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Only one of these is from 2020, but I received kind permission to post the list anyway, so here goes!

Customize your own Playmobil Spuffy by

flowspuffy: I loved playing with Playmobil as a kid, so it was great to see a Playmobil Buffy and Spike at

seasonal_spuffy this year.

( More fancraft ahead! )

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... )

double_dutchess

Hand-drawn fan art is the most special fan art to me. And it gets even better if the artists draw scenes that we could never get to see on TV or in the comics, because they're too steamy. Here are five NSFW fan art works, three Spuffy and two Spangel. Apart from the first one these are pretty recent, but (barely) not from 2017.

dualbunny - Captivated: This is an illustration of Nautibitz' Spuffy fic Captivated. Gorgeous and hot!

( More sexy art this way )

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 Angel/Spike things of the past year. Well, actually, six. Ok, probably seven.

Someone I Know by

verucasalt123 Angel should stay away. Of course. He doesn't. Of course.
Just a short and very possible encounter set somewhere around "School Hard".

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yourlibrarian

Memorial by Lyr. She heads to L.A. and stays, but doesn't know who she is. I liked this thought of how Buffy's time there might have gone and how she might have found herself again.

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rbfvid.livejournal.com

And another spangel rec list, this time it's comedy/fluff. Because one list was clearly not enough.

This Is It by Foxinator (

foxstarreh). Spike and Angel move on. Maybe. Kinda. PG-13.

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baudown.livejournal.com

For

chasingdemons, who requested some Spangel. All By Anna S.

1. Untitled --Melancholy, poignant, beautiful.

2. Sleepy -- Short, but it packs a wallop.

3. Gift -- "Once it would have taken force to drive Spike to his knees."

4. Untitled -- The L.A. gang discusses the relationship.

5. Untitled -- This piece just gets to the heart of who they are, and who they are to each other. Quite possibly my favorite Spangel story ever.

chasingdemons.livejournal.com

5 beautiful works of art on Tumblr

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rbfvid.livejournal.com

Five classic Angel/Spike stories, arranged from shortest to longest.

Victrola by

hello_spikey. William, Angelus and that terrible modern music.

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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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petzipellepingo.livejournal.com

In no particular order and with thanks to

sockmonkeyhere and others :
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rebcake.livejournal.com

We can all use a little laughter these days, right? Here are a few of the many stories that tickled me in 2015 from shortest to longest.

( Five, plus bonus, behind the cut... )

singedbylife.livejournal.com

I often gravitate towards hurt/comfort fics which in turn often gravitate towards pain, angst, and bittersweetness.
I have a lot of fics that I'd like to recommend but had to find five examples only. Hope you will enjoy them as much as I did. Note that I had accidentally posted a fic by TheSigyn which was a Harmony/Spike fic but that ones is actually too new to be a classic. My bad.

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rbfvid.livejournal.com

Five of my favorite parody fics, arranged from shortest to longest.

Spike's Fury by

coalitiongirl. Buffy, Angel, Spike, PG-13. The alternate ending of season 8 comics. Much better than canon one.

( There are more! )

rbfvid.livejournal.com

Some favorite angsty shortfics from the past year.
Any bad English in summaries is mine and shouldn't be blamed on fic authors.

Diner at the end of the apocalypse (Spike, Willow, Wesley, PG) by

lilithbint. A witch, a watcher and a vampire meet in a diner, and - as you already guess - this isn't a funny story...
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rbfvid.livejournal.com

Mister Booze by

thedothatgirl. A lot of whedonverse drinking that seems so appropriate today.
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rbfvid.livejournal.com

Five short stories that made me smile.
Any bad English in summaries is mine and shouldn't be blamed on fic authors.

Dark and Fruity... And all mine! (Giles, Buffy/Spike, PG-13) by

quinara where is some passionate claiming, but not of the kind you are used to see in a spuffy fic.
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kikimay

Okay, here I am too! I wish to thank everyone who recommended other fics, especially the Spangel ones. I know some of them, since I did some time lurking the English fandom but saying nothing (Because I didn't know how to write), but it's really nice to discover other classics. It makes me feel part of the group.

So, my list: 5 fics with Spike as major character I love so much (There are too many Spike-centric fics in this fandom that I love and it's hard to pick just 5)

Beggars would Ride by

wiseacress This is one of the first Spike/Angel fics I've ever read. It's painful, dark and gorgeously written. I love the dynamic between Angel and Spike and how they hurt each others. I'm a sucker for Spangel h/c.

