#thg buffy au

[ohrevienssoleil]

If you can send me a message when the new chapter is out, that would be AWESOME thanks! And I totally understand what you mean about Charmed, I was devastated/heartbroken to hear about Shannen Doherty's passing a couple of months ago and I've needed a break from the show since. I hope this doesn't sound like too weird a question to ask but hypothetically is it possible Jenny could have even been resurrected at some point and do you think you might write more Buffy AUs in the future?

RE: Jenny getting resurrected, I don't think it's something Giles would ever feasibly attempt (nor pursue through alternative outlets) based on his reaction to Willow resurrecting Buffy. He understands the dangers and has suffered the consequences of his own messing around with magic. We see him be reckless in the face of Jenny's murder by going after Angel, but he never entertains the thought of bringing her back.

By the time Willow would be powerful enough to do it of her own accord, I imagine too much time would have passed for Jenny to come back in a condition anywhere close to Buffy's. It'd be more akin to what they hint at Joyce coming back as when Dawn attempts it and Giles would have to put her out of her misery, at least in my opinion.

As for my own writing, I'm anticipating this fic being a chunky one as I want to take it through to the end of S3. I have a long running THG AU that's like 20+ chapters deep that I might try to finish before starting anything new but we will see where the mood takes me. I definitely have a couple of ideas, the most fleshed out being a Slayer Jenny AU and a horror-esque Watcher's retreat thing where the mother of a deceased Slayer tries wreaking her revenge against the Council. I think a couple of oneshots before another big Buffy project is most likely though.

If you want a couple of AU recommendations, my two most recent reads that I have loved have been @mistyintherivers own Jenny Lives AU and @vampswritings Swan Lake AU! They are both wonderfully written oneshots by two talented writers!

[ellanainthetardis]

I don't know if this is welcome bc I know you haven't written any hayffie fics in a while and u distanced yourself from the fandom but I just wanna say I binge read your entire buffy the vampire slayer thg au fic and it's probably the best decision I have ever made in my entire life. It's been on my to-read list in a while and the only reason I didn't read it way earlier is bc Idk jack shit about buffy the vampire slayer bc I haven't seen it. But after reading your works on that I'm so invested to the point I can't read any other fic for now bc all I think about is that au. I can't read canon fic for now bc I've been expecting magic and shit every chapter without even noticing it. My favourite episode/part is the last one, it's so beautifully done. I don't like Gale but goodness he's the best choice for an outsider's pov when viewing hayffie. The character study in there is so gooooddd. The dark witch! Effie is so well written as well as the demon hunter! Haymitch. It's an au within an au and I love that so much. You managed to write these characters as different version of themselves while still managing to make them in-character and not ooc, them and their actions still made sense. That's also the episode where I cried the most, the battle with Effie and Haymitch against the demons is so well written that I can see the actions vividly in the head. Anyway you don't have to reply to this, I just want to say I love that work so much and appreciate you <3

Aw THANK YOU SO MUCH <3

[xslytherclawx-writes]

20 Questions For Fic Writers

stolen from @thebreakfastgenie - if you want to do this, consider yourself tagged!

How many works do you have on Ao3?

508, not including anon works

2. What's your total Ao3 word count?

1,779,933

3. What fandoms do you write for?

uh... lots? i think i've written in upwards of 70 fandoms. mostly currently Harry Potter and Star Trek (Voyager & Lower Decks). Occasionally I'll toss in a Miraculous fic. My top 6 by works are: Harry Potter (187), Yuri!!! on ICE (62), Chronicles of Narnia (39), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn (18), The Umbrella Academy (TV) (12) - tied with Original Work (12)

4. What are your top five fics by kudos?

The Total Agony of Being in Love (Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston)  Two of A Kind (Howl Series - Diana Wynne Jones) La Magique étude du Bonheur (Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling)  i bloom just for you (Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston) enough contrition to spare (Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling)

5. Do you respond to comments?

I try to! but i do have over 100 comments in my inbox so perhaps i am not like... the best at it haha

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

I think maybe either: (for you) i would ruin myself (Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling) or: Death Date (Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling)  OR: like my parents never did (Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling)  but like i write a LOT of angst lol

7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

I've written so much fluff so I'm just going to plug relationship advice (Miraculous Ladybug) (written for @nemaliwrites actually haha) because I think it has enough stakes for the ending to count as truly happy instead of just. fluff all the way through. (though it is pretty fluffy)

8. Do you get hate on fics?

yeah. i wrote aged up characters once and got called disgusting like ok thanks you're the one who took the time to click on it and leave a comment. but ok. i also was told very rudely that sirius was ooc in a fic for not being fanon sirius. again: ok. read the books.

