5 times handdrawn Spike (& co) art on Tumblr

[double_dutchess]

Spike by scranndo

Spike and Xander by manabombs

Spike by dewberrysolar

Spike by flummoxed angel (plus bonus Giles and Wesley)

Buffy and Spike by astrangertomykin (could be considered slightly NSFW?)

5 assorted fancrafts

[double_dutchess]

Only one of these is from 2020, but I received kind permission to post the list anyway, so here goes!

Customize your own Playmobil Spuffy by flowspuffy: I loved playing with Playmobil as a kid, so it was great to see a Playmobil Buffy and Spike at seasonal_spuffy this year.

( More fancraft ahead! )

5 Classic Meta Posts

[petzipellepingo.livejournal.com]

In no particular order :

Buffy and forgiveness by angearia.

I hate my free will by molly_may.

Meta on the opening credits by stormwreath.

Meta on Fred and Illyria by deird1.

Meta on the different paths to redemption of Spike and Angel by shipperx

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[sparrow2000.livejournal.com]

summer_of_giles is a lovely sandbox to play in every year and to enjoy some wonderful creativity. Here are five fics from SoG I enjoyed this year. (There's a lot more there than just these five, so go over to the comm and have an amble through all the great work.)

The Mirror Broke (But All My Friends Were Laughing) by 23Murasaki. I’m a sucker for a well written AU and this one is lovely. Randall lives post Eyghon and Giles’ life takes a different turn. This is excellently done.

( More Gilsean goodness this way... )

5 Cool Fanvids I've Run Into in 2020

[thenewbuzwuzz]

- Bad Guy (Angelus and Spike) - MadLove4ever
This one's just fun. I've seen a few Bad Guy vids this year, and this is my favorite.

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4 Poems and 1 Filk from 2020

[thenewbuzwuzz]

China Girl from Poetry by William Pratt - VERSUS by SPIKE by MissLuci (whole chapter rated R but poem is not sexual or otherwise graphic)
MissLuci wrote a whole multichapter story full of Spike's poems and Buffy's reactions to them!! This poem is about Spike killing Xin Rong, written from the perspective of pre-series soulless Spike. Note that the prose section at the bottom of the chapter is rated R for Spuffy smut.

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A mixed bag of lovely random stuff from 2020

[sparrow2000.livejournal.com]

The Costume Codex is a lovely YT channel run by a costume designer who analyses the subtext of shows through their costuming decisions. All the videos are worth a look, but I really enjoyed this analysis from a few months back of Giles’s evolution in the Buffy ‘verse as it is reflected in his clothing choices - Our Man in Tweed; a look at Giles through costume.

( More random lovelies... )

Top 5 Late 2019 Works

[yourlibrarian]

This year's session of Top 5 closes in 25 hours! So if anyone's still got recs to make this year, post soon or save them for next year :)

With our sessions running late in a year, we don't catch everything still to come. But it's still new to Top 5, so here's a shiny new set of works!

1) Footprints by kerk_hiraeth. Being a librarian, Giles knows the value of ephemera. ( Read more... )