5 Excellent Short Gen Fics

[rebcake.livejournal.com]

These stories encompass a variety of moods and styles, but all end up revealing something you never realized you needed to know.

losing farther, losing faster  by teaotter PG
Joyce’s brain tumor diagnosis only explains part of why she sees something else when she looks at Dawn.



Spike and Giles are the Village Green Preservation Society by beer_good_foamy PG13
Post-NFA, two ally-enemies bring each other up to date on recent activities.

Calling by TheFoxinator PG
How Vi knows they’re going to win.

[Fill] Another to Forget by xela
AtS S5 Spike aggressively drowns his sorrows at a bachelorette party.

She'll Be Right (the no worries remix) by brutti_ma_buoni (PG)
A stuffy Watcher travels to distant shores to meet an unusual Slayer. Only this time it’s the 1920s, and he’s going Down Under.
While you’re at it, revisit the fabulous story that inspired this one: Fair Dinkum by deird1

Comments

[yourlibrarian]

Hooray for the gen!

[rebcake.livejournal.com]

Well, I like it!

[velvetwhip.livejournal.com]

Super choices!


Gabrielle

[rebcake.livejournal.com]

Since they are all so short, I'm hoping that people might give 'em a try.

[velvetwhip.livejournal.com]

I'm sure going to!


Gabrielle

[shapinglight]

They all look great!

[rebcake.livejournal.com]

I've recc'ed a few of these on my journal but even so I'll bet interested readers missed at least some of them. I hope you enjoy!

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

Thanks a lot for the rec!

And I haven't read some of these, so thanks for those too!

[rebcake.livejournal.com]

You're so welcome! Sometimes I get the most enjoyment out of the little things, you know? Don't take that to mean that I don't want to see more of "Development Hell", though. *puppy eyes*

I hope you like the ones that are new to you!

[red-satin-doll.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the recs and I'll second yourlibrarian on the gen love. Most of these I was unfamiliar with, so thank you for the recs! I especially loved the first one, which is one of the loveliest Joyce fics I've read and we all know there are just not enough of those (or so says I).

[rebcake.livejournal.com]

¡Yay! I've successfully spread the word to at least one person! Mission accomplished!

That Joyce piece simply took my breath away, which was nifty as I'd requested it! Often when you make requests, you get something amazing, but not always. ;-) Totally agreed that more good Joyce fic would be nice. I should probably make you a list of the things I've found over the years...

[red-satin-doll.livejournal.com]

That was certainly a nice little gift, and yes "breathtaking" is exactly the right word.

And I've got a couple of joyce fics as well - we can have a Joyce (well, not a ficathon but a collection.) Maybe we can collate what we have and I can put a call out on my LJ requesting other recs? Of course finding mine amoung all my bookmarks is the challenge. I can only see two off the bat, although I know I have more:

"To Start the Day" (http://ozma914.livejournal.com/218673.html) by
ozma914 Is a very nice look at domesticity, Summers' style.

I haven't read but a few chapters of The Menageaverse (http://archiveofourown.org/series/15267) or "Responsible Adults" because there are 60-plus parts to it, but it goes AU from S4 to the end of the series and the protagonists are Joyce, Giles and Ethan who have a menage-a-trois. In this 'verse Buffy is more of a supporting character. One of the better chapters (http://archiveofourown.org/works/426965) is a reworking of OMWF with Joyce and Ethan singing a duet; I think the lyrics are original, so it's a twist on "songfic" that actually works

[dragonyphoenix.livejournal.com]

*squee* Each of these is amazing! ;-)

[rebcake.livejournal.com]

I'm so happy you liked 'em! Some of these were posted stealthily, so I'm really excited to shine a spotlight on them.

[foxstarreh.livejournal.com]

Whaaaat.

I'm rec-worthy? That's so cool.

And I'm rec-worthy with a relevant icon, too. I don't even have a relevant icon.

Thanks for including me!

And for sending me in the direction of some other stories.

[rebcake.livejournal.com]

Icon back atcha! I only read two of your things this year, and I liked them both very much. I am happy to see that you have an LJ ID! buffyversetop5 is flushing new folks out of the rough very effectively this year. I don't know how long you've been around, but if you're searching for more Buffyverse stuff, allow me to recommend fantas_magoria, which has a handy-dandy link to ruuger's list of LJ Buffyverse sites in the sidebar.

[spuffy-luvr.livejournal.com]

Rec lists are the best for finding new favorites! Very nice choices.

[rebcake.livejournal.com]

Oooh! I'm glad you tried them!

[zanthinegirl.livejournal.com]

Yay! I'm basically a gen girl at heart, so it's good to see these recs. And a couple of these are new to me!

Thanks so much!

[rebcake.livejournal.com]

You and I are so often draw to the same things...I figured that if anybody had seen them all it would be you! So I'm very excited to have dug up some treasures new to you!

[xela-fic.livejournal.com]

D'aaawwww, thank you. :)

[rebcake.livejournal.com]

Sure thing, sweetie! I was so happy you wrote something wonderful for me. After all this time in the Buffyverse, you've still got it!