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teragramm.livejournal.com

Five Spuffy Stories with human Spike. Some of these are AH and some are with Buffy as the slayer but all have a human Spike. (Some of these stories might be on sites where you have to be a member to access the story.)

1. He Came With the House by Cryptwarmer. All human.
When Buffy rents the house of her favorite celebrity to share a weekend getaway with her sister, she's surprised to find the previous tenant hasn't completely vacated it. Spike turning over a new leaf has sworn off cigarettes and young women but a chance encounter with a determined miracle seeker reminds him that happiness is about more than cutting unhealthy things out of your life; it's about having the bravery to let good things in.

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thenewbuzwuzz.livejournal.com

The Carnivorous Carnival by

bewilde
It's a few chapters in, but he's there. At least in every version of the story that I've read so far.
"This, Me of the Past, is what we in the Future call Pokémon Go. (..) With this Smart Phone, which I have through a clever mixture of magic and technology enabled to speak to servers in the Future, you can catch all of the Pokémon long before anyone else on Earth even has access to the game. You, my younger self, shall be the world’s first True Pokémon Master.”
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Current Mood: kinship

dragonyphoenix.livejournal.com

1. rebelrsr’s Forging Bonds - dom/sub ‘verse with Tara as the dom.

2. Naughty Fae’s Whitechapel - Spike/Xander in an all human AU based on Ripper Street

3. Deja Without a View -

velvetwhip’s masterful retelling of

aadler’s amazing Dust Over Pompeii for the Circle of Friends remix. Willow/Riley. I could have chosen to remix this story but I looked at it and told myself it was an impossible remix. I was so very, very wrong.

4.

booster17’s Sleeper - Xander/Faith. If I describe the story, I’ll give it away. This has been one of my faves since I first read it.

5.

drsquidlove’s New York - Xander/Giles. This is an amazing epic. I really can’t sum it up better than the author: Xander is thirty-seven. Divorced. Two kids. 4000 miles from Sunnydale and his Hellmouth childhood. Also, straight. Only someone forgot to tell Giles. In fact... where the hell is Giles?

red-satin-doll.livejournal.com

This round of Buffyverse Top 5 just wouldn't be complete without:

Conclusive Etymology of a Summers by

clockwork_hart1 (Lucy). I love this story so much it inspired my very first fanfiction poster for another author. One of my favorite Buffy character studies, delicately etched and sympathetically observed. When it comes to Buffy Summers and the Summers sisters, Lucy owns my soul: She loved to watch her sister write. As Dawn scribbled and scrawled her soul down into books, she knew that the monks had given her a gift.

Civilian by

velvetwhip (WIllow, Riley, mentions of Willow/Tara, Willow/Kennedy, Buffy/Riley and Riley/Sam, canon-compliant post-series) A story aching with regret in every word as a chance encounter brings the terrible weight of memory crashing down about WIllow's ears. One of the best, most devastating endings of any fic I've read this year; packs an incredible wallop. If it doesn't hit you in the gut, we may need to check you for a pulse. There’s a story there and a painful one, but she’s not one to go poking at wounds to watch them bleed, so she puts a solicitous hand on his arm.

Three Coins in a Fountain by

rahirah (POM-verse; Buffy/Spike, the Immortal; POM/Barbsverse). She stood, five foot two of righteous Slayer fury, and the Immortal actually took a step backwards. Told you she was out of your league, mate. This one is so much fun - 60-something Buffy and Spike Summers-Pratt are given an assignment by the Immortal to fetch some rare coins. There are...complications. This was one of the fics that made it safe for me to be a Spuffy shipper again this year. I love that our heros are older, a little plumper, comfortable in their fuller bodies, still fully sensual and sexual beings; still as snarky, sarcastic and witty as ever. And chapter 1 inspired a very meta conversation between Barb and

quinara re: Buffy and Spike's late seasons body issues and representation; how cool is that? Chapter 2; Chapter 3 and Chapter 4.

PIece of Cake by

spuffy_luvr; (Buffy/Spike, Buffy/Angel, Drusilla, Willow, Faith; mentions of Spike/Drusilla, and Angel/Dru). Lorelei's return to writing btvs fanfiction was one of the happiest events of the year, IMO. If you haven't checked out her fag_ends ficlets, let

shapinglight's rec list get you started. Piece of Cake was the winner of Best NC-17 at the last Round of Sunnydale Memorial fanfiction awards, deservedly so. I don't read porn. I don't read NC-17. I sure as heck don't read all-human AU fics except...if anyone can get me to read one, it's

spuffy_luvr. Superb characterization, sex that is genuinely sexy but she pulls no punches on issues of non-consent. My favorite chapters are actually the two featuring Willow, who is beautifully drawn here in a supporting role; she's becoming a Willow-writer to watch.

