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| I apologize for not commenting back to people commenting here lately, but between "season of broke" activities, RL, and a fic-a-thon commitment I totally spaced on, I've been slightly overwhelmed. [The "season of broke," as I not-so-fondly call it, tends to run from mid-April to mid-June, and again from mid-November to mid-January. The season of broke tends to be the areas where all major holidays, family celebrations, and unexpected expenses tend to crop up.] For those of you wondering, yes, I will finish posting the following stories very soon: The goal is to get these finished over the next month (and I do apologize for the delay). Part of it is that when I post a part, it takes me roughly 2 hours to do so, mostly because of formatting and final read-throughs pre- and post-posting of a part. Also, for whatever reason, "cutting and pasting" from any kind of word processing program into Firefox means that the blasted formatting won't hold. Let's not even get into the mess IE makes of anything I cut and paste into that interface. I think the phrase, "It el suck-os the big weiner-o" is not out of line here. In the meantime, I've got two other things to get out:
- The annual
![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif) lynnevitational fic-a-thon
- A soopah-sekrit project which I can't say anything about right now (this one is on-going and won't be out soon)
My lynnevitational entry should be...ummmm...different. For me. It's something I've been kicking around for two years, but I've been hella nervous about throwing it out there. I suspect that someone, somewhere is going to be hella insulted by it and the premise, so I expect there might be some wank if I put it out. That means I'll be needing eyes. I most especially need Brit- and Spike-pickers. I desperately need you. I also need someone who's willing to read a story that is told from the point of view of someone who is, ummm, a little slow. Mentally. See, that's the potentially wank-tastic part. I need someone who's got a good sense of where the line is between good writing, bad writing, clichéd writing, and insulting writing. Looking at it from my (admittedly) limited PoV, it reads okay to me. It might not be okay for someone who lives with the issue every day. If there are any volunteers (remember, I especially need Brit- and Spike-pickers), just reply here with a way for me to get in touch with you. All responses to this post are being screened to maintain privacy. I will get back to everyone who responds. Now Playing: | |
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| Unh, well, when I say "my" remix story, I don't mean the one I wrote. I'm not going to make anyone guess, either, because...well there's a good reason for it and I can't tell you why because that might give away which one is mine. Any-hoo. My remixer did a fabulous job with my original, which was a misguided attempt at trying my hand at minimalism. He/she hung muscle and flesh on them thar bones and came up with a very sweet little B/X story. It appears that I lucked out again this year. The only thing that confused me was the link went to the original, half-destroyed version on Fanfiction.Net (Thanks to all those Pit of Voles updates, a lot of the formating got stripped away.) That's when I realized that I never unhid the version I transfered to LJ and I never linked to the shiny formatted version in my "all my fics" post. I am a dumbkoff! Deeeeeeerrrrr, Liz! Way to go! Anyway, here's my original (shiny new LJ version!) Two Words, in which Buffy has an early morning conversation with Xander, but you only see her half of the conversation. Xander not only doesn't speak, you don't see him at all! Wheeee! An experiment in writing! And here's Wake Up Slow (Second Time Around Remix), wherein it's an actual, full story! Now complete with a Xander! And Xander's half of the conversation! And Xander thoughts, even! Yay! Once more, a remix that's bigger and better than the original, folks. Go give the remixer some big love for working with a really minimalist piece of fluff and giving it some sweet legs. | |
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| I'm a bit floored by this one, mostly because I didn't think I stood a chance for this one. Dismay is such an old story.  Also, congrats to ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif) booster17, who won runner-up in the same category for his fabulous I Really Don't Like Mondays. To see all the winners for the Wanton Folly awards, go here | |
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| No, I didn't skip a part. I'm posting two parts back-to-back to cover my Monday and Tuesday postings. All parts can be found here. Continued from Part 4A. | |
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| There'll be something of a two-fer tonight. Sorry about not updating this last week, but I had logic hole in this part. Considering it's an "Andrew" part, it was like finding a bent straw in a haystack so you can fix it. So, here's the Monday part, which will be quickly followed by the Tuesday part. All parts can be found here. Continued from Part 3B. | |
