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Mar 14 2011 10:54 pm   #1slaymesoftly
Trying this one more time. Let's try to keep all requests for fics on one thread so as not to clutter the forum.  Keep in mind, that story you're looking for may have already been found and a quick look at the finding fics thread may be all it takes to locate it.   So, if you're looking for a fic from now on, please ask on this thread.  And, just in case, as long as it remains visible, also check the former finding fics thread which has quite a few entries.    (AH fics have their own thread). 
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Mar 17 2011 08:48 pm   #2guest 
In this fic buffy isn't a slayer I dont' believe but I dont' know if spike is a vampire or not, all I remember is that they meet in a club and the first time they see each other, they get off dancing with other people but staring into each other's eyes. Its Spikes club I think or he is a regular there.
Mar 17 2011 09:20 pm   #3dampersandspoons
In this fic buffy isn't a slayer I dont' believe but I dont' know if spike is a vampire or not, all I remember is that they meet in a club and the first time they see each other, they get off dancing with other people but staring into each other's eyes. Its Spikes club I think or he is a regular there.

Was it an AU/All-human fic?  This sounds a lot like the first chapter of one of mine, Something Real .  There are no slayers or vampires in this one, but Buffy and Spike meet for the first time in a crowded club, dance with other people in a very sexual way while staring one another down.  Hope that helped!
Mar 17 2011 10:16 pm   #4slaymesoftly
Hmmmm - I think I may have read one like that a long time ago. I don't recall if it's AH either, although, since it might be, it probably wouldn't hurt to ask for it on the AH fic thread too.
I am not a minion of Evil...
I am upper management.
Mar 18 2011 02:06 am   #5guest 
It is indeed Something Real. Thank You very much!
Mar 18 2011 06:31 pm   #6dampersandspoons
It is indeed Something Real. Thank You very much!

You're welcome.  Thank YOU for reading!  :)
Mar 22 2011 05:26 pm   #7nmcil
what does this mean "bump"
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Mar 22 2011 06:36 pm   #8TammyDevil666
It means she's bumping it to the top of the forum.
When I say, "I love you," it's not because I want you or because I can't have you. It has nothing to do with me. I love what you are, what you do, how you try. I've seen your kindness and your strength. I've seen the best and the worst of you, and I understand with perfect clarity exactly what you are. You're a hell of a woman. You're the one, Buffy.
Mar 31 2011 12:47 am   #9Euphoria
Hey :)

Does anyone on here have the PDF version of the AU fic "Doing it for Daddy" by Goldilocks? I friended the author on livejournal a couple of months ago but she hasnt accepted my request. A lot of people are saying shes inactive, so yeah ... Anyway, I would really appreciated it if you could e-mail it to me if you have a copy! :)

xx
Apr 02 2011 02:33 am   #10BloodEnvy 
Hi, I'm looking for a fic set in Season Five of Buffy.
During the Buffy V Dracula episode, when Drac hypnotises her in her room. Spike sees, and when Drac leaves Spike goes into her room, fakes a Trannsylvanian Accent, tells her to shut her eyes, and the have sex. Anybody have any idea what this is?
Apr 03 2011 01:18 am   #11Guest 
Does anyone have a copy of the "Dancing Lessons" Series written by CousinJean (and others)?  It's been taken off of the web, but it is my absolute favorite story.  If anyone can point me to a link or email me a copy I would be really grateful!  Thanks!
Apr 06 2011 10:12 pm   #12guest 
I'm looking for a fic where Buffy fights a demon and ends up deaf. spike is the only one who can communicate with her
Apr 06 2011 10:51 pm   #13slaymesoftly
I'm looking for a fic where Buffy fights a demon and ends up deaf. spike is the only one who can communicate with her

I read that! I think it has 'whispers' in the title; maybe "whispers in the dark?" I thought it was on here, but I couldn't find it. "Whispers" seems to be a very popular thing to have in a title. :) Anyway. That's all I have to offer right now. I seem to remember it was a good story, but it's been a long time since I read it.
I am not a minion of Evil...
I am upper management.
Apr 06 2011 11:02 pm   #14MarzBar
It is "Whispers in the Dark" by Ashlee.  It's posted on Nocturnal Light.  
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Apr 06 2011 11:21 pm   #15TammyDevil666
It's also in Spuffy Realm:  http://spikeluver.com/SpuffyRealm/viewstory.php?sid=7161&warning=NC-17
When I say, "I love you," it's not because I want you or because I can't have you. It has nothing to do with me. I love what you are, what you do, how you try. I've seen your kindness and your strength. I've seen the best and the worst of you, and I understand with perfect clarity exactly what you are. You're a hell of a woman. You're the one, Buffy.
Apr 19 2011 05:57 pm   #16guest 
I read this story recently and can't remember the title. It takes place after Buffy is brought back from the dead by Willow and crew. She gets into a fight with willow and xander and wishes they could see how many times they hurt her. A vengence demon I think hears the wish and grants it and in Buffy's living room, there is a portal that shows every past time they hurt her including Xander's hyena bit. Spike is there and almost attacks xander after seeing this but buffy keeps him grounded. they get together after the portal closes and I think it all started because Buffy went to spike for help instead of xander and willow.
Apr 20 2011 02:15 am   #17Ami
I read this story recently and can't remember the title. It takes place after Buffy is brought back from the dead by Willow and crew. She gets into a fight with willow and xander and wishes they could see how many times they hurt her. A vengence demon I think hears the wish and grants it and in Buffy's living room, there is a portal that shows every past time they hurt her including Xander's hyena bit. Spike is there and almost attacks xander after seeing this but buffy keeps him grounded. they get together after the portal closes and I think it all started because Buffy went to spike for help instead of xander and willow.

That's "Courage Under Fire"by yumimum. It's at SR.

here's the link..http://spikeluver.com/SpuffyRealm/viewstory.php?sid=36866  :)
May 06 2011 08:39 am   #18linpen
Does anyone have a copy of the "Dancing Lessons" Series written by CousinJean (and others)?  It's been taken off of the web, but it is my absolute favorite story.  If anyone can point me to a link or email me a copy I would be really grateful!  Thanks!


Dancing Lessons has been archived on live journal  at http://dl-archive.livejournal.com/
May 09 2011 07:43 am   #19nmcil
Does anyone have a copy of the "Dancing Lessons" Series written by CousinJean (and others)?  It's been taken off of the web, but it is my absolute favorite story.  If anyone can point me to a link or email me a copy I would be really grateful!  Thanks!


Dancing Lessons has been archived on live journal  at http://dl-archive.livejournal.com/


Think this is the start of the story - http://dl-archive.livejournal.com/329.html#cutid1
” Recent evolutionary models have demonstrated what politicians have long known: the best way to get people to collaborate and to think like a group is to identify an enemy and charge that “they” threaten “us.”

Michael Tomasello is co-director of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
May 14 2011 03:10 am   #20Natalie 
I read a fic awhile ago where Spike and Buffy fall for each other much earlier. Angel is still there. Both Angel and Spike get hit with a poisonous arrow and Buffy chooses to save Spike but Spike believes that Buffy will never forgive herself if she lets Angel die because he thinks she still loves him so he goes to the mansion and gives Angel the cure. When Buffy finds out she goes to him and gives him her blood to save him.
May 14 2011 07:24 pm   #21TammyDevil666
I think that's L'Amour by Holly, the third part in her series:  http://spikeluver.com/SpuffyRealm/viewstory.php?sid=9943&warning=NC-17

The first two parts can be found here:  http://spikeluver.com/SpuffyRealm/viewstory.php?sid=8192
http://spikeluver.com/SpuffyRealm/viewstory.php?sid=8383
When I say, "I love you," it's not because I want you or because I can't have you. It has nothing to do with me. I love what you are, what you do, how you try. I've seen your kindness and your strength. I've seen the best and the worst of you, and I understand with perfect clarity exactly what you are. You're a hell of a woman. You're the one, Buffy.
May 15 2011 02:17 am   #22pfeifferpack
Apparently I've read too much fic or I've a mind like a sieve.....I cannot remember the name or author of an older story (much older, the series was still on).

Spike leaves to get his soul and asks for it so "she can get what she deserves".  He comes back mean and nasty trying to destroy Buffy ... seems the demon in the cave had a different idea of what Buffy deserved than Spike did and gave him someone elses soul not William.  Yada yada they find out what's wrong and fix it.

Anyone????  Bueller??????

Thanks,
Kathleen
May 15 2011 04:21 am   #23coalitiongirl
Apparently I've read too much fic or I've a mind like a sieve.....I cannot remember the name or author of an older story (much older, the series was still on).

Spike leaves to get his soul and asks for it so "she can get what she deserves".  He comes back mean and nasty trying to destroy Buffy ... seems the demon in the cave had a different idea of what Buffy deserved than Spike did and gave him someone elses soul not William.  Yada yada they find out what's wrong and fix it.

Anyone????  Bueller??????

Thanks,
Kathleen


Sounds like A Demon's Deal by mahaliem.

Link
 
May 15 2011 10:38 am   #24Natalie 
I think that's L'Amour by Holly, the third part in her series:  http://spikeluver.com/SpuffyRealm/viewstory.php?sid=9943&warning=NC-17

The first two parts can be found here:  http://spikeluver.com/SpuffyRealm/viewstory.php?sid=8192
http://spikeluver.com/SpuffyRealm/viewstory.php?sid=8383


That's it. Thank you!
May 20 2011 01:12 am   #25pfeifferpack
YES that was it!  I couldn't remember for the life of me.  Thanks!

