Fic Recc: BTVS: On Impermanence by Dale

[ethrosdemon.livejournal.com]

Fandom: Buffy (but this is also A:ts as are many in this fandom)
Pairing: several and none
Author on LJ: viggorlijah
Author Website: http://www.oggham.com/words/
Why this must be read: Dale is famous wherever she goes for her stunning ability to impart haunting and deep truths in language that makes other writers wish they could be half that good. This story cycle touches on one of the major themes of the Buffyverse: that nothing good or bad lasts, everything is ephemeral and temporary.

This is a series of vignettes, and my favorite one is the Xander portion, but they are all brutally beautiful. They are linked from part to part, therefore I can't just cull out the Xander bit by itself.


Joyce
Faith
Riley
Xander
Lindsey
Phantom Dennis
Spike
Giles

These stories aren't happy, and they aren't super smut. But I always felt like Buffy was a fandom that really respected well-made fic dealing with concepts and emotions to go alongside the porn. So, I choose this out of the gate, and the porn will come later. This takes some Buffyverse knowledge to really understand, but I think almost all of the really good fic in this fandom is like that.

Comments

[yonmei.livejournal.com]

Actually, every one else seems to have taken the trouble to include informative subject lines, as well.

[ethrosdemon.livejournal.com]

Is there a reason you're being defensive and rude? I was only trying to be helpful so that you would know that on the community info page there are links to everything so you won't have to go through the calendar function. It's all archived by the mods.

[yonmei.livejournal.com]

Is there a reason you're being defensive and rude?

Yes: I was reacting in kind. ;-) Sorry. I shouldn't have escalated my minor irritation at not being able to find an overview because there wasn't a subtitle.