Top 5 Unfinished S/B Fics

[molly_may]

Eternal WIPs are frustrating, but at the same time there's still a lot of pleasure to be found in all of these stories. None of these fics is ever likely to be completed, but all of them are still well worth reading.

1. Giving In, by ColdCoffeeEyes25 - Post-"Wrecked" with sweeter-than-canon Spuffy and a plot involving the Trio, Amy, and the spirit of Robespierre. As far as I can tell, this is the only Buffy fic the author ever wrote, which is a shame because it's witty, well-plotted, and sweetly romantic. While this is unfinished, it stops in a pretty satisfying place, tying up most of the plot threads.

( More under the cut! )

Top 5 Unfinished S/B Fics

[molly_may]

Eternal WIPs are frustrating, but at the same time there's still a lot of pleasure to be found in all of these stories. None of these fics is ever likely to be completed, but all of them are still well worth reading.

1. Giving In, by ColdCoffeeEyes25 - Post-"Wrecked" with sweeter-than-canon Spuffy and a plot involving the Trio, Amy, and the spirit of Robespierre. As far as I can tell, this is the only Buffy fic the author ever wrote, which is a shame because it's witty, well-plotted, and sweetly romantic. While this is unfinished, it stops in a pretty satisfying place, tying up most of the plot threads.

( More under the cut! )

Top 5 Long Fics

[jack-shaftoe21.livejournal.com]

Title: The Chosen
Author: Jet Wolf
Rating: PG
Summary: This is a very ambitious project which follows the episode format of BtVS and its story begins a few months after the end of the end of the TV show. It's more of a general fic which is a spiritual successor of the early seasons, despite being set after season seven but eventually Willow/Tara becomes its main 'ship.
Why I chose this: Because it has it all - brilliant characterization, long story-arcs, interesting original characters, humour, plot twists, etc. It combines my favourite couple, Willow/Tara, with loads and loads of terrific Scooby friendship scenes, not just between the usual suspects - Buffy, Xander and Willow but between say Kennedy and Dawn. Unfinished as of now but if one really demands closure they can always stop at the end of Season 8.
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Top 5 Long Fics

[jack-shaftoe21.livejournal.com]

Title: The Chosen
Author: Jet Wolf
Rating: PG
Summary: This is a very ambitious project which follows the episode format of BtVS and its story begins a few months after the end of the end of the TV show. It's more of a general fic which is a spiritual successor of the early seasons, despite being set after season seven but eventually Willow/Tara becomes its main 'ship.
Why I chose this: Because it has it all - brilliant characterization, long story-arcs, interesting original characters, humour, plot twists, etc. It combines my favourite couple, Willow/Tara, with loads and loads of terrific Scooby friendship scenes, not just between the usual suspects - Buffy, Xander and Willow but between say Kennedy and Dawn. Unfinished as of now but if one really demands closure they can always stop at the end of Season 8.
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5 LJers. (Fic + vids.)

[elisi]

I was going to do this last year, but time ran away from me. But since I think it's a rather good idea, I'll try this year instead. I'm going to stretch the rules a little, but hope that the mods will forgive me!

My idea is very simple: I'll rec LJers who've not posted for at least a year, and (to try to keep within the rules) point to one work of theirs each. Sadly, my list hasn't changed from last year. Although originally my list was going to include frimfram, except when she mothballed her LJ she flocked everything, fic included. :( Ah well, it's not like I didn't have plenty to choose from as her replacement.

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5 LJers. (Fic + vids.)

[elisi]

I was going to do this last year, but time ran away from me. But since I think it's a rather good idea, I'll try this year instead. I'm going to stretch the rules a little, but hope that the mods will forgive me!

My idea is very simple: I'll rec LJers who've not posted for at least a year, and (to try to keep within the rules) point to one work of theirs each. Sadly, my list hasn't changed from last year. Although originally my list was going to include frimfram, except when she mothballed her LJ she flocked everything, fic included. :( Ah well, it's not like I didn't have plenty to choose from as her replacement.

