Who's Afraid of Red, White, Green - Door Number Thirteen

Who's Afraid of Red, White, Green

Advent Calendar Fic - by ladycat777 and estepheia
RATING: PG-13
GENRE: a bit of angst, lots of schmoop - holiday fic
SPOILERS: Set after AtS 5x08 Destiny - No spoilers after that.
WARNINGS:conventional pairings, a bit of slashy subtext, and a few unconventional vibes. This is unbeta'd, but we will produce a more polished version in January.
A list of previous posts can be found here.

Door Number Thirteen

miscellanous stuff

janedavitt wrote me a Ficard Drunk and Disorderly - Giles/Ethan. Yay. It's brilliant, and it could have happened on the show. No smut, just an encounter. Make sure to tell her it's great, so maybe she'll go AU and write a sequel. :-)

entrenous88 also wrote a fabulous Spike/Ethan story for me: The Exchange. Go on, tell her to write more!

I am just soooo lucky!!!
I think that's my new mission in life, promoting more Spike/Ethan fic. :-)

Who's Afraid... got rec'd at BBF. Thank you, Mona. It also got nayed, mostly for valid reasons, because yes, the story is rough and often unbeta'd. That's because we have to find the time for writing in between Christmas shopping, family obligations, doctor appointments, Xmas parties, and sick children. I have a free cinema ticket valid till the end of the month and I really really want to see Love Actually but so far I've put it off because I need the evenings to write this puppy. Anyway, lots of people jumped to our defense, which is nice to see. Thank you, guys.

Frankly, I don't mind if people think it's not fit enough to archive, because yeah, there are a several bumps. And yeah, we should have a cache of 10 written installments in our sleeve while we're writing. Maybe we would - only the idea to write this didn't pop into my brain until November 30th. And no, I'm not fishing for compliments. What I'm trying to say is this: I hope to create a polished version of this in January. If you find something that jars, please let us know so we can whittle it out of the final version. We won't feel insulted. Hey, we might ignore your suggestion because we had our reasons for using a particular phrase, but we will definitely appreciate your input. :-) Ta muchy.

Yesterday I was too busy, and later too sick to read my LJ and my friends list. And today I have to do all that Christmassy stuff, wrap parcels, make lists what to get whom, etc. Hence I won't have time to read my friends list. I can't promise I'll be able to catch up (because duh, have more Who's Afraid to write), so if you think there's something going on that shouldn't be missed, please please let me know in the comments. No kerfuffles, please. Just good stuff, okay?

I will go down with this ship.... - a meme

Gacked from piedmargaret (but it's been making the rounds for several days, I think):
One True Pairing 'ship: Spike/Xander, no, Spike/Angel, no Spike/Xander.... Hmmm.
One True Threesome (category added by piedmargaret): Spike/Anya/Xander
Canon 'ship: Buffy/Spike, Spike/Anya (well it's not very canon, but still, they were pretty together and could have been even prettier.
"If this happens I'll stab my eyes out with a spork" 'ship: Wes/Fred, Buffy/Giles, Buffy/Xander, Angel/Connor, Xander/Dawn. Actually, Buffy/anyone except Spike. She's too much of a chosen warrior for me to want to ship her. But with Spike there was at least some chemistry...
"You are one sick bastard" 'ship: anything Rack, I guess; Spike/Dawn
"I dabble a little" 'ship: Ethan/Spike (haven't dabbled yet but will), Spike/Andrew, Spike/Giles, Spike/Faith, Spike/Darla.
"It's like a car crash" 'ship: (Don't really understand the category. All ships can be written like a car crash - sick, twisted, dark but compelling)
"Tickles my fancy but not quite sold yet" 'ship: Xander/Andrew, Fred/Willow
"Makes no canon sense but why the hell not" 'ship: Lindsey/Ethan, Spike/Lilah
"Everyone else loves it but I just don't feel it" ship: Oz/anyone, Spike/Willow, Giles/anyone half his age... except Giles/Anya, Angel/Lindsey, Gunn/Wes
"When all is said and done" 'ship: Mix and match any of the following, and I'll be happy - Ethan, Spike, Dru, Angel

Bottom line is: I hate it when sibling-like relationships are made sexual. With Spike/Dawn I don't mind the age difference, but I can never forget and brush aside the friends-vibe - and frankly, I don't want to.
Also, Spike seems to be the common denominator here. Is anyone surprised? Guess not. :-)

Who's Afraid of Red, White, Green - Door Number Fourteen

Who's Afraid of Red, White, Green

Advent Calendar Fic - by ladycat777 and estepheia
RATING: PG-13
GENRE: a bit of angst, lots of schmoop - holiday fic
SPOILERS: Set after AtS 5x08 Destiny - No spoilers after that.
WARNINGS: conventional pairings, a bit of slashy subtext, and a few unconventional vibes

A list of previous posts can be found here.

( Door Number Fourteen )