Five not-so-silly fics

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

To contrast the last post, here are five fics of varying degrees of seriousness that I liked.

What if? by mej_lj. The Council is very good at finding and training girls. What happens to all the ones who aren't chosen?

Giles and the Mountain by rebcake. I think someone else recced this too, but it's so good it deserves to be read again. A young Giles and a friend go mountaineering, with not exactly hilarious consequences.

Putting the Damage On by carlyinrome. Post-NFA, in the ruins of LA, Faith stumbles across a machine, the size of a typewriter. Faith/Illyria.

Wrong by leni_ba. Dawn succeeds in bringing Joyce back from the dead... What does "came back wrong" even look like, really?

Call and Response by brutti_ma_buoni. If Fred was in Wesley's spot... Would she have been able to let Lilah burn? Fred/Lilah.

Comments

[petzipellepingo.livejournal.com]

Excellent choices, and that first one is a chiller. Thanks for posting.

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

It really is. Thanks!

[brutti-ma-buoni.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much for reccing my stuff here - most especially for Fred/Lilah, which is a weird little AU I rather wish I'd thought of years ago when I might have made it longer.

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

You're more than welcome! That's a brilliant little story.

[rebcake.livejournal.com]

oooh! I don't think I saw all of these, and they look delicious! Thanks for the rec, m'dear. You are the first, actually!

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

Huh. I could have sworn I saw someone rec it just the other day and I was sure it must have been here... Anyway, it SHOULD be recced all over the place!

[yourlibrarian]

A good set here, thanks for the post!

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

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[velvetwhip.livejournal.com]

Excellent tales!

I need to make MY list and soon.


Gabrielle

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

Looking forward to it!

[velvetwhip.livejournal.com]

I posted mine last night. Here (http://buffyversetop5.livejournal.com/403488.html) and here. (http://buffyversetop5.livejournal.com/403878.html)


Gabrielle

[baphrosia.livejournal.com]

Ooh, one or two new-to-me ones. Yay!

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

Awesome!

[shapinglight]

Thanks very much for the recs. I've only read rebcake's fic, I think, which is excellent, as you say.

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

It really is.

[snogged.livejournal.com]

Excellent recs!

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[rbfvid.livejournal.com]

Oh, I don't know how I missed "Wrong", it's heartbreaking. Thanks!

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

It really is. I love ambiguous fics, and that one creeps me all the way out.