Kathleen
May 28 2011 12:51 am   #26kali 
Hi, I am as well (again) looking for another fic I read a long long time ago. seriously I think it went online when buffy season 3 or 4 was running on tv (and i do not mean a rerun lol)
anyway it was a short oneshot and I think it played in new york but that wasn`t so important. it was built like a short peak into an au version of buffys life. she was in a club and i think she either saw some gys trying to drug a girl or was meant to be the victim herself, anyway she got them out of the club and, well, it turned out she is a vampire and one that wasn`t too pleased with their plan so she killed them. It ends with Spike suddenly showing up and they leaving together and apperently he had turned her (somewhere in after or around season 2 i think) and they are together now.
that is all I can remember, no name, title author or even the site it was on. I think it was one of those author homepages that could be found in the thousends back then (good times those where have they gone lol)
anyway if anyone has an idea i take even the smalest hint I am really searching for a long time already

thanks a lot
kali
Jun 02 2011 08:41 am   #27midnightjen 
Hi,

looking for a fic i read ages ago. Its season 2, starts during the halloween episode. Buffy's costume wakes up some old memories of her past life as a slayer in which she new Spike as William. someone, possibly her watcher, killed spike so she made a deal with a demon that had them reborn. Spike doesn't remember anything at first. i remember something about a sunsrise on a bedroom wall and ticklish toes. and also that spike had to turn buffy to save her form the deal though its not your traditional turning.

anyone know this?

Jun 02 2011 06:40 pm   #28TammyDevil666
That would be Echoes by HollyDB, but you won't find it anywhere since it has been turned into an original fiction.  If you contact Holly, she might send you a copy of the story.
When I say, "I love you," it's not because I want you or because I can't have you. It has nothing to do with me. I love what you are, what you do, how you try. I've seen your kindness and your strength. I've seen the best and the worst of you, and I understand with perfect clarity exactly what you are. You're a hell of a woman. You're the one, Buffy.
Jun 02 2011 11:14 pm   #29Always_jbj
Hi, I am as well (again) looking for another fic I read a long long time ago. seriously I think it went online when buffy season 3 or 4 was running on tv (and i do not mean a rerun lol)
anyway it was a short oneshot and I think it played in new york but that wasn`t so important. it was built like a short peak into an au version of buffys life. she was in a club and i think she either saw some gys trying to drug a girl or was meant to be the victim herself, anyway she got them out of the club and, well, it turned out she is a vampire and one that wasn`t too pleased with their plan so she killed them. It ends with Spike suddenly showing up and they leaving together and apperently he had turned her (somewhere in after or around season 2 i think) and they are together now.
that is all I can remember, no name, title author or even the site it was on. I think it was one of those author homepages that could be found in the thousends back then (good times those where have they gone lol)
anyway if anyone has an idea i take even the smalest hint I am really searching for a long time already

thanks a lot
kali


It vaguely rings a bell...have you tried searching All About Spike, because I have a feeling I may have read it there many years ago. Sorry I can't be of more help.
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Jun 08 2011 02:46 am   #30maryperk

The archive is gone.  I found it on Wayback Machine.  Might want to copy it before it's really gone.

http://web.archive.org/web/20080419125434/http://www.iamdeath.i12.com/archive/auld-lang-syne.html 

Jun 12 2011 05:22 pm   #31kali 
@maryperk
thank you so much this is exactly the story i was looking for. its so long ago I read it, and quite some other stories I refound in the old archive, makes me so nostalgic ;)
It always amazes me how you and the others find them so fast even with so little to go on. especially considering that I have already looked for them for such a long time. How do you do this? Is there some gimmic on the waybackmachine I am not aware of or something, or is there another side that lists only the `old` authors and stories we loved back in the last decade lol? thinking about it that would be really really cool if it does exist like imdb `best movies 2002` with fanfics , authors or even fanpages .... anyway, please share your knowledge. Help me to help myself lol

thanks to Always_jbj as well

in adition, i have another question. I am looking fr a programm/ software something like it that you can use to create an archive on your homecomputer. at this time I have so many stories on my drive, and I really tried to organoze them but it happens so often that i want to reread one and don`t have the titel or author just a scene
but I know i have it somewhere yet just can`t find it.
is there something that works like online archives,where for example you make something like filecards for each story and when you have them all you can search in them not just for titel but also describtions as`vampbuffy` or `dark` or something alike.
I am looking for it because I also have a lot of books and am collecting antiquarian books and it is getting to a point where I really need something to keep track of everything.
I did look for librarysorftware but never found an open source or one that didn`t cost hundreds of bugs. so i was wondering how you keep track of you stories and archivate them.

thanks again
kali
Jun 13 2011 12:48 am   #32slaymesoftly
What if you made a spread sheet? listing fics by title, author, and theme, season, rating, or whatever? Then you could search by whatever you knew about the fic you wanted. If you've stored all the fics in one file in alphbetical order by title, you will know which one to go to and can find it easily.Sound like a plan?


@maryperk
thank you so much this is exactly the story i was looking for. its so long ago I read it, and quite some other stories I refound in the old archive, makes me so nostalgic ;)
It always amazes me how you and the others find them so fast even with so little to go on. especially considering that I have already looked for them for such a long time. How do you do this? Is there some gimmic on the waybackmachine I am not aware of or something, or is there another side that lists only the `old` authors and stories we loved back in the last decade lol? thinking about it that would be really really cool if it does exist like imdb `best movies 2002` with fanfics , authors or even fanpages .... anyway, please share your knowledge. Help me to help myself lol

thanks to Always_jbj as well

in adition, i have another question. I am looking fr a programm/ software something like it that you can use to create an archive on your homecomputer. at this time I have so many stories on my drive, and I really tried to organoze them but it happens so often that i want to reread one and don`t have the titel or author just a scene
but I know i have it somewhere yet just can`t find it.
is there something that works like online archives,where for example you make something like filecards for each story and when you have them all you can search in them not just for titel but also describtions as`vampbuffy` or `dark` or something alike.
I am looking for it because I also have a lot of books and am collecting antiquarian books and it is getting to a point where I really need something to keep track of everything.
I did look for librarysorftware but never found an open source or one that didn`t cost hundreds of bugs. so i was wondering how you keep track of you stories and archivate them.

thanks again
kali
I am not a minion of Evil...
I am upper management.
Jun 13 2011 01:08 pm   #33maryperk
I got lucky.  I had a link for a story called Demon's Vow, Vampire's Vendetta at the same site as Auld Lang Syne.  When it didn't link up right I just put the website name into the Wayback Machine.  I went ahead and copied that story onto my hard drive.
Jun 14 2011 08:11 am   #34Always_jbj
@maryperk
thank you so much this is exactly the story i was looking for. its so long ago I read it, and quite some other stories I refound in the old archive, makes me so nostalgic ;)
It always amazes me how you and the others find them so fast even with so little to go on. especially considering that I have already looked for them for such a long time. How do you do this? Is there some gimmic on the waybackmachine I am not aware of or something, or is there another side that lists only the `old` authors and stories we loved back in the last decade lol? thinking about it that would be really really cool if it does exist like imdb `best movies 2002` with fanfics , authors or even fanpages .... anyway, please share your knowledge. Help me to help myself lol

thanks to Always_jbj as well

in adition, i have another question. I am looking fr a programm/ software something like it that you can use to create an archive on your homecomputer. at this time I have so many stories on my drive, and I really tried to organoze them but it happens so often that i want to reread one and don`t have the titel or author just a scene
but I know i have it somewhere yet just can`t find it.
is there something that works like online archives,where for example you make something like filecards for each story and when you have them all you can search in them not just for titel but also describtions as`vampbuffy` or `dark` or something alike.
I am looking for it because I also have a lot of books and am collecting antiquarian books and it is getting to a point where I really need something to keep track of everything.
I did look for librarysorftware but never found an open source or one that didn`t cost hundreds of bugs. so i was wondering how you keep track of you stories and archivate them.

thanks again
kali



You could use a program like Calibre that lets you use multiple tags for each story and then just search your collection by tags.
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Jun 19 2011 07:56 pm   #35Darkest Night
Hi, I'm looking for two fics I read awhile back.  
One included Buffy and Spike together but Riley was still around and made himself into some sort of mage.  As he battled Spike and Buffy, Angel and co. showed up too.  
The second fic I'm looking for (unrelated) included Spike proposing at Buffy's mom's house and them getting married.  The council shows up at the wedding and says that it is okay for them to be mated (again).  Any ideas on either would be a great help!  Thanks
Jun 20 2011 03:22 am   #36slaymesoftly
Hi, I'm looking for two fics I read awhile back.  
One included Buffy and Spike together but Riley was still around and made himself into some sort of mage.  As he battled Spike and Buffy, Angel and co. showed up too.  
The second fic I'm looking for (unrelated) included Spike proposing at Buffy's mom's house and them getting married.  The council shows up at the wedding and says that it is okay for them to be mated (again).  Any ideas on either would be a great help!  Thanks


I know one! I know one! *does happy dance*  The second one sound very much like my "Just a Little Spell" which you can find on here or at my website (http://spuffystuff.org/littlespell.htm) And, okay, it's cheating to identify my own story, but those are the only ones I'm ever sure about!

  Sorry, the first one doesn't ring a bell.
I am not a minion of Evil...
I am upper management.
Jun 20 2011 04:05 am   #37Darkest Night
Hi, I'm looking for two fics I read awhile back.  
One included Buffy and Spike together but Riley was still around and made himself into some sort of mage.  As he battled Spike and Buffy, Angel and co. showed up too.  
The second fic I'm looking for (unrelated) included Spike proposing at Buffy's mom's house and them getting married.  The council shows up at the wedding and says that it is okay for them to be mated (again).  Any ideas on either would be a great help!  Thanks


I know one! I know one! *does happy dance*  The second one sound very much like my "Just a Little Spell" which you can find on here or at my website (http://spuffystuff.org/littlespell.htm) And, okay, it's cheating to identify my own story, but those are the only ones I'm ever sure about!

