a 1000 years after Buffy and Angel end, and there's some truly kick ass world building/continuation going on here. It's a little bleaker than Buffy, and the stories here reflect that. I'm not sure how well you'll be able to follow what's going on here with out having read the stories, so I strongly recommend reading the source material first.

( Bad day. Started bad. Got worse. )

Five Creations Wherein BtVS Trounces Twilight

[vikingprincess]

I will say that if you adore Twilight and will hear nothing against it, you probably ought to pass up these recs, though I feel they are more humorous than biting....

1. Vampires and the Women Who Love Them, Part One and Part Two
Author: st_salieri
Rating: Worksafe

Why I Chose This: Using a clever television talk show transcript format, st_salieri brings readers a completely hilarious discussion between Buffy Summers, Sookie Stackhouse (from the Dead After Dark series by Charlaine Harrison, on which HBO's True Blood was loosely based), and Bella Swan (of Twilight notoriety).
( More on this rec behind the cut. )

( Four more ways in which BtVS emerges as superior to Twilight )

Five Creations Wherein BtVS Trounces Twilight

[vikingprincess]

I will say that if you adore Twilight and will hear nothing against it, you probably ought to pass up these recs, though I feel they are more humorous than biting....

1. Vampires and the Women Who Love Them, Part One and Part Two
Author: st_salieri
Rating: Worksafe

Why I Chose This: Using a clever television talk show transcript format, st_salieri brings readers a completely hilarious discussion between Buffy Summers, Sookie Stackhouse (from the Dead After Dark series by Charlaine Harrison, on which HBO's True Blood was loosely based), and Bella Swan (of Twilight notoriety).
( More on this rec behind the cut. )

( Four more ways in which BtVS emerges as superior to Twilight )

Five long/epic length Willow/Tara fics

[ladycallie.livejournal.com]

These five stories are some of the finest epic length W/T centric fics I've read. I have all of these printed and bound and they have brought me much joy. I should note that some of these fics deal with the canon events of Seeing Red, but all ultimately end happily.


Title/Link: The Gift of Sorrow
Author: The Rainbow Writers
Rating: PG, later chapters NC-17, all clearly noted
Pairing(s): Willow/Tara, gen
Spoilers: Everything up to and including all of season six.
Warnings/Triggers: Psychic trauma, depression, use of medication
Summary: It would be fair to say that the events in Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Six created a schism in the fan base of this popular show. Not only did it divide all of the existing couples, it killed one of the most recent popular members of the cast, dragged one of the shows most beloved characters to the very depths of her soul, making her someone that people hardly recognized and made fans watch the moral demise of the slayer herself. It was a very hard season to watch, and caused many long term fans turn away from the show. We, like many were unhappy with the progress this season began, and decided to write our own next season, to address some of the issues that we felt needed righting. This story is the result.

The other chapters can be found HERE, towards the bottom.

Reccers Note: Sadly, this story is unfinished. The duo that is the Rainbow Writers were finally reunited several years ago and have since made a home together, yet struggle with health and real life issues that hinder the creative process. The story does stop at a stable point and is well worth your time. This is arguably my favorite fanfic ever.



( "Can we just skip it? Can you just be kissing me now? " )

 

Five long/epic length Willow/Tara fics

[ladycallie.livejournal.com]

These five stories are some of the finest epic length W/T centric fics I've read. I have all of these printed and bound and they have brought me much joy. I should note that some of these fics deal with the canon events of Seeing Red, but all ultimately end happily.


Title/Link: The Gift of Sorrow
Author: The Rainbow Writers
Rating: PG, later chapters NC-17, all clearly noted
Pairing(s): Willow/Tara, gen
Spoilers: Everything up to and including all of season six.
Warnings/Triggers: Psychic trauma, depression, use of medication
Summary: It would be fair to say that the events in Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Six created a schism in the fan base of this popular show. Not only did it divide all of the existing couples, it killed one of the most recent popular members of the cast, dragged one of the shows most beloved characters to the very depths of her soul, making her someone that people hardly recognized and made fans watch the moral demise of the slayer herself. It was a very hard season to watch, and caused many long term fans turn away from the show. We, like many were unhappy with the progress this season began, and decided to write our own next season, to address some of the issues that we felt needed righting. This story is the result.

The other chapters can be found HERE, towards the bottom.

Reccers Note: Sadly, this story is unfinished. The duo that is the Rainbow Writers were finally reunited several years ago and have since made a home together, yet struggle with health and real life issues that hinder the creative process. The story does stop at a stable point and is well worth your time. This is arguably my favorite fanfic ever.