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Five Buffyverse Xover Fics

[kerkevik.livejournal.com]

Hi,

       these are ordered in, IIRC, I discovered them. Marcus Rowland's are both xover's with shows I don't watch (I restarted watching Who with S5). Recently dear 'ol auntie beeb has started re-showing Due South from the very beginnning, and I can't believe I forgot just how very good those early episodes were; and how brilliant a character Diefenbaker the deaf wolf was.

Edit  by  Marcus L. Rowland (Dr.Who)

http://lubakmetyk.infinology.net/others/rowland/edit.htm

 

Fourteen Hundred  by Marcus L. Rowland (West Wing)

http://national-library.net/stories/marcus/1400.htm

 

Can You Tell Me How To Get  by  A. Lite (Sesame Street)

http://cryptoffic.com/author/a-e/alite/alite_canyou.html

 

Misunderstandings  by  Don Sample (Stargate SG-1)

http://homepage.mac.com/dsample/Fics/Misunderstandings/index.html

 

Chicago Mountie  by  Don Sample (Due South)

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2648610/1/

   The music I'm listening to? Suitably xover-y I feel :-)

   Still under Willow & Tara's spell,
   Ray.

Five Buffyverse Xover Fics

[kerkevik.livejournal.com]

Hi,

       these are ordered in, IIRC, I discovered them. Marcus Rowland's are both xover's with shows I don't watch (I restarted watching Who with S5). Recently dear 'ol auntie beeb has started re-showing Due South from the very beginnning, and I can't believe I forgot just how very good those early episodes were; and how brilliant a character Diefenbaker the deaf wolf was.

Edit  by  Marcus L. Rowland (Dr.Who)

http://lubakmetyk.infinology.net/others/rowland/edit.htm

 

Fourteen Hundred  by Marcus L. Rowland (West Wing)

http://national-library.net/stories/marcus/1400.htm

 

Can You Tell Me How To Get  by  A. Lite (Sesame Street)

http://cryptoffic.com/author/a-e/alite/alite_canyou.html

 

Misunderstandings  by  Don Sample (Stargate SG-1)

http://homepage.mac.com/dsample/Fics/Misunderstandings/index.html

 

Chicago Mountie  by  Don Sample (Due South)

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2648610/1/

   The music I'm listening to? Suitably xover-y I feel :-)

   Still under Willow & Tara's spell,
   Ray.

Five Fics I Wish Had Been Filmed

[kerkevik.livejournal.com]

Hi,

       here are five of my all-time favourite "missing scene" fics, although none of them were, I think, written that way. As previously, funniest last :-)

If That Mockingbird Won't Sing by Doyle
http://doyle-sb4.livejournal.com/192812.html

Talk About Love  by  Mad Poetess

http://archiveofourown.org/works/44552

 

Morituri Te Salutamus  by  Annakovsky

http://bbfarchive.dbfandom.com/archive/0/moriturite.html

 

The Carton  by  BK the Irregular

http://www.neon-hummingbird.com/irregularities/fanfiction/carton.html

No Faith, a New Hope and it'a all for Charity by mythichistorian

http://community.livejournal.com/tweedandtea/99805.html

   Still under Willow & Tara's spell,
   Ray.
 

Five Fics I Wish Had Been Filmed

[kerkevik.livejournal.com]

Hi,

       here are five of my all-time favourite "missing scene" fics, although none of them were, I think, written that way. As previously, funniest last :-)

If That Mockingbird Won't Sing by Doyle
http://doyle-sb4.livejournal.com/192812.html

Talk About Love  by  Mad Poetess

http://archiveofourown.org/works/44552

 

Morituri Te Salutamus  by  Annakovsky

http://bbfarchive.dbfandom.com/archive/0/moriturite.html

 

The Carton  by  BK the Irregular

http://www.neon-hummingbird.com/irregularities/fanfiction/carton.html

No Faith, a New Hope and it'a all for Charity by mythichistorian

http://community.livejournal.com/tweedandtea/99805.html

   Still under Willow & Tara's spell,
   Ray.
 

Five Spike Friendship Fics

[kerkevik.livejournal.com]

Hi,

       here are five of my favourite Spike fics, all friendship fics. Again, funniest last!

