Slashy Nominations 41: Once Again, We Are the Cynosure of All Eyes

[thefourthvine]

It's time to celebrate public sex. Because, really, that's what FF is.

Well, the kind I tend to nominate, anyway.

Best FF Featuring a Clear Case of Sandwich Abuse: Party Aliens, by daegaer. Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Ford Prefect/Arthur Dent. In which we learn that some planets have office parties way more fun than ours. (Of course, Hitchhiker's Guide employees can flee to distant galaxies the next day. Probably how most new assignments get filled, actually.) OK, I'm just about the last person on Earth to recommend this story, but I had to add my voice to the multitudes. Because this - this is just so funny, and I love Arthur's sort of pathetic objections, and Ford's just so very Ford, and, well...just read it. And then thank daegaer for having such a twisted mind, and makesmewannadie for commissioning this, and fan_the_vote for providing the venue. Heck, while you're at it, thank your mom, too. Why not?

Best FF That Really Ought to Be Called "Love's Bitch": Subtleties, by Anna S., eliade. Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Spike/Xander. In which Xander learns to like vampires and Spike learns to make stir fry. Among other things. There's a special prize for the first person to find the public sex in this story, because I admit it's a small part of a relatively long story. But it's definitely in there, and I'm counting it. So there. And now that I've temporarily left the kindergarten playground mentality, let me add that I started this story and then left it. For about a week. Because I was thinking, "Spike as a rentboy. Xander as a rich man. Um, Anna? That's insane." But I was the insane one, doubting Anna could pull this off. And the kicker is that this story is just a compiled series of off-the-cuff LJ pieces. Really, it isn't fair how well certain people can write. Or, no, let me rephrase that: it isn't fair that they can't spend all their time writing.

Best FF That Leaves You Making a Mental Note to Attend More Black Tie Charity Events and Keep Your Eyes Peeled: Proof and Pudding, by Aristide (does anyone have a more complete link for her?). The Sentinel, Jim/Blair. In which Jim learns that Blair is willing to fight for the title of "Kinkiest Inhabitant of the Loft." Well, if there wasn't enough public sex for you in the previous story, this one should make you feel a lot better; what we've got here is an entirely public PWP. And, really, I think you'll agree we could all use a bit more of that. If you've ever wanted to see Jim and Blair engage in inappropriate activities while wearing tuxedos and attending the Policeman's Charity Ball, well, dearheart, prepare to spontaneously combust with joy. Or something.

Best FF That Leaves You Making a Mental Note to Attend More Religious Charity Events and Keep Your Eyes Peeled: Relief, by kassrachel. Due South, Benton Fraser/Ray Kowalski. In which Ray learns that Fraser cannot resist a dare. If "Proof and Pudding" didn't persuade you that there's something unexpectedly sexy about charity events, let me offer Exhibit B. Although, really, I think these must be alternate-universe charity events, because I've attended a street fair or two in my time, and usually the most interesting thing about them is that you get to see who actually buys those pictures of big-eyed children. (Exactly who you'd expect, usually.) The sexiest it gets is the standard boy/girl teenage couple licking each other's tonsils, and, really, that wasn't that sexy even when I was in the couple. So can I buy a couple tickets to the public sex Alternate Universe? I promise my charitable contributions will increase markedly.

Comments

[fanofall.livejournal.com]

Um, I can answer that if you tell me what gormless means. But judging from your description, sort of. Although not really. He just gets better support staff.

He was wicked fun as Angelus. The deal with Angel is that we really didn't get to see anything but tortured overhanging brow the first season, and then we had Angelus, so when he came back for the third season and he was re-souled but had spent 500 years in a hell dimension we really had nothing with which to compare that. And then he left. And Buffy went on to have what I consider to be their best season ever, even WITH Adam (which I will explain in the e-mail).

As for Spike and Xander, you have the best of both worlds: there is no canon, so you can't be spoiled, and they're cute boys. So yay. The Buffy/Spike stuff was best when it was written during seasons 4 and 5, when Spike had figured out how he felt, but they hadn't gotten together. It wasn't all twisted and stuff then. After that, if you're working with canon, it gets really dark and kinda icky. Other good pairings: Giles and Ethan (because that's about as close as you get to canon bisexuality) and, well, Giles and really anybody. No, I'm not fascinated by the tall strong British man, why do you ask?

My favorite het pairing in the Jossverse is Cordelia/Angel, but a) you haven't seen Angel and b) she's dead now, so that's not all that helpful to you.

I'll get to work on the rest of the synopses (which is a laugh, because that implies "summary", which in turn implies "short". Heh).