Five Favorite Fics

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1) Beer Good Foamy wrote a crossover between Buffy and Welcome to Night Vale Radio Silence that outdoes even the usual awesomeness of a Beer Good story.
The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the crisscrossing, interlocking, violently conflicting paths of other equally righteous men. Welcome to Night Vale.

( the rest of the stories are looking for flights to the anyplace warm ...  )

Five Terrific Fics from Fanfiction.net

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I think of livejournal as my fanfic center of the universe, but branching out from LJ can be rewarding as well. Fanfiction.net had many great stories posted in 2013. Here are five great stories from there (that weren't also posted to LJ as far as I know.)

1. Repercussions by Jinxgirl. Buffy, Faith, Angel. Rated T.
This is a gut-wrenching depiction of what would have happened if things had gone according to Buffy’s plan in Graduation Day, Part One.

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Five Fine Fics by elviswhataguy

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Originally, I was going to include one story by elviswhataguy in the fanfiction.net list, but I realized that there was so much great work it deserved its own post.

elviswhataguy writes thoughtful, subtle Buffyverse stories that offer fascinating insights into the character's minds. I love all of the little details about what demon-fighting tasks they're working on, the books they read, the odd little incidents that they remember.

1. Let It Bleed Willow/Faith, Rated M.
The first story in the Wickedgeekyverse trilogy. There's an intriguing plot, and along the way both Willow and Faith are struggling through the hard work of redemption--and find themselves unexpected allies, friends, and eventually lovers.

The way we see the relationship through the point of view of the other characters (Kennedy, Buffy, Dawn and Xander) is also terrific. Nobody is in the story just to be a one-dimensional cheerleader for the relationship, or a jerk about it. Xander in particular is well-drawn in this story; the story explores both his worst qualities and his best. He's a complex person who has his reasons to be less-than-thrilled about a Willow/Faith relationship.

The thing that takes it over the top for me is Faith: she is alternately hilarious, idiotic, aggravating, endearing, and insightful, and her journey to something approaching a real relationship is a joy to read. The sequel, Beggar's Banquet, is less plotty, and includes a Giles point-of-view chapter where Faith and Giles hunt a dragon in Cleveland.

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4 Spuffy Manips ... & 1 Spangel

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I wonder how many of you have seen comlodges work ... if not, you are in for a treat.


Wildfire

An amazing Spuffy manip from the episode Wrecked.


When you say you love me...

Another Spuffy manip.


Dream

For all Spuffy lovers - we love the dream of them together.


Just Sitting

A lot of time was spent by Spike & Buffy "just sitting" on the back porch of Revello Drive.


Spiked Angel

Not worksafe, but not truly explicit - a Spangel manip

5 Manips - Spike, His Family ... & Buffy

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5 more of comlodges work - Enjoy

Family

We all love families - here are Angelus, Spike & Drusilla.


Drenched in Blood

What can I say - Spike, in all his gloried colour.


The Tell-Tale Heart

A Spike image - but led by the thought that William's heart is still beating.


How it ends

Spike in his final moments in Chosen.


Love is hard

Buffy as she looks across the wreck that is now Sunnydale (in Chosen)