Five Favourite Spuffy Tales

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I'm not primarily a Spuffy 'shipper. Or maybe I am. I can't decide. Whatever, many of the stories I enjoyed last year were Spuffy stories, and here are five of them.

And Take My Walking Slow by snickfic,originally posted on Dreamwidth for seasonal_spuffy, a post-apocalyptic Spuffy story featuring a Shanshu'd Spike and a broken Buffy. PG-13. Brilliant stuff.



The Slayer's Vampire Tryst, also by snickfic, Spike/Buffy, PG, set in season 5 of BtVS. A fun romp that pokes fun at the old 'shag or die' trope.

The More Things Stay the Same by quinara, also written for seasonal_spuffy. Spike/Buffy, rated R. Set in BtVS season 6, Buffy goes to Wesley instead of Tara to find out whether she 'came back wrong.'

As Good as a Rest also by quinara, sequel to the previous story, Spike/Buffy, rated R, in which Buffy suddenly finds certain aspects of Spike completely repugnant and doesn't know how to deal. Both stories showcase quinara's unique take on this pairing, and in particular, her thoughtful, intelligent Buffy.

Perils of the Self-Domesticating Vampire by hello_spikey Spike/Buffy R-NC17, set post-Entropy in BtVS season 6, in which Spike comes up with an unusual way of trying to make up for his drunken tryst with Anya. Unashamedly fluffy and delightful, with great input from Dawn.

Comments

[petzipellepingo.livejournal.com]

Five excellent choices! Thanks for posting.

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I still have a couple more posts, I think. Will try and put another one up tonight.

[snickfic]

Thank you so much for the recs! I feel very flattered to be included (twice!) in such good company. :)

[shapinglight]

Well, they are very good stories. :)

[sueworld2003.livejournal.com]

Oh an excellent collection hon. :D

[shapinglight]

Glad you thought so, Sue. :)

[rebcake.livejournal.com]

Wow! I'm impressed you could winnow it down to just five! But these are wonderful works.

I really enjoyed Quin's first one, but the sequel completely surpassed all my (already high) expectations. Bringing Kate Lockley into BtVS was pretty much genius. Gives me hope that there is still plenty to discover through fanfic. *happy sigh*

[shapinglight]

It was so different, wasn't it? And I think there's plenty of mileage in Buffyverse fanfic still.

[yourlibrarian]

I'm not primarily a Spuffy 'shipper. Or maybe I am. I can't decide. Whatever, many of the stories I enjoyed last year were Spuffy stories

I think there are years like that where one reads mostly one thing. Fanfic, it comes in waves!

[shapinglight]

This is true. Also, as I realised when trying to sort out my own fics for 2011, so much of my fanfic writing life in the last year has revolved around sb_fag_ends that it's not surprising I have so many Spuffy fics to rec.

[slaymesoftly.livejournal.com]

Great choices.

[shapinglight]

They're good ones, aren't they?

[quinara]

Oh, you're really too very kind to me - thanks very much!

And, heh, that really is the plot of As Good as a Rest, isn't it? It's funny, but Buffy's repulsion was actually quite a late addition to the construction of the story, so I tend to forget that it's what it's about... *iz a very strange person*

Ooh, links!

[shapinglight]

Not too kind at all. You deserve every word. :)

[hello-spikey.livejournal.com]

Yay! Thanks so much for the rec - and I hadn't seen that sequel by Quinara! BONUS! Just read it and loved it to itty bitty pieces.

Though I re-read my own fic and I'm all "crap. that was really crappy". I never really got to the part I wanted to, with a white dress and a cake and stuff. :P

[shapinglight]

Your fic was not crappy. I loved it. So there. :)