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| mara_sho has officially announced the The White Knight Awards Round 4 Winners. Let me congratulate all the winners on my FList, including annakovsky, bastardsnow, crazydiamondsue, entrenous88 (Best Overall Author, chica! Double congrats!); fiareynne, keith5by5, julia_here, lit_gal, lwbush, nemo_gravis, nwhepcat (And double yay! The Ballad of Carl Whitman, the Remix/Redux of my story Revelations that she wrote last year won something!); redrikki, sunnyd_lite, as well as anyone else on my Flist that I might have missed. Here are some pretties that I got under the cut: ( Pretty Plaques Under the Cut )Congrats to the other winners again, and a big "thank you" to mara_sho for again organizing the awards and making the plaques. | |
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| As you can see, it's been a busy couple of "news days" for me, so I got caught up in chasing down RL stuff instead of fanfiction. Apologies for the interrupted service. Now, back to the story in progress. All parts can be found here. Continued from Part 2B. | |
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| Busy weekend (notice, if you will, that I haven't been around). And busy tomorrow night. Think of this as my Monday posting for the next part. And apologies for not responding to comments. I will get to them. All parts can be found here. Continued from Part 2A. | |
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| Stooopid LJ wouldn't let me post this next part in one piece. Gah. *growl snarl* After this, to bed. All parts can be found here. Continued from Part 1. | |
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| *pets my liquid Kava Kava* Worked late tonight, due to a tight deadline. That and the fact that I tend to lose all track of time when I'm writing, and boy was I writing today. Of course, I stupidly over-caffeinated myself, which meant I had to do some self-medication to counteract the effects so I can actually fall asleep tonight. Ummm, the liquid Kava Kava it works a lot better than I thought it would. *stares at pretty colors for a little bit* Wha? Oh, yeah. This is a late b-day pressie for ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png) nwhepcat to make up for the fact that there was no way in hell I was going to finish Water Hold Me Down in time for her b-day; my entry into the slayerversathon for mara_sho; and my very belated annual Christmas story. I won't be posting on weekends, just FYI, especially this one. I've got a busy one lined up. Title: Behold, Little Padawan! (aka Five Adventures Xander Harris Never Had Wrapped in One True Christmas Story)
Author: Lizbeth Marcs ( liz_marcs) Rating: PG (Language) Genre: Five Things, future fic, adventure, mystery, monster hunt Characters: Xander, Faith, Andrew, OCs Pairing: None (typical, hunh?) Warnings: Links to Snopes.com, the Urban Legends Reference Pages may lead to disturbing stories and/or images. Please click with caution. Summary: As Andrew tells five positively true (he swears!) stories about Xander Harris to a gaggle of Chicago Slayers, a stressed-out, exhausted Xander blows into town to help with a demon hunt. Toss in Faith who’s hopped on the bandwagon for reasons of her own, and it’s another classic Harris Christmas Special. Author’s Note: Set Christmas 2006. The source of all urban legends used in this story is Snopes.com, the Urban Legends Reference Pages. Links to the urban legends that inspired the five things are provided. Disclaimer: Xander Harris, Faith Lehane, Andrew Wells, and all associated characters and organizations are the property of FOX and Mutant Enemy. All urban legends used in this story was compiled by Snopes.com, the Urban Legends Reference Pages. Any mention of real life events and real people is not meant to imply that the people or incidents in question as they are used in the story have any relationship to reality. All original characters and the plot are mine. No payment was asked for or received in the writing of this story and no profit was earned. No copyright infringement on FOX, Mutant Enemy, or Snopes.com, the Urban Legends Reference Pages is intended. The magi, as you know, were wise men — wonderfully wise men — who brought gifts to the Babe in the manger. They invented the art of giving Christmas presents. Being wise, their gifts were no doubt wise ones, possibly bearing the privilege of exchange in case of duplication. And here I have lamely related to you the uneventful chronicle of two foolish children in a flat who most unwisely sacrificed for each other the greatest treasures of their house. But in a last word to the wise of these days let it be said that of all who give gifts these two were the wisest…. | |
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| Today was MarcsMom's Unbirthday (yesterday being her Birthday), so I ended up hanging around the ol' homestead for a bit. By the time I scraped the thin ice off my car, dodged people driving either at 90 mph or 15 mph on the highways, and made it home, I was mentally exhausted and not up for another round of playing dodge-'em with people who've forgotten how to drive when it's cold and raining. This is a unique New England thing, I think. People tend to "forget" how to drive in snow and ice in between winters. While the roads aren't icey (yet), people were driving in crazy ways. Thanks to the unseasonably warm winter weather, I don't think anyone has their winter "driving legs," hence the chaos I encountered at several points on- and off- the highways. So, there went my plans for the day. (Note to self: Email apologies.) I come home to comments on the part of this story I posted Friday night. Some people want to see Kennedy. *looks around shifty eyed* What? *hangs head* I am weak like veal. Written for the Dark Xander Fic-A-Thon. All previous parts here. Continued from Part 3. - Tags:character: buffy, character: ensemble, character: faith, character: kennedy, character: oc, character: spike, character: willow, character: xander, fanfiction: 2006, fanfiction: buffy the vampire slayer, fanfiction: fic-a-thon, fanfiction: nobody never gets to heaven
