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25 Occasions People Have Celebrated in the Jossverse by minnow (PG)
Fandom: BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER/ANGEL
Pairing: Mostly gen with a bit of Faith/Buffy and implied Faith/Dean in the very slight Supernatural crossover section
Length: 1,500 words
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minnow1212
Author Website: just her LJ
Why this must be read: This story is like a glittering necklace strung with sparkling gems. In this piece Minnow cites, as you'd expect from the title, 25 occasions celebrated in BtVS and AtS. Some of those occasions are what you might expect, but many more of the occasions she chooses are surprising slices of gorgeously affecting drama which canon overlooked. Minnow is stunningly good with character and with building emotion and drama gracefully. Her use of repetition and pattern add force to the whole story, like the chorus of a song. Each item on the list is short, but packs a solid gut-punch of feeling and personality.
On Connor’s 21st birthday--his original birthday, not the one his family celebrates--a woman comes to visit him and offer him a job. "No thanks," he says, recognition and memory coming to him as she speaks. "Not interested, Lilah."
"You’re as stubborn as your father," she says, and he can tell she is still trying to hook him, sink in a barb or two.
"Probably," he agrees, in a way that gives her nothing. He neither needs to deny Angel or make his choices anew.
She accedes with a shrug. "Happy birthday, anyway." A fleeting grin. "Since you’re the only one alive to celebrate the original date."
That barb works; he spends the rest of the day thinking of Holtz and Angel, all his fathers, all his mothers, all his deaths.
25 Occasions People Have Celebrated in the Jossverse
Pairing: Mostly gen with a bit of Faith/Buffy and implied Faith/Dean in the very slight Supernatural crossover section
Length: 1,500 words
Author on LJ:
minnow1212Author Website: just her LJ
Why this must be read: This story is like a glittering necklace strung with sparkling gems. In this piece Minnow cites, as you'd expect from the title, 25 occasions celebrated in BtVS and AtS. Some of those occasions are what you might expect, but many more of the occasions she chooses are surprising slices of gorgeously affecting drama which canon overlooked. Minnow is stunningly good with character and with building emotion and drama gracefully. Her use of repetition and pattern add force to the whole story, like the chorus of a song. Each item on the list is short, but packs a solid gut-punch of feeling and personality.
On Connor’s 21st birthday--his original birthday, not the one his family celebrates--a woman comes to visit him and offer him a job. "No thanks," he says, recognition and memory coming to him as she speaks. "Not interested, Lilah."
"You’re as stubborn as your father," she says, and he can tell she is still trying to hook him, sink in a barb or two.
"Probably," he agrees, in a way that gives her nothing. He neither needs to deny Angel or make his choices anew.
She accedes with a shrug. "Happy birthday, anyway." A fleeting grin. "Since you’re the only one alive to celebrate the original date."
That barb works; he spends the rest of the day thinking of Holtz and Angel, all his fathers, all his mothers, all his deaths.
25 Occasions People Have Celebrated in the Jossverse