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wow, it's been a long damn time since I've used *this* tag, huh?

you know, the first...*guesstimates* 25 times *facepalm* I watched West Wing start-to-finish, I didn't have my slash goggles on. it wasn't that kind of show for me. plus, aside from Rob Lowe, not a lot of eye candy, haha. of the male variety, at least.

I honestly have no clue what moment first planted Josh/Sam in my head, but once it was there, it quickly became canon for me. the way spangel did. once I saw it, I couldn't see it any other way. it became a fact. I mean, come on. Sam gave up a *marriage* and a *partnership* in a huge firm on what was, essentially, Josh's whim. and then there's that weird, dogged overprotectiveness following the shooting. and...*cough* anyway. not why I'm here, haha.

one of the best parts of the fandom experience, imo, is finding a fic that fits canon so tightly that when you rewatch the show, you can't help appending it to canon. one that answers all the questions you ever asked yourself about the subtext or backstory, and then answers some that you hadn't thought of.

Turning 'verse by jaegecko. I haven't read the entire verse yet because it's fucking enormous and I just found it yesterday, but what I have read so far has sucked me in so deep that I forgot I wasn't watching the actual show.

if you love the show, give it a try. I will warn you that it's first person pov (mostly Sam, sometimes Josh) but it's wielded pretty well. the Josh/Sam doesn't come in until the second story of the 'verse...I enjoyed the first story that focuses on Sam's discovery that he's gay, but it's a lot of original characters if that's not your thing.

hokay, so it just occurred to me that when I set up my del.icio.us bookmarks, I never posted a link here. granted it wasn't that long ago, but still. attention span of a gopher. don't ask me how long a gopher's attention span is. it just seems like it wouldn't be that long, what with them being rodents, and the fact that they can probably get pretty zen about digging all day.

....what was I saying? speaking of short attention spans. heh.

I swore I wasn't gonna jump on this bandwagon, but 3 benefits have become immediately apparent:
1. the ability to re-locate pron during downtime at school (if only they knew...)
2. MUCH lazier method of reccing
3. I finally remember where the periods go when I'm referring to the site, instead of just saying, "you know...that delicious thing that everyone does." which just sounds like a have a foodporn fetish.

you will probably be disturbed by the large proportion of cw rps, haha. this will show you just how deeply my au crack-smoking has gone. it's a lil embarrassing. in my defense, if I find a day where I have nothing better to do with my life, I might go back and start tagging more buffyverse stuff.

also, you won't find much wincest there, because it's not really my thing. (I feel like wincest has cheapened incest kink, haha. it's just not as dirty as it used to be! they've gone and made it all legitimate and stuff. *huffsnicker*) you will find a lot of stuff that looks at pre-show Winchester relationships because I have a total kink for that, if you can have a kink for something gen-ish.

without further ado...happy hunting

some random-ass recs before I get on with my day...because the coffee hasn't done its thing yet. random because some are old and some are new, and really they have nothing in common except goodness. all on the angsty side, such has been my mood for reading. mostly old, now that I think about it. I've been rereading a lot of old fic over the last few months.

Lucky by Estepheia. I remember reading this a long time ago, but somehow it's better than I remember it being...which is always a pleasant surprise, since my standards are considerably higher now and I'm usually disappointed with stuff I loved once upon a time. not for the faint of heart. spangel. human AU. very dark and twisted.

It Never Happened by shadowcast. I don't do Spike/Giles. I really really don't. generally, I don't do Giles ships, but this fic is the bees knees. if anyone has more spike/giles recs along these lines...no kink, just miles of sad, angsty sadness, throw them at me.

Brief Encounter by shapinglight. this is the fic that made me like Darla. I don't know if I've ever told her that, because I read it as a lurker. I think of this as quintessential spike/darla, and the way the pairing should be.

