5 Differently Structured Fanfics

[cmk418]

I tend to gravitate to pieces that don't follow the ordinary structure. Here are five of my favorites from this year:



An Alphabet of Fred by deird1 - A list of Fred's qualities and memories mixed in with Illyria's told from Illyria's point-of-view. A wonderful character study.

Application by deird1 - Faith deals with the bureaucratic side of the Council while filling out an application for a child-care center for the children of Slayers. This piece consists of the application questions and Faith's responses.

Chao-Ahn's Letter by gillo - Probably the most straightforward narrative of the five, but a very nice strategy to go more in-depth to Chao-Ahn's life before Sunnydale and her experiences with the Scoobies and the rest of the Potentials.

Speak as Liberal as the North by deird1 - Poetic look at the Fred-Wes-Gunn triangle through the lens of Shakespeare's "Othello". The last line is a killer.

Who's to Say I'm Not by me_llamo_nic - Femslash between Buffy and Willow plays out in an IM conversation. Definitely should make readers LOL.

Comments

[yourlibrarian]

It's always intriguing to see how people can come up with different ways to tell stories -- great post idea :)

[velvetwhip.livejournal.com]

Excellent list!


Gabrielle

[athenamuze.livejournal.com]

Oh! I have 2 more for this category! I wanted to a whole post, but I could not think of 3 other things to pair these 2 up with. This category works though...

http://www.ralst.com/WillowDiaries.HTM

http://www.ralst.com/CalendarPages.HTM

[angearia.livejournal.com]

This is indeed deird1's category! :D

[rebcake.livejournal.com]

All of these are great, but "Application" had me on the floor...something about the difficulty of a Slayer finding a suitable preschool program is just inherently funny.

[me-llamo-nic.livejournal.com]

Oh, I got rec'd. Neat!

Thank you.