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Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Law and Order: SVU (FR18)
Title: Father Goose and the Black Knight
Pairing: Xander/Faith
Author: litmouse
Length: 74,653 words
Author on LJ: Not that I know of.
Website: Here at Twisting the Hellmouth
Why this must be read:
I read this story for the first time when I was going through a phase of rabidly reading every Xander-y crossover I could find. Among those mounds and mounds of stories, this one stood out. For one thing, it's got a plot. I know, I could barely believe it, either! Not only does it have a plot, it has character development. By the end of the story, I not only cared about the folks from BtVS, I cared about the SVU people and the original characters. On top of these sterling qualities, this story is tightly paced, so that even at this impressive wordcount, it doesn't drag. The characters stay in character. They grow, they change, but they are still the characters that I know and love. And as a devotee of the man-love, I'm extremely impressed with the way the author convinced me of Xander/Faith and made me root for them.
If you enjoy this story, litmouse wrote several others in this verse, each crossing with a different fandom. They are all handled just as skillfully.
“’I was raped by Satan?’ You wouldn’t be pulling an out-of-towner’s leg by any chance?”
“No, Detective, I’m afraid not. I wish I was.” The Captain sighed, rubbed her eyes, stared at the ceiling a moment. “I rolled my eyes, too, Detective, the first time I saw one of these cases. But there have been three now, and make no mistake, Detectives, these girls have been brutalized. Ligature marks on wrists and ankles, genital and rectal penetration, cuts on thighs and torso consistent with ritual bloodletting, brands burned on breasts and buttocks, I guarantee the vics aren’t making any of that up. As for the rest….”
“Fangs? Yellow eyes?” Benson read out of the file. “A mask?”
“Possibly. Probably. Read further down.” She waited.
Benson got there first. “What the hell?” she said. “They must be mistaken.”
“Yeah,” Captain Maddux said. “They must be. But we were careful, very careful, at least with the second two vics. They picked those faces out of the book without any prompting from us whatsoever.”
“And they were consistent?”
“Well the first vic said there were nine acolytes, the other two said eight, but maybe the ninth just didn’t participate. Otherwise, they’re totally consistent. Teenage girls dressed in brown robes, which they dropped when they joined in the bloodletting. All three vics identified the same five girls from their photos, three runaways still listed as missing. And two runaways who had already been found. Dead. Welcome to Cleveland, Detectives.”
Go. Read. Love. Tell the Author.
Father Goose and the Black Knight
Pairing: Xander/Faith
Author: litmouse
Length: 74,653 words
Author on LJ: Not that I know of.
Website: Here at Twisting the Hellmouth
Why this must be read:
I read this story for the first time when I was going through a phase of rabidly reading every Xander-y crossover I could find. Among those mounds and mounds of stories, this one stood out. For one thing, it's got a plot. I know, I could barely believe it, either! Not only does it have a plot, it has character development. By the end of the story, I not only cared about the folks from BtVS, I cared about the SVU people and the original characters. On top of these sterling qualities, this story is tightly paced, so that even at this impressive wordcount, it doesn't drag. The characters stay in character. They grow, they change, but they are still the characters that I know and love. And as a devotee of the man-love, I'm extremely impressed with the way the author convinced me of Xander/Faith and made me root for them.
If you enjoy this story, litmouse wrote several others in this verse, each crossing with a different fandom. They are all handled just as skillfully.
“’I was raped by Satan?’ You wouldn’t be pulling an out-of-towner’s leg by any chance?”
“No, Detective, I’m afraid not. I wish I was.” The Captain sighed, rubbed her eyes, stared at the ceiling a moment. “I rolled my eyes, too, Detective, the first time I saw one of these cases. But there have been three now, and make no mistake, Detectives, these girls have been brutalized. Ligature marks on wrists and ankles, genital and rectal penetration, cuts on thighs and torso consistent with ritual bloodletting, brands burned on breasts and buttocks, I guarantee the vics aren’t making any of that up. As for the rest….”
“Fangs? Yellow eyes?” Benson read out of the file. “A mask?”
“Possibly. Probably. Read further down.” She waited.
Benson got there first. “What the hell?” she said. “They must be mistaken.”
“Yeah,” Captain Maddux said. “They must be. But we were careful, very careful, at least with the second two vics. They picked those faces out of the book without any prompting from us whatsoever.”
“And they were consistent?”
“Well the first vic said there were nine acolytes, the other two said eight, but maybe the ninth just didn’t participate. Otherwise, they’re totally consistent. Teenage girls dressed in brown robes, which they dropped when they joined in the bloodletting. All three vics identified the same five girls from their photos, three runaways still listed as missing. And two runaways who had already been found. Dead. Welcome to Cleveland, Detectives.”
Go. Read. Love. Tell the Author.
Father Goose and the Black Knight