Entries tagged with char: illyria

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5 Classic Meta Posts

In no particular order :

Buffy and forgiveness by

angearia.

I hate my free will by

molly_may.

Meta on the opening credits by

stormwreath.

Meta on Fred and Illyria by

deird1.

Meta on the different paths to redemption of Spike and Angel by

shipperx

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Top 5 Crossover and Fusion Mix

Just a reminder to everyone that tomorrow kicks off our 2020 Flashforward Weekend to highlight works since our last session!

Buffy, Dollhouse, Avengers, Firefly, and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. – I managed to get all of them in :D

1) Buffy the Jedi Knight by sqbr. Movie poster for Buffy the Jedi Knight: The Sith Seduction drawn for thelittlebang. ( Read more... )

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Daughter of Top 5 Classic Recs

1) Illyria Writes a Poem (What country, friends, is this?) by Stultiloquentia. I'd thought this was recced here before, but I didn't find it in a search. Loved the end, see if you don't agree? ( Read more... )

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Flash Forward Weekend!

We've now moved into the final days of our session and are focusing on recs from 2019! To kick us off, here are some of mine:

No. 6 Buffy/Angel dots by electric_heart. I thought the style was snazzy!

Buffy to finish out 2016 by artofjph. I liked the sort of jagged look that suited Buffy's inner state.

P.O.T.D. by Twinkles. Painted Illyria and Fred. What I really liked about this was the way the artist captured Fred's smile so well.

No. 17 Faith in battle by pureimagination. I quite liked this close up of her, it really gets across action in a close up.

Daddy Angel by pureimagination. Not as many icons out there of Angel cradling a baby even though he did so quite a few times and there's so many kidfics out there!

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Five Looks At a Primordial God-King

Ah, Illyria. What more can one say about the Big Blue Meanie? Love or hate, the only thing that matters is that you must worship.

Before the five, here's an old link I can't currently verify or find any other copies of: "Shards of Night" by eleusis_walks (Angel, R, spoilers through 5x17 "Underneath"). Ends up in a femslashy place, but before that manages to thrill and creepify with a masterful walk through the dreams of what it means to be Illyria, and to have been Fred. First Angel fic ever for this author, so they claim, I can only pray it's far from the last.

Now for the five I could still find:

"Shell Games" by

mabus101. Xander/Illyria, set in Mabus' "Deadwar" universe. Funny, creepy, awkward, and a little bit sexy.

"Lost In the Supermarket" by Lint. Wesley takes Illyria shopping. Humor and disturbing in equal measure, in spades.

"How Tantor and Tarzan Became Friends" by nwhepcat. Xander/Illyria. Meeting a god-king in Home Depot is just the beginning. Set in Hep's shared universe, but stands alone well on its own.

"The Sky Has Claws" by Kyra Cullinan. Fred, Illyria, Willow and Wesley explore each other body and soul. AU from "A Hole In the World". Vaguely post-apocalyptic.

Last and funniest: "A Memorandum From Illyria" by Hello Spikey. In the bowels of Wolfram and Hart, Illyria discovers a newer and more effective way to make her desires known.

Finally a bonus link from myself, Faith the Vampire Slayer 1x06: "The Day After". Faith and Willow explore Los Angeles, looking for clues to the fate of Team Angel. Illyria only makes an appearance at the end, but I think it's a wonderful scene, and makes me regret all over again that I didn't continue this series.

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Five Shivery Tales For Halloween

In no particular order :
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5 BTVS things from 2017 I really enjoyed

I didn't think I'd get the chance to do another post, but that just shows what I know. Here are five more pieces of work from 2017 I really enjoyed.

( Lays down the trail of breadcrumbs... )

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Favorite 2017 meta posts, in no particular order :

1. Meta on the vampires of the Buffyverse by

hannahforlove.

2. Meta on Fred and Illyria by

deird1.

3. Meta on Buffy's relationships with Spike and Angel by

itsnotmymind.

4. Meta on School Hard by

molly_may.

5. Meta on Faith's mental state by

itsnotmymind.

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5 classic Xander in Africa stories I love

I think it’s fair to say that most Xander writers have tried their hand at a Xander in Africa fic at one point or another. (I know I have…) A number of them came from the scatterlings and orphanages ficathon back in 2006, and it would be easy to just point to all the stories there, but for the sake of spreading the love, I’ve chosen a couple from there and the rest from elsewhere on the interwebs

All Who Wander by Aeneas is a wonderful example of the genre. Xander goes to Libya searching for slayers. Things go downhill, fast! This story has got angst up the wazoo, but it’s also aching beautiful and if you haven’t read it, go do so, now! BTW, this is in three parts - start with part on the bottom tag - Libya)
(As an aside, but not part of this list, there’s also a sequel in which Buffy follows in Xander’s footsteps - Outpost. It’s equally lovely and I live in hope at some point it becomes more than a one-shot - a girl can dream!)

