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My computer still hasn't gotten here! *howls with rage* My parents mailed it on Monday. Last Monday. Where the fuck is it? *hear the St. Mary's County accent emerge as Elspethdixon whines horribly* I'm starting to worry that it's been impounded by Irish customs or something.
Chapter Thirteen of A Pirate's Life is coming along, albeit with molasses-like slowness, as I struggle with a dream sequence (I've never written one before)and the always-difficult-to-keep-from-sliding-into-Horatio Hornblower-territory Norrington POV. And the Jack angst. Jack angst is a very difficult thing to pull off in a convincing and in-character way. *sighs* I miss my AlcoholicAuror!Sirius. Of the two hard drinking characters I've written, he did angst better. Damn Rowling and her poorly executed death scenes.
Anyway, to make up for my lack of progress on the fanficing front, here are two recs gathered via my recent "Oh God, Spike is hot! Must read BtVS fic!" fanfic reading frenzy.
Anna S.'s "Buffy Season Noir", which branches off from Gone and eventually segues into a deliciously dark AU in which Sunnydale is invaded and occupied by a Nazi-esque demon regime. Forced into hiding, Buffy and the Scoobies attempt to organize a Resistance, while Spike--now Captain William Aurelius of Special Forces--feeds them information from the inside. The plot starts off a bit slow (though never dull--the Evil Carnival episode in particular is hilariously funny) but gradually builds up a truly creepy momentum, and watching Xander in particular evolve from a goofy sidekick into a hardened, ruthless soldier is fascinating.
"A Raising in the Sun" and "Necessary Evils" by Barb Cummings (Raising comes first, followed by Evils). This epic-in-the making is Season Six the way it should have been, with all the trauma of Buffy's death and Willow's gradual descent into Dark!Willow, but without the sadomasochistic Spuffy trainwreck (or the Xander/Anya wedding disaster, for that matter). Instead, you get a prickly partnership that developes into a passionate but uneasy romance, complete with a couple of vampire/slayer sex scenes that Laurel K. Hamilton would envy. Plus, you get Conspiracy Theory-type plotting on the part of the Watchers Council, Worried&Jealous!Angel, and Hank Summers, Deadbeat Dad.
Chapter Thirteen of A Pirate's Life is coming along, albeit with molasses-like slowness, as I struggle with a dream sequence (I've never written one before)and the always-difficult-to-keep-from-sliding-into-Horatio Hornblower-territory Norrington POV. And the Jack angst. Jack angst is a very difficult thing to pull off in a convincing and in-character way. *sighs* I miss my AlcoholicAuror!Sirius. Of the two hard drinking characters I've written, he did angst better. Damn Rowling and her poorly executed death scenes.
Anyway, to make up for my lack of progress on the fanficing front, here are two recs gathered via my recent "Oh God, Spike is hot! Must read BtVS fic!" fanfic reading frenzy.
Anna S.'s "Buffy Season Noir", which branches off from Gone and eventually segues into a deliciously dark AU in which Sunnydale is invaded and occupied by a Nazi-esque demon regime. Forced into hiding, Buffy and the Scoobies attempt to organize a Resistance, while Spike--now Captain William Aurelius of Special Forces--feeds them information from the inside. The plot starts off a bit slow (though never dull--the Evil Carnival episode in particular is hilariously funny) but gradually builds up a truly creepy momentum, and watching Xander in particular evolve from a goofy sidekick into a hardened, ruthless soldier is fascinating.
"A Raising in the Sun" and "Necessary Evils" by Barb Cummings (Raising comes first, followed by Evils). This epic-in-the making is Season Six the way it should have been, with all the trauma of Buffy's death and Willow's gradual descent into Dark!Willow, but without the sadomasochistic Spuffy trainwreck (or the Xander/Anya wedding disaster, for that matter). Instead, you get a prickly partnership that developes into a passionate but uneasy romance, complete with a couple of vampire/slayer sex scenes that Laurel K. Hamilton would envy. Plus, you get Conspiracy Theory-type plotting on the part of the Watchers Council, Worried&Jealous!Angel, and Hank Summers, Deadbeat Dad.
From: (Anonymous)
Glad you're back
Anyway, I've been meaning to drop you line and let you know how much I'm enjoying this story - I don't have a live journal but I recently started a blog: http://clanfan.blogspot.com/ (And if you're looking for more Buffy recs, I've posted links to some of my favorite stories there.)