http://baphrosia.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] baphrosia.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] buffyversetop52016-01-06 01:47 pm

Five New Contributors to Fandom

Since [livejournal.com profile] rebcake stole part of my list (stole, I tell you!) as I was writing this, I had to modify it some.  In no particular order, here are five new contributors to fandom for whom I will drop whatever I'm doing and check out their latest work:

[livejournal.com profile] lady_sybyl, also known elsewhere as Dactylgirl and TerrusDacktellus (and SoulfulSpiketheKiller on Tumblr).  Dactylgirl gives good comic!fic, delivering wonderfully fun, in character, perceptive, touching, sometimes smutty, stories.  They are always well-written, and her character voices are amazing.  I highly recommend her Lost Continent series (Spuffy, S10).  She's also shown she can do angsty, serious storytelling in one of my new, personal all-time favorite fics: Empty Hearts and Heavy Hands (S5, Spuffy).  Even if Spuffy is not your favorite pairing, check that one out.  You won't be disappointed.



[livejournal.com profile] boiiko is a brand new artist who seems to specialize in original artwork.  So far only two contributions, but both are stunners.  Boiiko designed the current banner (for the Fall 2015 round) of [livejournal.com profile] seasonal_spuffy, and also contributed this piece: Soulful

Rebcake mentioned [livejournal.com profile] bewilde's fanfiction (a truly deserved mention; I drop everything the moment she posts a new chapter), but she is also an amazing artist as well.  Check out her original artwork banner for Prisoners of Love, Blue Skies Above (Spuffy, S4) (if there's a better way to link to the banner, please let me know), and her artwork for [livejournal.com profile] the_moonmoth's Winter Lights (Spuffy, post-series).

If Spuffy isn't your cuppa, you might want to try Rafestark.  I don't normally discover non-Spuffy authors while they are 'new', but this author only began writing for the Buffyverse in 2015.  I followed a nomination from SunnyD with some trepidation, and ended up devouring Ritual (Faith/several, S5, NC17).  While the premise is ye olde FOD, the author does a good job of making it about character study rather than titillation, and we watch Faith's self-respect and the concept that she should have agency with regards to her sexuality grow with every chapter.  It's very tastefully done and offers a lot of food for thought, which is not something I would normally find myself saying about this particular trope.

Finally, not an individual, but a new community: [livejournal.com profile] buffy_genfic.  If you enjoy reading/writing Buffy genfic, this is the community for you.  Several of the fics/artworks from this community have been nominated for/won awards, which gives you an idea of the quality work you'll find here.  Come join in the fun - the more, the merrier!

Bonus:  Rebcake also already recced [livejournal.com profile] the_moonmoth, so allow me to point you to one of my favorite pieces by her, HIlls of Iowa (Spuffy, Riley, post-series).  Beautiful, lyrical prose.

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