 

Lost Luggage  (Joyce)
By spikedru

http://allaboutspike.com/fic.html?id=743

 

 

Free Will (Willow)
By Estepheia

http://allaboutspike.com/fic.html?id=560

 

 

First Contact (Dawn - false memory)
By astraea

http://allaboutspike.com/fic.html?id=476 

 

Woman (Xander)
By LadyCat

http://allaboutspike.com/fic.html?id=390

Fire and Stuff (Dawn - false memory)
By Valerie X

http://allaboutspike.com/fic.html?id=548

   Still under Willow & Tara's spell,
   Ray.

Five Spike Friendship Fics

[kerkevik.livejournal.com]

Hi,

       here are five of my favourite Spike fics, all friendship fics. Again, funniest last!

 

Lost Luggage  (Joyce)
By spikedru

http://allaboutspike.com/fic.html?id=743

 

 

Free Will (Willow)
By Estepheia

http://allaboutspike.com/fic.html?id=560

 

 

First Contact (Dawn - false memory)
By astraea

http://allaboutspike.com/fic.html?id=476 

 

Woman (Xander)
By LadyCat

http://allaboutspike.com/fic.html?id=390

Fire and Stuff (Dawn - false memory)
By Valerie X

http://allaboutspike.com/fic.html?id=548

   Still under Willow & Tara's spell,
   Ray.

Five of the most imaginative Buffyverse Fics

[kerkevik.livejournal.com]

 
Hi,

       and here are five of the most imaginative buffyverse fics I have ever read; most recent first; funniest last - again :-)

(metem) Psychosis by mabus101 (Alt-S6)
http://mabus101.livejournal.com/2009/05/17/

Toy Soldiers by Perri Smith(S3 Wesley)
http://www.neon-hummingbird.com/suns/fanfic/perri/toysoldiers.html

techsupport@demon.com  (Pre S5 BtVS / S2 AtS)
http://rhiannon.dreamhost.com/angel/fanfic/techsupport.html

The Waking by Mad Poetess (adult content warning)  (Alt S7)
http://archiveofourown.org/works/96662?view_adult=true

Private Conversations by CN Winters (adult content warning) (S4?)
http://cnscaldron.com/cannon/wt/private.htm


   Still under Willow & Tara's spell,
   Ray.

Five of the most imaginative Buffyverse Fics

[kerkevik.livejournal.com]

 
Hi,

       and here are five of the most imaginative buffyverse fics I have ever read; most recent first; funniest last - again :-)

(metem) Psychosis by mabus101 (Alt-S6)
http://mabus101.livejournal.com/2009/05/17/

Toy Soldiers by Perri Smith(S3 Wesley)
http://www.neon-hummingbird.com/suns/fanfic/perri/toysoldiers.html

techsupport@demon.com  (Pre S5 BtVS / S2 AtS)
http://rhiannon.dreamhost.com/angel/fanfic/techsupport.html

The Waking by Mad Poetess (adult content warning)  (Alt S7)
http://archiveofourown.org/works/96662?view_adult=true

Private Conversations by CN Winters (adult content warning) (S4?)
http://cnscaldron.com/cannon/wt/private.htm


   Still under Willow & Tara's spell,
   Ray.

5 Awesome Spangel Stories

[angelstoy.livejournal.com]

These are some of the Spangel stories that I can't gelp reading over and over again

1. Dark Skies by Jenny - Story summary that she gives: William meets a stranger at one of his mother's card parties. The echoes of that meeting haunt him, until insane, alone in the basement of Sunnydale High School, Spike has to find the strength to face the author of his nightmares.

I don't know why, but this story made the best sense to me as to why Spike would hate Angel for so long

http://www.squashduck.com/ltd/darkskiesfic/index.htm

2. Friday by girlpire - Story summary that she gives: What would you do if there were no tomorrow?

I absolutely LOVE the writing in this one!!

http://girlpire.livejournal.com/137712.html

3. Subspace by toobusy2write  - Story summary that she gives: AU human - Days after Spike turns eighteen, he gets sucked into a whole new world by a mysterious man, but is it one he's ready for? 

