Kerk is on a fic-writing roll. Here are two Buffy fics:

Fics for 2025 #003 ~ Dear Mama, (BtVS)
Notes: The title originates with one of the episodes of Jet Wolf's Buffy continuation where Kennedy & Tara are on a road trip; discovering a mixtape of Tara's, and also discovering that Tara's music taste is far removed from what she assumed.

Buffy POV.

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Fics for 2025 # 004 ~ Thru October, until Forever
Notes: Dawn/Lisa. At this point they are somewhere between Homecoming, when they were seventeen, and the second half of their Senior year when they are both eighteen

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Also a beautiful multi-performer song that I have no context for, but there are four main singers and the whole thing is gorgeous (China for sure gets the 'circuses' part right):



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And a truly delightful Tumblr thread about How we are the Fae.

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Also does anyone have any recommendations for alternatives to Facebook? Having done some looking around I came across MeWe, but I have literally never heard about it before. Is anyone familiar?

So, here is my massive Good Omens Fic Rec Post. (I will probably also do one with vids & meta & stuff, but for now I had to limit myself. And there is SO MUCH fic.) ETA: All posts collated in this Good Omens Masterpost.

And I shall start with Michael Sheen, talking about fanfic as midrash:

You’re so right. There’s a term for it that I think is part of the Jewish tradition - ‘midrash’. A wonderful writer named John Carroll talks about it a lot. He wrote ‘The Existential Jesus’ which had a huge influence on my bit of fanfic ‘The Passion of Port Talbot’ (2011)

— michael sheen (@michaelsheen) June 22, 2019

Endlessly multiplying branches of one ever-growing storytree where it becomes impossible to tell where one story ends and another begins when all overlap with each other and appear momentarily in each other’s stories like the tree is dreaming itself.

— michael sheen (@michaelsheen) June 23, 2019

This may be the single most beautiful description of fic that I have ever read, and it's also incredible accurate.

And here is a post by kass delving into this idea - and explaining what midrash *is* in more detail: Modern midrash

On my list there are (so far!) 87 fics (I have read more, but there are limits - I have tried to pick out the best ones) and I shall be adding to this list, oh yes. I did consider adding ratings & word counts (and may still do so), but for now I don’t have the energy. This took an AGE. I am also hoping/presuming that if you find something you like, you'll check out what other things that author has written.

The 'Description' part is sort of my own notes? The key words or phrases or description that will remind me which one *this* fic is (because a lot of them explore the same areas): sometimes they're quotes from the fic, sometimes quotes from author's notes, sometimes my commentary (or Promethia's)... in short, they're very idiosyncratic, and I hope you find them helpful.


Anyway, outside the cut - because it's genius, because it fits with both book and show canon (all the fic in this post goes with show canon btw), and because it even works for people who have just read the first three pages or watched the first five minutes, and it's not even 500 words:

Title: ask, and ye shall receive
URL: https://archiveofourown.org/works/19964368
Summary: Smite me, Crowley thinks one day, about three or four days into the Beginning of the World. He feels rather daring about it, especially when God doesn’t answer. Puts a bit of a swagger in his slither.
Description: If you read NOTHING ELSE, read this.

( Here be spoilers and much joy and MANY MANY EMOTIONS )

Had a lovely evening last night. There was *nothing* on TV (and we got bored of saying rude things about the male figure skaters' cosumes), so Darcy decided that watching a bit of early Buffy (i.e. funny, not depressing) would be a good idea. :) So we watched 'Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered' (which I'd completely forgotten was a Valentine's episode!) and 'Passion'. Much fun and much angst and OMG-Angelus-is-such-a-bastard!!! And they were all so young and innocent and just generally lots of 'aaaaaw!' Oh and anyone who thinks that Xander was this really swell guy who was ruined in the later seasons is *delusional*! ( Read more... )
Also I found it very interesting that everyone keeps calling Angelus 'Angel' - even Dru does it. The only one who goes with 'Angelus' is Spike. (Oh and seeing Dru wheeling Spike away from danger in the factory fight scene was for some reason incredibly funny.)

What else? The Baby is now 4 1/2 months old and very chubby and cute and she can *almost* roll over.

Before I run, just a couple more things...

If you're after a slightly different Valentine's fic, try Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show (Buffy & Connor). And it's wonderfully short! Part of inlovewithnight's Valentine's Fluffyton.

Joss speaks again. And cracks me up. What is it about that guy and puppies?

ETA: I completely forgot this! 'Arbitrar of Quality' (who is watching BtVS for the first time, unspoilt), just reviewed 'Ted' and thought it the best ep. of the series so far! You can find the review here if you're interested, but rememeber not to spoil him!

ETA 2: Sorry I'm so bad at commenting on all your lovely posts. But time isn't my friend!

I changed my default icon for the day - isn't it cute?

Anyway, I *will* come bearing fic later, but I thought that it'd be nice to make a round-up post of all the nice things people are posting today! (I will try to update during the day if possible, but I might be too busy. We'll see.)

