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sparrow2000

In the last year I’ve been really happy to watch a new name in BTVS vidding make a mark (their other non Buffy ‘verse vids are excellent too and worth checking out!) I highlighted one in my classic vids list, but here are five examples of SlayerVid’s excellent work from this year.

This one is hot off the press and definitely appropriate for the time of year. This is Thriller.

( More vids this way... )

yourlibrarian

Giles Word Search by il_mio_capitano. It's so rare to see fannish games and this was a treat!

Vid: Spuffy Abridged by double_duchess. "Inspired by the classic Buffy the Vampire Slayer Abridged vid by Rowena." Fun ride through their arc and a nice homage to a classic vid.

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sparrow2000

Yay for another season of

buffyversetop5. I always look forward to it so thank you in advance to the mods for being keepers of the flame.

I found I had so many ensemble vids in my list of links that I thought I’d make a specific post about them. So here are five classic Buffy ‘verse ensemble vids that I really love from days gone by.

I Lived by Buffyverseedits is a great walk down memory lane. It’s really happy making

( More Ensemble goodies this way )

yourlibrarian

Giles Haikus by littleotter73. One for each season!

And When The Sky Was Opened by eleusis-walks. Wonderfully in-depth exploration of Cordelia and her arc.

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sparrow2000

Here’s my final list for this year’s buffyversetop5. Five awesome vids created this year.

Spuffy Abridged by Double Dutchess. Done for this year’s Seasonal Spuffy with The William Tell Overture as the soundtrack, the editing in this is awesome. Also worth checking out is the vid it was inspired by - Buffy the Vampire Slayer Abridged by Rowena - the link is in the DD’s description.

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dragonyphoenix

Apologies. It's technically the 29th here as it's shortly after midnight, but I'm not focused on 2022 works with these fanworks. I just didn't realize how late it had gotten.

Buffy Summers by Veruca - something about Buffy's expression in this image just gets me
( The rest of the works are picking out their costumes for next Monday )

apachefirecat

Here are my five.

First, there's the Spuffy video I turn to whenever I'm trying to get the words flowing but having issues...

Watch on YouTube

Then we have my personal favorite of all BtVS photomanips I've ever seen shared at this year's Summer of Giles: Family Portrait"> with Rupert Giles and Buffy and Joyce Summers.

An older fic, but one that was new to me and not only took me by surprise but made me interested in a pairing I'd never thought previously I could get behind (Spike/Willow) - Heights.

My favorite Angel story of all time, starring Lorne and a special friend - Psychic Friend.

And I'll leave y'all with another favorite video to help get those Spuffy Muses flowing! There are some really beautiful shots of James/Spike here.

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sparrow2000

Yay for the return of

buffyversetop5

Here are five classic Buffy 'verse vids that I love. Assume that there are spoilers for both BTVS and AtS in these vids.

Life is Beautiful by starryeyesxx1. Possibly my favourite BTVS/AtS ensemble vid. This is 6 minutes of awesomeness.

( More good stuff this way... )

yourlibrarian

Just a reminder to everyone that tomorrow is the final day for mixed Classic + 2021 posts. Saturday kicks off our 2021 Flash Forward weekend until we close at midnight UTC on November 2!

Feel It Still by double-dutchess. Just when you think that Buffyverse vids have tapped everything, here's one on Spike (along with Buffy, the most overvidded character) and yet it feels fresh and energized and modern. ( Read more... )

dragonyphoenix

Asylum: Buffy’s never left the mental institution and it’s a horror movie / series. I would watch the shit out of this.
Ripper Opening Titles: If Ripper's backstory were a spinoff. Oh yeah, loved this video for years now.
Ripper Trailer: post canon; ooh, looks awesome but might be too scary for little old me.
Illyria Opening Credits: I just found this video this evening. It's so good.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: School Reunion: Asks the question what would Buffy look like if it came back now? It would look freaking awesome.

dragonyphoenix

Brave New World by kaydefalls refers to wish!verse where Anya asks "How do you know the other world is any better than this?" and Giles responds "It has to be." This vid asks the question: Is it really better? And the answer's somewhat ambiguous.
You may need to be as old as I am to get The Odd Couple (Giles/Spike). It takes the opening audio track from The Odd Couple tv series and puts it with images of Spike and Giles. Gives a great suggestion of them as opposite guy roommates.
I Belong to You makes a convincing case for a love triangle between Buffy, Angel, and Mr. Gordo (who is played by piglet).
You'd think that playing the robots in Buffy against the song Robot Girlfriend would make for a light-hearted video, but Robot Girlfriend is actually quite poignant at the end.
Transparent: Oh my Goddess. This Willow character study is just amazing.

thenewbuzwuzz

There's a search engine designed for discovering old-fashioned little websites, and I took it for a spin with some Buffy search terms. Here's some of what I found.

