Favorite gen short fics from 2014

[rbfvid.livejournal.com]

Some favorite gen short stories from 2014 (and the hardest part here was to chose just 5).
Any bad English in summaries is mine and shouldn't be blamed on fic authors.

Building Character by beer_good_foamy (Ensemble, PG-13). Unusual version of "Buffy came back wrong" and at the same time - genial meta-story about writing fanfiction. In order to fix Buffy scoobies are "rewriting" her backstory.

On This Side of Goodbye by dragonyphoenix (Faith, Giles, PG-13). A bit of rewriting of Giles' arc from the comics with the most wonderful Faith and Giles interaction I've ever seen. (And no, no knowledge of Buffy comics is necessary to enjoy this story.)

Civilian by velvetwhip (Willow, Riley, PG-13). Willow turns the corner in Istanbul, and here he is... not Oz, obviously, but who minds when Gabrielle writes Willow and Riley interaction so well.

Chorus by perpetual (Oz, G). Years after Sunnydale, Oz reconnects with the one person who changed everything for him - and it's not who you're thinking.

Out of the Grey by eclectic_tongue (Angel, Spike, Willow, PG-13). Brilliant remix of Gabrielle's story where Willow is taking care of newly souled Spike. Besides, that's probably the best portrayal of crazy!Spike I've ever read.

Comments

[petzipellepingo.livejournal.com]

Nice to see a list of different takes on such familiar characters. Thanks for posting.

[snogged.livejournal.com]

Excellent list!
Gabrielle's "Civilian" is also a top favorite of mine this year.

[sparrow2000.livejournal.com]

Oh great list. I've read Civilian and Chorus and loved them both, but the others are new to me. Adds to reading list...

[dragonyphoenix.livejournal.com]

I knew all of these except the last, which is lovely. Great choices. Oh, and you picked one of mine. Let me up that to excellent choices. ;-)

[perpetual.livejournal.com]

Hey thanks for the rec!

[velvetwhip.livejournal.com]

Oh my gosh! Thank you so much! Your rec of Civilian makes my day... as does your rec of Lilbreck's marvelous remix of Out of the Grey! THANK YOU!

The other stories are also brilliant and I am proud to be in their company!


Gabrielle

[yourlibrarian]

Some intriguing choices here, thanks!

[eclectic-tongue.livejournal.com]

You've left me totally speechless. Just... thank you so much!

[rbfvid.livejournal.com]

Hope you like them!

[rbfvid.livejournal.com]

It's definitely one of the best fics of the year.

[rbfvid.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[rbfvid.livejournal.com]

Yepp, that was the most excellent choice of them all (and not the last one - I keep a looong list of your fics, you know...P)

[rbfvid.livejournal.com]

It was a pleasure, to rec and to read!

[rbfvid.livejournal.com]

Can I just say that you are a marvelous gift for all of us? Without your stories, your recs and your encouragement this fandom would be completely different.

[rbfvid.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[rbfvid.livejournal.com]

Your stories are absolutely marvelous!

[velvetwhip.livejournal.com]

You are far too kind, but thank you.


Gabrielle

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

Thanks a lot for the rec! This is some great company to find myself in. A few I haven't read, too.

[rbfvid.livejournal.com]

Hope you like them as much as I did!

[shapinglight]

I love a good gen fic. Thanks for the recs.

[rbfvid.livejournal.com]

Hope you like them!