So, at long last the writers of the remixredux08 are revealed.

My submission this year was Walking Higher (The Childhood's End Remix), which was a remix of Winter Garden by kivrin.

Before sending you off to read the story, I'd like to get in a little blather about how this particular remix came together, in large part because of how fundamentally different my process was this year versus previous years.

For a start, the choice of story to remix, not to mention the form my remix would take, came very easily to me. However, there were a bunch of smaller pieces that were actually a lot harder.

The hardest thing of all for me this year? Coming up with a title for the story, which was changed mere hours before the archive went live.

Before we go under the cut, I would like to start my little bit of meta on this year's remix by blaming Homicide: Life on the Street as the inspiration for my remix story. And in particular, I'd like to blame the Season 4 episode, The Damage Done.

Cut for those who don't care.

( Meta: What was I thinking? The trials and tribulations of a remixer. )

Sorry for the tl;dr discussion, but I'm really excited about this remix and, I feel I should add, that I couldn't have asked for better source material for my remix. I do urge you to go read Winter Garden by kivrin, a short, dream-like story of excellent quality about Giles and Xander finding each other in Washington DC 14 months after the events of "Chosen."

If you're curious, you can hear Heather Nova's "Walking Higher" in its entirety on LastFM. You can also hear "Walk This World" in its entirety on Last FM.

Now, on to the story...

Title:

Walking Higher (The Childhood's End Remix)
Author: Lizbeth Marcs (liz_marcs)
Summary: There’s only one person who’d ask you to give up heaven, and there are four people for whom you’d do it.
Genre: Future fic, ghost story, angst
Rating: PG-13ish

Fandom:

Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel the Series
Characters: Xander, Dawn, Buffy, Giles, Willow, Cordelia
Pairings: Primarily gen; Buffy/Xander UST; light Giles/Xander slash

Title, Author, and URL of the original Story: Winter Garden by kivrin

Warning:

Disturbing imagery and violence. Vague spoilers for all of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel.

Author’s notes:

Takes place a year-and-a-half after ‘Chosen.’ All related comics are cheerfully and willfully ignored. Additional writing credits at the end of the story. Additional writing credits at the end.

Disclaimer: Xander Harris, Dawn Summers, Buffy Summers, Rupert Giles, Willow Rosenberg, Cordelia Chase, Connor, 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.

(Follow the Fake Cut to Walking Higher)

Title:

Walking Higher (The Childhood's End Remix) — Part 5/5
Author: Lizbeth Marcs (liz_marcs)
Summary: There’s only one person who’d ask you to give up heaven, and there are four people for whom you’d do it.
Rating: PG-13ish

Fandom:

Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel the Series
Characters: Xander, Dawn, Buffy, Giles, Willow, Cordelia
Pairings: Primarily gen; Buffy/Xander UST; light Giles/Xander slash

Title, Author, and URL of the original Story: Winter Garden by kivrin

Warning:

Disturbing imagery and violence. Vague spoilers for all of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel.

Author’s notes:

Author's notes in the first part.

( v) but it is good, at the eve of such a day... )

Title:

Walking Higher (The Childhood's End Remix) — Part 4/5
Author: Lizbeth Marcs (liz_marcs)
Summary: There’s only one person who’d ask you to give up heaven, and there are four people for whom you’d do it.
Rating: PG-13ish

Fandom:

Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel the Series
Characters: Xander, Dawn, Buffy, Giles, Willow, Cordelia
Pairings: Primarily gen; Buffy/Xander UST; light Giles/Xander slash

Title, Author, and URL of the original Story: Winter Garden by kivrin

Warning:

Disturbing imagery and violence. Vague spoilers for all of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel.

Author’s notes:

All author's notes are in the first part.


( iv) i have long desired to connect your name with some book of mine... )

Title:

Walking Higher (The Childhood's End Remix) — Part 3/5
Author: Lizbeth Marcs (liz_marcs)
Summary: There’s only one person who’d ask you to give up heaven, and there are four people for whom you’d do it.
Rating: PG-13ish

Fandom:

Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel the Series
Characters: Xander, Dawn, Buffy, Giles, Willow, Cordelia
Pairings: Primarily gen; Buffy/Xander UST; light Giles/Xander slash

Title, Author, and URL of the original Story: Winter Garden by kivrin

Warning:

Disturbing imagery and violence. Vague spoilers for all of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel.

Author’s notes:

All author's notes are in the first part.

( iii) let good men push and elbow one another as they may during their earthly march... )

Title:

Walking Higher (The Childhood's End Remix) — Part 2/5
Author: Lizbeth Marcs (liz_marcs)
Summary: There’s only one person who’d ask you to give up heaven, and there are four people for whom you’d do it.
Rating: PG-13ish

Fandom:

Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel the Series
Characters: Xander, Dawn, Buffy, Giles, Willow, Cordelia
Pairings: Primarily gen; Buffy/Xander UST; light Giles/Xander slash

Title, Author, and URL of the original Story: Winter Garden by kivrin

Warning:

Disturbing imagery and violence. Vague spoilers for all of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel.

Author’s notes:

All author's notes are in the first part.


( ii) in those strange old times, when fantastic dreams and madmen's reveries... )

Title:

Walking Higher (The Childhood's End Remix) — Part 1/5
Author: Lizbeth Marcs (liz_marcs)
Summary: There’s only one person who’d ask you to give up heaven, and there are four people for whom you’d do it.
Genre: Future fic, ghost story, angst
Rating: PG-13ish

Fandom:

Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel the Series
Characters: Xander, Dawn, Buffy, Giles, Willow, Cordelia
Pairings: Primarily gen; Buffy/Xander UST; light Giles/Xander slash

Title, Author, and URL of the original Story: Winter Garden by kivrin

Warning:

Disturbing imagery and violence. Vague spoilers for all of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel.