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

I do, pretty often, actually. I've written F/M, F/F, M/M, F/M/M. I'll be posting some F/F/M soonish too.

10. Do you write crossovers? What’s the craziest one you’ve written?

Not often? I think the craziest one I've written was Star Wars PT / Buffy the Vampire Slayer: friends in highly low places 

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not just that, but I had a fic ripped off for a professionally published novel. not that i'm still bitter, or anything.

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

Yes! Введение в дипломатию by lyomna, translation of an introduction to diplomacy (Narnia) From English to Русский

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

Sure have! Mostly in Yuri!!! on ICE

14. What’s your all time favorite ship?

don't do this to me. I genuinely don't know. all-time?? Jill/Eustace and Polly/Digory have stood the test of time better than anything for any of my other fandoms tbh. But like favorite???? I can't pick. Some evergreen ships: Katniss/Peeta (THG), Remus/Lily (HP), Drarry (HP), Hyacinth/Gareth (Bridgerton).

15. What’s a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

i mean the entirety of the cat café universe is probably not being touched again. uh. beyond that? not one for being let down (Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling) - I should probably just put an epilogue on it and call it done a matter of diplomacy (Chronicles of Narnia - C. S. Lewis) - I really do like this one, but my brain is just not giving me many more ideas for it.

16. What are your writing strengths?

dialogue and character voice!

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

detailed description

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic?

I did it before bc I was a pretentious ass and continue it in Ravenclaw AU for consistency's sake, but I probably wouldn't do it again, unless it was a language I spoke fluently (so French or German) and didn't want my POV character to understand, and even then... eh.

19. First fandom you wrote for?

Harry Potter, officially, but I wrote out some Halloweentown fanfiction in 3rd grade and submitted it for an assignment, so does that count?

20. Favorite fic you’ve written?

making me choose a favorite child. jk it's probably Lost Causes (Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling) or, in a completely different vein, the proof is in the pudding (literally. no one tested the pudding.) (Succession (TV 2018)) 

[featherquillpen]

All Time Favorite Fics (1 per fandom)

I decided to challenge myself to make a reclist of my favorite fanfics from my eleven years in fandom, while restricting myself from reccing more than one fic per fandom.

Animorphs: Human Again by LilacSolanum (Rachel/Tobias)

Tobias is a fan favorite character, but nobody gets him on quite the level Lilac does in this fic. She faces everything difficult and heartbreaking about him, unflinchingly: his childhood abuse, his body dysmorphia, his subtextual discomfort with his own neurodivergence, and the ways in which he is fundamentally not human anymore. All while portraying his relationships with Rachel and Ax so very well.

Buffy/Angel: Mating by Herself (Spike/Buffy/Angel, Wesley/Illyria)

Fandom likes to talk about “solving” love triangles with polyamory, but the reality is that there would be a lot of bullshit and hurt feelings involved in turning a love triangle into a triad. This story faces that reality head on: Spike and Buffy and Angel just keep arguing and hurting each other, but slowly spiral toward each other. The background Wesley/Illyria pairing is a great contrast of that love spiral gone terribly wrong and twisted, a warning of where they’ll end up if they can’t work it out.

Doctor Who: Flowers by DameRuth (Doctor/Jack, Doctor/Jack/Rose, Jack/Ianto)

When I first entered fandom, I was strictly into genfic. This series is what made me a shipper. I love that it delves deeply into what it means to be in a relationship with an alien, and how biology can present real barriers – this series probably has the least human reproductive biology I’ve seen in fandom. I love the complex polyamory. I love that it takes the complex histories and traumas of the characters and lets them interact and breathe. And of course, crucially, I love the characterization of the light of my life, Captain Jack Harkness.

Hainish Cycle: A Piece of the Continent by Epigone (Genly/Estraven)

A followup on The Left Hand of Darkness that follows Genly on his next assignment as a First Investigator on a newly rediscovered planet. Epigone perfectly recreates the delicate anthropological worldbuilding of LeGuin, and explores Genly’s grief over Estraven in a way that makes me cry every time I read it.