Just Watching by felisblanco. spangel, human AU, stepcest. please heed that this fic is very disturbing, and is intended to be. god, this fic *hurts*. I was rereading it recently, and it fascinated me just as much as it did the first time. though it didn't give me nightmares this time, which I suppose means that fandom has jaded me :) felis gives good angst. unfinished wip, as yet.

Shashu Blue by germaine_pet. a character study of Angel, and all his boys. this fic gives me chills every time I read it. without exception.

Metrocurious by evilmaniclaugh. Marsters/Barrowman rps. (the guy from Torchwood). *drowns in the angst...rolls in it...mmmmm, yeah* most people lose me on second person, but this is just right.

Super Food World by Valerie X. one of my favorite spuffies ever, and I'm damn picky. great banter, and I could see this happening. easily.

When Spike Got Home by stakebait. exactly how I like my spangel. exactly. when spike got home, angel was fucking somebody else. post-nfa.

Boomerang by faith_delivers. Angel/Buffy/Faith, post-nfa. not a pairing I'd ever thought about seriously, but this author really makes it work, and capitalizes on all their history. I could see this happening as well.

Summer Lovin by DeepaD. the best Angel/Connor ever written, by my reckoning, and I actually like Connor fic a lot. but this was the first that made sense to me. set in the summer between s4 and 5, where Connor doesn't know who Angel is. and again, it *hurts*. so good.

A Two-Part Harmony by Miss Murchison. I have a secret kink for Spike/Harmony. no one should particularly be surprised by this, since I love Spike as a bastard, but you know...no one really writes that pairing. which is a shame, because it has potential for interestingness. I think this showcases that. Harmony is so endearing, in her special Harmony way. poor thing.

Backfire by daedream_fanbot. sorta Spander, sorta S/X/A. the fact that this is her first fic astounds me. twisty turny dark, and she kept up the awesome intensity right to the end.

Your Skin is My Canvas by chrisleeoctaves. angel/ofc. so fucking twisted. *licks dark Angel*

Dawn of the Dead by beer_good_foamy. and to cap us off, a funny one. emsemble set of drabbles in which Dawn gets turned and runs amuck. I injured my funny bone when I read this. seriously.

tried to pick some stuff off the beaten path. enjoy!

So, I seriously doubt I will ever undertake a rec list for spander other than this one. Three reasons: I have read an ass-ton of Spander, there are a lot of talented folks churning the stuff out like it’s going out of style, and last but not least, sparrow2000 has already compiled a great set of rec lists that is a more thorough job than I could hope to do. And her taste in fic has me often going, “amen, sister,” so her recs practically *are* my recs :) but to my knowledge she didn’t do a list specifically for human AU, then apreludetoanend asked for spander human au recs on her own journal (and got a longer comment from me than she probably ever wanted, lol), and this list was born. And it grew out of control…turns out there’s a lot of spander human au that I love.

( go get the goods…there’s a lot of them )

Ok, I told madame_meretrix that I’d make her a list of Dawn recs, so I thought while I was at it, I’d post them to add to my big list. Making an exception to my wip rule this time because these recs were originally for her, so the wips are at the top there.

( mostly Spike/Dawn, with some Xander/Dawn, Angel/Dawn…and various threesomes. Because I like those :D )

so, I'm not done fic-gathering for this rec list, but things are kind of thin today, and I'm antsy to share my spangel recs. Angelus/William will be coming later. along with recs for every other pairing I read. this spangel list isn't even done, because I haven't ferreted out all of it or added all of the lovelies that I've read lately. I'll let you know when I add more recs and finish up this list. until then...jesus, this should tide you over. :) I was extraordinarily picky on the quality of these (for writing and for characterization), so I hope you'll enjoy them!

eta: I forgot to say, these are all finished fics. I won't be posting up wips I'm enjoying, until they're done. I'm willing to risk wip-abandonment heartbreak myself, but I am unwilling to make that decision for an innocent...fic-reader. :)

( rec-alicious )