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| Meet my New Year's resolution: finishing some WiPs. To that end, I'm posting at least one part to at least one WiP a week. I was hoping to have the next part of Facing the Heart in Darkness ready to go, but it's still a mess. Instead, I give you the next part of Nobody Never Gets to Heaven. Written for the Dark Xander Fic-A-Thon. All previous parts here. Continued from Part 2.
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| Holy cow! I didn't realize that I never transfered this particular fic to LJ. This is another one that was put up on the Pit of Voles a few months before Buffy went off the air. ( A Little Intro for Into the Desert )For some reason, don't ask me why, but the original title for this story was The Intramural Street Hockey League and Goomba Society. Don't ask me. I have no clue what it means, either. I'm sure it made sense at the time. Because of the story's thorough Jossing, at some point I changed the description from "spec" to AU, complete with a one-sentence description on why the world of Into the Desert was different from canon. Title: Into the DesertAuthor: Lizbeth Marcs liz_marcsRating: PG-13 for language, some sexual situations. Pairings: B/OC; W/X. References to B/A, B/S, X/An, W/T. Hints of B/W/X. Genre: Future fic, mystery, ghost story, character angst Warnings: Character death(s). Spoilers for S7, up to “Dirty Girls.” Beyond that, it’s AU for the end of BtVS. Summary: Buffy begins the task of starting her life over and rebuilding the Watchers Council without her two best friends at her side. (AU) AU Element: What if Angel only brought himself and not the amulet to the final battle against the First Evil in “Chosen?” Disclaimer: Xander Harris, Spike, Buffy Summers, Willow Rosenberg, Rupert Giles, and all associated characters and organizations are the property of FOX and Mutant Enemy. Any mention of real life events and real people are done to serve the story and are not meant to imply that the incidents in question have any relationship to reality. All original characters and the plot are mine. No payment was asked for or received in the writing of this story and no profit was earned. No copyright infringement on FOX or Mutant Enemy is intended. ( Into the Desert, Part 1 ) | |
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| It's now official. mara_sho has invited me on board to be one of the mods for I Need a Parrot, the XanderZone for the BtVS Writers' Guild. I'll be joining othercat in wielding dictatorial god-like mod power to approve or reject stories for inclusion in the archive. Of course our standards aren't, like, a mile high. It's more like, "Does it at least try to adhere to English standards? Does it even look the littlest bit like Xander? Is there a blessed lack of character-bashing? COOOL! Come on down!" All genres and pairings and even stories that totally lack pairings are welcome. (Imagine that! An archive site that actually has a separate category for gen! YAYE!) Actually, in looking at the numbers, I'm chargrined that there aren't more people uploading stories to the archive. Yes, I am guilty of this. To rectify it, I've started uploading my shorter stories there (for now) and I'm in the middle of fixing the formatting mess that is Whisper. I'll be working to get more of my stuff over there in the next few months. In truth, the new version of eFiction is actually a lot easier to use than the older version, so uploading stories through the interface is nowhere near the pain it used to be. And now that there are mods in charge *cracks knuckles* the issue of hackers breaking into the site and uploading malevolent software should be a thing of the past. So, for all the peopple who've written Xander out there or have a few Xander stories they want to throw on an archive site for easy searching, don't forget to keep I Need a Parrot on your list. If you just want to keep up with the latest stories to be posted to the site (the traffic is not terrifically heavy...at this rate it's maybe a couple of stories a day), you can sign up for the site's syndicated feed here on LJ at ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-syndicated.gif) ineedaparrot. ETA: Note that the ineedaparrot syndicated feed picks up new stories that have been uploaded to the I Need a Parrot story archive and provides a link to those stories. It does not capture anything that's been posted to the LJ community i_need_a_parrot, which is also a Xander-centric fanfiction group, but is strictly an LJ thing. The two are related in that they're both owned by mara_sho, and they're both focused on Xander as a character. However, they both serve very different functions. What appears on one is not going to appear on the other. I hope that makes things more clear. | |
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| This is one of my "rescued stories" from the Pit of Voles.
