Some unusual AU's, that impressed me in 2015

[rbfvid.livejournal.com]

Some of my favorite AU stories from the past year, arranged from shortest to longest.

No Take-Backs (Buffy/Faith, PG-13) by brutti_ma_buoni. Dark AU, in which Scooby gang loses and the Mayor ascends and is now ruling Sunnydale as a big snake.

Never a Good Time (Cordelia/Darla, PG-13) by aaronlisa. AU, where it was not Angelus, but Darla, who got cursed with a soul.

Canaries in a Coalmine (Dawn, Faith, PG-13) by beer_good_foamy. You can trust Beer Good to come up with a creative apocalypse even in a fictional universe where apocalypses happen on a weekly basis.
In this dark-ish AU it's global pandemic of amnesia, and Dawn and Faith travelling towards the last hope for a cure.

Casablanca (Buffy/Spike, PG-13) by Glassdarkly (aka shapinglight). Some years after the events of "Chosen" Buffy and Spike meet in a bar, and... Well, let's just say, it's not your usual spuffy reunion story.

I Wish (Tara/Willow, PG-13; ~43 000 words) by BiJane. What if Willow accepted D'Hoffryn's offer in "Something Blue"? Here how it goes - the story of a shy witch named Tara Maclay, and a vengeance demon named Willow Rosenberg.

Comments

[dragonyphoenix.livejournal.com]

Wow, none of these look familiar but they all look fascinating. Thanks for the recs.

[rbfvid.livejournal.com]

Hope you like them! The last one was especially nice surprise for me, Willow there is terrific.

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

Thanks a lot for the rec!

Loved the others I've read too. "I Wish" looks very intriguing.

[rbfvid.livejournal.com]

It surely is, it's amazing story!

[petzipellepingo.livejournal.com]

Definitely an interesting list by some of our best authors.

Thanks for posting.

[rbfvid.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[velvetwhip.livejournal.com]

These are terrific stories!


Gabrielle

[rbfvid.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[yourlibrarian]

I've only read one of these but these are great premises!

[rbfvid.livejournal.com]

Hope you enjoy them!

[brutti-ma-buoni.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much for the rec! I have to say the AU prompt that started this wasn't my idea, so I cheerfully share credit - but I'm glad you enjoyed what came of it!

[rbfvid.livejournal.com]

Well, you did a terrific job with that prompt)

[snogged.livejournal.com]

These look like great recs. :)
Thanks for sharing.

[rbfvid.livejournal.com]

Thanks, hope you like them, too!

[shapinglight]

Thanks very much for reccing my story. Much appreciate.

[rbfvid.livejournal.com]

=)

[baphrosia.livejournal.com]

Nice choices! BGF's story is going to haunt me every time I forget something now!

[rbfvid.livejournal.com]

True. It's probably the scariest thing I've read last year.