  Sorry, the first one doesn't ring a bell.


Thanks for the help, that was the one!  

The other one I can't seem to find anywhere but I think it involved Buffy switching to a dimension where she was engaged to Riley and realizing how much she loves Spike.
Jun 20 2011 07:02 am   #38MsJane
Hi. Does Anyone know the name of this fic and where I can find it?

Buffy is in Australia - Melbourne I think, and it's one of the last cities remaining on earth that hasn't been destroyed by nuclear war. Spike is also there and finds her, and she and the rest of what remains of humanity are slowly dying from radiation. Sounds very depressing, but it is was an awesome fic.
Jun 20 2011 02:13 pm   #39maryperk
The Last Summer by Annie Sewell-Jennings, maybe

http://www.allaboutspike.com/fic.html?id=132 
Jun 20 2011 03:50 pm   #40slaymesoftly
Hi. Does Anyone know the name of this fic and where I can find it?

Buffy is in Australia - Melbourne I think, and it's one of the last cities remaining on earth that hasn't been destroyed by nuclear war. Spike is also there and finds her, and she and the rest of what remains of humanity are slowly dying from radiation. Sounds very depressing, but it is was an awesome fic.


MP got it. Truly awesome fic.
I am not a minion of Evil...
I am upper management.
Jun 20 2011 06:35 pm   #41kali
You could use a program like Calibre that lets you use multiple tags for each story and then just search your collection by tags.

Thank you Thank you Thank you!
This isn`t just exactly what I was looking for, it also brought even more joy and fun with it than I thought it would. I just spent the last couple of days going through my files and stories adding them and into my new archive and it is so much fun, I found so many jewels I had forgotten about over the years and I can`t believe that even after so much time I still get to find new projects in my favorite of all pasttime activity - the spuffy verse lol.
It`s always situations like that, that made me realize again what big part in my life "Buffy" used to be but still is. Not just the show and the characters but also how it influenced me, my view of life and other aspects (love, devotion, never stop fighting and giving in your deamons etc) But also, to write and indulge in other peoples stories, and all the amplifications of the fandom, when we collected or fans all around the world came together in other projects for example the `cancer-campaign` or the `fight for equality` that Joss and many other officials are part of as well. I remember when Buffy still was running and every now and then people looked funny at me in the `so you are really looking that show??` without understanding that it is so much more than just some fantasytale of a girl killing vamps.

I guess what I want to say is THANK YOU ALL! For still keeping it alive and not leaving me to be the only freak lol. Thank you for being part of my/our universe and writing and coming up with new stories and ideas and projects and creating a `universal family` so to say all around the world with no borders but just the commen idea and love for our favorite charecters.

Love,
kali

Jun 21 2011 05:56 pm   #42Guest 
Hey everybody
There are 2 stories I'm looking for (Cause I apparently do not have enough brian power to remember)


the first is when Spike and Buffy are (Maybe) claimed, but she was captured and Spike had to rescue her. He then gets zapped by Adam's energy weapon and the chip short-circuts

the second is Spike is caught by Riley and the gang when trying to send Dawn to Buffy. (The monks made Dawn, Spike found the monks and they gave her to him until he finds the slayer. I believe thay rescue Spike and it maybe a WIP
Jun 22 2011 01:29 am   #43slaymesoftly
Hey everybody
There are 2 stories I'm looking for (Cause I apparently do not have enough brian power to remember)


the first is when Spike and Buffy are (Maybe) claimed, but she was captured and Spike had to rescue her. He then gets zapped by Adam's energy weapon and the chip short-circuts

the second is Spike is caught by Riley and the gang when trying to send Dawn to Buffy. (The monks made Dawn, Spike found the monks and they gave her to him until he finds the slayer. I believe thay rescue Spike and it maybe a WIP


OMG, two in a row?  I have a very old fic titled "Intiative Dreams" that fits the description of the first one you're looking for.  Pretty much, anyway. You can find it here: http://spuffystuff.org/initiativedreams.htm   or  here: http://www.bloodshedverse.com/stories.php?go=chapters&no=544
I am not a minion of Evil...
I am upper management.
Jun 22 2011 06:44 am   #44GUEST 

OMG, two in a row? 

Just want to keep you on your toes :)
Btw, thank you for the first 1

Jun 22 2011 10:12 am   #45Always_jbj
Hey everybody
There are 2 stories I'm looking for (Cause I apparently do not have enough brian power to remember)


the first is when Spike and Buffy are (Maybe) claimed, but she was captured and Spike had to rescue her. He then gets zapped by Adam's energy weapon and the chip short-circuts

the second is Spike is caught by Riley and the gang when trying to send Dawn to Buffy. (The monks made Dawn, Spike found the monks and they gave her to him until he finds the slayer. I believe thay rescue Spike and it maybe a WIP


I think the second one might be A New Dawn by Mefiant
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Jun 22 2011 12:40 pm   #46MsJane
The Last Summer by Annie Sewell-Jennings, maybe

http://www.allaboutspike.com/fic.html?id=132 


Wow. Thanks! You're awesome. I would have never remembered that.  Thanks so much. Off to add it to my LJ Favourites List!
Jun 22 2011 12:54 pm   #47MsJane
Hi. Does Anyone know the name of this fic and where I can find it?

Buffy is in Australia - Melbourne I think, and it's one of the last cities remaining on earth that hasn't been destroyed by nuclear war. Spike is also there and finds her, and she and the rest of what remains of humanity are slowly dying from radiation. Sounds very depressing, but it is was an awesome fic.


MP got it. Truly awesome fic.


Isn't it? OMG. Brilliant. Such a breath of - well, radioactive air - that one. It has probably stayed with me more than any other fic. I should read the rest of Annie's stuff at some point. 
Jun 23 2011 05:39 pm   #48All4Spike
Does anyone have a copy of the "Dancing Lessons" Series written by CousinJean (and others)?  It's been taken off of the web, but it is my absolute favorite story.  If anyone can point me to a link or email me a copy I would be really grateful!  Thanks!


Dancing Lessons has been archived on live journal  at http://dl-archive.livejournal.com/


Thank you so much for this, nmcil! You have no idea how long I have been looking for a copy of this series! I managed to retrieve every chapter archived on LJ and I've spent the last few days reading up to DL 3.14 - part three - Part three of three.

It's obviously not finished as Buffy is still all PrimalSlayer, Spike is off looking for his Mohra demon, Travers is dead and the Council is in chaos - and it just STOPS! Is there a copy out there that goes further? It's one of the best Spuffy stories I've ever read and I'll be devastated to discover it was abandoned...
Love's a funny thing...
Jun 26 2011 12:07 pm   #49thebreathlessdead
Hey.... This is the first time I'm using this, so sorry if I get things a little wrong. I'm assuming that it can go unsaid that what I'm looking for should be Spike/Buffy, yes? Anyway, I don't actually have a specific story that I'm looking for - I'm just really looking for two topics, I guess. The first type of story I'm looking for has Spike as a Seer or just a pyschic of some sort. The second type involves Spike with an eating disorder of some sort; you always see Buffy with these sort of things, and I've never really come across any stories that have Spike having those sort of issues except once when he got a reflection and once when he didn't realize it and was embarrassed when he did. I'd be very happy if you could direct me to those types of stories if they exist.  

Thanks!!
Jun 28 2011 02:17 am   #50Rebcake
a short oneshot and I think it played in new york but that wasn`t so important. it was built like a short peak into an au version of buffys life. she was in a club and i think she either saw some gys trying to drug a girl or was meant to be the victim herself, anyway she got them out of the club and, well, it turned out she is a vampire and one that wasn`t too pleased with their plan so she killed them. It ends with Spike suddenly showing up and they leaving together and apperently he had turned her

I know a link was posted upstream, but I wanted to put in another, more current, one that doesn't depend on the Wayback Machine:

Auld Lang Syne by Sandra S. (Sometimes Sandra, maybe even Sandy S.)
http://www.smithereen.net/thebuffer/sandra/sandra.html

Jun 28 2011 04:35 am   #51Darkest Night
Hi guys!  So I'm going to try this again; I've been looking for this fic for ages and it's driving me up the wall that I can't find it.  Please help if you can! It is a fic in which Buffy is transported to another world/dimension/whatever where she has retired from being the slayer and is engaged to Riley, however being there makes her realize how much she loves Spike.  Riley turns himself into some sort of mage and a fight ensues, Angel and co, show up at some point during the fight.  Thats all I remember, and you might think that would be enough to search up a story but I have sadly been unable to find it.  If you think you know, please help me out, thanks!!!
Jun 28 2011 08:19 am   #52Always_jbj
Hi guys!  So I'm going to try this again; I've been looking for this fic for ages and it's driving me up the wall that I can't find it.  Please help if you can! It is a fic in which Buffy is transported to another world/dimension/whatever where she has retired from being the slayer and is engaged to Riley, however being there makes her realize how much she loves Spike.  Riley turns himself into some sort of mage and a fight ensues, Angel and co, show up at some point during the fight.  Thats all I remember, and you might think that would be enough to search up a story but I have sadly been unable to find it.  If you think you know, please help me out, thanks!!!

Doing a Google search using the terms "Spuffy", "Riley" and "Mage" came up with this fic... http://www.bloodshedverse.com/stories.php?go=chapters&no=1625  I had a quick browse and it seems to meet all your criteria, hope it's the right one.
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Jun 29 2011 12:45 am   #53Darkest Night
Hi guys!  So I'm going to try this again; I've been looking for this fic for ages and it's driving me up the wall that I can't find it.  Please help if you can! It is a fic in which Buffy is transported to another world/dimension/whatever where she has retired from being the slayer and is engaged to Riley, however being there makes her realize how much she loves Spike.  Riley turns himself into some sort of mage and a fight ensues, Angel and co, show up at some point during the fight.  Thats all I remember, and you might think that would be enough to search up a story but I have sadly been unable to find it.  If you think you know, please help me out, thanks!!!

