Five of my faves from Twisting The Hellmouth

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Ten Things That Never Happened in the BtVS Fandom by Booster
Summary: Some spells are stronger and further reaching than you’d think. What if Dawn had been around for a lot longer than you remember....?
My reason for the rec: A lovely bit of metafiction (in a way) in which Dawn's origin is even stranger than we thought.

Just One Night by Vogonguard
Summary: A careless use of the W-word and the Scoobies from Chosen meet the Scoobies from Prophecy Girl.
My reason for the rec: Not exactly a do-over, but a nice story about time travel and the evolution of most of the BtVS characters

The Multiverse by Hotpoint
Summary: Serenity falls through a rip in the continuum and Mal meets a very familiar face on the other side
My reason for the rec: This one's just fun, a head-on crash between the Serenity crew and the Buffyverse.

Dawn's Fine by Abra
Summary: Dawn Summers goes to college in Metropolis. When she notices that her History professor, Milton Fine, looks just like Spike, she can't stay away. Prof. Fine has his own agenda to go along with her crush.
My reason for the rec: It's one of the better Buffy / Smallville crossovers, and plays fair with both fandoms.

Dojo Hard by Speakertocustomers
Summary: The Buffyverse characters dwell in 17th century Japan. Gilbert and Sullivan meets Samurai movies meets - Paddington Bear? Parody, bad haiku, and martial arts in something loosely resembling BtVS S2. Very loosely.
My reason for the rec: It's immense fun and VERY silly.

Comments

[yourlibrarian]

Good to see several things not often recced -- metafiction about the fandom and stories crossing over the season of Smallville. I know I saw some fic for it around that time but not that much. Thanks for the post!

[dragonyphoenix]

Oooh, that story by Booster is one of my faves too! Looking forward to reading your recs but just had to say that.

[openidwouldwork]

Looks tempting, now where do I find time to read?!? Thanks!

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Well, that's always the big problem...

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My pleasure.

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It's a lovely bit of work. Unfortunately he(?) stopped writing around 2009 (unless posting to another archive somewhere I've missed) which is a real shame.

[thenewbuzwuzz]

Oh, yay! I love strange AUs, so this is right up my alley. Thank you! :))

[double_dutchess]

Thanks for the recs! I would never have come across any of these on my own.

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Dojo Hard is VERY strange!

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I think most of them are archived at multiple sites, but I started my fanfic life at TTH and tend to see things there first.

[dragonyphoenix]

Right, finally have a chance to catch up on reads. 10 THings That Never Happened. EEE! I had no idea how much fun this was going to be.

Andrew hesitated for a moment and then did what he always did in such situations. He quoted.

"I've got a bad feeling about this...." *grin* Thanks for introducing me to a great fic!