Five Flavours of Spangel

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A bit of a mishmash, this list. In the end, I just picked some favourites and then went 'large' at the end.



The Small Places, Angel/Spike NC17 by girlpire. girlpire has a wonderful, matter of fact sense of humour (so matter of fact it comes across as faintly surreal, I think), which is much in evidence in this story, in which Spike - very uncharacteristically - doesn't have a word to say for himself and yet manages to speak volumes.

The Sheet Anchor PG-13/R by peasant_. Not strictly a Spangel fic, and Joss'd to high heavean, as the author readily admits, this is a jolly 18th century naval romp, in which, for various reasons to do with avoiding being punished by Angelus, young vampire William joins the navy.

Five Things Angel Never Says to Spike, NC17 by lyrstzha. One of my favourite Spike/Angel stories, beautifully written, in which the alley fight in NFA brings Angel an unexpected reward.

On the Rocks, Spike/Angel NC17 by frimfram. I always end up reccing this story, but am more than happy to do so again. Spike catches up with a shanshu'ed Angel somewhere on the north-east coast of America. I swear you can smell the ozone.

I wanted to choose an example of a much older style of S/A fic to end with, to try and point newcomers to the fandom to old stuff they might have missed. Some of it reads strangely now, but there's a lot that's still worth reading. In the end, though, I couldn't choose an individual representative story, so I'll end with a link to Saber Shadowkitten's Spike/Angel fanfic archive, which contains S/A fics of all varieties, from dark as dark to fluffy as kittens. A look into Buffyverse fandom history.

Comments

[petzipellepingo.livejournal.com]

Nice selection of authors and good to see that you, like so many, have gone back and picked classic authors.

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I'm glad they're still around to be picked.

[elisi]

I swear you can smell the ozone.
*nods* It's such a physically tangible story, which sounds odd, but she has the most amazing way with words. Brilliant selection!

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but she has the most amazing way with words.

Yes, that's a story that'll stay with me for a very long time, I think.

[sueworld2003.livejournal.com]

Oh excellent recs. Would you believe there's a couple there thats new to me.

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Really? Which ones?

[sueworld2003.livejournal.com]

The first two would you believe. *is ashamed*

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Well, I don't know if the peasant_ story is really your sort of thing, but I know you'll like the other one.

[acacia5.livejournal.com]

Thank you for these. It's wonderful to see Spangel being rec'd, and now I'm very excited as I think there are two that I haven't read before. I have 'The Sheet Anchor' open, but I can't see 'On The Rocks'. *wails*

Do you have a link that isn't flocked? The thought that there is a new Spangel fic that I can't get to is killing me!

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It's flocked? I'm so sorry. I didn't take that in. I'll have a scout around.

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Okay, I've changed the link so it goes to a fanfiction archive rather than to frimfram's LJ. I had forgotten that she flocked it when she mothballed the LJ.

[acacia5.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I have read it before, but a long time ago. It was excellent and now I'll be able to read it again this weekend.

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:)

[moscow-watcher.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the recs. I enjoyed The Small Places.

Looks like On the Rocks is flocked.

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I've changed the link, Moscow. You should be able to read it now.

[moscow-watcher.livejournal.com]

Thank you! *runs off to read*

[brunettepet.livejournal.com]

I think I've only read two of these and loved them both. I'm looking forward to "The Sheet Anchor" and "On the Rocks."

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I hope you like them. :)

[yourlibrarian]

I've read two but hadn't seen the girlpire story before. I loved it!

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It's great, isn't i? Glad you liked it.

[lyr]

Thanks for the rec! And amid such excellent company, too. I really appreciate it!

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My pleasure. I adore that story.

[clawofcat.livejournal.com]

I loved "The Small Places" and look forward to checking the rest out. Spangel isn't a pairing I really seek out, so I'm always happy to get very specific recs.

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:)