And finally one more from

kwritten: taxes? - also complete here on AO3 (Buffy/Tara, Anya, Olivia, Dawn, AU S6) The remaining piece of the Finding a Balance B/T 'verse (more, please?) written for

kikimay's prompt: taxes, Buffy S6 AU. Because I'm curious to see what you would do if you were Marti Noxon. This is the fic that opened up the Buffy/Tara, Dawn 'verse to the other ladies and introduced Olivia to it, which makes even richer. Anya gets to be the true hero, working on Buffy's taxes post-resurrection as she should have in the series, and negotiating with the WC on Buffy's behalf. A gem.

rebcake.livejournal.com

For all the depictions of mental illness and emotion dysfunction, there isn't a ton of Buffyverse fic showing our beloved (and not so beloved) characters getting professional help. Here are a few that go there:

Once in a Lullaby (Five Things That Happened Somewhere Else) by

doyle_sb4 (PG13, Normal Again-verse Buffy)
Buffy has a disconcerting habit of killing her doctors. Therapeutically speaking.

( Four more, in different moods... )

chasingdemons.livejournal.com

Spike can be good or evil and everything in between... and still be in character. Here are 5 wonderful fics by very accomplished writers. I found each of these stories fascinating for a number of reasons, one of them being the authors’ interpretations of Spike and how each one rang true to me.

Please be warned, some of these stories contain upsetting subject matter including issues of nonconsensual and/or underage sex. I will leave it to the authors to provide the exact warnings they feel are appropriate.

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dragonyphoenix.livejournal.com

5 Spander Recs
Well, come on, obviously I've got to rec Spander ;-)
I don't recall which ones have sex and which don't so lets just call them all not worksafe to be on the safe side.
Note: Edited to adjust the location of the lj-cut.

1) whichclothes and Emelye Miller wrote El Cuento del Bucanero y del Vampiro together. Spike and Xander go undercover as luchadores. The art, Spike and Xander dressed as luchadores, is brilliant. Um, not to say the writing isn't also brilliant. The authors took turns writing chapters and obviously took great delight in writing cliffhangers that the other had to finish off. ;-)
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naughty_fae's The Eagle of the Ninth: Very AU Spander. This is the story of two men, Roman Master and his Brigante slave. The Roman embarks on a crusade to clear his family name and restore honor, the slave fights for his freedom. They move from mutual hatred to understanding, acceptance, friendship and love.

sparrow2000's Mockingbird: In Magpie, Spike had seemingly foiled Drusilla's plans for Xander, but now Dru is back.

beer-good-foamy's Ms Summers Goes to Washington: A crossover with West Wing: The American people need protection from vampires. Buffy needs funding. The American government has money. You'd think there'd be an obvious solution to this. And so, one day, Buffy, Giles and Willow dressed up in their best business suits and dropped by the White House.

skuzzbopper's Three Dog Night series: Spike catches Xander reading a book on seducing non-mortals, and offers three nights of hands-on "lessons" in the subject-- which is just wonderful, since the non-mortal Xander had been hoping to seduce was Spike.

hello spikey's Porny Advent #8:A drabble written to the prompt of wrapping paper; Spike gets ready for his night.

moscow-watcher.livejournal.com

A Story of Two Human Hearts by

poucette79
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHGetUMoOVw
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moscow-watcher.livejournal.com

A Story of Two Human Hearts by

poucette79
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHGetUMoOVw
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chorelle.livejournal.com

Thaw by Dazzle
One of my favourite C/A fics ever, where Amnesia!Cordy makes a wish to bring back her memories, creating an entirely new reality in the process. Can Cordy bring back the world she once knew? Left of center pairings and spot on characterizations of every character present. Everyone should read this, not just C/A fans. Seriously amazing fic.

( four more alternate universe C/A fics )

chorelle.livejournal.com

angelstoy.livejournal.com

These are some of the Spangel stories that I can't gelp reading over and over again

1. Dark Skies by Jenny - Story summary that she gives: William meets a stranger at one of his mother's card parties. The echoes of that meeting haunt him, until insane, alone in the basement of Sunnydale High School, Spike has to find the strength to face the author of his nightmares.