Doing a Google search using the terms "Spuffy", "Riley" and "Mage" came up with this fic... http://www.bloodshedverse.com/stories.php?go=chapters&no=1625  I had a quick browse and it seems to meet all your criteria, hope it's the right one.


That it is!!!!  Well, apparently my searching abilities suck because that one little google search could have saved me, I kid you not, hours.  Luckily though i have you guys to help :) Thanks so much Always_jbj, you no doubt saved me from many more frustrating hours searching.  Your help is very much appreciated!
Jul 01 2011 09:46 pm   #54nmcil
LOL - my lucky day - as I had started this one long time ago but lost track of it - and it looks like after a long hiatus, the writer has posted a new chapter.  Hope the writer has taken up the work again and will update on a regular basis.

Anyone know if their is a site that archives all of Wisteria's work - I found sites, but the series I have been looking for.
” Recent evolutionary models have demonstrated what politicians have long known: the best way to get people to collaborate and to think like a group is to identify an enemy and charge that “they” threaten “us.”

Michael Tomasello is co-director of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
Jul 04 2011 06:50 am   #55Allie 
I'm looking for a post-chosen story where Buffy is living alone in Cleveland. Her life consists of going to work and slaying. One night she finds Spike (who has lost his memory) and brings him home with her. I don't remember much else from the story other than Buffy wakes up every morning to Billy Idol's "Rebel Yell," and Buffy gets Spike some clothes at Walmart. There is also a scene where Buffy gives Spike a bath and once he gets his memory back they make love in the kitchen.



Jul 04 2011 08:48 am   #56Always_jbj
I'm looking for a post-chosen story where Buffy is living alone in Cleveland. Her life consists of going to work and slaying. One night she finds Spike (who has lost his memory) and brings him home with her. I don't remember much else from the story other than Buffy wakes up every morning to Billy Idol's "Rebel Yell," and Buffy gets Spike some clothes at Walmart. There is also a scene where Buffy gives Spike a bath and once he gets his memory back they make love in the kitchen.





Try "The Other Side of Midnight" by HollyDB  http://paragon.dark-solace.org/stories/otherside.htm
Aim from the heart
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Jul 04 2011 09:38 am   #57Allie 


Try "The Other Side of Midnight" by HollyDB  http://paragon.dark-solace.org/stories/otherside.htm


That's it. Thank you!
Jul 18 2011 06:53 am   #58Guest 
Gahh!  I'm looking for a fic that includes Spike no longer having the chip/the chip not working and Xander attempting to stake Spike and actually staking Buffy
Jul 19 2011 07:31 pm   #59nikkilou2013
anyone got a copy or know where i can find Breaking Down the Walls by araedhel
Jul 19 2011 11:15 pm   #60slaymesoftly
This is not from me (although I remember the fic and wouldn't mind reading it again). I'm reposting it for DeepBlueJoy.  She'd like the title and/or author, please. :)


This is a Spuffy I read years ago - may be more than 5 years old, may be even older.  I don't remember where I read it.

It was set (I think) in season 2 or 3

Buffy and Spike were still enemies

Buffy or both of them are kidnapped and taken to Africa?  (It was a long time ago, sorry) anyway, the point is that both of them ended up there together.

They are trapped with a bunch of demons in some kind of (huge) dungeon/underground demon lair, perhaps under a lake of some sort.  

They become allies to survive - they don't start out as lovers

They eventually fall in love

The story is fairly long -- I don't remember the ending but I think that as time went on, they came to rely on each other.  I think they lived 'under' the lake and had a 'cave'.  
I remember Buffy's arm being injured at some point.

I think there was some 'bad guy' who did this for some reason, but I can't remember whether it was to punish Spike or Buffy or both.

I'm pretty sure their clothes are stolen or Buffy's clothes are stolen.  Maybe just Buffy's b/c I think I remember Spike loaning her his duster.

I picture this underground as having passageways and things growing there and demons that attack randomly... but that may just be the mental picture I developed.

That's all I can remember...

Thanks
Blue
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I am upper management.
Jul 20 2011 01:30 am   #61drknit 
I'm reposting it for DeepBlueJoy.  She'd like the title and/or author, please. :)

They are trapped with a bunch of demons in some kind of (huge) dungeon/underground demon lair, perhaps under a lake of some sort.  They become allies to survive - they don't start out as lovers.They eventually fall in love

Thanks -- Blue


This sounds like it might be "Legacy" by Kyra Storm. 

Summary: This story is based on Challenge #87 on the Bloodshedverse, issued by Bloodshed Baby. The challenge reads like this: Another early season “lost somewhere and having to rely on each other to survive” Spuffy story in the same vein as Castaway, Stranded, The Game series, etc. (Oh come on, you know these kind of fics are fun). The challenge? Trying to come up with a plot/story line that is somewhat unique (or not) yet keeps us on the edge of our seats. Can be time travel, stuck somewhere, kidnapped, etc. Set in Season 3, after Lover’s Walk, Vampire Council decides to punish those responsible for the state the Aurelius line is in and kidnap Buffy and Spike.
Jul 20 2011 02:26 am   #62slaymesoftly
I'm reposting it for DeepBlueJoy.  She'd like the title and/or author, please. :)

They are trapped with a bunch of demons in some kind of (huge) dungeon/underground demon lair, perhaps under a lake of some sort.  They become allies to survive - they don't start out as lovers.They eventually fall in love

Thanks -- Blue


This sounds like it might be "Legacy" by Kyra Storm. 

Summary: This story is based on Challenge #87 on the Bloodshedverse, issued by Bloodshed Baby. The challenge reads like this: Another early season “lost somewhere and having to rely on each other to survive” Spuffy story in the same vein as Castaway, Stranded, The Game series, etc. (Oh come on, you know these kind of fics are fun). The challenge? Trying to come up with a plot/story line that is somewhat unique (or not) yet keeps us on the edge of our seats. Can be time travel, stuck somewhere, kidnapped, etc. Set in Season 3, after Lover’s Walk, Vampire Council decides to punish those responsible for the state the Aurelius line is in and kidnap Buffy and Spike.


That's definitely the one I was thinking of.  It's here: http://www.bloodshedverse.com/stories.php?go=chapters&no=1456
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I am upper management.
Jul 20 2011 03:09 am   #63DeepBlueJoy

This sounds like it might be "Legacy" by Kyra Storm. 

Summary: This story is based on Challenge #87 on the Bloodshedverse, issued by Bloodshed Baby. The challenge reads like this: Another early season “lost somewhere and having to rely on each other to survive” Spuffy story in the same vein as Castaway, Stranded, The Game series, etc. (Oh come on, you know these kind of fics are fun). The challenge? Trying to come up with a plot/story line that is somewhat unique (or not) yet keeps us on the edge of our seats. Can be time travel, stuck somewhere, kidnapped, etc. Set in Season 3, after Lover’s Walk, Vampire Council decides to punish those responsible for the state the Aurelius line is in and kidnap Buffy and Spike.


That's definitely the one I was thinking of.  It's here: http://www.bloodshedverse.com/stories.php?go=chapters&no=1456


I'm pretty sure that's the right story.  Thank you very much.  I just had this feeling that you guys would know this. :)  Very grateful.

Peace,

Blue.
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Jul 20 2011 04:39 am   #64nmcil
I guess what I want to say is THANK YOU ALL! For still keeping it alive and not leaving me to be the only freak lol. Thank you for being part of my/our universe and writing and coming up with new stories and ideas and projects and creating a `universal family` so to say all around the world with no borders but just the commen idea and love for our favorite charecters.

Love,
kali


And I also will add my "thank You all"  -  I feel exactly as you do.  The Buffy series really did change my life in very profound ways by introducing me to world myths and other religious systems.  I love Spike and Buffy and their transformation story more now than I ever have. 

WOW - we have spell check now - Thank You moderators.
” Recent evolutionary models have demonstrated what politicians have long known: the best way to get people to collaborate and to think like a group is to identify an enemy and charge that “they” threaten “us.”

Michael Tomasello is co-director of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
Jul 20 2011 04:44 am   #65nmcil
Does anyone have a copy of the "Dancing Lessons" Series written by CousinJean (and others)?  It's been taken off of the web, but it is my absolute favorite story.  If anyone can point me to a link or email me a copy I would be really grateful!  Thanks!


Dancing Lessons has been archived on live journal  at http://dl-archive.livejournal.com/


Thank you so much for this, nmcil! You have no idea how long I have been looking for a copy of this series! I managed to retrieve every chapter archived on LJ and I've spent the last few days reading up to DL 3.14 - part three - Part three of three.

It's obviously not finished as Buffy is still all PrimalSlayer, Spike is off looking for his Mohra demon, Travers is dead and the Council is in chaos - and it just STOPS! Is there a copy out there that goes further? It's one of the best Spuffy stories I've ever read and I'll be devastated to discover it was abandoned...


It sucks that the story was not complete - sorry, I don't have any other info - maybe on the Way Back Machine -
” Recent evolutionary models have demonstrated what politicians have long known: the best way to get people to collaborate and to think like a group is to identify an enemy and charge that “they” threaten “us.”

Michael Tomasello is co-director of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
Jul 21 2011 08:12 am   #66nmcil
Does anyone know if HollyDB is taking her Buffyverse fan fiction  down?  I thought that I read she was going to only focus on her original works now  and I am wondering if, like with Echoes, she may have started taking down some of her other works.  I love her Buffyverse fan fiction and would like to read again if the stories might be taken down.
 


