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Honourable Mentions: Buffy and Angel Fanfic Recs

This is the place for me to shamelessly plug the Buffy fic that I love, and boy is there a lot of it! Later I may adapt this to make it easier to navigate, but as it is a work-in-progess I am afraid that may be a while...

As always, you're more than welcome to make comments about whether you think these recs are good, bad, or just plain ugly.Or reccommend your own favourite fics, either via the comments feature or by emailing me at allthatsbestofdarkandbrightblog@yahoo.co.uk.

Most of this is slash, and more than a bit of it is PWP, but hey, I like the sexy...

Lindsey/Riley

An unlikely couple, and normally I hate Riley-fics, but Indiscretions is so hot and so well-written that it doesn't matter.

In the summer before basic training a future Marine has an encounter with a law student, and Riley's mixture of awkwardness and need is so palpable that-well, you'll have to read it for yourself.

Not completely PWP, as there is some interesting character study and some rather nice foreshadowing of the men they will go on to become.

Quote: "Riley knew he was leaning against the door, even without visual confirmation because that’s what he was supposed to do. Just like Riley’s role in the scenario was to nervously perch on the edge of the bed like the anxious virgin that he was"

Spike/Lindsey

Looking At You is my favourite of an uconventional pairing.

Cover Art By Laura Shapiro (used with kind permission)

Lindsey goes to Sunnydale looking for Darla and finds a different blonde vampire.Ooh yeah, evil, sexy, bad-ass lawyer meets evil, sexy, bad-ass punk rock vampire.They fuck, they fight, and they bitch about Angel. Again, some nice character study and a look at Lindsey's twisted relationship with Angel.I also love the little twist in the ending that reminds that even though Spike can be hurt just like the rest of us, he's still baaaad, baby.

Quote: "Christ, just like Angelus. First he buggers you, then he hits you." I froze. "What did you say?"

Spike/Andrew

Tucker's Brother

Okay, I know right now someone wants to hit me for reccing an Andrew/Spike fic,but Tucker's Brother is so good that it breaks my little heart every fucking time.

It's not set in Season Seven on their little roadtrip as you might expect, its set way back in Season Six when Spike is still messed-up over Buffy and Andrew is just messed-up over his life.

The pressure of never living up to his sibling, of being a nobody, just "Tucker's Brother", all comes pouring out onto the page.

PWP this is not.The feelings of hopelessness and self-loathing and, yes, godammit, wanting to be wanted are just so raw and sincere.Beautiful.

Bonus points for the ending that makes me want to cry.

Quote: "It makes me feel like I'm... I don't know... part of something. Like it matters if I'm around." Andrew speaks fast, the words rushing over his tongue.

"Sometimes I feel like I'm not even here. Like- like I have to make people see me or I'll just disappear."

"I get that," Spike says reflectively.

"No, you don't," Andrew snaps. "You don't know what it's like to be me."

Spike chuckles. "I *was* you."

SHINY NEW FANFICTION! The Ultimate Buffy Fanfiction Pairing List-UPDATES

A new Buffy/Lindsey site has been added A Life Less Ordinary

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Okay, after many hours, I have recoded every single link in the list, as I've finally worked out the (very simple) HTML.This means that now all links look much more professional, and the list is a bit easier to navigate.If you do find any broken links, please contact me as jezebelle@postmaster.co.uk so I fix them and keep bringing you Buffy and Angel goodness!

Today there has also been a new Lindsey/Lilah site added, Tainted Love and also two new Spangel sites Eternal Nightcap and The Clockwork Vampire

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There's been a whole raft of new additions to The Ultimate Buffy Fanfiction Pairing List due to my realisation that Lindsey Macdonald slashes perfectly.Angel, Spike, Wesley, Riley, you name it, and it works like a charm.

And for those Lost fans out there, I've even found a delicious bit of Lindsey and Sawyer! You can find it in the Lindsey section, as you can all the new updates, and as usual they're listed under both halves of the pairing, so you can check out the list below too.

Angel/Angelus
Buffy
Darla
Faith
Gunn
Lilah
Oz
Riley
Spike
Wesley
Xander

Bratz Dolls

Look at the horror. This was part of an article on MSN news about ten women in the world who make you want to cringe. Paris Hilton, Caitlin Flanagan, Marabel Morgan and Phyllis Schlafly were among the others. This however seemed to be the most poignant when giving a view point on corruptive and de-modernising female role models.

Bratz Dollz
Many mothers worry when their daughters start to play with Barbie. The moms fear that their daughters could develop a skewed sense of body image thanks to Barbie’s unnatural proportions
But for parents worried about that, Barbie’s got nothing on the Bratz Dolls—a big head, skinny body with the lips of Angelina Jolie and overly made-up come-hither eyes. And these are dolls that girls as young as 5 years old want to play with.
For heaven’s sake, girls don’t need dolls that look like streetwalkers. The social and behavioral cues girls get from the sleazy Bratz dolls are far from empowering—at least Barbie has been a doctor and an astronaut.

It's Andrew, Jim, But Not As We Know It

Aren't I good to you guys? Two days in a row I've added a whole load of new fics to beef up the section on a pretty rare character in fic, and today it's Andrew's turn.Don't scoff folks, at least not until you've read Tucker's Brother (under Andrew or Spike). The most loveable geek also gets some action in the following categories:

Anya
Giles
Oz
Spike
Warren
Wesley
Xander

There's also a new section for Jonathan