I don't know why, but this story made the best sense to me as to why Spike would hate Angel for so long

http://www.squashduck.com/ltd/darkskiesfic/index.htm

2. Friday by

girlpire - Story summary that she gives: What would you do if there were no tomorrow?

I absolutely LOVE the writing in this one!!

http://girlpire.livejournal.com/137712.html

3. Subspace by

toobusy2write - Story summary that she gives: AU human - Days after Spike turns eighteen, he gets sucked into a whole new world by a mysterious man, but is it one he's ready for?

This story just sucked me in right from the get go!!

http://toobusy2write.livejournal.com/80106.html#cutid1

4. Beauty and the Beast by Shara Nesu - Story summary she gives: Obsession controlled Angelus’ life and now it controls Angel. For centuries, he wanted to own and fantasized about one person - Spike. Angel never believed that he would ever possess Spike, but one day, after an accident while fighting some demons, Spike loses his memory. Will Angel tell the truth to Spike? Or will he lie?

I just LOVE this story!!

http://www.redssoulmates.com/angel_spike/shara%20nesu/beautyandthebeast.htm

5. Lost and Found by Pet and Foxhunt2blue Story summary they give: Twenty-five years after the final battle against the senior partners Spike finds something he thought he'd lost

Again, this story just sucked me in right from the get go!!

http://www.redssoulmates.com/angel_spike/Pet%20Foxhunt2blue/lostandfound.html

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amyxaphania.livejournal.com

All-human fics aren't to everyone's taste, but I'm a fan, especially of these five fics posted in 2009.

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amyxaphania.livejournal.com

All-human fics aren't to everyone's taste, but I'm a fan, especially of these five fics posted in 2009.

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moscow-watcher.livejournal.com

Every fan has his/her own idea on how Buffy and Spike have met after he has been resurrected, and the stories about their reunions are written again and again. Fluffy, angsty, with different plot twists like amnesia, prophecies, videoblog reports, reincarnations and other genre archetypes.

( so, how some of their reunions happened in 2009? )

moscow-watcher.livejournal.com

hello-spikey.livejournal.com

I loves me some cowboy lawyer, so here are five great fics with Lindsey McDonald in them for the year:

Hand Job by Celtic-forest
Lindsey/Spike - Lindsey has hand issues. Spike helps.

Bon Jovi Rocks by Ash-Carpenter
Lindsey/Dean Winchester (SPN crossover). Mostly cracky, but good good fun. Because who knows more about the rock-country ballad than Lindsey??

In the Interests of Science by Ash-Carpenter - Lindsey/Spike, dash of Fred. Also cute.

Nothing to Lose by Ash, again. This one is long, and although you may think it, it's not AU. Lindsey/Riley - Iowa and Texas meet before the series. Started in 2008 but finished in 2009, so it counts, right?

Arrangement by RockstarPeach - Lindsey/Giles, humanAU, some Wes and Spike in there. This is a long fic. Giles is a wealthy man and Lindsey is his kept boy. But then that hot young bartender, Spike, starts making trouble. ;)

hello-spikey.livejournal.com

kean-herself.livejournal.com

I struggled to think of a category to post for where I could narrow it done to just 5 so I decided to just post my top 5 fics that left a lasting impression on me. As in can't-get-them-out-of-my-head-scour-the-internet-for-more-like-a-crack-fiend can't get enough of them lasting impression.

They are mostly B/A, cuz they are ship of win and my OTP but also a little bit of S/A cuz well, the pretty ;)

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cordelianne.livejournal.com

Spike/Xander is my OTP, and I have high standards about how Spike and Xander are written. These five authors are people I’d point you to as excellent examples of good Spander writers (and good writers in general). They write both Spike and Xander really really well!

1.

reremouse - Small Imperfections, Adult. Spike and Xander in Savannah a few years after Sunnydale caved in. The delightfully slow pace of this WIP fits the pace of life in hot Savannah – and the slow developing of a relationship between Spike and Xander.

reremouse’s fic is always wonderful to read because it’s so witty, smart, funny and moving, and this is a WIP I encourage you to jump on (even if you’re resistance to WIPs) because it’s the type of story perfectly suited to the WIP format.( Click here for the other 4 awesome fics )

cordelianne.livejournal.com

sueworld2003.livejournal.com

Trust me to drag the side down again. *g*

Five fics that I've thoroughly enjoyed reading in 2008 and which all had one thing in common. Varying degrees of 'kink' as well as some darn good writing and characterization. ( Read more... )

sueworld2003.livejournal.com

clawofcat.livejournal.com

In an aging fandom like ours, it's always reassuring to see an influx of new blood every year or even every couple of months. Here are a few of 2008's enductees and fics of theirs that I enjoyed. The list includes a selection of gen and pairing fics of varying lengths.