19 Hours by Annie Sewell-Jennings. First English Spuffy fic. Just glorious. It's a post Chosen fic, it's Spike/Buffy-centric and there is a lot of glorious happy sex involved. If you love Spike and Buffy together you have to read this.

To Come Home To by

snickfic Recently discovered and it's a series. Again with the Spuffy post-Chosen kinda happy place. This one is also about mpreg and believe me when I say that it's the greatest thing ever.

Stick Shift by

stultiloquentia Spike. Buffy. Pegging. Hot. If you like hot Spuffy porn this is the thing for you.

A Raising in the Sun by

rahirah I guess that everybody knows this one. It's actually my favorite part of the saga. I love it because it really feels S6-like and it's all Spike's POV and it's excellent.

elisi

Spurred on by

red_satin_doll here are five classic Spangel stories that I particularly love. (Someone already recced Friday, or that would have been top of the list, obviously. Also I don't have anything by Kita - sorry!) Have tried to list the fics as they happen within the shows' timeline.

1. Nothing Else Matters by

estepheia. Summary: Having been beaten up by Buffy [in Dead Things] Spike drives to L.A. (This was the fic that brought me on board the Spike/Angel slash train. It is amazing and very hot.)

2. Lament for the Dead by

stir_of_echoes. Summary: Nothing worth doing is completed in our lifetime/Therefore, we are saved by hope [...] (Post-Destiny. If you take 'that one time' literally, this could be it.)

3. His Body A Boat by

romanyg. Summary: Some sex, some violence. Wha'd'ya want? It's S/A. (If you want 'classic' you can't get more classic than this. Absolute, pared-down perfection.)

4. Vicarious (redux) by

lynnenne. Summary: Spike and Angel share their memories of Buffy. In bed. (Set post-TGiQ. The perfect coda.)

5. Desert Pixies Made Us Do It by

nomelon. Summary: Angel and Spike in the desert. Stuff happens. (Could be post-NFA. Also, the summary doesn't do it justice - this is quite simply one of the funniest fics in existence!)

rbfvid.livejournal.com

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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spikesjojo.livejournal.com

Running on Empty: by Cas –Spike/Dean - Dean is a broken man who is plagued not only by memories of the horrific things he's done, but also by lingering dark needs that he can't control. For him, there is no hope, until he meets the vampire Spike under circumstances that could finish them both. http://www.tthfanfic.org/story.php?no=24235

The Other Bloody Ring: by Mabel Marsters - since I seem to be doing crossovers, here is a Spike/Damon story. Sorter and fluffier than the rest, it is definitely worth reading. Thwarted in his efforts to hold on to the Gem of Amara, Spike opts to go visit with an old friend, leading to some unsettling discoveries. The slash is not explicit, but it makes you wish the story had gone on longer! http://mabel-marsters.livejournal.com/105183.html

Pity Us We Wakeful– Angel/Willow/Spike from Velvetwhip (Gabrielle) I believe that this is the one story in all of fandom that had the greatest affect on me. Bleak, tragic and beautifully written, it’s about the compromises we make, and how painful they can be. It’s greatest impact is that nothing really bad happens – no tragic event – it all takes place in choices people make and the half-life they live because of them.
http://velvetwhip.livejournal.com/tag/fic%3A%20ats%3A%20pity%20us%20we%20wakeful

A Sire’s Family – The first story of a trilogy. While this is definitely Spike/Angel, there is so much more going on in this wonderful AU. Angel calls his family to him very early in the series because Giles asks him to. Then this story takes a wonderful turn into a excellent created universe. featuring all of Angel's childer. http://www.livejournal.com/tools/memories.bml?user=theladymerlin&keyword=A%20Sire%27s%20Call%20~%20Angel%2FSpike&filter=all

The Blind Man and a Fool to Lead Him by Cave Canem - Spike & Wesley - Post NFA. Spike is charged with taking Wesley to England, beneath the radar of the Senior partners. Brought back by Illyria, Wesley is permanently damaged by a complete inability to read. This story is funny, sad, and at times profound. http://wesleyfanfiction.net/archive/viewstory.php?sid=846

spikesjojo.livejournal.com

Here are a few of my favorite Spike/Angel stories. Most of these contain explicit slash, none of them are workplace safe.