1. (maybe cross the country become a rock star) by Amy (Giles/Oz/Cordelia, PG-13) in Loaded, the Giles/Oz zone of the BtVS Writers' Guild.
This was amazing. The mood and atmosphere of this story has aged well, by which I mean it gave me something like pandemic lockdown vibes despite being pre-2007ish and not about any kind of lockdown. There is a bunch of clever lines and a quirky, semi-absurd concept at the core of the story, which somehow connects beautifully to Oz's unmoored state of mind.

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sparrow2000.livejournal.com

The Costume Codex is a lovely YT channel run by a costume designer who analyses the subtext of shows through their costuming decisions. All the videos are worth a look, but I really enjoyed this analysis from a few months back of Giles’s evolution in the Buffy ‘verse as it is reflected in his clothing choices - Our Man in Tweed; a look at Giles through costume.

( More random lovelies... )

thenewbuzwuzz

China Girl from Poetry by William Pratt - VERSUS by SPIKE by MissLuci (whole chapter rated R but poem is not sexual or otherwise graphic)
MissLuci wrote a whole multichapter story full of Spike's poems and Buffy's reactions to them!! This poem is about Spike killing Xin Rong, written from the perspective of pre-series soulless Spike. Note that the prose section at the bottom of the chapter is rated R for Spuffy smut.

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thenewbuzwuzz

- Bad Guy (Angelus and Spike) - MadLove4ever
This one's just fun. I've seen a few Bad Guy vids this year, and this is my favorite.

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sparrow2000.livejournal.com

I promised a second 2020 Buffy 'verse vid post, so here it is.

The Preacher by heda reyes. This is dark, angsty and gorgeously done.

( Even more video beauties this way... )

thenewbuzwuzz

Starting from the more straightforward side and ending with 'I love whatever the heck this is'.

Drum cover by Adam Turner (I like seeing what the drummer is doing)
String quartet version by Bowjangles (don't miss the costumes and faces!)
Doomer cover by CassiniProjekt (atmospheric!)
BtVS and AtS theme piano mashup by Andrew Wu (so impressive!)
BtVS theme in the style of Vulfpeck by Gazzerazz (my favorite, honestly)

sparrow2000.livejournal.com

Happy Halloween folks. We’re now onto the recs for fandom creativity that has happened since last year’s

buffyversetop5. I’ve noticed a lot of great vids this year, so here’s the first of two 2020 vid posts

Welcome to the Jungle by ethereal. This is a beautifully edited Ensemble vid with an emphasis on Buffy for obvious reasons!

( More video beauties this way... )

yourlibrarian

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... )

thenewbuzwuzz

Largely by tumblr user impalementation, because I stan.

[Re: transformation and redemption in Angel's and Spike's arcs] by impalementation and left-handed-moth
Excerpt: "transformation and redemption become harder, more interesting problems when you try to solve them with characters that actively resist those narratives."

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yourlibrarian

Or now gone. The loss of Open On Sunday is particularly devastating because it ran for a long time and many drabbles there were recced, but few of them made their way to another space like AO3:

1) Long List of Grievances by

waddis - Heh to Andrew wearing on Spike's very short nerve. ( Read more... )

yourlibrarian

Every year I come across content I hadn't seen or read before but I usually am not able to read most of them during Top 5 session itself. But when I get a chance to later, I like to give them an extra thumbs up.

1) Hot Chicks with Superpowers by jess9191. Recced at last year's session, this does a fun job of blending together all the kick gals with kicks from the Whedonverses to Blow by Ke$ha. Entertaining enough to run on repeat. ( Read more... )

sparrow2000.livejournal.com

I love rare pairings fics. I’m so ingrained in the characters and the ships that I write that it’s a real joy to be challenged when I come across stories that make me take a step back and think wow, the author really makes that pairing work. (Where possible the entries are on A03, but unfortunately not all are available there.)

Slow Learners by

glossing is beautifully achy and bittersweet Devon/Xander. Oz has left and Xander is bereft. Devon provides solace even though Xander isn’t gay. This is gorgeous.

( More pretties under the cut... )

sparrow2000.livejournal.com

Yay for this year's

buffyversetop5. It's always a joy to rec favourite fandom things and enjoy discovering things I hadn't come across through other people's recs. Kicking off this year's Classic Recs sections with a few awesome vids.

