Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Fanfic Recs: Difference between revisions

Feel free to add a fanfic of your own to the list, but remember to use the template found [[Fan Fic Recommendations|here]].<ref>a copy of the template is just below</ref>. Do warn when a fanfic may head into sexual<ref>please note this includes all sexual activity, not just homosexual or bisexual, including het.</ref> or [[Better Than Canon|non-canon]] territory. Some people just don't like it, and as we all know, [[Shipping]] is [[Serious Business]].

* ''Tags:'' If any are known. This would be things like [[WAFF]], [[Lemon]], [[Dark Fic]], any known [[Crossover|Crossovers]]s etc.

* Femslashy work that manages the impossible -- beingimpossible—being authentically dark without a ''drop'' of [[Wangst]]. The best of his work causes one to proclaim Mad-Hamlet as Buffy's [[My Real Daddy|real daddy]]. This is a man who takes [[Earn Your Happy Ending]] to heart. Must reads include "Prisms" and "Deeper."

* Spike-focused archive, though beyond the Spike focus, pretty much anything goes -- anygoes—any pairing (not necessarily romantic), genre, or time frame. Lots of good stuff. No longer updated, but is in no danger of going down any time soon, as far as I can tell.

* A spin-off virtual series that takes place seven years after S7 and centers on Xander -- nowXander—now armed with Cordelia-style visions and a magic eight ball that actually does tell the truth -- movingtruth—moving to Cape Kenneth to be the Watcher for a young Slayer named Olivia "Liv" Fontaine (you may remember her as the girl with the baseball bat from the very last episode). The series is rather OC-heavy, and is written in [[Script Fic]] format, but don't let that scare you; the format is used well and captures the traditional witty banter and horror-comedy feel of the Buffyverse, and the [[OCs]] are likeable and interesting. The classic ''Buffy'' and ''Angel'' characters also feature heavily, as the older and established generation which are on call for when the big guns are needed... though apart from Xander (and eventually Spike, who has a major role in the second season), most of them remain secondary characters.

** Unfortunately, the second season hasn't been updated since the sixteenth episode in 2007 -- and2007—and that episode ends on a rather nasty cliffhanger. There's also some Xander/OC romance, as Xander gets involved with Liv's mother Lucy (who in a staggering break from tradition knows all about her daughter's Slayer powers from the get-go). Consider yourself warned.

* ''Synopsis'': Illyria travels back in time to alter the course of history -- forhistory—for the better.

''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6939823/1/Two_Slayers_One_Heart_Version_ThreePointZero Two Slayers -- One Heart (Version 3.0)]'' by Wild Paladin. (Some lesbian sex between teens, some group sex, one [[May-DecemberMay–December Romance]]. AU.)

* ''Synopsis'': This AU fic ignores the Buffy Season Eight comics completely, as well as ignoring Season Five of ''[[Angel]]''. It opens with the Scythe-powered activation of two high school girls in a small Midwestern city, follows them as they learn about being Slayers, and features the addition of the Scooby Gang very early in the fic. As the Scooby Gang befriends the new Slayers and starts training them and others, things begin to go very, very strange in their town -- astown—as an old enemy of the Scooby Gang makes its presence felt.

* ''Comments'': ''Two Slayers'' is a rare find to this troper, because it features original characters without pushing the canon cast entirely offstage, in fact leaving the Scooby Gang vital to the story and the solution to the threat. '''One can only assume that the graphic sex will go the way of the dodo bird in this version,''' leaving it largely plot-centric and adventure-oriented. It is also very long -- overlong—over a quarter of a million words -- butwords—but it ''is'' complete.

* ''Comments'': Incredibly moving, with a major focus on angsty!Giles but also features tons of canon cameos--thecameos—the usual suspects of Xander, Buffy, Faith, Kennedy, as well as a few more unexpected ones like Olivia, Vi, and Ethan Rayne. The summary is far too simplistic for the sheer depths of emotion. So many writers either bash Potentials or just have them in the background, dropping like flies whenever the fic needs a death. Giles' hunt for Slayers in training is heartbreaking, mainly because the author puts focus on showing the [[SI Ts]] as real people. It's a very long read (forty-nine chapters) but almost never gets repetitive, and it's so addictive this troper read most of it in one sitting.

* ''Comments'' Imagine the [[Batman: The Animated Series|Batman]] episode, ''Almost Got 'Im'', but with the [[Big Bad|Big Bads]]s of BTVS. It's fun to see all the show's bigget villains work off of each other and they're written in character very well.

* ''Comments:'' It's a well-written and fascinating [[Deconstructed Trope|Deconstruction]] of [[Peggy Sue]] fics -- Angelfics—Angel sets out with the same attitude as most [[Peggy Sue]] main characters, to use his foreknowledge to prevent disasters and mistakes, but he keeps missing details or miscalculating the reactions of the world around him, or he acts to change things without knowing the entire story, and in most of these cases things tend to end up ''worse'' than they were in the original timeline. Characterizations are solid and the plot remains interesting throughout. There are mentions of canon 'ships, primarily Angel/Cordelia, but they're not very central to the plot.

* ''Comments:'' An interesting take on a pairing you don't usually see. Full of angst and humor -- justhumor—just like Xander. The first part takes place sometime in season three.

* ''Synopsis:'' After bullies leave Xander trapped overnight at the high school in a lightless closet, he discovers he's not alone -- aalone—a girl named Marcie has been trapped with him. And there in the dark they both discover something new, something important -- andimportant—and in Marcie's case, something that could save her soul and her humanity.

* ''Synopsis'': In an alternate summer after the events of ''[[Harry Potter/Harry Potter and The Order of The Phoenix|Harry Potter and The Order of The Phoenix]]'', Harry and the Dursleys are moved by the Order into an apartment when 4 Privet Drive is identified and targeted by the Death Eaters. Harry finds little to recommend the change until he meets the gentleman living in the next apartment -- oneapartment—one Mr. Rupert Giles, whose quiet and respectful friendship saves Harry's sanity and soul from the depths of despair.

* ''Synopisis'': That Halloween Xander lost a bet to Cordelia. His forfeit, to wear the costume of her choice, and Cordelia chose a [[Power Girl]] costume. As if that wasn't bad enough, when the time comes to change back the universe itself glitches. Xander Harris finds himse...er...make that [[Gender Bender|herself]] in a whole new body and a whole new universe, one populated by super heros and super villains. Only it isn't the DCU that Xander knows, but the [[Marvel|Marvelverse]]verse.

* ''Tags'': Crossover with the [[DCU]] and [[Marvel|Marvelverse]]verse. YAHF. [[Gender Bender]].