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Impossibly Delightful Flesh by sadbhyl (NC17)
Fandom: BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER
Pairing: Buffy/Spike, Willow/Tara, Xander/Anya
Author on LJ: http://www.livejournal.com/users/sadbhyl/
Author Website: http://www.sadbhyl.riverworld.net/home.htm
Why this must be read:
I'd like to preface this by saying that I adore gender-swap and body-swap fics and I'll read stories in almost any fandom or pairing that includes this concept. So, I'm something of a connoisseur of this genre. Impossibly Delightful Flesh does an unusually wonderful, plausible, and especially *in character* job of handling an unusually large number of swapped genders in one fic. While out on patrol Buffy, Spike, Tara, Anya, and Xander slay a strange demon - which releases a magical charge causing sex/gender reversal to everyone in the immediate vicinity. The author does an excellent job of making the gender swap plausible by contextualizing it within the mythology of the Buffyverse, and of creating very individual, in character reactions for each gender-swapped scoobie. Xander and Anya enjoy new sexual experimentation, but deal with some unforeseen consequences, Willow helps Tara through her fears and concerns when she suddenly looks like her abusive brother, and Buffy and Spike do what they always do - perhaps in bodies even more suited to their usual roles. Fantastic emotional and character continuity. Come for the zany sexual exploits, stay for Spike's girly T-Shirts :)
Impossibly Delightful Flesh
A drawing of the gender-swapped scoobies can be found, at the end of the story, here. Build your own mental image as you read, or check this out first.
Pairing: Buffy/Spike, Willow/Tara, Xander/Anya
Author on LJ: http://www.livejournal.com/users/sadbhyl/
Author Website: http://www.sadbhyl.riverworld.net/home.htm
Why this must be read:
I'd like to preface this by saying that I adore gender-swap and body-swap fics and I'll read stories in almost any fandom or pairing that includes this concept. So, I'm something of a connoisseur of this genre. Impossibly Delightful Flesh does an unusually wonderful, plausible, and especially *in character* job of handling an unusually large number of swapped genders in one fic. While out on patrol Buffy, Spike, Tara, Anya, and Xander slay a strange demon - which releases a magical charge causing sex/gender reversal to everyone in the immediate vicinity. The author does an excellent job of making the gender swap plausible by contextualizing it within the mythology of the Buffyverse, and of creating very individual, in character reactions for each gender-swapped scoobie. Xander and Anya enjoy new sexual experimentation, but deal with some unforeseen consequences, Willow helps Tara through her fears and concerns when she suddenly looks like her abusive brother, and Buffy and Spike do what they always do - perhaps in bodies even more suited to their usual roles. Fantastic emotional and character continuity. Come for the zany sexual exploits, stay for Spike's girly T-Shirts :)
Impossibly Delightful Flesh
A drawing of the gender-swapped scoobies can be found, at the end of the story, here. Build your own mental image as you read, or check this out first.