Question for the Flist

[jasonsnene]

Well insomnia has struck *again* and I have had entirely too much time to spend pondering random silliness.  Last nights ponderance?  I was curious about distinctions amongst fanfic writers in the BTVS/AtS fandom.

You know, some of 'em are nearly famous or something.  I have no clue who they are.  But I hear that there's a bunch of 'em.  They even have different nicknames for them.  Course, my sleep deprivation has rendered it impossible for me to remember the nicknames. But you know who I mean, the ones that nearly everyone has heard of.  (Except me...cause I'm oblivious to these things...which is why I'm asking.)

So, my question to you, dear flist, is two fold.  

One, Who are the "famous" fanfic writers?

And two, Which stories are on the must read list for any BTVS/AtS fanfic reader?  This can be for any pairing, slash or het.  I'm just curious as to which stories are considered "the best of the best".  Give me your top three all-time favorite fics (or more if you have more than three!!)

So come on, help an insomniac out.  I'll need something to read tonight at 3am I'm sure.

*toddles off to ponder something equally silly*

Comments

[silkensky.livejournal.com]

Okay, so apparently I am also rocking the insomnia... *sad face* However, I am now in class. But I promise I'm working on it. I'm thinking about making a recs list and posting it to my journal. Now that sounds fancy, but since only you and one other person are on my friends list, really it's just for you
:)

I hope that this is a good summary. There are always things I'm curious about a fic that I want to know before reading, but people don't normally include in summaries, so I hope this is okay

Nothing the Same by orchidluv
Pairing: Spike and Xander

This is an AU story that deviates from Buffy canon in the very first one or two episodes. After staking Jesse, Xander does not believe Giles when he says that there was nothing of Jesse left, just a demon. He does not eventually accept Giles' theories like in canon, rather he never gets involved with the Slayerettes, saying that he couldn't trust someone who would either lie to him, or was too stupid to see the truth (Giles), and he steals books from Giles, trying to learn more about vampires. When this doesn't yield any information he starts to watch the factory where the Annointed One is staying, where Spike finds him. Spike is intrigued by someone watching vampires instead of running from them, and Xander is trying to learn more about vampires, and so a tentative friendship forms.

Kay, that's the summary, and here are things that I always would like to know.

***Spoilers here though***



Major Willow-abusing-magic situation but not till late in the series, initial Buffy-basing, but it dies down. Xander becomes Spike's consort, and it is a Xander-is-the-light-of-my-unlife relationship instead of a look-at-my-pretty-human-pet relationship. And Angel still loses his soul. Hmm...I forget what happens to Drusilla, but she's not a factor. Most fights and demons and things still happen like in canon, just with different results.

Umm....did I mention I suck at everything? Anyways, that's all I've got, I hope you enjoy it.

[jasonsnene.livejournal.com]

We can be Co-Presidents of the Insomniacs Club! Sorry you have to be exhausted in class though. I can't imagine how hard that would be! At least I get to stay home and be tired.

Great summary! I like that premise. Xander not believing that Jesse wasn't there...it's good.

I've decided to combine all these recs and the summaries into a post so as soon as I gather all the links and get all the summaries, you can check it out. It'll take me a day or two to post though...cause yowza has everyone been awesome about replying! I have a great flist! But I'd love to see your complete list too so you get to working on it...after you sleep!