A Little Bit of Ancient Fannish History
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spuffyficrecs asked about Season 6 fics. I don't know that I was any help because I don't remember a lot, but it did have me thinking about some of the old school fics that I enjoyed way, way back in the day when the show was still ongoing and when the canon was still very open ended. Some of the old school fics that still linger with affection in my memory:
Dancing Lessons -- I don't remember what the plot was. For the life of me, I really don't. But, it was absolutely part of my viewing experience of BtVS. It was posted as an ongoing fic that I anticipated just like real episodes and, in many ways, it's forever linked in my head with canon BtVS, even though they're nothing alike.
The Hearts Filthy Lesson - I recognized Mustang Sally and Rivka T's names from the X-Files fandom where they were fannish famous for their Scully angst-opus Iolokus. The Heart's Filthy Lesson is totally, totally AU (post-FFL) and the characterizations are unique to the authors, but... you know, I didn't care. It was fun! And it had a sequel in Serious Moonlight
Ships that that Pass Into Type by Honor H -- Buffyverse characters discover fanfic!
Also from way back in the day, GGNoel's Definition of a Monster - Part I It's all vague in memory (I suspect that if I were to read it now it would almost be like new) but I do remember -- Buffy, Spike, and Nazi Occupied France! (Time travel was involved) This also had a sequel in Definition of a Monster - Part II
Daemons Luminati - primary memory? Angels can be bastards (Not Angel the vampire, but the punishing heavenly warrior sort)
When Eternity Lies in the Balance - Jericho
Isabelle's 100 Years of Solitude Of which, other than the title, I have no memory of at all (perhaps I should re-read it. I must remember it for some reason, right?
Annie Sewell-Jennings - Ruination in Red Again, I have no idea what it was about, but the link was in my archive and I remember liking her stuff
Cousin Jean's Future Imperfect and Perfect World - okay, my main memory is the ignominious exit from fandom, but the fic was enjoyable
Ten Thousand by Wisteria
Treacle A's No Mistakes
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rahirah's A Raising in the Sun and Necessary Evils and... all of Barbs stuff, actually.
And I'm sorry about the ones that currently slip my mind. I know that there are many. And then there are the other that I can't find (for instance, I have this unusually clear memory of a Spuffy-fic that featured the return of Harmony who had summuned evil unicorns!. Unfortunately, I cannot find an active link for it. I fear that it was deleted when the original Dancing Lessons site went down. *sigh* And some that I remember have broken links the links (such as AnnaS's Season Noir
Anyway, I'm leaving out a ton, but these are a few that, in some capacity, I remember.
spuffyficrecs asked about Season 6 fics. I don't know that I was any help because I don't remember a lot, but it did have me thinking about some of the old school fics that I enjoyed way, way back in the day when the show was still ongoing and when the canon was still very open ended. Some of the old school fics that still linger with affection in my memory:Dancing Lessons -- I don't remember what the plot was. For the life of me, I really don't. But, it was absolutely part of my viewing experience of BtVS. It was posted as an ongoing fic that I anticipated just like real episodes and, in many ways, it's forever linked in my head with canon BtVS, even though they're nothing alike.
The Hearts Filthy Lesson - I recognized Mustang Sally and Rivka T's names from the X-Files fandom where they were fannish famous for their Scully angst-opus Iolokus. The Heart's Filthy Lesson is totally, totally AU (post-FFL) and the characterizations are unique to the authors, but... you know, I didn't care. It was fun! And it had a sequel in Serious Moonlight
Ships that that Pass Into Type by Honor H -- Buffyverse characters discover fanfic!
Also from way back in the day, GGNoel's Definition of a Monster - Part I It's all vague in memory (I suspect that if I were to read it now it would almost be like new) but I do remember -- Buffy, Spike, and Nazi Occupied France! (Time travel was involved) This also had a sequel in Definition of a Monster - Part II
Daemons Luminati - primary memory? Angels can be bastards (Not Angel the vampire, but the punishing heavenly warrior sort)
When Eternity Lies in the Balance - Jericho
Isabelle's 100 Years of Solitude Of which, other than the title, I have no memory of at all (perhaps I should re-read it. I must remember it for some reason, right?
Annie Sewell-Jennings - Ruination in Red Again, I have no idea what it was about, but the link was in my archive and I remember liking her stuff
Cousin Jean's Future Imperfect and Perfect World - okay, my main memory is the ignominious exit from fandom, but the fic was enjoyable
Ten Thousand by Wisteria
Treacle A's No Mistakes
rahirah's A Raising in the Sun and Necessary Evils and... all of Barbs stuff, actually. And I'm sorry about the ones that currently slip my mind. I know that there are many. And then there are the other that I can't find (for instance, I have this unusually clear memory of a Spuffy-fic that featured the return of Harmony who had summuned evil unicorns!. Unfortunately, I cannot find an active link for it. I fear that it was deleted when the original Dancing Lessons site went down. *sigh* And some that I remember have broken links the links (such as AnnaS's Season Noir
Anyway, I'm leaving out a ton, but these are a few that, in some capacity, I remember.