That would be Echoes by HollyDB, but you won't find it anywhere since it has been turned into an original fiction. If you contact Holly, she might send you a copy of the story.
” Recent evolutionary models have demonstrated what politicians have long known: the best way to get people to collaborate and to think like a group is to identify an enemy and charge that “they” threaten “us.”

Michael Tomasello is co-director of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
Jul 21 2011 02:35 pm   #67slaymesoftly
Does anyone know if HollyDB is taking her Buffyverse fan fiction  down?  I thought that I read she was going to only focus on her original works now  and I am wondering if, like with Echoes, she may have started taking down some of her other works.  I love her Buffyverse fan fiction and would like to read again if the stories might be taken down.
 


That would be Echoes by HollyDB, but you won't find it anywhere since it has been turned into an original fiction. If you contact Holly, she might send you a copy of the story.


She is focusing on original work, but I haven't heard anything about her taking down her fanfics (other than the ones she 's alredy converted to original fic).
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I am upper management.
Jul 21 2011 04:59 pm   #68lynda 
does anyone either have a copy saved or know were i can find breaking through the walls by azrehel at one time it was on bloodshedverse now cant find it
Jul 22 2011 07:34 am   #69nmcil
Thank you for the information slaymesoftly  -  I hope that she does not convert any others -
” Recent evolutionary models have demonstrated what politicians have long known: the best way to get people to collaborate and to think like a group is to identify an enemy and charge that “they” threaten “us.”

Michael Tomasello is co-director of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
Jul 22 2011 08:57 am   #70Always_jbj
does anyone either have a copy saved or know were i can find breaking through the walls by azrehel at one time it was on bloodshedverse now cant find it

You can get to the old BSV author page on the wayback machine HERE, there is an Azrielle listed (the fic you are after isn't listed as one of hers), but no Azrehel. Sorry I can't be of more help. If you can think of anywhere else she may have posted, try searching old versions of it with the waybackmachine.
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Jul 22 2011 09:33 pm   #71slaymesoftly
does anyone either have a copy saved or know were i can find breaking through the walls by azrehel at one time it was on bloodshedverse now cant find it

You can get to the old BSV author page on the wayback machine HERE, there is an Azrielle listed (the fic you are after isn't listed as one of hers), but no Azrehel. Sorry I can't be of more help. If you can think of anywhere else she may have posted, try searching old versions of it with the waybackmachine.


*waves at other, useful and knowledgeable mod*  Didn't think about checking the old verse, although I did look for that author name a few places.
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I am upper management.
Jul 25 2011 10:10 am   #72Kat 
Can't remember the name for the life of me, and I can't seem to find the proper sequence of words to get a google result. Gonna keep it slightly vague, to try to keep from spoiling.

Spike is missing, and found in a cave - badly injured, and had been tortured. Buffy rescues him, and she and Dawn take care of him and try to guide his recovery. The attacker ends up being one of the main cast, but it's a mystery for some time.

Ahhhh. Ringing any bells?

Thanks so much!
Jul 25 2011 01:25 pm   #73slaymesoftly
Can't remember the name for the life of me, and I can't seem to find the proper sequence of words to get a google result. Gonna keep it slightly vague, to try to keep from spoiling.

Spike is missing, and found in a cave - badly injured, and had been tortured. Buffy rescues him, and she and Dawn take care of him and try to guide his recovery. The attacker ends up being one of the main cast, but it's a mystery for some time.

Ahhhh. Ringing any bells?

Thanks so much!


Sounds like one by Dreams of Spike. It should be on her list of fics here.  Because He Needs Me by DreamsofSpike here: http://www.bloodshedverse.com/stories.php?go=chapters&no=6542

ETA - okay, I think I'll leave this up in case anyone else wants to read it.
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I am upper management.
Jul 29 2011 11:16 pm   #74slaymesoftly
Okay. Because LJ is still wonky and I  may not even know about or be able to get to my inquiry there if anyone answers it, I'm going to ask here too.  It's a future fic, not very long, it' s a glimpse into a life where Buffy is married to a shansued Angel and Spike is treated like the old friend and co-worker that he is. When he's in town (and not off on assignments for the Council or whatever) he stays with them in their spare room. But when Angel has left for work for the day, Spike and Buffy indulge in some angsty, bittersweet love making. Nothng changes about their situation in this angsty short story. Spike loves her. Buffy loves Spike and Angel, and won't hurt the man she married for the one who also loves her.  I'd love to find it again and reread, as well as pass it on as a rec.  Anyone?

(Not a pwp - the love-making, if I'm remembering correctly, takes place off-page. It's the relationships and emotions that are the focus of the story.)
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I am upper management.
Jul 30 2011 10:33 pm   #75SanityFair
Does anyone have a copy of the "Dancing Lessons" Series written by CousinJean (and others)?  It's been taken off of the web, but it is my absolute favorite story.  If anyone can point me to a link or email me a copy I would be really grateful!  Thanks!


Dancing Lessons has been archived on live journal  at http://dl-archive.livejournal.com/


This link doesn't seem to be complete. Is this story a WIP, or is there a completed version somewhere out there?
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Jul 31 2011 03:05 am   #76linpen
Dancing Lessons is A permanent WIP.
Aug 03 2011 11:21 pm   #77being_wicked 
Hi, hoping someone here can help me find a fic.

Buffy has to rescue Spike from a different dimension/portal. Mission involes traveling across land of snow and ice and breaking into an ice castle to break Spike out. They escape on a bear(?) while being chased by minions and have to hide in a cave. Spike is gravely wounded but they make it back to their dimension where the bear becomes a dog to watch over them.

Any help would be appreciated since I feel like i've scoured the internet for this fic...thanks!
Aug 04 2011 12:42 am   #78The Enemy of Reality
Hi, hoping someone here can help me find a fic.

Buffy has to rescue Spike from a different dimension/portal. Mission involes traveling across land of snow and ice and breaking into an ice castle to break Spike out. They escape on a bear(?) while being chased by minions and have to hide in a cave. Spike is gravely wounded but they make it back to their dimension where the bear becomes a dog to watch over them.

Any help would be appreciated since I feel like i've scoured the internet for this fic...thanks!


I'm pretty sure that's 'West of the Moon, East of the Sun by KnifeEdge.' You can find it here on BSV.
Aug 04 2011 03:11 am   #79being_wicked 
Thank you so much!  I can usually find the fics I'm looking for but this one was escaping me.  I really appreciate it!


Hi, hoping someone here can help me find a fic.

Buffy has to rescue Spike from a different dimension/portal. Mission involes traveling across land of snow and ice and breaking into an ice castle to break Spike out. They escape on a bear(?) while being chased by minions and have to hide in a cave. Spike is gravely wounded but they make it back to their dimension where the bear becomes a dog to watch over them.

Any help would be appreciated since I feel like i've scoured the internet for this fic...thanks!


I'm pretty sure that's 'West of the Moon, East of the Sun by KnifeEdge.' You can find it here on BSV.
Aug 06 2011 05:37 pm   #80being_wicked 
Looking for another fic...

Buffy has to undergo some sort of test as a slayer on her birthday where she gets locked in a house with a vampire and has to kill it or survive the encounter.  Giles drops her off under the illusion of going to see an ice skating (?) show and says good luck.  The vampire ends up being Spike and they end up talking instead of fighting, eventually sleeping together.  When the morning comes and Giles comes to investigate Buffy is alive and both her and Spike play the night off as though they had simply come to a truce.  Not sure what happens after that.

Any help would be really appreciated!!
Aug 06 2011 09:05 pm   #81slaymesoftly
Looking for another fic...

Buffy has to undergo some sort of test as a slayer on her birthday where she gets locked in a house with a vampire and has to kill it or survive the encounter.  Giles drops her off under the illusion of going to see an ice skating (?) show and says good luck.  The vampire ends up being Spike and they end up talking instead of fighting, eventually sleeping together.  When the morning comes and Giles comes to investigate Buffy is alive and both her and Spike play the night off as though they had simply come to a truce.  Not sure what happens after that.

Any help would be really appreciated!!


Oh Boy - I can remember reading numerious fics along those general lines. Don't recall titles/authors, of course, but I do know it was a pretty common trope at one time.  You might try checking the "search" function for Season Three fics (and Cruciamentum if there is a place for theme) and use the title of the episode as part of your search. The episode in question is "Helpless". That should help you narrow down the search to any fics set in that episiode.

ETA - here's the link to the results for "Helpless" http://www.bloodshedverse.com/search.php?go=search.  I suspect you'd get even more if you put in "Cruciamentum" and look for it in the summary. 
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I am upper management.
Aug 06 2011 09:29 pm   #82being_wicked 
While I didn't find the fic on BloodVerse, I used your suggestion on searching either "helpless" or "Cruciamentum" and found it!  It was Cupidity by Holly4.  Thanks so much for your help!



Looking for another fic...

Buffy has to undergo some sort of test as a slayer on her birthday where she gets locked in a house with a vampire and has to kill it or survive the encounter.  Giles drops her off under the illusion of going to see an ice skating (?) show and says good luck.  The vampire ends up being Spike and they end up talking instead of fighting, eventually sleeping together.  When the morning comes and Giles comes to investigate Buffy is alive and both her and Spike play the night off as though they had simply come to a truce.  Not sure what happens after that.

Any help would be really appreciated!!


Oh Boy - I can remember reading numerious fics along those general lines. Don't recall titles/authors, of course, but I do know it was a pretty common trope at one time.  You might try checking the "search" function for Season Three fics (and Cruciamentum if there is a place for theme) and use the title of the episode as part of your search. The episode in question is "Helpless". That should help you narrow down the search to any fics set in that episiode.