To Take You in - by Jessica Walker (aka Anonymous) This is a new twist on an old idea. Spike comes to Angel when he is chipped. But Jessica has a wonderful back story for Spike and Angel. The word Buffy is never mentioned, nor is Sunnydale. The story is told from Angel's POV, and the voice is excellent! http://www.fangedfour.com/fangs/fiction/anonymous.html

Time is the Fire in Which We Burn - I had to pick one story from Love that Dares, a website with all of Jenny's fiction. This is the first story in a long series. Her Spike/Angel fiction is hot, and her voices, including Wesley are spot on. I highly recommend all of her fiction. http://www.squashduck.com/ltd/spikeangelmain.htm

The Relevance of Spike - Author: stakeaclaim - "It was a big day. A hundred and twenty-five years. A quarter of the way through his second century and he’d decided today was the day it was all going to change" And it all does change, though not in ways anyone could expect. It's long, unpredictable and intricate, and it will keep you up all night. http://stakeaclaim.livejournal.com/714.html

You and I Collide - Author: spikesfool - it's dark, and painful. Spike crosses the line with Angel, and Angel makes him pay. Angel grows darker as he enjoys his payback. http://spring-spangel.livejournal.com/45738.html

Waking William - Author: Feliblanco. Spike has gotten his soul and he still has his chip. When he arrives in LA he is nearly dead from the abuse an attractive man who can't fight back, and who believes he deserves punishment, he has suffered. But the story goes off into some interesting directions beyond the h/c.
http://www.livejournal.com/tools/memories.bml?user=felisblanco&keyword=Waking+William&filter=all

baudown.livejournal.com

I adore historical fics, and it was really hard to narrow this list down to five. You may be getting a "Five More" list soon!

1. Sweet William, by Peasant -- The early days of William and the Fanged Four. One of my favorite buffyverse fics, historical or otherwise.

2. A Winter's Tale, by Coquette -- The Fanged Four on a Northern journey. Beautiful writing, engrossing plot.

3. Delight Becomes Pictorial, by glossiolalia -- William/Angelus. Dark, hot.

4. Many Loves, by Anonymous -- The loves of William (and Spike), from turning until after The Gift.

5. Thicker Than Water, by Tara R. -- Shanghai, 1900. An encounter between Angelus and William. Or is it Angel and Spike?

shapinglight

My last list, which I'm doing now because I may be away this weekend.

Five fannish things I really enjoyed in 2013, in no particular order.

First, some wonderful meta from

lostboy_lj, The Monomythology of Buffy. Buffy on Campbell's 'classic' hero's journey, all explained in pretty pictures. Brilliant!

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debris4spike

I wonder how many of you have seen

comlodges work ... if not, you are in for a treat.

Wildfire

An amazing Spuffy manip from the episode Wrecked.

When you say you love me...

Another Spuffy manip.

Dream

For all Spuffy lovers - we love the dream of them together.

Just Sitting

A lot of time was spent by Spike & Buffy "just sitting" on the back porch of Revello Drive.

Spiked Angel

Not worksafe, but not truly explicit - a Spangel manip

sparrow2000.livejournal.com

Well it looks as if I might be first up to post - happy new year everyone! :)

baudown gives good drabble, and I can only envy her effortless talent for telling huge stories with such economy and style. Here are five of my favourite drabbles from her written in 2013. Most, but not all are Spike, Xander in some form or another.

My favourite drabble hands down of the year ‘Til I’m Gathered Safely In. The last line especially makes me sigh.

( More drabbles right this way... )

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... )

dragonyphoenix.livejournal.com

I tend to go for stories where the victim's/slaves'/whatever-you-want-to-call-it thought-patterns are being changed; largely, I think, because there is a parallel to how we are molded by job/society. However, not all of these are dark.
But ... not worksafe. None of them. Don't even think of opening them at the office unless you work at this place (see last strip).
Edited: I now know where the last story is.

1) Ash Carpenter's The Show: Angel, to better infiltrate the Black Thorn, presents Spike as his slave. This one is very dark.

( the other recs are busy mocking me for blushing as I post these... )

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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chasingdemons.livejournal.com

shapinglight has been one of my favorite writers since I came to LJ and before. When I read her stories, I can see every scene vividly in front of me. I sometimes forget it came completely from someone's imagination.

The following 5 stories are a good representation of her work. She is currently uploading some of her works to Ao3 under the name glassdarkly. In the meantime, you can find most of her stories on her personal journal or at

glassdarklyuk (you must friend this journal to read it, but in doing so you will have access to her extraordinary "indulgent" kink-fics).

(Please see author’s warnings if applicable)

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rebcake.livejournal.com

We all make mistakes. To err is human, as well as demonic. Lucky for us, laughing when other people blow it is one of life’s great joys. Following are five short and sassy examples:

Love the One You’re With by BarbC

rahirah (Willow/Harmony) PG13
Just look at the pairing. What more do I need to say?

( Let's see if they can wriggle out of these situations... )

shapinglight

I couldn't think of another way to link these five fics together. I just enjoyed them. They're all great.

