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buffyversetop5Because I couldn't leave well enough alone and Lucy wrote way too many good things to leave off for just one post. The superlatives remain the same. More shippiness here than the last post. In no particular order.
"Lover, I Think We're Falling" (NC-17, Buffy/Angel(us), AU of Bewitched, Bothered & Bewildered, warnings for non-con) For the IWRY Marathon 2013 Very good, very, very dark, it reminds me if anything of ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif){kind=small}
snowpuppies's "Innocence (the if you love me remix)" .
"Shadows and Light" (Gen; Tara, Glory, episodic of "Tough Love") A look inside what Tara's thoughts, including her fears and the temptation to make it all "go away", during one of the most horrifying scenes in the entire series. Has a special place in my heart because Tara's heroism and sacrifice while she was tortured to protect Dawn is almost entirely taken for granted by fandom because she's a "good person".
"Wearing the Pants" (PG-13, Jenny/Giles, S2) Inspired by a prompt on <lj user=dragonyphonix>'s journal: "Jenny & Giles + pants". So much fun. Reminds me why I adored that pairing with a scene I wish we had seen, and could well have; once again, it reads like a scene that landed on the cutting room floor, thanks to crackling humor and spot-on character voices.
"Cut up Angels" (PG, Buffy, Faith, implied B/F, AtS S2 post-Sanctuary) - Another entry for kwritten's lady-love fest, this time in response to a prompt from ever_neutral: "Buffy/Faith: I don't like you human. You remind me of things I hate in me." Can be read as gen or shippy. Buffy visits Faith in prison. The thick glass that separates them is nothing to the barriers they've throw up between one another even as they crack and break.
"Just Another Small Fracture" (R, Willow/Spike, S3, AU of Lovers' Walk) In response to a request from snogged; Spike kidnaps Willow and things go...a bit differently. Simultaneously compassionate and disturbing, as it should be.
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Date: 2014-01-16 10:18 pm (UTC)holy hell, thank you so much. i don't deserve this love. This is too much.
I can't put into words how happy and touched and grateful I am. You have me tearing up. Thank you so very much.
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Date: 2014-01-16 10:32 pm (UTC)If we can't pimp and praise one another, how else can we "repay" each other's efforts, labor and love?
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Date: 2014-01-16 10:31 pm (UTC)did you just compare me to
You must be joking. This is too wonderful, too much of a compliment. Thank you so much. You don't know what that means to me (okay, maybe you do, you've heard me gush about how much I love her writing), but this is so... I can't even put into words how lovely and unprecedented all of this is.
You know I properly love you, right? Right?
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Date: 2014-01-16 10:35 pm (UTC)Damn straight I did.
You must be joking.
Would I joke about a thing like that? Would I lie? Hell no, woman!
You know I properly love you, right? Right?
Yes I do, very much.
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Date: 2014-01-16 10:41 pm (UTC)Janice, you are one of my favourite people. You know that already, and I don't just mean online, I mean in real life too. Our conversations bring joy to me when things are rough and I can be so honest with you about my issues in a way I never expected to.
I don't have a gif to express my feelings.
so this will have to do
<3
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Date: 2014-01-17 12:04 am (UTC)Now I'm absolutely speechless. Your words are absolutely beautiful, and I'm so blessed to receive them from you. This is more than I could ask for.
(FYI - I have tons of gifs I've snagged into my photobucket if you ever need one!)
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Date: 2014-01-17 01:58 am (UTC)Gabrielle
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Date: 2014-01-17 12:39 pm (UTC)BTW I've been so busy and I never got to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY! I hope you had a wonderful day and got all the love and presents and wonderfulness you deserve. Here's to another year of your being awesome!
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Date: 2014-01-17 07:52 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-01-17 08:25 pm (UTC)This is the thing.
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Date: 2014-01-17 08:33 pm (UTC)You are joking, right?
Thank you for the birthday wishes. I did have a lovely day!
Gabrielle
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Date: 2014-01-18 01:32 am (UTC)You are joking, right?
THANK YOU for backing me up here!
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Date: 2014-01-18 09:53 pm (UTC)These are happy tears
I had totally hoped I'd have the W/A thing all polished up by now so it'd be a birthday present, but alas... I hope you got plenty of other awesome presents!
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Date: 2014-01-18 11:09 pm (UTC)I had totally hoped I'd have the W/A thing all polished up by now so it'd be a birthday present, but alas
*cringes* And that's totally my fault, and I'm sorry about that! I was thinking of that the other day - not such a good friend after all...ugh.
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Date: 2014-01-19 12:15 am (UTC)And it's not totally your fault! Not at all, I asked for your help, and you've been kind enough to say yes. Don't you dare worry about it!
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Date: 2014-01-19 03:14 am (UTC)And telling me not to worry is like... telling me not to worry. (I'm pretty sure I had a nifty analogy but it got lost between my brain and my fingertips.)
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Date: 2014-01-17 01:57 am (UTC)Gabrielle
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Date: 2014-01-17 02:42 am (UTC)*Nods* I know there were contract issues and all that; I really do wish Eliza (Faith) could have been on btvs more, but I guess she had to go to AtS to "separate" herself from Buffy on an in-story level? Whatever. (I would have traded Andrew in S7 for more of Faith that season, really and truly.)
Have you ever seen the older, "non-canon" comics arc "Haunted"? It was written by Jane Espenson and bridges S3 - S4; Buffy visits Faith while she's in the hospital, still comatose, and is literally haunted by dreams of Faith while the spirit of the Mayor seeks revenge for Faith. It touches on the last battle in Graduation Day and one student who is still haunted by it (that theme again) briefly talking to Buffy; and introduces the Initiative (Maggie and Adam while he is still a human soldier). I really liked how it brought in aspects that felt left out of the tv show itself, and as Espenson wrote it, I assume that there were a lot of areas the writers would have liked to have included in the show but there wasn't time to cover everything. Basically, some of the same stuff we would have liked to have seen!
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Date: 2014-01-17 08:00 pm (UTC)I actually feel that way about things like the Oscars, etc. Unless two people are doing the SAME EXACT monologue or scene, it's really apples and bananas. (Or maybe I'm just not a competitive person IRL *lol*)
Glad you enjoyed the recs, it's been fun to do!
Thursday, January 16
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