It was written in January 2003 long before I joined El-Jay and is definitely one of my earliest Buffy fics. You can tell because I don't have Buffy's voice quite right in this one. This was actually prompted by a "desperately need Buffy-verse fluff" challenge. Since the challenge came from a B/X shipper list, well...guess the parameters.
I wrote this as a one-sided conversation where you only hear Buffy's half. You have to imagine Xander's responses. At the time I liked it, if only because I had fun trying my hand at something different. Since it was released into the wild, it's been so thoroughly Jossed that it's insane.
One thing people might notice is that Anya is the only death mentioned. That's because Anya was fingered in spoilers as the "big Scooby death" very early on in S7. In fact, she was the first death to be spoiled. Spike's (temporary) death, if a recall, wasn't spoiled until much later in the season, and when it was it was long after this story was written. Also another thing that was spoiled fairly early on was Buffy sharing the power with the Potentials, although the how and why was still pretty unclear. As a result, the fact that there are more than two Slayers is mentioned in a round-about way.
Despite the thorough Jossing, I still hold on to it in my archives because it's a very, very different story than the kind I tend to write.
Title: Two Words
Author: Lizbeth Marcs (![[info]](https://stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) liz_marcs)
Rating: G Genre: Heavily AU; future fic Characters: Buffy, Xander Pairing: Hints at future B/X Warnings: Heavy AU (story was originally written mid-S7) Summary: Buffy's one-sided chat with Xander early one morning.
AU Elements: Angel never brought the mystical amulet to Sunnydale. That means Spike survived the battle against the First Evil, and Sunnydale didn’t become a hole in the ground.
Disclaimer: Buffy Summers and Xander Harris and all associated characters and organizations are the property of FOX and Mutant Enemy. Any mention of real life events and real people is not meant to imply that the people or incidents in question as they are used in the story have any relationship to reality. All original characters and the plot are mine. No payment was asked for or received in the writing of this story and no profit was earned. No copyright infringement on FOX, or Mutant Enemy is intended.
Author’s Note: For your information, five bold stars ( ***** ) indicates a pause or a moment of silence in a conversation.
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| Didn't get a chance to work on Facing the Heart in Darkness, but since nwhepcat asked to see what happens when Spike, Faith, and Xander hit Vegas, I had to kind of comply. I mean, it's actually done and everything. Yes, I'm blaming nwhepcat. Shut up. Written for the Dark Xander Fic-A-Thon. All previous parts here. Continued from Part 1. - Tags:character: buffy, character: ensemble, character: faith, character: kennedy, character: oc, character: spike, character: willow, character: xander, fanfiction: 2006, fanfiction: buffy the vampire slayer, fanfiction: fic-a-thon, fanfiction: nobody never gets to heaven
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| Title: Nobody Never Gets to Heaven
Author: Lizbeth Marcs
Rating: R
Het/Slash/Gen: Mention of and some onscreen M/M/F threesome. One brief instance of M/M noncon. Past mention of M/F and F/F relationships.
Pairing(s): Xander/Faith/Spike. One brief instance of Xander/OC noncon. Past mention of Xander/Kennedy, Willow/Kennedy, Buffy/Spike, Faith/Robin.
Genre: Adventure, dark fic, character angst, future fic, monster hunt, political intrigue
Story Warnings: Mention of off-screen past torture, serial murder, and serial rape. One brief onscreen scene of noncon. Character death(s). Vengeance. Attempted suicide by Slayer. Warnings for all of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel the Series.
