my top five for 2011

[dragonyphoenix.livejournal.com]

Hmmm, lets's see: Spander, Spander, non-specific in terms of relationships but VERY funny, Spander, and Spike.  I'm sensing an almost-theme.  ;-)


1. naughty_fae's The Eagle of the Ninth: Very AU Spander. This is the story of two men, Roman Master and his Brigante slave. The Roman embarks on a crusade to clear his family name and restore honor, the slave fights for his freedom. They move from mutual hatred to understanding, acceptance, friendship and love.


2. sparrow2000's Mockingbird: In Magpie, Spike had seemingly foiled Drusilla's plans for Xander, but now Dru is back.


3. beer-good-foamy's Ms Summers Goes to Washington: A crossover with West Wing: The American people need protection from vampires. Buffy needs funding. The American government has money. You'd think there'd be an obvious solution to this. And so, one day, Buffy, Giles and Willow dressed up in their best business suits and dropped by the White House.


4. skuzzbopper's Three Dog Night series: Spike catches Xander reading a book on seducing non-mortals, and offers three nights of hands-on "lessons" in the subject-- which is just wonderful, since the non-mortal Xander had been hoping to seduce was Spike.


5. hello spikey's Porny Advent #8:A drabble written to the prompt of wrapping paper; Spike gets ready for his night.

Comments

[yourlibrarian]

I'm sensing an almost-theme. ;-)

Mix and matches are always good too :D

[dragonyphoenix.livejournal.com]

Thanks. More likely to get mix and matches from me than anything else, although it will always be heavy on the Spander.

[petzipellepingo.livejournal.com]

That's two recommendation so far for Ms. Summers Goes to Washington.

Thanks for posting.

[dragonyphoenix.livejournal.com]

It's an excellent story, and you're doing a great job of keeping track! With my sloooow internet connection, I'll check out some of the entries, but probably not all that many. ;-(

But hey! Some nice person tagged up my entry for me. I tried, but the tags page took forever to load (or so long that I gave up at least.)

[lusciousxander.livejournal.com]

Spander! Spander fic recs are always of the good. Thank you!

[dragonyphoenix.livejournal.com]

You're so very welcome. It's not like I wouldn't be recommending Spander. I mean, come on, what other pairing is there really? *grin*

[hello-spikey.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the rec, sweetie! oo... I can't wait to read that Ms. Summers goes to washington - looks fun! Yay for top 5! :)

[dragonyphoenix.livejournal.com]

No sweat, it's an excellent drabble. Ms. Summers goes to Washington is definitely fun!

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

Thanks a lot for reccing me! :D Looks like I'm in great company!

[dragonyphoenix.livejournal.com]

You're welcome. There's a lot of great writers out there.

[sparrow2000.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much for the rec! That's some really great company there - and I love Ms Summers Goes to Washington!

[dragonyphoenix.livejournal.com]

You're welcome. beer-good-foamy really does write some great stories!