So, what's happened so far?

stir_of_echoes has made a laugh-out-loud (seriously! Do not drink whilst reading!!!) Spike and Angel scrapbook with a few 'missing scenes' from TGiQ. Um, if you are *completely* allergic to slash you should probably stay away... *g*

kathyh has posted 3 utterly stunning Spuffy wallpapers. (S5, S6 and S7.)

femmenerd has written S/B/A - Three utopian!drabbles that you should really, really go read asap! :)

hesadevil wrote 2 Spuffy drabbles. *happy sigh*

poshcat has had one of the best ideas ever and given us all a chance to post a goopy classified ad on LJ! Yay! :)

inlovewithnight has organised a Valentine's Fluffyton. There should be something for everyone! :)

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If your reaction to all this soppiness is 'Bah! Humbug!' then bogwitch's anti-Valentine's drabble might be for you!

Also, mbangel10 has posted 10 Ways Dick Cheney Can Kill You. Nothing to do with Valentine's but very, very funny!

I seem to have acquired quite a few new friends recently, so I thought I'd take a moment to say hello and welcome! Dark and cliff-hangery fic is sparse on a day-to-day basis I'm afraid, so instead I will try to point you toward various goodies that I have come across recently:

First a ficlet from spuffyduds: Time is the Fire in Which We Burn. Set sometime before Drusilla meets William, this is a fabulous, amazing little gem! (I'm always hugely impressed with people who can write Dru.)

eyesthatslay has just posted a batch of 'House' icons. Wonderful (as usual).

Also: Scooby Road. Need I say more?

For those of you with iconing skills, this might be of interest: get_a_cape: 'Icon Challenge for Underappreciated Characters of the Jossverse'

And for writers, here's something brilliant: banner_grab. It's a place where authors who've always wanted banners for their work can go and make a request.

I think that's all... shouldn't be here really, but I don't think anyone's noticed yet. ::looks around worriedly::

On the fic front, I don't really have anything happening at the moment except my Christmas fic, the third (and last) part of which gets done line by line when I have some spare time. Oh - but I *have* written some more Spike/Dawn (that I intend to post sometime next week). For new friends, these are my very private little stories that I still can't really believe that I'm writing, and that are therefore filtered to stop half my flist from being squicked out. (In case you're interested it's set in an AU where Buffy wasn't resurrected. Beautiful, but disturbing. And my only attempt at NC-17. If you want to be added, please let me know. /end gratuitous self-pimp.)
ETA: I should probably add that I'm a Spuffy girl through and through. I just got saddled with a kink...

I've had very little time for reading recently, but I found time for these two (from seasonal_spuffy) - both S6 Spuffy, but very different in style and content:

Hiding In by sharelle is sort of a long FitB from 'All The Way', with the most wonderful early S6 S/B friendship. It's the fic-equivalent of a big, soft, snuggly blanket.

Ten Reasons to Change or Simply Stay the Same by lillianmorgan is probably best described as a series of vignettes showing some of Spike and Buffy's thoughts following the break-up in 'As You Were'. Beautiful, lyrical, honest and angsty, I love this to pieces.

Now go read - if I can find the time then so can you! ;)

Wishing a

Happy Birthday to spikewriter

the wonderful person who got me completely hooked on fanfic when I first started looking around. The story was Watchers' Diaries. The Apocrypha, which just knocked me out completely! (If there's anyone who has not read this wonderful fic, you should do so right now!!!!!) Have a brilliant day and good luck with NaNoWriMo! :)

Well, what I'm trying to do is to rec lillianmorgan's summer_of_spike fic, 'Til The End of the World. Post-NFA, with Buffy, Spike & Angel... but who ends up with whom? Very delicious! Go read! :)

Oh - and a question about rating fic: What rating would you give a fic with no smut whatsoever, but a good deal of swearing? PG? PG-13? I'm hopeless at these things I'm afraid.

First a massive big

Thank you

to all of you - yesterday was just such a brilliant day and I'm still walking about with a big silly grin on my face! :D Virtual baby showers are the best! (Also it gave me a good excuse to do very little except hover around the computer - always good!)

But today there is a birthday, so let me say:

Happy Birthday mickeygs

I hope you have a brilliant day - and for once I guess I can wish someone a Buffy-shaped present! :)

Today is also mine and Darcy's wedding anniversary - 8 years already! Although it sometimes feels like more... anyway, no great festivities tonight since he's laid up in bed with a tummy bug! I guess it's a nice reflection of the whole 'in sickness and in health'.

But nevermind - we'll do the whole romantic dinner another time (and our babysitter's gone on holiday anyway, so it would have been difficult tonight!). To return to a happier subject, the wonderful lillianmorgan wrote me a little baby shower fic. And I thought it'd be nice to share it with you all - I hope you enjoy it as much as I did! :)

( My fic from LM )

(Also note the brilliant icon that kathyh made for me! And my new default one was from fer1213... baby toes! :) So much loveliness all for little me!)

summer_of_spike is a most wonderful thing. If not for this community I might never have read this fic! It's called Unfinished Business (by annapurna_2) and you can find chapter 1 here. It's Spike & Angel friendship + Spuffy (NC-17! But how!). Do go read right now - 6 wonderful chapters and I'm currently praying that some day there will be a sequel! :)

Should probably add that the story is *very* good, the writing brilliant and the characterisations excellent!