This story just sucked me in right from the get go!!

http://toobusy2write.livejournal.com/80106.html#cutid1

4. Beauty and the Beast by Shara Nesu - Story summary she gives: Obsession controlled Angelus’ life and now it controls Angel. For centuries, he wanted to own and fantasized about one person - Spike. Angel never believed that he would ever possess Spike, but one day, after an accident while fighting some demons, Spike loses his memory. Will Angel tell the truth to Spike? Or will he lie?

I just LOVE this story!!

http://www.redssoulmates.com/angel_spike/shara%20nesu/beautyandthebeast.htm

5. Lost and Found by Pet and Foxhunt2blue Story summary they give: Twenty-five years after the final battle against the senior partners Spike finds something he thought he'd lost

Again, this story just sucked me in right from the get go!!

http://www.redssoulmates.com/angel_spike/Pet%20Foxhunt2blue/lostandfound.html

5 Awesome Spangel Stories

[angelstoy.livejournal.com]

These are some of the Spangel stories that I can't gelp reading over and over again

1. Dark Skies by Jenny - Story summary that she gives: William meets a stranger at one of his mother's card parties. The echoes of that meeting haunt him, until insane, alone in the basement of Sunnydale High School, Spike has to find the strength to face the author of his nightmares.

I don't know why, but this story made the best sense to me as to why Spike would hate Angel for so long

http://www.squashduck.com/ltd/darkskiesfic/index.htm

2. Friday by girlpire - Story summary that she gives: What would you do if there were no tomorrow?

I absolutely LOVE the writing in this one!!

http://girlpire.livejournal.com/137712.html

3. Subspace by toobusy2write  - Story summary that she gives: AU human - Days after Spike turns eighteen, he gets sucked into a whole new world by a mysterious man, but is it one he's ready for? 

This story just sucked me in right from the get go!!

http://toobusy2write.livejournal.com/80106.html#cutid1

4. Beauty and the Beast by Shara Nesu - Story summary she gives: Obsession controlled Angelus’ life and now it controls Angel. For centuries, he wanted to own and fantasized about one person - Spike. Angel never believed that he would ever possess Spike, but one day, after an accident while fighting some demons, Spike loses his memory. Will Angel tell the truth to Spike? Or will he lie?

I just LOVE this story!!

http://www.redssoulmates.com/angel_spike/shara%20nesu/beautyandthebeast.htm

5. Lost and Found by Pet and Foxhunt2blue Story summary they give: Twenty-five years after the final battle against the senior partners Spike finds something he thought he'd lost

Again, this story just sucked me in right from the get go!!

http://www.redssoulmates.com/angel_spike/Pet%20Foxhunt2blue/lostandfound.html

Five Moments of Quiet Genius by Jet Wolf

[kerkevik.livejournal.com]

Hi,

      here are five fics by the Fanfic Author I loves the mostest, Jet Wolf who, with her The Chosen S8 continuation, gave me back Tara, for which I will be eternally grateful. RL has stalled much in the way of new fic-writing for some time now, but the world she created in The Chosen is the one that captures that illusive magical quality that drew me to a show where, if I'm honest, none of the main characters; including Spike initially, seemed to draw any empathy from me (also be aware - No Spike! in The Chosen).

   Jet Wolf is my master now!

   Oh, and yes, the funniest is last again - I know, tiresomely predictable, ain't it?

The Thought Was Nice
http://www.jetwolf.com/buffy/dolphins/thought.php

 
Stains

http://www.jetwolf.com/buffy/dolphins/stains.php

Slices of Life One: Subtext
http://www.jetwolf.com/buffy/dolphins/slice01.php

 

Slices of Life Two: Growing Up on a Saturday Afternoon

http://www.jetwolf.com/buffy/dolphins/slice02.php

Slices of Life Three: Anywhere but Here

http://www.jetwolf.com/buffy/dolphins/slice03.php

 

 

   Still under Willow & Tara's spell,
   Ray.

Five Moments of Quiet Genius by Jet Wolf

[kerkevik.livejournal.com]

Hi,

      here are five fics by the Fanfic Author I loves the mostest, Jet Wolf who, with her The Chosen S8 continuation, gave me back Tara, for which I will be eternally grateful. RL has stalled much in the way of new fic-writing for some time now, but the world she created in The Chosen is the one that captures that illusive magical quality that drew me to a show where, if I'm honest, none of the main characters; including Spike initially, seemed to draw any empathy from me (also be aware - No Spike! in The Chosen).

