Five entries that don't fall into categories

[moscow-watcher.livejournal.com]

Season 8: Sock Monkey's Cut by sockmonkeyhere
http://sockmonkeyhere.livejournal.com/47388.html
R. sockmonkeyhere uses BtVS dolls to make a photo-comic parody on the events of "Twilight" arc. A winner.

Because Cavemen Have Fire. Sequel. by elisi
http://elisi.livejournal.com/501332.html
R. Post-NFA, Buffy/Spike/Angel. Once B/A/S was a very popular category; not this year, alas... Yet the story is definitely a keeper. Chronicles of Buffy's life with her vampires. elisi has turned The Triangle into The Threesome; but Buffy's, Spike's and Angel's insecurities, frustrations and past baggage are still there... Compelling read; powerful emotional drive pays all the three protagonists their dues.

Awake by bradcpu
http://bradcpu.livejournal.com/110072.html
PG. "Faith's segment" in Restless.

Fanfiction and the Buffy Comics...interacting with art by shadowkat67
http://shadowkat67.livejournal.com/519077.html
An essay. Does fanfiction deserve serious analysis? Shadowkat's answer is "yes".

The Front Lines by rebcake
http://community.livejournal.com/still_grrr/822312.html
PG. "The main difference between Robin and the other kids was that he never had the luxury of believing that the monster under the bed was imaginary." The portrait of Robin Wood as a tragic hero.

Comments

[sueworld2003.livejournal.com]

A great selection there. Sockys photos parody's are always hilarious. :D

[moscow-watcher.livejournal.com]

Thank you, honey. Socky's stuff is brilliant! :)

[sockmonkeyhere.livejournal.com]

Thank you both for the wonderful compliments! {hug}

[moscow-watcher.livejournal.com]

{huggles you} Your Fiddley Bits Theater is the best thing about season 8. Srsly.

[petzipellepingo.livejournal.com]

Not easily catalogued but all quite brilliant. Thanks for posting.

[moscow-watcher.livejournal.com]

And thank *you* maintaining this great comm and for encouraging me, as well as other posters.

[elisi]

Aww, you rec'd Cavemen, thank you! *pets fic* (Although it makes me sad that no one else is writing S/B/A...)

Also good selection of 'random' things!

[moscow-watcher.livejournal.com]

"Cavemen" is made of awe. *joins in petting*. Looks like season 8 has destroyed fandom's perception of Buffy/Spike/Angel dynamics, and it's sad.

But at least we have wonderful fics to read and to re-read. :)

[annegables.livejournal.com]

It is sad that there are not as many B/A/S - it solves all the fandom problems, if not the characters! But elisi's story was just awesome.

[moscow-watcher.livejournal.com]

I try to console myself with the fact that Joss wrote B/A/S in season 8 - that infamous Buffy dream panel... :)

[yourlibrarian]

Count me among those sorry about the B/A/S. There's definitely a lack of threesome fics in general I've noticed, which is regrettable as they often make for great stories in various fandoms.

[moscow-watcher.livejournal.com]

I agree - these three complement each other perfectly, and it always seemed to me that stories about them wrote themselves.