ETA - here's the link to the results for "Helpless" http://www.bloodshedverse.com/search.php?go=search.  I suspect you'd get even more if you put in "Cruciamentum" and look for it in the summary. 
Aug 07 2011 01:13 am   #83slaymesoftly
While I didn't find the fic on BloodVerse, I used your suggestion on searching either "helpless" or "Cruciamentum" and found it!  It was Cupidity by Holly4.  Thanks so much for your help!

Yeah, I didn't think it was either of the two I found on here, but I hadn't looked using Cruciamentum, so wasn't sure. But anytime you know what episode is being twisted for a fic, using the title of the episode and/or the main event in it will usually help you out a lot. Glad you found it. :)



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I am upper management.
Aug 13 2011 09:03 am   #84Crash 
Hi, I am as well (again) looking for another fic I read a long long time ago. seriously I think it went online when buffy season 3 or 4 was running on tv (and i do not mean a rerun lol)
anyway it was a short oneshot and I think it played in new york but that wasn`t so important. it was built like a short peak into an au version of buffys life. she was in a club and i think she either saw some gys trying to drug a girl or was meant to be the victim herself, anyway she got them out of tShe club and, well, it turned out she is a vampire and one that wasn`t too pleased with their plan so she killed them. It ends with Spike suddenly showing up and they leaving together and apperently he had turned her (somewhere in after or around season 2 i think) and they are together now.
that is all I can remember, no name, title author or even the site it was on. I think it was one of those author homepages that could be found in the thousends back then (good times those where have they gone lol)
anyway if anyone has an idea i take even the smalest hint I am really searching for a long time already

thanks a lot
kali
This sounds like Auld Lang Syne, which is a Sabershadowkat fic, I believe.
Aug 13 2011 04:08 pm   #85DeepBlueJoy
I'm looking for a copy of Vinum et Rosae by Holly which is a sequel to a story called Sang et Ivoire.  (I already have Sang et Ivoire).

Vinum et Rosae is the sequel to an alternate universe story where Spike gets his soul but doesn't go back to Sunnydale because he is wracked with guilt.  Instead, he ends up working with Giles in London doing research and working for a library.  Eventually he returns to Sunnydale with Giles to help Buffy and the others stop a new master from rising.  Everything goes wrong and Spike becomes Buffy's guide in remaking her life as a vampire.  

The story I'm looking for is the sequel to the one described above and unfortunately I don't have the plot of it.  The first story is online in several places, but the second one, Vinum et Rosae, is nowhere to be found.  If you can help, please let me know immediately.  I already have read Sang et Ivoire.

Thank you.

Blue
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Aug 13 2011 07:15 pm   #86slaymesoftly
I see that this thread has become very long. Let me know if/when you think I should cut it off and begin a new one.  The old one will be still be around if anyone wants to look through it to find something you remember seeing on here, but a new, shorter one might makes things a bit easier.  Opinions? Thoughts?
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I am upper management.
Aug 14 2011 05:05 pm   #87Guest 
I was just wondering if anybody has 'Such a pretty colour' by a Amandak. The link at this site is gone and I cant find it  anywhere else
Aug 14 2011 05:15 pm   #88JMjunkie 

Hey everybody
does anybody know where I could find the fic where Spike turns Buffy, who in turns Willow, then Tara and then gets caught by the Initative? I've been wracking my brains trying to find this fic

Aug 15 2011 12:01 am   #89slaymesoftly
I'm looking for a copy of Vinum et Rosae by Holly which is a sequel to a story called Sang et Ivoire.  (I already have Sang et Ivoire).

Vinum et Rosae is the sequel to an alternate universe story where Spike gets his soul but doesn't go back to Sunnydale because he is wracked with guilt.  Instead, he ends up working with Giles in London doing research and working for a library.  Eventually he returns to Sunnydale with Giles to help Buffy and the others stop a new master from rising.  Everything goes wrong and Spike becomes Buffy's guide in remaking her life as a vampire.  

The story I'm looking for is the sequel to the one described above and unfortunately I don't have the plot of it.  The first story is online in several places, but the second one, Vinum et Rosae, is nowhere to be found.  If you can help, please let me know immediately.  I already have read Sang et Ivoire.

Thank you.

Blue


Hi Blue,
Holly's fics are archived here:  http://paragon.dark-solace.org  She said if the one you're looking for isn't there, to e mail her.
I am not a minion of Evil...
I am upper management.
Aug 16 2011 12:09 am   #90lunna798 
I'm looking for a copy of Vinum et Rosae by Holly which is a sequel to a story called Sang et Ivoire.  (I already have Sang et Ivoire).

Vinum et Rosae is the sequel to an alternate universe story where Spike gets his soul but doesn't go back to Sunnydale because he is wracked with guilt.  Instead, he ends up working with Giles in London doing research and working for a library.  Eventually he returns to Sunnydale with Giles to help Buffy and the others stop a new master from rising.  Everything goes wrong and Spike becomes Buffy's guide in remaking her life as a vampire.  

The story I'm looking for is the sequel to the one described above and unfortunately I don't have the plot of it.  The first story is online in several places, but the second one, Vinum et Rosae, is nowhere to be found.  If you can help, please let me know immediately.  I already have read Sang et Ivoire.

Thank you.

Blue




you can find it on Vampire's Kiss.  you need to use the WBM so you may need to try the links a few times if they don't work right away

http://web.archive.org/web/20050213165523/http://vampires-kiss.net/fics/vinum.htm 
Aug 16 2011 02:14 pm   #91lycidas
Hi,
I am actually not looking for one specific story, more kinda for them all.
Thing is after a waterdamage in our house my whole computersystem (on top of a lot of other things of my family and me) is completly waste. Not just my computer but pretty much every harddisk or backup I ever had which includes my whole fanfiction-collection. Now, I know some of the stories are still online and therefor reachable at least to some point for me to refind them, however there are dozends of great authors and stories that aren`t anymore, (for example kari mouki or holly and so on) Unfortunatly those 2 brilliant writers are the only ones I trully remember by name so, my question or more plead for help is for anyone who still has copies of their stories to share them with me. Cause honestly I would not know where to start besides those two names there aren`t many specific titels or names I remember.
But don`t stop there, in fact I would pretty much take anything you have and can not or only very hard be found online. Of course you can send me the whole package as well, beggers ain`t chosers right ;)
I collected stories for years, pretty much ever since the whole fanfiction community with buffy and other universes started and managed to safe most of it through the years (which I guess should be a wondr in itself. SHould have known it would lead to this sooner or later; karma sucks.) Loosing them kinda feels like a part of my life is missing. Buffy still makes for a big part in my life, I love reading the stories and actually I think that most fanfiction is better written than most reasent published fiction books or stories and I guess it could also by classified as a form of addiction or to call it lighter my favorite past time activity. So, please help me

you can reach me with a pm or a mail at lycidas83@web.de

thank you
lyci
Aug 16 2011 04:12 pm   #92DeepBlueJoy
Thank you! 

Blue

You can find it on Vampire's Kiss.  you need to use the WBM so you may need to try the links a few times if they don't work right away
http://web.archive.org/web/20050213165523/http://vampires-kiss.net/fics/vinum.htm 

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Aug 16 2011 04:20 pm   #93DeepBlueJoy
Yo do know that data can be recovered from waterlogged drives, right?  Depending on how much money you've got to spend, and how damaged it is... just in case there are things more vital than fic, as important as that is.  So sorry for your flooded stuff.  I had a house that flooded and it was misery cleaning it up. 

if you need advice or suggestions on dealing with flooding, send me a pm before you toss everything.

Blue
Hi,
I am actually not looking for one specific story, more kinda for them all.
Thing is after a waterdamage in our house my whole computersystem (on top of a lot of other things of my family and me) is completly waste. Not just my computer but pretty much every harddisk or backup I ever had which includes my whole fanfiction-collection. Now, I know some of the stories are still online and therefor reachable at least to some point for me to refind them, however there are dozends of great authors and stories that aren`t anymore, (for example kari mouki or holly and so on) Unfortunatly those 2 brilliant writers are the only ones I trully remember by name so, my question or more plead for help is for anyone who still has copies of their stories to share them with me. Cause honestly I would not know where to start besides those two names there aren`t many specific titels or names I remember.
But don`t stop there, in fact I would pretty much take anything you have and can not or only very hard be found online. Of course you can send me the whole package as well, beggers ain`t chosers right ;)
I collected stories for years, pretty much ever since the whole fanfiction community with buffy and other universes started and managed to safe most of it through the years (which I guess should be a wondr in itself. SHould have known it would lead to this sooner or later; karma sucks.) Loosing them kinda feels like a part of my life is missing. Buffy still makes for a big part in my life, I love reading the stories and actually I think that most fanfiction is better written than most reasent published fiction books or stories and I guess it could also by classified as a form of addiction or to call it lighter my favorite past time activity. So, please help me

you can reach me with a pm or a mail at lycidas83@web.de

thank you
lyci
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Aug 16 2011 04:55 pm   #94lycidas 
Yo do know that data can be recovered from waterlogged drives, right?  Depending on how much money you've got to spend, and how damaged it is... just in case there are things more vital than fic, as important as that is.  So sorry for your flooded stuff.  I had a house that flooded and it was misery cleaning it up. 

if you need advice or suggestions on dealing with flooding, send me a pm before you toss everything.
i


Thank you, it is really quite well hard. It is not just the mess and all, my whole family (that is 3 generations) lived in that house for decades and there was stuff (pictures, letters and other `heirloms` and memories my gran carried through ww2 which are now well, lost to some extend, so there really is a lot more important stuff lost than just the stories. But you know, you take it one at a time, I am sure you can relate seeing as you went through it as well. The only upside is that seeing as my father works in Corporate Real Estate Management (i have no idea if this is the propper english word but i have found no other better one, he is not a janitor just some kind of accountant for other peoples or the corporations buildings/ appartments/ houses etc.)  it is kinda his job to deal with catastrophes like that so at least he knows what to do and where to go and who to talk with and all.

