Two very evil authors

[winter]

Fic later. Now, recs for the people who are making me write it.

First of all, I've mentioned guede_mazaka's The Black Road before. Now she wrote an extra not-quite-epilogue that shorted out my brain rather neatly.

(In return, I owe her Van Helsing angelic party fic.)

And second, the usual suspect. In the Name of, the story that'll make you see just why adore the Tanz vampires so much. Because they can, in utterly plausible ways, kick anyone's arse. No, honestly - you really, really don't need to know anything about Tanz to read this crack. But I don't guarantee sanity afterwards.

(In return, I owe her Herbert ficlets galore, as soon as I come up with enough pretentious German titles.)

In related news, I still can't decide which is weirder as OTP: Dark!Harry Potter/Stockholm-syndrome!Lucius or Herbert von Krolock/Spike. H/S is way fluffier, though. And more blood. *gives up and ships both*

Comments

Also, reading Buffy eps:

[fyrie.livejournal.com]

DAWN: It’s nothing. It’s just a scrape. Plus, I had a plan the whole time.
BUFFY: (dubious) Really...?
DAWN: Yeah, I planned to get killed, come back as a vampire, and bite
you.

Re: Also, reading Buffy eps:

[winter]

*pats* I appreciate the dramatic potential, but vampires need a bit of love, too!

Re: Also, reading Buffy eps:

[fyrie.livejournal.com]

I'm playing with it now :) But gah! Illyria wants to kill. VK wants to kill. Even Spike wants to kill :D

[winter]

The only remaining question is, in how many thousand pieces will the vampire hunters be at the end?

Re: Also, reading Buffy eps:

[winter]

Also, *icon*

And that quote is so Dawn.

Re: Also, reading Buffy eps:

[fyrie.livejournal.com]

SQUEE! ICON! :D

I forgot how much she grew on me in the later seasons :D

Re: Also, reading Buffy eps:

[winter]

Still not terrifically happy with Spike's hair, and had to flip him so the eyebrow is wrong, but not bad for 30 minutes of fiddling :D

(Also, I need that heart brush. This thing took me another 20 minutes to make as vector.)

Re: random quotes and hee!

[fyrie.livejournal.com]

DAWN: Well, I can’t take you in a fight or anything, even with a chip in your head. But you do sleep. If you hurt my sister at all… touch
her… you’re going to wake up on fire.

Dawn’s eyes go cold and Spike stands speechless..

CUT TO:
SUNNYDALE— RESIDENTIAL STREETS— NIGHT 15


SPIKE: You’re awfully quiet.
BUFFY: Wouldn’t know what to say.
SPIKE: Fine with me. I was more than half-expecting to get an earful
anyway. And when exactly did your sister get unbelievably scary?

[winter]

:D

I think I'm missing out on a lot by not having seen much Dawnstuff.

[fyrie.livejournal.com]

I forgot half of this! Eeh! It works so nicely :D

Re: Also, reading Buffy eps:

[fyrie.livejournal.com]

Before he could find the right words to form a sentence, let alone a question, a faint sound from the opposite side of the bed made him look around to see William stirring drowsily, his rumpled hair getting tousled as he ran a hand over his head.

Yawning, the youngest vampire peered blearily up at him, a pleasantly dopey smile crossing his lips a moment before he seemed to remember himself and cleared his throat, assuming a more cocky grin.

“Good morning, William,” von Krolock sounded genuinely amused and Herbert had trouble hiding his grin when William jumped as if given an electric shock, tearing his eyes from Herbert to search out the speaker.

“Er...”

Herbert’s lips compressed into a line as he tried to stop himself from grinning, for fear of splitting his cheek open again. Apparently, his father’s smile was as unnerving to William as it had been to him.

Like an uncertain child, he carefully climbed up onto the edge of the bed, kneeling close to Herbert’s side, one hand reaching out and brushing against Herbert’s as blue eyes flicked between grey and dark ones.

Re: Also, reading Buffy eps:

[winter]

Aww, poor bewildered Spike :D But sleepy like that, he's more likely to ask a direct question, I think, therefore saving Herbert the trouble.

Re: Also, reading Buffy eps:

[fyrie.livejournal.com]

S'true, that ;) Plus, he's kind of not sure the night before really happened, so he's being cautious rather than glomping Herbie, only to be told "um... no, we're just friends"

Re: Also, reading Buffy eps:

[winter]

I think Herbert might notice the latter and just tell him to glomp away ;)

*has a mental image of the whole crazy family lounging on the bed as Buffy and Vitto angst downstairs and try to ignore the happy lovey vibes*

Re: Also, reading Buffy eps:

[fyrie.livejournal.com]

Double-whammy on the pre-emptive telepathy there :D

Re: Also, reading Buffy eps:

[winter]

I think I'm getting better with practice.

Re: Also, reading Buffy eps:

[fyrie.livejournal.com]

Definitely looks the case :D It's a good thing Dawn's room is close to, because waking up on her lonesome would have been bad. Waking up to wash the blood off, while dad goes and checs on the boys - slightly better :D

Re: Also, reading Buffy eps:

[winter]

She is going to make that stepmother-in-law crack at Spike, isn't she? ;)

Re: Also, reading Buffy eps:

[fyrie.livejournal.com]

How could she resist? :D

Re: Also, reading Buffy eps:

[winter]

*pats her*

BTW, off in 20 minutes or so for college. Would appreciate a snipplet to tide me over through Insurance ;)

Re: Also, reading Buffy eps:

[fyrie.livejournal.com]

Catching William’s hand carelessly, Herbert yanked hard, pulling the young vampire - with an impressively girly squeak - closer to him, until he was practically draped against Herbert’s side. Draping an arm loosely over his shoulders, Herbert nuzzled William’s hair fondly.

Unconsciously, William shifted his weight, so he wasn’t pressing against the worst ribs, one hand lightly spreading on the bandages covering Herbert’s stomach.

Dark eyes slipped from one to the other and Herbert felt the approval wash over him like a warm wave. A glance told him William had sensed it as well, in some way or form, judging by the bashful grin playing about his lips.

Re: Also, reading Buffy eps:

[winter]

Awww!

Everybody's so warm and fuzzy. Between this and the previous H/S scene, you'll need to put a major sugar warning on this chapter ;)

Re: Also, reading Buffy eps:

[fyrie.livejournal.com]

And then, we have B/V angst to contend with as well :D WHEE! All round fun!

Re: Also, reading Buffy eps:

[winter]

Terribly so :D And then Faith and Giles arriving...

You do know it's amazing how every next chapter is even better?

Re: Also, reading Buffy eps:

[fyrie.livejournal.com]

Entirely their fault! I take no credit whatsoever :D