   Jet Wolf is my master now!

   Oh, and yes, the funniest is last again - I know, tiresomely predictable, ain't it?

The Thought Was Nice
http://www.jetwolf.com/buffy/dolphins/thought.php

 
Stains

http://www.jetwolf.com/buffy/dolphins/stains.php

Slices of Life One: Subtext
http://www.jetwolf.com/buffy/dolphins/slice01.php

 

Slices of Life Two: Growing Up on a Saturday Afternoon

http://www.jetwolf.com/buffy/dolphins/slice02.php

Slices of Life Three: Anywhere but Here

http://www.jetwolf.com/buffy/dolphins/slice03.php

 

 

   Still under Willow & Tara's spell,
   Ray.

Five AU Angel/Cordelia Fics

[chorelle.livejournal.com]

Thaw by Dazzle
One of my favourite C/A fics ever, where Amnesia!Cordy makes a wish to bring back her memories, creating an entirely new reality in the process. Can Cordy bring back the world she once knew? Left of center pairings and spot on characterizations of every character present. Everyone should read this, not just C/A fans. Seriously amazing fic.

( four more alternate universe C/A fics )

Five AU Angel/Cordelia Fics

[chorelle.livejournal.com]

Thaw by Dazzle
One of my favourite C/A fics ever, where Amnesia!Cordy makes a wish to bring back her memories, creating an entirely new reality in the process. Can Cordy bring back the world she once knew? Left of center pairings and spot on characterizations of every character present. Everyone should read this, not just C/A fans. Seriously amazing fic.

( four more alternate universe C/A fics )

5 Smutty Takes on Halloween (various pairings)

[rebcake.livejournal.com]

Oh, that naughty costume spell! Tsk. It’s the sort of thing that could lead to anything at all, so naturally our beloved fic writers made sure it did!

Bit Parts by spuffyduds , Fluffy Hard-R
Harmony/Jonathan. Jonathan chooses to go as a red shirt (Star Trek) for Halloween, but Ethan’s spell changes his luck. Featuring Ethan, Andrew, Tucker, Spike, and Buffy. One-shot.

( But wait! There's more... )

5 Smutty Takes on Halloween (various pairings)

[rebcake.livejournal.com]

Oh, that naughty costume spell! Tsk. It’s the sort of thing that could lead to anything at all, so naturally our beloved fic writers made sure it did!

Bit Parts by spuffyduds , Fluffy Hard-R
Harmony/Jonathan. Jonathan chooses to go as a red shirt (Star Trek) for Halloween, but Ethan’s spell changes his luck. Featuring Ethan, Andrew, Tucker, Spike, and Buffy. One-shot.

( But wait! There's more... )

5 short fics that never stop being funny!

[elisi]

I made this list earlier this year, but recycling is good, y/y? Enjoy! :)

Buffy Summers’ Diary by Lori. (Older And Far Away in diary form if Buffy sounded like Bridget Jones)

Gay Me Up by caia. (AU from near end of First Date - why Spander would never happen. Priceless!)

There may have been some sketches by hecatehatesthat. (Spike and Buffy post-LMPTM. Possibly the best use of a throw-away line ever.)

Swing Low by paratti. (Set in a universe maybe a millimetre to the left of after ATS 5.8. Also for the Rugby World Cup 2003. Drunk Team Angel, you can't go wrong!)

Something Completely Different by paratti. (Monty Python meets The Fanged Four. Words can't do it justice.)

5 short fics that never stop being funny!

[elisi]

I made this list earlier this year, but recycling is good, y/y? Enjoy! :)

Buffy Summers’ Diary by Lori. (Older And Far Away in diary form if Buffy sounded like Bridget Jones)

Gay Me Up by caia. (AU from near end of First Date - why Spander would never happen. Priceless!)

There may have been some sketches by hecatehatesthat. (Spike and Buffy post-LMPTM. Possibly the best use of a throw-away line ever.)