I know that there is a possibility to safe data when waterlogged, unfortunate for most of my drives the problem is a hardware and not a software one, there seems to have been some kind of short circuit when the water hit the electronic and it effected my pc and some drives. after having some friends and techies look over it most of my data (scripts, stories, pics and stuff) can not be retrieved through `normal` software recovery programs. (which would for example be used if you formate a drive or similar) in my case the drive would have to be taken apart in what was explained to me some kind of special labratory room. it would cost into the thousands of euros which is especially considering every thing else we have to replace and/or repair just too much money to be spent on at this point. At least most of the real important data (my studies/ job and essays for university etc) was saved at the university as well, guess I should have taken my private files there too, well, learned for the future I guess.

but thanks nevertheless
lyci
Aug 16 2011 11:11 pm   #95Always_jbj
Hi,
I am actually not looking for one specific story, more kinda for them all.
Thing is after a waterdamage in our house my whole computersystem (on top of a lot of other things of my family and me) is completly waste. Not just my computer but pretty much every harddisk or backup I ever had which includes my whole fanfiction-collection. Now, I know some of the stories are still online and therefor reachable at least to some point for me to refind them, however there are dozends of great authors and stories that aren`t anymore, (for example kari mouki or holly and so on) Unfortunatly those 2 brilliant writers are the only ones I trully remember by name so, my question or more plead for help is for anyone who still has copies of their stories to share them with me. Cause honestly I would not know where to start besides those two names there aren`t many specific titels or names I remember.
But don`t stop there, in fact I would pretty much take anything you have and can not or only very hard be found online. Of course you can send me the whole package as well, beggers ain`t chosers right ;)
I collected stories for years, pretty much ever since the whole fanfiction community with buffy and other universes started and managed to safe most of it through the years (which I guess should be a wondr in itself. SHould have known it would lead to this sooner or later; karma sucks.) Loosing them kinda feels like a part of my life is missing. Buffy still makes for a big part in my life, I love reading the stories and actually I think that most fanfiction is better written than most reasent published fiction books or stories and I guess it could also by classified as a form of addiction or to call it lighter my favorite past time activity. So, please help me

you can reach me with a pm or a mail at lycidas83@web.de

thank you
lyci


Holly's fics are still online on her website http://paragon.dark-solace.org/  As far as I know, only one of her fics has been removed from the internet because she has turned it into a book.

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Some will love and some will curse you, baby
You can go to war
But only if you have to 


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Aug 23 2011 08:03 am   #96nmcil

Sure hope someone can help - been looking for works by Alira - the TaTF had a listing for a novel length work taking place in Season 5 era.  It was posted as a completed work, but only has 8 or 9 chapters at TaTF.  It was the story where Spike starts a Wolfram & Hart band - Spike was told that his purpose for coming back after "Chosen" was to help Angel on his journey.

 

” Recent evolutionary models have demonstrated what politicians have long known: the best way to get people to collaborate and to think like a group is to identify an enemy and charge that “they” threaten “us.”

Michael Tomasello is co-director of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
Aug 23 2011 03:32 pm   #97Lou

Sure hope someone can help - been looking for works by Alira - the TaTF had a listing for a novel length work taking place in Season 5 era.  It was posted as a completed work, but only has 8 or 9 chapters at TaTF.  It was the story where Spike starts a Wolfram & Hart band - Spike was told that his purpose for coming back after "Chosen" was to help Angel on his journey.

 


I'm pretty sure this is Long Day's Journey by Anaross -- it's a smasher!

http://www.athenewolfe.com/justrewards/viewstory.php?sid=557
Aug 23 2011 07:32 pm   #98nmcil
Thanks Much Lou -  will check it out - hope this is the story, however this is a different writer than the one posted at TaTF - title sounds the same. 


This is it - no wonder I was never able to find it looking for Alira -

” Recent evolutionary models have demonstrated what politicians have long known: the best way to get people to collaborate and to think like a group is to identify an enemy and charge that “they” threaten “us.”

Michael Tomasello is co-director of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
Aug 27 2011 07:45 pm   #99Darkest Night
Hi guys!  So I'm looking for a fic once again (clearly I'm not very good at finding things).   It is a post-NFA fic where Spike is brought to the hospital by Ilyria and is unable to move but aware of whats going on around him.  Buff finds him and takes care of him, waiting for him to wake up.  I also remember that the nurses at the hospital were all ogling Spike and Buffy was not pleased.   Any help would be appreaciated!
Aug 27 2011 11:46 pm   #100slaymesoftly
Hi guys!  So I'm looking for a fic once again (clearly I'm not very good at finding things).   It is a post-NFA fic where Spike is brought to the hospital by Ilyria and is unable to move but aware of whats going on around him.  Buff finds him and takes care of him, waiting for him to wake up.  I also remember that the nurses at the hospital were all ogling Spike and Buffy was not pleased.   Any help would be appreaciated!

Hi Darkest Night, That sounds like my "Life Goes On" which you can find herehttp://www.bloodshedverse.com/stories.php?go=chapters&no=2545
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I am upper management.
Sep 11 2011 05:45 am   #101PhantomPhinale 
Hey, I have been looking for this one fic I read about two years ago. I don't remember much of it, but it takes place during "Wrecked". Older Post-Chosen Buffy's memories are sent back to Season six Buffy While she's with Spike in the collapsed building. It would be so great if someone could point me in the right direction. Thanks.
Sep 16 2011 04:19 am   #102Darkest Night
Hi guys!  I've been looking for a fic for awhile now with no luck so I thought I would ask away here, though it is possible I'm just bad at searching :)  
I'm having a hard time remebering the details but I know Spike gets split into three ort of like Xander in the Replacement and I believe the rod of Thoth from that episode is used in the solution.  The story includes William and Spike's demon, who is in a cage in the basement at some point I  believe, and Buffy accepting her love for both of them.  The demon also loves her and views her as a mate.  I believe the Spikes are having trouble surviving apart or something and the solution somehow involves claiming or bonding or something like that with Buffy.  Any leads would be apppreciated, thanks!
Sep 16 2011 01:02 pm   #103slaymesoftly
Hi guys!  I've been looking for a fic for awhile now with no luck so I thought I would ask away here, though it is possible I'm just bad at searching :)  
I'm having a hard time remebering the details but I know Spike gets split into three ort of like Xander in the Replacement and I believe the rod of Thoth from that episode is used in the solution.  The story includes William and Spike's demon, who is in a cage in the basement at some point I  believe, and Buffy accepting her love for both of them.  The demon also loves her and views her as a mate.  I believe the Spikes are having trouble surviving apart or something and the solution somehow involves claiming or bonding or something like that with Buffy.  Any leads would be apppreciated, thanks!


I remember that story. I'm thinking it is by Lilachigh? But that doesn't seem right somehow.  Definitely by a fairly well-known author like that, and not a recent story. I'll try to think of the title and/or check the lists of fics for likely authors.

ETA  Yes, It's Strip Snap by Lilachigh and you can find it in her list of fics under Authors/LilacHigh/Strip Snap.  (sorry I didn't make a link - in a hurry to get to work)
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I am upper management.
Sep 16 2011 01:16 pm   #104Darkest Night
Hi guys!  I've been looking for a fic for awhile now with no luck so I thought I would ask away here, though it is possible I'm just bad at searching :)  
I'm having a hard time remebering the details but I know Spike gets split into three ort of like Xander in the Replacement and I believe the rod of Thoth from that episode is used in the solution.  The story includes William and Spike's demon, who is in a cage in the basement at some point I  believe, and Buffy accepting her love for both of them.  The demon also loves her and views her as a mate.  I believe the Spikes are having trouble surviving apart or something and the solution somehow involves claiming or bonding or something like that with Buffy.  Any leads would be apppreciated, thanks!


I remember that story. I'm thinking it is by Lilachigh? But that doesn't seem right somehow.  Definitely by a fairly well-known author like that, and not a recent story. I'll try to think of the title and/or check the lists of fics for likely authors.

ETA  Yes, It's Strip Snap by Lilachigh and you can find it in her list of fics under Authors/LilacHigh/Strip Snap.  (sorry I didn't make a link - in a hurry to get to work)


Thats it!
Thank you so much!  I don't know why but I've been having a particularly difficulty time finding this one so, the help is very much appreciated!
Oct 03 2011 05:36 pm   #105onepopthree 
Hi,

I'm looking for a fic or slashfic that was written years ago, probably badly so, but I cannot remember. In it, Cordelia (and/or Willow) turns Buffy into a vampire by surprise. There's a discussion between the three and Giles somewhere along the lines about the breed of vampire not being the usual type seen in the buffyverse. Unfortunately, that's all I remember of it.
Oct 05 2011 06:52 pm   #106Psilo 
Hi im looking for a Lierrrbeathan fic called "Michaels wish" - shes taken a few stories down to be reworked etc (last year afaik) but so far ive been able to find the originals of the other stories, but not this one. Has anyone got it saved to their computer by chance? or seen it at some more or less obscure archive?

I decided to just steamroll myself through her fics(revisit after 7 years) the other day, im still at it 48h later and ticking... lots of caffeine and chocolate biscuits and big fat tears.
Any helpwould be much appreciated.
Oct 05 2011 11:48 pm   #107slaymesoftly
Hi im looking for a Lierrrbeathan fic called "Michaels wish" - shes taken a few stories down to be reworked etc (last year afaik) but so far ive been able to find the originals of the other stories, but not this one. Has anyone got it saved to their computer by chance? or seen it at some more or less obscure archive?

