Call for recs

[doyle]

I had the inexplicable urge this morning to read B/X. It occurs that even though I like the idea of the pairing I can't remember ever reading any fic for them. The ones I've looked at so far have either suffered from terrible punctuation and grammar or indulged in a lot of gratuitous character bashing of Angel, Spike or Anya (or just an author's note in the middle of the text saying "A/N: Anya and Spike are dead"). Or, as happens in many Xander fics, not just B/X, Xander is Mary-Sued into a superhero.

Anybody got recs for me, either fics or archives? I tried looking at All That Glitters, but it's kind of hard to navigate.

Comments

[ros-fod.livejournal.com]

butterfly's OTP is Buffy/Xander, I believe...she should have some good recs...

[poisoninjest.livejournal.com]

The only B/X I've ever read, but I like it a lot: http://www.netwiz.net/~laurasha/vanity/thirdtime.html

[doyle_sb4.livejournal.com]

Ahhhh, exactly the kind of thing I was looking for. I really liked that one, thanks!

[circe-tigana.livejournal.com]

I read one threesome b/x/s which was really hot but full of bad cliches.

"The Challenge" by Jypzrose
http://northern.zapto.org/frames.html

B/X on their own, though? One of the few pairings that genuinely genuinely squicks me. I think it has to do with the fumbling for the condom. It seems wrong in the Buffyverse somehow.

[lasheremaleth.livejournal.com]

Esperanza (http://www.rightthisway.net/proclivities/silvia/esperanza.html) is lovely.

[kraken-wakes.livejournal.com]

I wrote a B/X fic - Statues and Carosels - which can be found on my website, Sunburn (http://fubos.bluezfire.org/sunburn)

(gee, can I pimp myself more?)

[doyle_sb4.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the link - I've never come across the author before, but I looked at some of the Harry Potter stories as well as the Buffy ones, and they're all lovely.

Pimp...

[minim_calibre]

http://recalibration.adamao.org/headsortails.html

Sure, it was for the flashficathon, and you wouldn't normally catch me dead writing B/X. But, umm... I came out of it with something of a taste for it, you see.

Re: Pimp...

[doyle_sb4.livejournal.com]

Ah, you're a mind reader! I was sitting here pondering "Min's written B/X, right? Or was that someone else? Or did I imagine it?" Thanks for the link!

[octopedingenue]

I could tell you who to AVOID, but I will not, because I used to be friends with one of them and it would be mean... *cough*

That said, this un and this un give me big ole piles o' happy. Yes, I am a sick puppy.