Summary: The world's most dangerous vampire has been lured to the glittering playground of Las Vegas. While the hunt is on through the casinos on the Strip, Buffy and Willow engage in a deadly battle of poker to determine the vampire's ultimate fate. It's up to Xander, Spike, and Faith to decide who should have the winning hand.
Accompanying Media: Worksafe. Quattro (Live) by Calexico. (Click on song title for download.)
Special Thanks To: entrenous88, rainkatt, othercat, nwhepcat, midnightfae, sunnyd_lite, mandylancast. Thank you for all your support and FB. Please note that any and all mistakes are completely mine.
Author's Note: Written for the Dark Xander Fic-A-Thon. Disclaimer: Xander Harris, Spike, Faith Lehane, Buffy Summers, Willow Rosenberg, Kennedy, and all associated characters and organizations are the property of FOX and Mutant Enemy. Any mention of real life events and real people are done to serve the story and are not meant to imply that the incidents in question have any relationship to reality. All original characters and the plot are mine. No payment was asked for or received in the writing of this story and no profit was earned. No copyright infringement on FOX or Mutant Enemy is intended. Yes. I am lame. I put a downpayment on my fic-a-thon. But I want to finish Facing the Heart in Darkness first. - Tags:character: buffy, character: ensemble, character: faith, character: kennedy, character: oc, character: spike, character: willow, character: xander, fanfiction: 2006, fanfiction: buffy the vampire slayer, fanfiction: fic-a-thon, fanfiction: nobody never gets to heaven
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| For the Scatterings and Orphanagers Africander Fiction Challenge by ludditerobot. All previous parts can be found here.
Continued from Part 46, I took a breath. “Well, I do have some thoughts on this matter, but it might be difficult to—” Mr. Harris held up a hand. “Whoa. Before you jump in with your hot idea, I want to list the obvious options first. Then we’ll talk about whatever’s on your mind, because I want to hear what you have to say. First, though, we really need to look at the London option.” | |
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| *joke* I swear that boy is just thrilled he finally gets the spotlight. *joke*
The next part should be up in a few days. Sooooo close to the end. Sooooo close. It's looking to settle in at 50 or 51 parts. Yay!
For the Scatterlings and Orphanages Africander Fiction Challenge by ludditerobot.
All previous parts can be found here.
Continued from Part 45.
Alexandrienne turned around to face me as Mr. Harris grinned and gave me a friendly wave.
I blinked in surprise at the gesture, as Mr. Harris and Alexandrienne turned back around. As his arm settled once more around her shoulders, it occurred to me that perhaps I did have something to offer after all. Mr. Harris may be able enough in his own way, but it was equally clear that he had a lot to learn about being a Watcher that would pass muster with the Council.
The only question I needed to settle to my satisfaction was whether such an offer would be tempting enough for Mr. Harris to accept.
Then I had to decide if I had the stomach to put that offer on the table.
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| You didn't think I forgot this, do you? I'm way too close to the end. Don't forget to sign up for the Dark Xander Fic-A-Thon set for October 8. Click here for details.
Also, The Muli-Fandom Character Mini-Soundtrack Project is still live. Click here for the MP3 downloads.Now to business. For the Scatterlings and Orphanages Africander Fiction Challenge by ludditerobot. All previous parts can be found here. Continued from Part 44. “Ordered, pleaded, begged, bribed, you name it and he tried it. He all but danced a jig and sang show tunes to get them to talk,” Dave said. “No dice. Lips were zipped and the three eyeballs that existed between Willow and Harris just got hairier the more Mr. Giles tried to get around the subject about getting treatment for Liwaza. It was one hell of a tug-of-war.” “That Mr. Harris and Miss Rosenberg won ?” Yes, I know dear reader. I was being rather thick about the strange interpersonal dynamics that exist even to this day between Mr. Harris, Mr. Giles, and Miss Rosenberg. I simply couldn’t quite wrap my mind around the notion that two Watchers acted like petulant children and publicly treated the First Watcher as if he were a foolish relative that they held in low regard.
“They got what they wanted,” Dave answered softly. “I wouldn’t say they actually won .”
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