Harry Potter: Blood Magic by GatewayGirl (gen, with light background ships)

This is a Severitus fic, an AU where Snape is secretly Harry’s bio-dad. I have always been interested in fic that brings out Harry’s Slytherin side, and that complicates Snape without erasing how much of a bastard he is, and this fic does both. The fic engages deeply with how broken Harry’s sense of family is, and what the path toward healing it might be. And the worldbuilding here about purebloods and different types of magic is so cool!

His Dark Materials/Chronicles of Narnia: The Ivory Horn by kaydeefalls

In this fic, Will Parry meets Susan Pevensie, another interdimensional traveler who has lost loved ones to a world she left behind. This is a crossover that shows the beauty of crossovers to make canons talk to each other: the grounded, spiritual atheism of His Dark Materials is beautiful in conversation with Susan’s story of rejection from Paradise. This is a fic about letting go, moving on, and embracing the world you live in, not the world you’ve lost.

The Hunger Games: In Protest of This Peace by aimmyarrowshigh (gen)

aimmyarrowshigh did amazing worldbuilding work in this fandom, and this fic is the best of the lot. A lot of THG fics assume that the Hunger Games were always the way we see them in canon, but aimmyarrowshigh shows us another story where the brave children reaped for the first several Hunger Games fought and resisted their fate, and it took the Capitol years to break the back of Panem. A breathtaking and tragic look at the rise of an authoritarian nightmare.

Leverage: Hotel Heart by Laughsalot3412 (Hardison/Parker/Eliot)

A Leverage AU where Parker and Hardison are psychic, and Eliot meets them when he’s sent to assassinate them, after having his own brain broken by psychics. This story is an allegory about abuse and the recovery process from it. The support and affirmation between the OT3 as Parker and Hardison help free Eliot from his abusive past is so powerful, it makes me cry every time I read it. I like this story so much I recorded a podfic of it.

Person of Interest: Dangerous if Unbound by astolat (Finch/Reese)

I highly recommend this fic even if you haven’t seen Person of Interest. This fic is a fusion between a BDSM and a psychic AU, where Reese is the world’s neediest sub and Finch is the only dom who can tame him. It reads like an incredibly satisfying romance novel, complete with brilliant original worldbuilding, compressed into just 23k words.

Pushing Daisies: Barrier Methods by robotsdance (Chuck/Ned)

I highly recommend this fic even if you haven’t seen Pushing Daisies – all you need to know is that because of magic bullshit, if Ned and Chuck touch, Chuck will die. The fic is about how their relationship works despite that one serious problem. This fic is achingly sweet and sexy, and speaks to all the ways people can be intimate with each other, no matter what their circumstances.

Raven Cycle: King by the Roadside by nimmieamee (OT5)

The Raven Cycle, as a series, engages deeply with class, especially as it plays out in the American South – but fandom rarely goes there. This fic does. This is an AU where Gansey doesn’t have a fatal encounter with hornets and get all tangled up with destiny – but destiny manages to find him anyway, and he ends up poor and stripped of everything but his bonds of friendship. I like this fic better than canon, which ended much less satisfyingly.

Rivers of London: Wizardry by Consent by Sixthlight (Peter/Nightingale)

There is an underlying theme in Rivers of London about the ethics of policing: what does it mean to serve and protect a community? This fic takes that underlying theme and brings it to the forefront. In this AU, Peter went to the Case Progression Unit, Nightingale never took on an apprentice, and Peter become the head of community relations at the Met. He discovers the Folly and proceeds to hold Nightingale accountable for the damage his attitude toward policing has had on the magical community, all while developing a deep respect for Nightingale and the community he tries to serve.

Sherlock: Names for the Galaxy by evadne (John/Sherlock)

The one thing I don’t regret about watching Sherlock is that it opened up a world of amazing fic to read. Even if you are as fed up with Moffat’s crap as I am, you will find something to love in this epic sci-fi mystery story chock-full of twists, turns, and original worldbuilding. In this AU, people sometimes randomly disappear, only to be replaced by a new person with almost total amnesia. Sherlock is one of these new people, the “afters,” and John is his minder who is supposed to help him acclimate to society. I honestly hope the author writes an original sci fi novel one day, because this story is so imaginative.

Star Trek AOS: Lunch and Other Obscenities by Rheanna (Spock/Uhura)

The Star Trek reboot movies are pretty blah, but this fic about the culture clashes between Uhura and her Orion roommate Gaila is amazing. It’s about a friendship blossoming across cultures, and about the bravery it takes to make that work.

