buffyversetop5 | Five Favorite Posts from Seasonal Communities

I love seasonal coms, don’t you? It gives everyone a reason to show off their best work. Here are five of my favorite seasonal com posts in 2015:

Lies My Lover Told Me
fiction posted by

shapinglight at

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Post-Chosen, Giles and Olivia meet and talk about then and now. The conversation goes in a direction that is not what Giles expected. As usual with shapinglight’s work, the characters are realistic and the dialogue is searing and brilliant.

Wings of Despair - Vamp!Giles
A video posted by

gilescandy at

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In the artist’s words: “Giles is a vampire and has reclaimed his family. Now it's time for the world to know who they are. Is there anyone left with the power to stop them? Enjoy the evil!!!” This video is powerful and disturbing, and all the more so because it’s so expertly crafted.

Soulful
An original illustration posted by

boiiko at

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In the artist’s words: a passage from the short story by quinara “drove me to reimagine Spike’s soul as something alive, awakened after a long period of time, restricting, angry, painful.” It’s absolutely gorgeous and so nice to see original artwork!

Christmas Icons
Animated icons posted by

double_dutchess at

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Clever, and funny animated icons based on favorite holiday songs. So much FUN!!!

He Came Upon A Midnight Clear
Fiction posted by

xspike4eva at

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This short story caught me off-guard. It started out as sort of a tame Willow/Spike character study, then it took me on a wild ride. What remained constant was thoughtful characterization and insight.