Princess of the Streets by

double_dutchess This is Spike/Dru and has Perfect editing to a perfect song from The Stranglers that could have been written for Dru.

( Follow Dru's whisperings to the rest of the pretty pictures... )

thenewbuzwuzz

It fascinates me how many kinds of fun stuff people post on YouTube, so here's a sample of what I've happened to run into.

Stop motion animation: LEGO Buffy The Vampire Slayer Mini Clip (worksafe) by LegoHorrorVideos LegoHorrorVideos (length: 0:17)
The sound effects are my favorite part.

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thewiggins

So I guess one list of fanvids wasn't enough! Here's another five, each one of which shines an interesting light on a particular character in the Buffyverse cannon. ( Read more... )

thewiggins

Hey, so I'm pretty sure this is my first time actually posting to this event, so hopefully I do it right!

Sometimes when I'm wanting a certain kind of fandom high or wanting to get pumped prior to writing, I trawl youtube for vids. Here, in no particular order, are some faves that I could watch again and again.
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yourlibrarian

1) L.O.V.E. by purplefringe. A Beatrice/Benedick vid that reunites Fred and Wesley as Angel never did.

2) Layers by Milly. A Cabin in the Woods vid that tries to change the narrative to immerse us in horror from the beginning. ( Read more... )

dragonyphoenix

I tried to avoid rec'ing works that I rec every year but Restfield's Saturday Night vid, music by Bay City Rollers and set during Band Candy, is such a delight that I just can't not share. I adore how it's such a fun vid but then turns poignant in the end. Also, the Mayor turning and leaving on "Gotta Go" just amuses me every time.

( the rest of the links are cheering me up because I have to replace brakes on a car I bought a year ago. ;-( )

dragonyphoenix

These works may or may not have been posted in 2018 but they were all nominated for the 2018 Headline Awards which celebrates the works of Anthony Head, the actor who played Giles. And that last bit probably goes without saying. If you have any favorite works featuring Giles, I'm certain GilesCandy would love to see you nominate for the Headline Awards.

Of course I can't say these are the best works nominated for the Headline Awards because there are too many great works to pick from but these are all works that spoke to me.

1. GilesCandy's video Hallelujah.She picked images covering all the seasons that go so well with the song.
( the rest of the works are mocking me for watching Christmas specials before Halloween )

dragonyphoenix

1. Aww, Naimly drew the cutest image of season 1 Willow.
( the rest of the vids are dancing the night away )

yourlibrarian

Buffy in Japanese - by lilyginnyblack, a meta series on Tumblr analyzing the effects of translation on the series and the choices made in how different characters are portrayed. ( Read more... )

sparrow2000.livejournal.com

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... )

double_dutchess

Let's squeeze in some more Buffy vid recs.

Camelia1986 - Halloween in Sunnydale: THE Buffy Halloween vid as far as I'm concerned, should be rewatched at least once yearly!

Nicole Anell - White Rabbit: Restless episodic vid, set to Jefferson Airplane's White Rabbit. Mesmerizing.

Brad CPU & Milly - Polka Slayer: Buffy overview vid, with polka. Great fun!

Rowena - BtVS abridged William Tell Overture: the Complete Buffy in just a little over 3 minutes.

Jetpack-monkey / Luminosity & Kamil - It's the End of the World As We Know It: remastered version of a true classic.

double_dutchess

Another list of vid recs, this time focusing on Buffy's romantic relationships. Love triangles, unwanted suitors, and disappointing lovers galore!

thedothatgirl- Gordon: Hilarious hostility between Angel and Riley!

( More fun under the cut. )

yourlibrarian

Another bit of everything here, hope you find something you like!

1) The Collector by sparrow2000. I came across this during a previous Top 5 session and thought it was a gem. The bits of humor, the sad truths, the evidence of continuing friendship shot through with the difficulties of having faced so much separately as well as together, all in evidence here. Although connected to another story it can stand alone. ( Read more... )

sparrow2000.livejournal.com

I really admire people who can put visuals together, either art or videos. I can play with words to my heart’s content, but pictures are way beyond me. Here are five vids that have got under my skin over the years.

If you’re looking for a reminder that Buffy wasn’t just about quips and kicky boots, then
Bad Mood Rising by Robin’s Revenge is just the ticket. I love the use of a much more brooding version of this song to look at the darker side of Scoobydom.

( Clickity click for more vids )

double_dutchess

I love comics and animation, and fan vids -- and here is a list of 5 that combines them both!

stormwreath- Angel:After the Fall opening credits : Great credits for my all-time favourite Whedonverse comics series.

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double_dutchess

Five (or really 6) Spangel(ish) vids, some serious, some funny.

