Favorite long fics of 2014

[rbfvid.livejournal.com]

Some favorite complete longfics from the past years.
Any bad English in summaries is mine and shouldn't be blamed on fic authors.

Gently Down the Stream by shadowscast (Ensemble, with some Buffy/Spike, PG-13). Here's Buffy's life in a nutshell: dead mom, dead-beat dad, dead end job, dependent sister. She's pulling double shifts at the Double Meat Palace to make ends meet.
And yet, she's actually pretty happy! She's got supportive friends and a sexy English boyfriend. Her life is full of love, and frankly after that accident last year and the coma, she's grateful just to be alive.
Oh, and the main point - it's NOT all-human AU.

Dead!Giles Series by thea_bromine. Which consists of Go No More A-Roving (Giles, Spike, PG-13), beautifully written angsty gen fic where Giles dies and Spike is the one who is bringing him home.
And its sequel A Watcher, A Vampire And A Dead Man Walk Into A Bar… (Giles/Spike/Wesley, R) with the most unusual cohabitation in history of Buffyverse fanfic.

The Beating of the Bounds by sparrow2000 (Ensemble, Xander-centric, PG-13). Careful rewrite of season 1 with very different Xander. Sequel of the brilliant story Cracks in the World.

Geometry of Chance by sharelle (Ethan Rayne, OFC, PG-13). That's how "Léon: The Professional" could look like, if it was set in Buffyverse, with Ethan as Leon and OC Slayer as Matilde.

Blindfold by velvetwhip (Angel/Willow, PG-13). Angel gets blinded during the routine patrol and now Willow is the only person that could make him see again. Brilliant characterization of both of them (not that I expected anything else - it's Gabrielle!) and brief but memorable appearance of certain surprise guest at the finale.

Comments

[dragonyphoenix.livejournal.com]

Oh, no, not looooong fics! At least I've already read two of them. Sort of amused that I recced Geometry of Chance on my Snowflake Fandom post this morning! ;-)

[rbfvid.livejournal.com]

Well, you kind of reminded me that I should make a longfic recs =)

[dragonyphoenix.livejournal.com]

What? I just totally recced a bunch of beer good foamy stories for that Snowflake Fandom thing. Those stories are short! Excellent but not long.

[rbfvid.livejournal.com]

Well, you mentioned "Geometry of Chance", and I was like "I should finally make a long fic recs..."

[dragonyphoenix.livejournal.com]

Okay, some of the stories I recced on today's Snowflake challenge are longer, but most of them are unfinished so it's unlikely anyone'll want to start reading them.

[rbfvid.livejournal.com]

I can't speak for everyone, but personally I don't have anything against unfinished stories. They have certain charm. For instance, I can imagine any ending I want without having that pesky author on my way :P

[dragonyphoenix.livejournal.com]

I can imagine any ending I want without having that pesky author on my way. *laughs* Good point.

[thea-bromine.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the rec on one of mine - I always like to see new people!

[rbfvid.livejournal.com]

I hope it'll bring some other people to your fic, too, because it deserves all attention it could get, it's brilliant!

[petzipellepingo.livejournal.com]

Good to see long fictions recognized and to see an older author like sharelle getting some love. Thanks for posting.

[rbfvid.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[velvetwhip.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I am so flattered to have my story on a list with such wonderful tales!


Gabrielle

[rbfvid.livejournal.com]

I'll be never tired of telling that you are great)
And Happy Birthday!

[velvetwhip.livejournal.com]

*blushes* Thank you so much!


Gabrielle

[yourlibrarian]

I can definitely rec the first and am currently reading Geometry, which is very good. Downloading the others!

[rbfvid.livejournal.com]

Hope you'll enjoy them as much as I did!

[snogged.livejournal.com]

Cool!

Blindfold is one of my favorites. :)

[rbfvid.livejournal.com]

Oh, yes, it's beautiful!

[slaymesoftly.livejournal.com]

Interesting recs. Anything by shadowscast and velvetwhip is going to be good, so I'm assuming the others are also and will be checking them out.

[rbfvid.livejournal.com]

They all are great, hope you won't be disappointed!

[slaymesoftly.livejournal.com]

Turns out I have actually read the one by Shadowscast (I am so bad at recalling titles - and after so many years in fandom, I have read so very many stories, sometimes they all run together), but may do a reread as I don't recall how it ended.

[rbfvid.livejournal.com]

It's definitely worth the re-read!

[sparrow2000.livejournal.com]

Wow, thank you so much for the super rec and for putting me in such august company.

It's no secret that I love Thea's work, so I'm so happy to see it recced here. And in that company I'll definitely check out the ones I haven't read.

Bounces at the idea of lovely long fics!

[rbfvid.livejournal.com]

You wrote amazing story and it deserves so much more attention!