( Get ready to show your passports at the border )

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Five favorite (mostly) angsty shorts of 2016

Again, Forgetting by

velvetwhip (aka Gabrielle) or AO3 link. What if getting a soul didn't make Spike just temporary crazy? And Buffy was the one who had to deal with it.

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5 More Classic Meta Posts

In no particular order :
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5 of my favorite icons part 1: Whedon Elite

I wanted to do an icon post inspired by

kikimay's post one year ago but found it impossible to narrow the hundred of icons I've seen this year to just five, so I decided in the interest of fairness - and spreading the love to as many talented folks as I could - to divide the posts up by icontests. This first one is for

whedon_elite The icons are listed in alphabetical order of artist's name (not preference).

1) Faith 5x5 (brighter version) by

double_dutchess for Challenge 123 (July)

2) Illyria #1 by

julie_izumi for Challenge 112 (March)

3) Beneath You (Spuffy) by

sandy_s for Challenge 128

In fairness this entire post could have been five icons from this challenge alone.

4) Eskimo Willow by

xclaire_delunex for Challenge 133 (Dec)

This one is also a tiny "cheat" in that it was an alt rather than an entry.

5) Tara Family Golden Glow by

xlittledreams for Challenge 115 (April)

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Top 5 Art and Sound

1) Giles Wallpapers by angelus2hot. A variety of Giles pairings in black and white. I particularly like the Giles/Buffy one with the clock for both its relaxed tone and the watch reminiscent of both Giles and their age difference. ( Read more... )

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Five More "Do-Over" Fics

Since people seemed quite taken with the first set here are five more, probably better known than the first set.

Living History by LizMarcs
Rating: PG, Worksafe
Some people have come from a place far, far away and a time far, far ahead to ask for help on an urgent matter. The time they were aiming for? February 2008. The place? Moscow. The problem? Somehow they've ended up in Cleveland, September 2003. And that’s just the beginning of the trouble; they seem to be descendants of the Scoobies and are determined not to change the past... but they haven't reckoned with Xander. Superbly written with a fascinating plot, some of the most beautifully crafted OCs I've ever seen and a wonderful portrayal of Xander and Faith. Very highly recommended!

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Top 5 Wesley Essays

- Buffy Season 3, through Wesley-colored glasses by likeadeuce

- On Wesley... by paynbow

- The Astronaut and the Caveman: Wesley and Spike by pocochina (Comments are worth reading too!)

- The Mission is What Matters: Wesley Wyndam-Pryce 1, 2, 3 by pocochina

- Wes and Illyria, S5 and beyond by versaphile

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Five More Fabulous Fag Ends Ficlets

My final post from the

sb_fag_ends Edgar Allen Poe Halloween Challenge. Sorry if all my posts to the comm this year have been a bit same-y, but my fandom time in 2014 was very limited. Also, it would be wrong not to rec some of the other contributors to the challenge, all of whom were absolutely brilliant.

Enjoy. Then go and seek out their other ficlets and read those too.

"..." by

thisficklemob. PG. A silence demon targets the Scoobies in season 7. 349 words. For the prompt: Silence.

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Five Fantastic SB Fag Ends Ficlets from Drizzylydaze

2014's Edgar Allen Poe titles Halloween Challenge on

sb_fag_ends resulted in a huge creative surge on the comm. Some really wonderful ficlets and drabbles were posted, and some didn't (IMO) get nearly as much feedback as they deserved.

No knowledge of Poe's work is required to appreciate them.

Here are five by

drizzlydaze, and believe me it was really hard to pick just five.

All rated PG.

Life. Set during the BtVS season 5/6 hiatus. 266 words. For the prompt: Ligeia.

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Some amazing cosplay from 2014

Some amazing buffyverse cosplay from the past year.
Click either on the links or on the thumbnails to get to the full photosets.

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Some favorite 'Character Replacement' fics

For some mysterious reason I get a kicks out of AUs, where one character is replaced by another. So there are some of my faves...
Any bad English in summaries is mine and shouldn't be blamed on fic authors.

'Awake' (Buffy, Illyria, PG) by

drizzlydaze. What if Illyria got in contact with Buffy on Spike's behalf after ten years apart?
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