Sisabet - The Bucket: This one just gives me all kinds of warm Spangel feelings. Not overtly slashy, but the subtext is oh so clear.

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yourlibrarian

So here's a bit of many characters, fandoms, and working on the formats ;)

1) Five Vampires Dr. Horrible Never Met by snowpuppies. Dr. Horrible has a plan to become more evil. Unfortunately, he needs the help of a vampire.

2) Foreign Spices May Disagree With You by AnonEhouse. Saffron's good at conning but some people have been running a way longer game.

3) Nine Rules for Living in a Broken World by Wisdom Eagle. Various crossovers set in the Dark Angel universe, though my favorite of these is II. Dance with your head held high with Original Cindy and Gunn.

4) I Hate You by double_dutchess. Sometimes it isn't a thin line, it's just hate between vampires.

5) The Director Will See You Now by toucanpie. What if SHIELD were responsible for more than just chasing down and sorting out the unexplainable? What if the fate of the world rested in their hands? (The Cabin in the Woods fusion).

Current Mood: hopeful

rbfvid.livejournal.com

Five favorite shippy shorts from the past year, and one vid as a bonus.

very good bad thing by spangel. Cordelia's POV on Buffy. So accurate that it hurts.

Waylaid by

beer_good_foamy (or AO3 link). Faith/Tara in the Wishverse, and it's surely the lightest and most hopeful Wishverse story I've ever read.

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double_dutchess

Yes, more vids!

Night Time, My Time by Faith SummersProduction (Spuffy).
The kind of Spuffy vid I like best: not your standard romantic fare, but dark, sensual, atmospheric and intense.

( Rest of the vids are under the cut. )

rbfvid.livejournal.com

NA NA NA - The Scoobies Make Some Noise by

double_dutchess and

thenewbuzwuzz. Loud and incredibly uplifting vid. And also a great illustration why Scoobies make such a great team.

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feliciacraft.livejournal.com

There were so many amazing fanworks in 2016 that I wish I'd taken better notes! Off the top of my head, I give you five fantastic pieces of artwork from five artists:

Artwork: Mr. Trick
By

chasingdemons
The hardest part was picking only one image by the amazing Danna. But! I don't think I've ever seen another artwork of Mr. Trick! I couldn't be happier seeing this fashionable, retro glamor shot of Mr. Trick, a minor yet memorable BtVS demon. (Who alone, as a bonus, commented on the unnatural lack of POC in this supposedly SoCal town. Joss, was that your conscience speaking?) Anyway, this artwork is just gorgeous! (Also, whatever skincare regimen Mr. Trick's using to get that glowing-from-within look, I want it.) ;)

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shapinglight

As usual, I can't collect five things in a particular category and time is running out, so here are five of my favourite fandom things from 2016.

First some wonderful fan art.

Venus and Mars by

rbfvid (Restfield). This piece was inspired by one of my fics (of the same name) but that's not why I'm reccing it. I'm reccing it because it's beautiful and clever, and in all ways absolutely superb.

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sparrow2000.livejournal.com

summer_of_giles is one of my favourite communities, so here are five things that caught my eye this year. I should give a disclaimer that I’m way behind with the entries, so I’m sure there is a pile of other stuff I could have recced that I just haven’t got to as yet.

It’s always illuminating to see the Buffy ‘verse through external eyes, and in

punch_kicker15’s The English Patient: Seven Times Giles Visited the Hospital(and One Time He Didn’t) we see Giles across the seven seasons through the eyes of a resident physician at Sunnydale Hospital. This is good stuff.

( More Giles goodness this way... )

petzipellepingo.livejournal.com

In no particular order :
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lusciousxander.livejournal.com

There are so many awesome videos in Youtube! I've discovered all these wonderful gems recently, but they were created before 2016.
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rbfvid.livejournal.com

Superstar by spuffyisthenewbangel. Oz/Spike constructed reality vid with some very nice voice montages. Warning for flickering overlay.

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dragonyphoenix.livejournal.com

Note: The Lucy Stone Six fanvids are reuploads from a closed account. They were originally created before 2016.

1. Lucy Stoner Six’ Handlebars - Willow. I cannot do justice to this. Go. Watch. Now.

2. A Slayer in the TARDIS’ junkie - “Let me tell you something about Willow.”

3. Vanishing446’s Ripper Opening Titles - Ripper years. Damn I wish this was a real series.

4. Laura Shapiro’s Transparent - More Willow and, yeah, another one that’s so awesome I don’t know how to describe it

5. Lucy Stoner Six’s chandelier - Faith. “I’m gonna live like tomorrow doesn’t exist.”

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