ext_10531 ([identity profile] ladyoneill.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] crack_van2009-09-14 02:45 pm

Domestication by [livejournal.com profile] indiefic NC17

Fandom: BTVS/ATS
Pairing: Buffy/Angel
Length: twenty chapters plus epilogue
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] indiefic
Author Website: With Peaches On Top
Why this must be read: I don't like AUs that take the characters we love and put them in a different world. That said, I adore this fic which does just that. Buffy's still the Slayer and Angel's still a vampire with a soul, but the world is completely different. It's a dark world where domesticated vampires are used as slaves by the remaining humans who are in a war against demons and the rest of the vampires. All the characters are here, beautifully combining them from both shows, including Holtz and Walsh, Fred and Riley etc. The Council of Watchers and the Hellmouth remain as does Caritas. The plot is detailed, the small amount of smut is worth the wait, the romance that develops is just lovely (and, if you know me, I'm a Spike/Buffy girl with a side of Angelus/Buffy! That I'm reccing a purely Buffy/Angel fic goes to show just how fascinating this story is!) Her characterizations remain true in so many ways with just a few wonderful tweaks. You'll be engrossed by indie's world!



DHST: Domesticated Hostile SubTerranean

Vampire. Enemy.

The year is 2001 and the Slayer is protector of Guardian City, The City. Largest of the walled human cities, it resides along the western coast of North America, encompassing the Hellmouth. More than ten million humans call it home and it is built on the indentured labor of thousands of DHSTs. They are the nameless, faceless masses, known only by identification numbers and devoid of any rights or voice. They were recruited from the Wastelands, the no man's lands that exist in the areas outside the Council walls. Victims of the vampiric plagues, human outcasts, demons ... those outside Council protection survive hand to mouth in the harshest of conditions, left to the whims of Varkesh and his demonic hoards. But inside the Council walls, it is safe, clean, ordered.

But there are murmurings ... There is unrest ... Something is coming and the Council is desperate to end it before it begins. The DHSTs are restless. There are rumors of massings and traitors. It falls on the Slayer's shoulders to ferret out the threat.

But she cannot do it alone.




Domestication

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