1. A Man of Many Colors by

snickfic
Oz, G, through BtVS S2 "Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered"
Summary: A character study through Oz's hair dying decisions.

Review: Talk about bang for your buck. Snickelish takes one facet of Oz's personality - his ever changing hair color - and goes the distance with it by digging deep and creating a backstory that does a lot to shed some light on a character whose past and inner workings were barely even touched on in canon. I felt very satisfied after reading this and more than once thought, "Yes. That makes so much sense." Creative, deep, and somewhat sad, this shot definately makes you wonder what other hidden worlds there are to explore within Buffy and Angel's large ensemble cast.

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crow-girl-74.livejournal.com

My first post here, hope I did it right.

I'm fairly new to the Buffyverse fandom, and only discovered the fandom slash about three months ago. WooBoy, there is so much amazingly well written stuff, I couldn't begin to pick five favorites. So, I decided to just give you the five slash WIPs, I'm avidly following into 2009. [Please note, I'm really bad at summaries!]

( The slash fic I'll be following in 2009 ... )

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dark-amia.livejournal.com

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spikendru.livejournal.com

Firefly . . . Wonder Falls . . . Birds of Prey . . . You know how frequently TV shows you love are canceled, but that doesn't stop your love for the episodes already filmed? There are fics like that, too.

Here is my list of wonderful WIPs that may never be finished, but I love the chapters that are available.

( Come with me to the world of WIPs, my pretty )

spikendru.livejournal.com

yourlibrarian

1. Kyrie Eleison - by Kyra Cullinan – All – A brief but interesting take on Angelus’s obsession with the church and his spiritual compass. Came across this originally on

club_joss
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yourlibrarian

1. Kyrie Eleison - by Kyra Cullinan – All – A brief but interesting take on Angelus’s obsession with the church and his spiritual compass. Came across this originally on

club_joss
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Current Mood: bouncy

http://users.livejournal.com/woman_of_/

Some Spangel fic, Meduim size, so should be possible to read a couple on a quiet Sunday.

Under the Shield by BuffyWatcher

This was the first Slash fic I read, and it was great. I couldn't resist the summary. It is AU Human, with Liam in a Cop in L.A., and William....well how to describe William!

Part 1 here
Part 2 here

( Rest behind Cut )

Current Mood: accomplished

http://users.livejournal.com/woman_of_/

Current Mood: accomplished

lirm35m.livejournal.com

I'm pretty sure this list has something for everyone from het quasi-sex to slashy, incestuous orgy. Yet, though the choices are diverse, it just proves that, even as the activity in the fandom wanes, hotness still comes in many forms in the BtVS/AtS 'verse.

( Click here to find a few of the steamiest fics from the year 2006 )

lirm35m.livejournal.com

cordelianne.livejournal.com

I had a hard time narrowing this down to a list of 5, and ultimately picked fics by authors who’ve produced lots of fabulous S/X stories this year. I consider these fics examples of the wonderful, high-quality work these authors produce.

( Top 5 Spike/Xander fics of 2006 )

cordelianne.livejournal.com

smudgiboo.livejournal.com

These are the stories, started this year, that have given us just enough to get us hooked, but not given up any answers yet!!

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smudgiboo.livejournal.com

These are the stories, started this year, that have given us just enough to get us hooked, but not given up any answers yet!!

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altyronsmaker.livejournal.com

I don't do a whole lot of rec'ing, usually because I'm the last train at the station anyway. However, as this is a comm for compiling favorites? I'm givin' this a shot. These are my top five fics for the past year. Multiple pairings, multiple characters. Most of these will be FRAO.

( In no particular order: )

I had a couple others in mind, (Quartz by sexymermaid, and Second Chance by denied_heaven) but had to withdraw them because they were from 2005. That sucked! They were excellent stories!

altyronsmaker.livejournal.com

smudgiboo.livejournal.com

This year I became addicted to Spuffy AU All Human Fics. It was hard to narrow
the list to 5, but here it is, in no specific order.

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smudgiboo.livejournal.com

This year I became addicted to Spuffy AU All Human Fics. It was hard to narrow
the list to 5, but here it is, in no specific order.

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