Some favorite POV fics

[rbfvid.livejournal.com]

Some favorite year 2014 stories that - in one way or another - are about point of view. (Or at least I consider them to be.)
Any bad English in summaries is mine and shouldn't be blamed on fic authors.

Illusions (Angel, Spike, OC, PG-13) by ash_carpenter. Brilliant outsider POV story, showing that in Sunnydale getting it almost right is never enough. (And you read it right - ash wrote PG-13 gen story, her hand slipped.)

Wish You Were Here (Instead of Me) by ChristinaK (Ensemble, PG-13). Another terrific outsider POV. It's year 2014 and Sunnydale Class of '99 is having a reunion.

Special Delivery by dragonyphoenix (Willy the bartender, Buffy, Giles, PG-13). It's always fascinating to see Buffy through some minor character's eyes, and dragonyphoenix got Willy's voice absolutely perfect.

Vision of Us by pickamix (Willow/Angel/Spike, R). Beauty is such a relative term, especially when it is end of the world...

The Watcher Who Still Watches by katleept (Ensemble, PG-13). Giles is dead. How does it feel for the people who knew him?

Comments

[snogged.livejournal.com]

Excellent rec list!

[rbfvid.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[velvetwhip.livejournal.com]

I've read several of these and they are marvelous! Fine list!


Gabrielle

[rbfvid.livejournal.com]

Hope you enjoy the rest, they all are fantastic.

[dragonyphoenix.livejournal.com]

Hey, you included one of my stories! Thanks!

And Illusions is excellent. I'd never read Wish You Were Here but it is fun. ;-)

[rbfvid.livejournal.com]

What can I say, I'm a sucker for well-written minor characters. Me and your Willy = love at the first sight sentence.

[petzipellepingo.livejournal.com]

Interesting topic and very interesting list. Thanks for posting.

[rbfvid.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[ash-carpenter.livejournal.com]

LOL! Shhh, stop telling people that I wrote gen fic - you'll ruin my rep. ;-)

Thanks very much, honey!

[rbfvid.livejournal.com]

It'll remain our secret, I promise!)

[kikimay]

Interesting choices! I have to read them

[rbfvid.livejournal.com]

Hope you like them!

[chasingdemons.livejournal.com]

I don't read the way I used to, but I just adore the fic by Ash!

[rbfvid.livejournal.com]

She is a goddess!

[yourlibrarian]

I haven't read any of these and I loved the look back at Giles!

[rbfvid.livejournal.com]

It makes me very very happy)

[shapinglight]

Thanks for the recs again. Even more for me to catch up with.

[rbfvid.livejournal.com]

Glad to help! And I just started with the rec, you know, so - brace yourself)

[butterflykiki.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much for the rec! It's always nice to find out where the new comments and kudos came from!

[rbfvid.livejournal.com]

Your fic deserves all the love it can get, it's marvelous!

[double_dutchess]

Thanks for this list. Illusions is great, and I just read Special Delivery, which I liked a whole lot too. I'm going to have to save the longer stories for some other time.

[rbfvid.livejournal.com]

Well, it's a long winter, hopefully there will be more time for reading. (And I just love your icon!)

[double_dutchess]

Thanks! I snagged that icon because it will go really well with my Tea vid (when I get around to posting it on LJ).

And yes, it's a long winter, but the Christmas holidays are over and I have no clue where I will find the time now to read all the great fics being recced here. (Let alone to finish that vid I'd hoped to work on during the holidays -- a chance I completely ruined for myself by getting an LJ account :-)