Slayed in Manhattan by Ijemanja (PG-13)

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Fandom: How I Met Your Mother/Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Pairing: a little Giles/Robin UST
Length: 1600 words
Author on LJ: ijemanja
Author's Website: umm...here's the list of all her stories on Yuletide, does that count?
Why this must be read: With Alyson Hannigan on How I Met Your Mother, one has to assume that the odd Buffy crossover was inevitable. But what wasn't inevitable was that any of them would be as well done as this one is. Not only is every single character voice--from both universes--spot on, but it flawlessly combines the very funny but very different senses of humor possessed by both shows.


"Yeah. Hey, is the small-breasted version of me still there?"

"Yeah, she's doing some kind of protective spe- uh, hey, you know what? I have to go. My uh... producer wants me for something."

"Steve? Oh, hey! You're going to hang out with the chick who stole my face, aren't you? You do think she's cooler than me."

"No! Lily, I don't think she's cooler than you. And she certainly doesn't have super magic powers of any kind. Okay?"

"Oh, okay. Bye, Robin."

"Bye, Lil."

*

Robin watches as her drink sparkles and then turns from amber to a pretty pinky-purple colour.

"You know," she says, "Maybe it's the pink scotch talking, but you are so much cooler than my friend Lily."


Slayed in Manhattan