Swing Low by paratti. (Set in a universe maybe a millimetre to the left of after ATS 5.8. Also for the Rugby World Cup 2003. Drunk Team Angel, you can't go wrong!)

Something Completely Different by paratti. (Monty Python meets The Fanged Four. Words can't do it justice.)

Five (must see) vids.

[elisi]

I just realised that there might be people who've never seen 'Black Black Heart', and then I felt obliged to remedy this. After that I had to attempt to only choose four more vids... (RL is being insistent that I step away from the computer now, but I'm sure my selection will make you hunt down all the other vids these talented ladies have created!)

The first three are by dualbunny, whose vid tag is here.

Black Black Heart. Spike/duster. You MUST watch this! MUST, you hear me!

Spanish Doll. Dru vid. A quite astonishingly brilliant attempt at getting inside Dru's head.

Suburbia. From the vidder's notes: This is my poor tiny Buffy vid. I always think of her as the one that overcomes everything in the end. I wanted to play with what happens before the end. And I thought the sound of this song, and the inevitable flowing quality of the lead singer's voice, lent itself well to the notion of evil seeping into places and lulling you into both a false sense of security and eventual disenchantment. Buffy's been fighting a hopeless battle since the start. The First Evil is just the most recent in a long line of evils, waiting to finally break her down.


The last two are by charmax. Her masterlist is here.

Still Breathing. Spike's redemption song. (I love this vid to absolute distraction!)

Your Woman. Spike kidnaps Angel to find out why he never loved him. This vid is like the bastard son of “The picture of Dorian Gray” and “Reservoir dogs”. (There are no words to describe it. The editing is pure genius!)

Bonus rec (because I HAVE to run, or I'd totally make another post):

All vids by obsessive24, but especially 'Bachelorette'. (In the shape of a girl. Difficult to describe, but it's about feminism in the Buffy verse.)

Five (must see) vids.

[elisi]

I just realised that there might be people who've never seen 'Black Black Heart', and then I felt obliged to remedy this. After that I had to attempt to only choose four more vids... (RL is being insistent that I step away from the computer now, but I'm sure my selection will make you hunt down all the other vids these talented ladies have created!)

The first three are by dualbunny, whose vid tag is here.

Black Black Heart. Spike/duster. You MUST watch this! MUST, you hear me!

Spanish Doll. Dru vid. A quite astonishingly brilliant attempt at getting inside Dru's head.

Suburbia. From the vidder's notes: This is my poor tiny Buffy vid. I always think of her as the one that overcomes everything in the end. I wanted to play with what happens before the end. And I thought the sound of this song, and the inevitable flowing quality of the lead singer's voice, lent itself well to the notion of evil seeping into places and lulling you into both a false sense of security and eventual disenchantment. Buffy's been fighting a hopeless battle since the start. The First Evil is just the most recent in a long line of evils, waiting to finally break her down.


The last two are by charmax. Her masterlist is here.

Still Breathing. Spike's redemption song. (I love this vid to absolute distraction!)

Your Woman. Spike kidnaps Angel to find out why he never loved him. This vid is like the bastard son of “The picture of Dorian Gray” and “Reservoir dogs”. (There are no words to describe it. The editing is pure genius!)

Bonus rec (because I HAVE to run, or I'd totally make another post):

All vids by obsessive24, but especially 'Bachelorette'. (In the shape of a girl. Difficult to describe, but it's about feminism in the Buffy verse.)

Five contributions that delighted me

[jamalov29.livejournal.com]

I love it when creativity means very different things for us to enjoy.


.Can’t stop the signal by marsterslady , awmp and canadia_bit,amazing, adorable post that launched season 2 of summer_of_spike .

.Spike‘s picspam by merveille123. The character in all his glory through the seven seasons of Btvs.( Read more... )

Five contributions that delighted me

[jamalov29.livejournal.com]

I love it when creativity means very different things for us to enjoy.


.Can’t stop the signal by marsterslady , awmp and canadia_bit,amazing, adorable post that launched season 2 of summer_of_spike .

.Spike‘s picspam by merveille123. The character in all his glory through the seven seasons of Btvs.( Read more... )