Torchwood/Vorkosigan: Signals That Sound in the Dark by Dira Sudis (Aral Vorkosigan/Jack Harkness)

Pre-canon for the Vorkosigan Saga, Aral Vorkosigan has a one night stand with Captain Jack. This story is a beautiful character study of both characters, who meld across canons so well. I absolutely adore how Dira Sudis used Russian folklore as a way for Captain Jack to share his truth with Aral in a way he could understand. And I love how in Jack, Aral sees a glimpse of a world where love can be truly free and open.

Welcome to Night Vale: Republic of Heaven Community Radio by ErinPtah

Writing dæmon AU as much as I do has made me very very choosy about which dæmon AUs I read and enjoy. This one tops the list, every time. The fusion between WTNV and His Dark Materials is masterful, and Ptah makes a sincere effort to make Night Vale make sense as a setting in a way the podcast never bothered to do. I love crossovers best when they make both worlds better, which is exactly what this series does.

[oveliagirlhaditright]

Man, I love this one Buffy Hunger Games AU. I love everything about the story so far, actually.

But right now, I’m thinking about how Oz and Willow pretended to be in love--as part of their strategy--like Peeta and Katniss. Though for them, it was actually fake, since Willow is a lesbian. But the two of them were besties, so they were able to sell it well.

Meanwhile, Willow’s of course in love with Tara, who she’s trying to keep a secret from the Capitol.

And this is all backstory, too. Willow is actually one of Buffy and Xander’s mentors (who are the real Katniss and Peeta in this. Buffy volunteered for Dawn. Xander has always had a crush on Buffy, I think, etc.). Though I don’t know if the fic is going to end up shipping XanderBuffy, like PeetaKatniss is shipped in THG canon, since that story was already kind of done with OzWillow, even though it was fake.

Anyway...

[gadgeficrecs]

HawthorneWhisperer’s Gadge fics

The wonderful @hawthornewhisperer has written a multitude of Gadge drabbles and oneshots since making her debut with Nebraska three years ago. Her longer fics and some of her oneshots can be found on AO3 but most of her short works are only available on her blog. Unfortunately HW’s links page doesn’t work, making it difficult to find the fic you’re looking for. So I’ve compiled them all in one handy place. (If I’ve missed any or the links are wrong, let me know).

If you love HawthorneWhisperer’s writing and would like to read some of her original work, check out her Amazon page.

The 100!Gadge 1.1 1.2 | 1

1950s Organized Crime (Arranged marriage AU)

The Adventures of Madge Undersee, the part time slut 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Anastasia!Gadge

Angsty

Babysitting

Bachelor!Gale 1 2 3

Blind Date AUs (not connected) 1 | 2 | 3

Bookstore AU

Bars, Booty Calls and Bookshelves

Bodyguard!Gale 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Buffy!Madge

Cafeteria AU

Calculus (Tutor!Gale) 1 2

Can’t be bought 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Christmas Fluff

Coffee Shop AUs (not connected) 1 | 2 | 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4

Cop/Reporter 1 2

Cop!Gale

Deaf!Madge 1 2

Disney Characters!Gadge

Drama School Rivals

End of the World (Pacific Rim AU)

Ex-Sex 1 2

Fake Number

Fast and Furious

Firefighter!Gale 1 2 3 4

Gadge in the Games (THG verse)

Game of Thrones (ASOIAF verse)

Greaser Gale/Tutor Madge (1950s!gadge) 1 2

Hot mess at a party

I thought you were dead (THG verse) 

Ice Bucket Challenge

Indiana Jones

The Interview (General Gale/Reporter Madge) 1 2 3

Jailbirds

Jealous Madge (Double Date)

Just A Bet 1 2

Justice (Hollywood AU)

Karaoke

Kiss Me 1 2 3

Lights (Witch!Madge) 1 2

Like a queen on a throne (Overboard AU) 1 2 3 4 5 6

Madge Lives (THG verse) 1 2 3 4 5 6

Madge’s Revenge 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Meet the family

Mile High Club 1 2 3

Neighbor’s siblings walk into wrong house

New in Town

The Office 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

One Night Stand 1 2 3 4

Online dating 1 2

Overprotective Brother Thresh 1 2

Pirate!Gale 1 2 3 4

Post Surgery (Christmas fic)