( "Can we just skip it? Can you just be kissing me now? " )

 

Five Faith Femslash Fics

[staringiscaring.livejournal.com]

 Slayers (Faith/Kendra/Buffy)
Friday night, and we're piling into the car, going out on patrol again.

It Starts With Faith (Faith/Cordy)
An alternate reality series that places Faith as the one true slayer aka the chosen one for her generation.

Six Faith and Willow Vignettes, In Order (Faith/Willow)
Faith and Willow bonding in South America, post-"Chosen".

Eternity (Faith/Darla)
Darla wants to give Faith eternity.

Never the Twain Shall Meet (Faith/Cordy)
A slightly 'butterfly effect' AU where Cordy and Faith meet as students in Beantown.

Five Faith Femslash Fics

[staringiscaring.livejournal.com]

 Slayers (Faith/Kendra/Buffy)
Friday night, and we're piling into the car, going out on patrol again.

It Starts With Faith (Faith/Cordy)
An alternate reality series that places Faith as the one true slayer aka the chosen one for her generation.

Six Faith and Willow Vignettes, In Order (Faith/Willow)
Faith and Willow bonding in South America, post-"Chosen".

Eternity (Faith/Darla)
Darla wants to give Faith eternity.

Never the Twain Shall Meet (Faith/Cordy)
A slightly 'butterfly effect' AU where Cordy and Faith meet as students in Beantown.

Five Riley Fics

[staringiscaring.livejournal.com]

 Laundry Day (Buffy/Riley)
The stain was tenacious. It had scoffed at Stain-Away, triumphed over standard bleach, and withstood even a dousing of club soda.

Christmas Day (Riley & Giles)
Riley gets an unexpected visitor on Christmas Day.

Through The Forests Of The Night
Riley in South America.

Home From The Great Escape
"She's alive, Riley. Buffy's alive."On his way home from his jungle epiphany, Riley stops in Sunnydale for closure. Silly boy.

Reconnaissance (Riley/Graham)
Eleven months and time changes little.

Five Riley Fics

[staringiscaring.livejournal.com]

 Laundry Day (Buffy/Riley)
The stain was tenacious. It had scoffed at Stain-Away, triumphed over standard bleach, and withstood even a dousing of club soda.

Christmas Day (Riley & Giles)
Riley gets an unexpected visitor on Christmas Day.

Through The Forests Of The Night
Riley in South America.

Home From The Great Escape
"She's alive, Riley. Buffy's alive."On his way home from his jungle epiphany, Riley stops in Sunnydale for closure. Silly boy.

Reconnaissance (Riley/Graham)
Eleven months and time changes little.

Five Darla Fics

[staringiscaring.livejournal.com]

Loyalty (Darla/Immortal, Darla/Angel)
Ever wonder what Darla was doing while Angel was busy getting himself captured by Holtz?

I'm Not Supposed to Be Like This (Darla & Spike) Her first inkling comes when she can’t zip her leather pants. At first she thinks she’s just got blood bloat; that pizza-delivery boy definitely tasted high-fat.

Traveller (Darla & The Master)
The Master never told her why he sired her, and she did not ask.

Quiet As She Bleeds (Darla/Angel, Darla/Drusilla, Darla/Lindsey)
Quietly she bleeds into the palm of his hand, moonlight shattering into a thousand dark shards.

And Yet (Darla)
Darla introspection when she comes to Angel in Quickening.

Bonus rec:
The Greatest of These
Darla engages in a routine piece of hunting.

Five Darla Fics

[staringiscaring.livejournal.com]

Loyalty (Darla/Immortal, Darla/Angel)
Ever wonder what Darla was doing while Angel was busy getting himself captured by Holtz?

I'm Not Supposed to Be Like This (Darla & Spike) Her first inkling comes when she can’t zip her leather pants. At first she thinks she’s just got blood bloat; that pizza-delivery boy definitely tasted high-fat.

Traveller (Darla & The Master)
The Master never told her why he sired her, and she did not ask.

Quiet As She Bleeds (Darla/Angel, Darla/Drusilla, Darla/Lindsey)
Quietly she bleeds into the palm of his hand, moonlight shattering into a thousand dark shards.

And Yet (Darla)
Darla introspection when she comes to Angel in Quickening.

Bonus rec:
The Greatest of These
Darla engages in a routine piece of hunting.