What It Is To Burn by

quinara. Spike/Buffy, R (I'm guessing). Set post Chosen, after three years in a long distance relationship with Spike, Buffy's the one who cracks first. I love the way

quinara writes both these characters. They're them but with a thoughtful, deeper edge.

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endeni

FANVIDS:
Changes by thedothatgirl (Worksafe, gen) - A great ensemble overview of BtVS Season 4, thedothatgirl's vids are always gorgeous.
Mah Na Mah Na by kallysten & lynnenne (Worksafe, Angel/Spike) - The vid is so funny and it masterfully highlights the parallels between Spike and Angel.
Maybe Sparrow by fray-adjacent12 (Worksafe, Wesley/Fred) - So epic and moving! :)

PODFICS:
The Future, Soon by tieleen - read by reena_jenkins (Worksafe, gen) - An imaginative and haunting look at the slayers future, read by the talented reena_jenkins.
A Buffyverse Alphabet by shadowscast - read by reena_jenkins (Worksafe, gen) - "A Buffyverse Alphabet" is a great classic and it's fantastic to be able to enjoy it in podfic form, too.

petzipellepingo.livejournal.com

In no particular order :
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petzipellepingo.livejournal.com

In no particular order :
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sueworld2003.livejournal.com

In no particular order my favorites examples from this wonderfully silly series of strips...

Buffy Shenanigans 4 by ~Ofelan on deviantART ( Read more... )

sueworld2003.livejournal.com

In no particular order my favorites examples from this wonderfully silly series of strips...

Buffy Shenanigans 4 by ~Ofelan on deviantART ( Read more... )

staringiscaring.livejournal.com

I think that is just an adorable video! The maker paced everything so well that its like the actors are singing the song. It made me want Amy Acker and J. August Richards to have a Russian singing career and make lots of cute music videos.
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staringiscaring.livejournal.com

hola-policia.livejournal.com

Here are the top Five WIPs that I want to see completed:

Soul to Seduce by

eurydice72

World Made New by

cafedemonde

The Road to Rio by

cafedemonde

Masters and Minions by Madea

Beautiful Dawn by Jenny

hola-policia.livejournal.com

Here are the top Five WIPs that I want to see completed:

Soul to Seduce by

eurydice72

World Made New by

cafedemonde

The Road to Rio by

cafedemonde

Masters and Minions by Madea

Beautiful Dawn by Jenny

sueworld2003.livejournal.com

Thought I'd rec five things from Deviantart that appealed to me for one way or another.

Firstly not strictly an artwork but worth including I thought.

1) Buffy the Vampire Slayer photo comic by nattyvampireslyr

Bags more fun then season 8 turned out imo, and shorter too...*g*

http://nattyvampireslyr.deviantart.com/art/Buffy-The-Vampire-Slayer-Comic-155363297( Read more... )

sueworld2003.livejournal.com

elisi

I just realised that there might be people who've never seen 'Black Black Heart', and then I felt obliged to remedy this. After that I had to attempt to only choose four more vids... (RL is being insistent that I step away from the computer now, but I'm sure my selection will make you hunt down all the other vids these talented ladies have created!)

The first three are by

dualbunny, whose vid tag is here.

Black Black Heart. Spike/duster. You MUST watch this! MUST, you hear me!

Spanish Doll. Dru vid. A quite astonishingly brilliant attempt at getting inside Dru's head.

Suburbia. From the vidder's notes: This is my poor tiny Buffy vid. I always think of her as the one that overcomes everything in the end. I wanted to play with what happens before the end. And I thought the sound of this song, and the inevitable flowing quality of the lead singer's voice, lent itself well to the notion of evil seeping into places and lulling you into both a false sense of security and eventual disenchantment. Buffy's been fighting a hopeless battle since the start. The First Evil is just the most recent in a long line of evils, waiting to finally break her down.

The last two are by

charmax. Her masterlist is here.

Still Breathing. Spike's redemption song. (I love this vid to absolute distraction!)

Your Woman. Spike kidnaps Angel to find out why he never loved him. This vid is like the bastard son of “The picture of Dorian Gray” and “Reservoir dogs”. (There are no words to describe it. The editing is pure genius!)

Bonus rec (because I HAVE to run, or I'd totally make another post):

All vids by

obsessive24, but especially 'Bachelorette'. (In the shape of a girl. Difficult to describe, but it's about feminism in the Buffy verse.)

elisi

obsessive24, but especially 'Bachelorette'. (In the shape of a girl. Difficult to describe, but it's about feminism in the Buffy verse.)

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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