Five Dawn-Centred favourites

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

I think that Dawn is one of the most interesting characters of the Buffyverse if written well. Here are five authors who've managed that feat. Three femmeslash, one het, and one gen.


Dawn in Rome
Creator’s Name: rozk
Rating: NC-17
Why I chose this: While it's slash, it's also funny, and has a wonderful take on Dawn's attitude to life. Slightly futurefic in that Dawn is over the age of consent. It's primarily a Dawn / Kennedy ship (and yes, it works well), with a Six Feet Under crossover in the mix.

Kindred Spirits
Creator's Name: nwhepcat
Rating: R
Why I chose this: A very dark and extremely good take on the real nature of the Key and what it means to Dawn, set around a Dawn / Ethan ship.

Ten Things That Never Happened in the BtVS Fandom
Creator's Name: booster17
Rating: FR13
Why I chose this: It's strange and VERY funny, asking the question "What if the spell that created Dawn had some unusual side-effects?"

Ten Years After
Creator's Name: curiouswombat
Rating: R to NC-17
Why I chose this: It's futurefic, set ten years after Chosen. Dawn has learned something odd about herself, and turns to Spike as the person most likely to understand her situation. It's fun, occasionally explicit, and works pretty well. There's an unfinished sequel, Access All Areas which has been on hiatus for a while but was going very nicely when last updated.

Training Your Slayer
Creator's Name: cdybedahl
Rating: NC-17
Why I chose this: Another Dawn / Kennedy ship - it's not a common pairing, but in the right hands it works pretty well. And sometimes gets fairly explicit...

Comments

[yourlibrarian]

I had to read booster17's story right away. Clever idea, a commentary on fandom and a "what if" at the same time!

Psst, there's a code error in the last entry -- looks like there's a hyphen in the "lj-user" that shouldn't be there.

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

Sorry - I corrected it within a few minutes of posting, but it must have taken a while to propagate across servers.

[snowpuppies]

Can't wait to try these! Btw, unlocked_awards is accepting noms now, so you might think about putting some of these up there, if you feel like it. :)

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

I'm not a member of that community, and they're asking for info I can't provide in most cases, such as author email addresses.

[snowpuppies]

You don't have to be a member to make nominations, and as long as the fics are on LJ, an email isn't necessary, either - just put their lj uname in the email spot. (I'm the mod over there, btw)

That said, it's just a suggestion - but I figure if they're good enough for top five, they're good enough to nominate, no?

[petzipellepingo.livejournal.com]

Nice to see a Dawn list, thanks for posting.

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

Glad to do it - if I can get my brain in gear I might do another post or two.

[shapinglight]

Thanks for those. They look very interesting.

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

They are.

[brunettepet.livejournal.com]

I really enjoyed the characterizations and fascinating plot of "Kindred Spirits," so I'm looking forward to checking out the rest of these.

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

I hope you'll like them - I've had a lot of fun choosing them.

[moscow-watcher.livejournal.com]

Booster's fic is sheer genius! Thanks for the rec!

(I have to to compile my own list of Dawn fics)