Five Miscellaneous Fics I enjoyed in 2010

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In no particular order:

Mechanics of the Act by nomelon, Spike/Illyria, NC17. Illyria is curious about her new form and enlists Spike to...well, no one instructs the God-King, but Spike does his best.



Seraph by snickfic. Posted in 2009 but with follow-up ficlets written in 2010. Spike and Dawn, PG-13, mpreg - one of the best fics I've ever read, which is not something I ever thought I'd say about an mpreg fic, but the writing is so good, the mechanics of the story so well set up, the characterisation so spot-on, that you easily forget that the inherent premise is insane.

Half-Way There by indri. Giles-centric, PG-13. Anything new by indri is always a treat, and this re-telling of season 7 through Giles's eyes, as he travels the world trying to save the lives of Potential Slayers, doesn't disappoint. In season 7, Buffy fought a war against the First Evil. This is a war story.

In the Morning of the Magicians by indri. Pre-series, Giles/Ethan, R. In indri's own words, 'the electric Kool-Aid funky Satan groove year, in the early seventies'. Terrific sense of time and place. This is a WIP, but the first draft of the story is complete.

The Gay Agenda by rebcake. PG, Fluffy, slash curtain fic, featuring that most romantic of pairings, D'Hoffryn/Skip (no, honest). Very, very funny.

Comments

[petzipellepingo.livejournal.com]

The last one is hysterical and nice to see indri mentioned. Thanks for posting.

Btw, there's something funky going on with the first one, the link keeps coming back to this post.

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Sorry about that, Petzi. Fixed it.

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the writing is so good, the mechanics of the story so well set up, the characterisation so spot-on, that you easily forget that the inherent premise is insane.

What better praise could a writer ask for? Even if she did shriek with laugher upon first reading...

Thank you. :)

Er, I actually finished posting Seraph in 2009. But I did write follow-up bits in 2010.

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Er, I actually finished posting Seraph in 2009. But I did write follow-up bits in 2010.

Oops! I'd better amend my post again. Good thing you wrote those follow-up bits.

[staringiscaring.livejournal.com]

I haven't read the other four but I second rebcake's Gay Agenda!

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I hope you like the others.

[yourlibrarian]

Our lists are going to look very similar but if that gets one more person to read them, all the better :)

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:)

[rebcake.livejournal.com]

Hee! Thanks for the rec! I'm fond of the sweet demon lovers, myself.

I haven't started "Magicians" yet, although I know it's going to be wonderful. The other three of these are old friends, though I'd have had trouble finding "Mechanics" again without this link! Thanks so much!

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I haven't started "Magicians" yet, although I know it's going to be wonderful.

What's been posted so far is wonderful. indri has had to take a break from editing, though, due to RSI problems. I hope she's better soon.