Pregnant!Madge 1

Prince Gale 1 2 3 4 5

PTSD!Gale 1 2

Puppy time

Revenge Sex 1 2

Rival Companies 1 2 3

Roommates AU 1 2 3 4 5

Secret Baby 1 2 3 4

Secret Dating AUs  (not connected) 1 | 2 | 3.1 3.2 3.3 | 4

Shooting lessons

Shower Sex

Single Parents

Spies AU 1 2 3

Soccer Players 1 2 3

Someone else’s wedding (Angst)

Step-Siblings!Gadge

Surprise pregnancy

Taylor Swift Cover Band 1 2

Thom’s (ex)-Girlfriend 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Veep AU

Water balloon fight

Wedding AUs (not connected) 1 | 2 | 3.1 3.2

Wrong Popcorn

[ellanainthetardis]

Katniss The Vampire Slayer E9

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“The dead woman from earlier is on the couch.” Rory said, sounding almost blasé about it.

Maybe there was a limit to what you could freak out about in one day, Katniss mused, and maybe she shouldn’t have sent the kids in the living-room without checking it first. She watched Haymitch drag his feet away from the kitchen and toward her and Gale. He really didn’t look good.

“Do you want an aspirin or something?” she asked.

Haymitch made a strangled sound that could have passed for a laugh, his grey eyes roaming over her once, checking for injuries more likely than not. He hadn’t asked about wounds yet, which really wasn’t like him. Then he looked at Gale and winced. “You broke something, boy?”

READ MORE on ff or HERE on AO3

[ellanainthetardis]

Katniss The Vampire Slayer E9: Hell Is Empty

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The silence in the truck was deafening.

Katniss felt like her body was weighing a ton but it wasn’t just exhaustion, it was… All the dead children she had not wanted to look at… The knowledge they had failed and Snow was free… Probably because she had done the stupid selfish thing and gone after Prim instead of stopping the witch from doing the ritual. Those dead kids… They were on her. Her fault. Her responsibility. Her ghosts.  

And now Peeta…

Maybe it was cosmic punishment.

She had been selfish and thus she had lost…

READ MORE on ff or HERE on AO3

[ellanainthetardis]

*drum rolls* It’s Season 1′s finale! Are you ready? I’m not! 

Read also on AO3! 

I don’t have a date yet for S2 so be sure to suscribe to the story if you’re interested or just check my tumblr from time to time for news ;) 

And OBVIOUSLY LET ME KNOW YOUR THOUGHTS! I’m excited to hear what everyone thinks!

[ellanainthetardis]

KTVS E9 Hell Is Empty (and so is my patience with tumblr)

Tumblr is refusing to post my story in the tags for whatever reason soooo. Sorry for the awful presentation and sorry for all the feedback I won’t get becasue of the awful presentation I need to keep this minimum words not to upset its sensibilities XD

EDIT: apparently it’s the everlark tag causing problems. I had to take it out and the post now appears in the tag so... If someone has an explanation I’m all ears... Oo

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When Katniss came to, her head hurt, her shoulders ached and her wrists felt raw.

She took stock before opening her eyes because once she did that, there would probably be demons to contend with.

Find the chapter HERE on FF or HERE on AO3 

[ellanainthetardis]

Do you that saying : from charybdis to scylla? XD Read also on AO3! And don’t miss out on the last part of S1 next Sunday!

And let me know your thoughts! I’m currently about to start working on the next part so I need aaaaall the thoughts :p 

[ellanainthetardis]

It’s evil laughter time! Find out why also on AO3!

And let me know your thoughts, of course!

[ellanainthetardis]

I’m doing the evil cackles. Find out also why on AO3 ;) 

[ellanainthetardis]

So, according to @akachankami Peeta with a machete is a new aesthetic... Why does he have a machete, you ask? Read also on AO3 and let me know your thoughts, it’s the only distraction I have in this confinement! That’s a lie but I still love the feedback and i want it and i will be shameless about it ;) 

[ellanainthetardis]

Sing with me: “hiiiiiiiiiiiiiighway to hell! wohowho hiiiiiiighway to hell!”

Read also on AO3! 

And let me know your thoughts!

[ellanainthetardis]

Hahaha. There might be another cliffhanger in there. And maybe another bit of foreshadowing. Spot it and you get a candy ;) 

Read also on AO3!

Let me know your thoughts!