I decided to just steamroll myself through her fics(revisit after 7 years) the other day, im still at it 48h later and ticking... lots of caffeine and chocolate biscuits and big fat tears.
Any helpwould be much appreciated.


Lizzerbeathan has written some amazing stories. Unfortunately, I don't have any of them saved, and the archive on which I discovered her is long gone. Have you been on her website?  If you contacted her and asked about it, she might tell you where it is, or put it back up on her site.
I am not a minion of Evil...
I am upper management.
Oct 16 2011 11:48 pm   #108SweetnSaucy 
Hi, I'm looking for a fic set in season 7 after Touched, where Whistler tells Buffy how to defeat the First.  Sorry, I don't remember more than that.  I would appreciate any help!
Oct 20 2011 06:36 am   #109nmcil
Hi im looking for a Lierrrbeathan fic called "Michaels wish" - shes taken a few stories down to be reworked etc (last year afaik) but so far ive been able to find the originals of the other stories, but not this one. Has anyone got it saved to their computer by chance? or seen it at some more or less obscure archive?

I decided to just steamroll myself through her fics(revisit after 7 years) the other day, im still at it 48h later and ticking... lots of caffeine and chocolate biscuits and big fat tears.
Any helpwould be much appreciated.


Sorry -
I read "Michaels Wish" a long time ago - I love her work.
” Recent evolutionary models have demonstrated what politicians have long known: the best way to get people to collaborate and to think like a group is to identify an enemy and charge that “they” threaten “us.”

Michael Tomasello is co-director of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
Oct 20 2011 11:10 pm   #110slaymesoftly
Hi, I'm looking for a fic set in season 7 after Touched, where Whistler tells Buffy how to defeat the First.  Sorry, I don't remember more than that.  I would appreciate any help!

I did one set in Season 7 that contains a character who is much like Whistler, although he calls himself something else. He leads Buffy to Spike (in the school basement) and tells her he's a champion and she has to help him get better. Could that be it? It's called "Even Champions Need a Home".
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I am upper management.
Oct 25 2011 07:42 am   #111firebird234 
I am looking for a fic were the story is an alternate twist on chosen were Spike survives. The story is basically through Buffy's thoughts were she makes a different choice and Spike survives but they are not talking and at the end after Spike announces he is staying with Angel because he needs him Buffy finally tells him her feelings. The Story is one chapter.
Oct 25 2011 07:47 am   #112firebird234 
Sorry never mind I found the story, I was using the wrong words to look for it.
Nov 03 2011 07:37 am   #113Akela 
Hi there, I am looking for one of my all time fave fics. Buffy and Spike time travel I think back to the 1800s, he claims her to keep her safe, and they meet up with other friendly Vampires, who become a blood family to them. They speak their own language to each other too, travel all around the world and I think there is a castle, if my mind is not as foggy as I hpoe its not. It is driving me insane trying to remember!
Nov 03 2011 09:22 am   #114Mo 
Lost in Time by Spikeskat 

http://spikeskat.rogue-poet.com/seductive_fiction.htm#1
Nov 04 2011 04:53 am   #115nmcil
Here is The Way Back Machine link for the works of Ariane -  I have tried her updated Dark Dreams but only some of the links work now - I hope these WBM links work - I love all of this writer's
work.

Ariane Dark Dreams:

http://liveweb.archive.org/http://www.arianewrites.com/DarkDreamsFIC.html

” Recent evolutionary models have demonstrated what politicians have long known: the best way to get people to collaborate and to think like a group is to identify an enemy and charge that “they” threaten “us.”

Michael Tomasello is co-director of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
Nov 15 2011 10:48 pm   #116Kelizbeth 
Does anyone know where I could find or have a copy of the Merciless emailed to me? I am in love with that story but believe it has been taken offline. If anyone has a copy that would be most appreciated. thank you
Nov 18 2011 12:16 am   #117Always_jbj
Does anyone know where I could find or have a copy of the Merciless emailed to me? I am in love with that story but believe it has been taken offline. If anyone has a copy that would be most appreciated. thank you

It's usually a good idea to try to include the author's name if possible because often there are multiple fics with the same name. If you are after The Merciless by Bittenandstaked you can find it via the wayback machine here http://web.archive.org/web/20050416154708/http://www.talesoftheslayer.com/merciless01.htm  
Aim from the heart
Some will love and some will curse you, baby
You can go to war
But only if you have to 


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Nov 21 2011 08:22 am   #118me 
Im looking for a story about buffy and spike. I dont remember the name but it about spike get completely drunk and buffy finds him and decides to take him home. She doesnt want to carry him so she calls a taxi... After getting him home certain things happen and he ends up biting her he wakes up and doesnt remeber much until he see the bite mark... Id really like to read this story again if anyone can help that be great
Nov 22 2011 05:15 am   #119molly 
does anyone happen to know what Kari Mouke's old website name was, I'm trying to fin her fics on the way back machine. Can anyone help me?
Nov 22 2011 05:54 am   #120Always_jbj
does anyone happen to know what Kari Mouke's old website name was, I'm trying to fin her fics on the way back machine. Can anyone help me?

It's The Two Janes  http://web.archive.org/web/20051026012241/http://www.thetwojanes.com/KariFics.htm
Aim from the heart
Some will love and some will curse you, baby
You can go to war
But only if you have to 


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Nov 23 2011 02:54 am   #121molly 
does anyone happen to know what Kari Mouke's old website name was, I'm trying to fin her fics on the way back machine. Can anyone help me?

It's The Two Janes  http://web.archive.org/web/20051026012241/http://www.thetwojanes.com/KariFics.htm



Thank you! I was totally drawing a blank night.
Nov 25 2011 03:07 pm   #122slaymesoftly
Just bumping this up again. Is it time to begin a new search thread? Perhaps one with a different header?  Like "Fic Search Thread" or something? Or, shall we just allow it to fade away and go back to letting people post individual requests?  I hate the thought of the forum updates box becoming overwhelmed by fic searches again (the problem being that when that happens threads that are of interest to everyone fall off the visible list and it becomes difficult for people to find the ones they wanted to read or comment on). However, I don't know that we've had a large number of fic searches lately and I suppose I could just bump popular threads up occasionally to keep them visible until it seems interest has waned.   Thoughts?
I am not a minion of Evil...
I am upper management.
Nov 26 2011 06:05 am   #123Guest 
Isn't this the Search subforum? What is the point of restricting "looking for fic" posts to a single thread?
Nov 26 2011 02:13 pm   #124slaymesoftly
Isn't this the Search subforum? What is the point of restricting "looking for fic" posts to a single thread?

The forum has many topics of interest to visitors, and at one point, they were disappearing too rapidly from the list of latest forum posts (on the home page) due to multiple single requests for fics that cluttered it up. Those requests were often repetitious - someone would ask about a fic that had just been discussed but had slid off the visible updated list on the home page  (they all remain visible if you go to the search topic in the forum) so this thread was a way to keep the searches visible while not making the home page topic update list nothing but fic searches.  It didn't seem as if many people were going to the actual search function to look through it before posting their requests, and the update list had become nothing but fic searches for a while there.

However, if I get enough reasonable requests to do away with it, I'm willing to try. I just feel that it makes it more difficult for people looking for particular threads in other current  topics to find the one they want if they have to go to the master forum list to look for it. Some things there  are very clear - Episode Discussions, for instance - but others are more vague and if they don't remember what category the discussion they want to find was under, they may have difficulty locating the thread upon which they wanted to comment.  With having an always visible thread for fic searches, it's easy for someone to find it and make their request, and easy for others to see that there's been a new fic search post to look at without pushing all the other current discussion topics off the front page.
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I am upper management.
Nov 27 2011 02:36 am   #125Spikez_tart
Slay - a new thread would probably be good.  Maybe you could put in a big red box so people would notice it.  Also possibly list the most frequently asked at the top from this page.  I don't see any point to having multiples.
If we want her to be exactly she'll never be exactly I know the only really real Buffy is really Buffy and she's gone' who?
Nov 27 2011 02:48 am   #126slaymesoftly
Slay - a new thread would probably be good.  Maybe you could put in a big red box so people would notice it.  Also possibly list the most frequently asked at the top from this page.  I don't see any point to having multiples.

Thanks Tart. I don't have any way to highlight anything on the update list or on the forum page. I could put the beginning thread in a color, maybe? I like the idea of listing the urls for the most frequentely searched for fics there. I'll have to work on that.

I think there are two types of searchers - those who ignore the home page and go right to the "search" function and start a thread, perhaps not even realizing that it's going to push other things off the updated posts list; and those who only look at the home page and check the updates to see if any new searches or replies have been posted. I just don't know which there are more of one than the other.  Maybe it would be just as easy to let them do their requests anyway they want and just bump any threads that I'm afraid will be missed up instead.  I'll wait to see if I get any more responses before I talk to the other mods and decide what we want to do.
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Dec 15 2011 10:37 pm   #127ginar369
I am looking for a story (isn't everyone?)

It is set Post Chosen. Spike comes back and Buffy finds out. Somehow Buffy and Xander and Spike decide to start up their own agency in LA to take up the slack since Angel Investigations is out of business. Angel sends them clients and Giles even gives them money! Dawn and Andrew come to stay and help. I think even Lorne and Harmony volunteer their time.
Dec 16 2011 02:04 am   #128Spikez_tart

those who ignore the home page and go right to the "search" function and start a thread, - It seems hopeless.  BTVS fans need a wiki or something. 

If we want her to be exactly she'll never be exactly I know the only really real Buffy is really Buffy and she's gone' who?

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