2012: Day 28 - Fire Escape!Fic

[caliente_uk]

As most of you who know me are aware I'm far from being a fan of the Buffy comics. However, it appears that something good has come out of them - Spike/Buffy "fire escape!fic". This is fic which uses the Spike and Buffy scene on the fire escape of Dawn and Xander's apartment as a jumping off point for new stories involving our favourite couple. slaymesoftly posts about it here and includes a list of all the stories available so far.

So today, not only have I found myself reading Spike/Buffy fanfic (something I hadn't done for well over a year), but I've also found myself reading post-S8 Spike/Buffy fanfic. And what's even more surprising is that I'm really enjoying it! It's fresh, exciting, and brings something new to the table that I think was very much needed.

I'd come to the point in my fanfic reading life where I think I'd read pretty much every Spike/Buffy scenario possible, and as much as I still loved those stories, I no longer felt as compelled to read them as I once had. But now, with the emergence of S8 (and S9) there are even more possibilities open to us. No, I don't like the source material, but I love how certain authors are using that material to create a whole new genre of Spike/Buffy stories for us to enjoy.

You know, I think there may just be some life left in this old fandom after all. :)

Comments

[slaymesoftly]

Yay! I'm so glad you're finding things to like. I really want people who think they hate the comics, or that they can't be canon, or whatever to realize that they've opened up a whole new world of possible fanfic ideas and scenarios. Let's face it, much of what was written during the show's run had to do with twisting canon events to make them Spuffier (or whatever your preferred pairing) - this is no different, but the scenarios are so the stories won't be rehashes of the same old trope.