Author’s notes:

Takes place a year-and-a-half after ‘Chosen.’ All related comics are cheerfully and willfully ignored. Additional writing credits at the end of the story. Additional writing credits at the end.

Disclaimer: Xander Harris, Dawn Summers, Buffy Summers, Rupert Giles, Willow Rosenberg, Cordelia Chase, Connor, 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.


( i) there is no remoteness of life and thought, no hermetically sealed seclusion... )

Still working on a jury-rigged system to post this as my main computer is sitll on the blink, but I really do want to finish posting this within the next week.

( In which Alex goes on a ride to nowhere...the superheroes bicker...Alex finds out that Willow plans to cast a spell on him...Alex loses complete control...the superheroes get confused...and Alex is the victim of the invisible hand of fate... )

Yes, of course there was a very short soundtrack for Behold Little Padawan! this story that I listened to while writing (it tends to happen with me).

Anywho, I'm offering up the soundtrack if you want to download it. There's a 13-track listing with commentary, followed by the download link.

It's...eclectic to say the least.

There's no album art, primarily because I have no graphics-making skills.


( Behold Little Padawan Soundtrack )

The management would love it if you would comment when you download.

This is it! It's completely and totally done! Yay!

All previous parts can be found here.
Continued from Part 5D.

( Part 6: And Then They Lived... )

All previous parts can be found here.
Continued from Part 5C.

( Part 5D: Presents of Mind )

Aaaaand here's the second part of Andrew's fifth and final story...

All previous parts can be found here.
Continued from Part 5A.

( Part 5B: Slayers for Pele, Part 2 )

Booo! LJ is being twitchy tonight. No matter how much I cut this, it wouldn't let me post.

So I had to split it in half. Me not happy.

Keep your eye on this space. I'll be rapidly updating all evening.

All previous parts can be found here.
Continued from Part 4F.

( Part 5A: Slayers for Pele, Part 1 )

It's baaack! And it's finished! (Or rather, I'll finish posting the remaining parts tomorrow morning.) Happy holidays all.

And it only took from November 2006 to December 2007. Hooray!

All previous parts can be found here.
Continued from Part 4E.


( Part 4F: If It Weren't For Bad Luck... )

Like sweating blood, I swear. The good news is that I can actually see daylight.

( In which Spike leaves...Alex and Faith play a game...Alex meets a soldier...Spike gets beat up...and the superheroes get confused about the definition of bait... )

Your eyes don't deceive. Running down near the end.

( In which Faith drops by for a visit...Spike learns the awful truth about Xander...and the superheroes ask Alex for help... )

Your eyes do not deceive you. Yes, this has been bumped up one more part. It's now in 9 sections.

( Wherein Alex, Spike, Faith, and Buffy race time through an airport...Alex descends into darkness...Alex meets Willow...and Buffy, Spike, Willow, and Giles argue about broken promises... )

Hi Everyone! I'm baaaaaack. I'm...holding off answering comments for fear of spoiling in my responses. But I am reading and your comments are appreciated. All of them.

( Wherein Spike sends out a call for help...Alex realizes that Ms. Smythe really is dead...Alex takes a desperate, angry stand...and Spike is forced to issue an ultimatum... )

Title: The Last Tin Soldier
Author: Lizbeth Marcs
Rating: PG (Language)

Genre: Gen, road trip
Characters: Spike, Alex Hill (OC-ish), Ensemble
Pairing: None

Warnings: Spoilers for all of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel. All related comics are cheerfully and willfully ignored.

Notes: Written for the lynnevitational

Summary: Alex Hill is an ordinary man with an ordinary life, until the day Spike rescues him from an army of demons who think he’s someone named Xander Harris.

Disclaimer: Spike 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.

Special thanks to: My betas wesleysgirl and deannawol for an outstanding job dealing with what is (for me, anyway) a really unusual story. All mistakes are mine, not theirs.

( Wherein Alex lives his ordinary life...Spike kidnaps Alex...Spike tells Alex that monsters want to kill him...Spike talks and acts crazy...Spike catches Alex trying to escape...Alex is attacked by monsters...Spike has to stop for the night after Alex is seriously injured in the attack... )

Title: The Murder of Crows (Blackhawk Down Remix)
Author:  Lizbeth Marcs (liz_marcs)
Summary: Sam has learned that it’s better to be a crow than a bird of prey. Strangely enough, he’s okay with that.
Rating: PG
Fandom: Battlestar Galactica (2003)
Spoilers: Definite spoilers for the New Caprica arc at the beginning of Season 3; vague spoilers through the end of Season 3.
Title, Author and URL of original story: Tessellation by fahye


Author's Note:

There's this saying on Battlestar Galactica (2003):

"All of this has happened before, and all of this will happen again."

Battlestar Galactica was my original fandom (think pre-adolescent) and the first fandom in which I wrote fanfic.

And here's me again writing Battlestar Galactica as an adult.

Talk about your Cycle of Time, hunh?


Before I link to the story, I want to thank nwhepcat and soundingsea for listening to me rant, rail, and wail via email while I wrote this.

So, will I write Battlestar Galactica (the new version) ever again?

I really, really doubt it. Canon is flipping complicated and intricate. That's why there's a huge Wiki for it.

But then again, when I stopped writing fanfic the first time — and the second time — I would have confidently told you that I would never, ever write Battlestar Galactica fanfiction ever again.

Which only goes to show, doesn't it?

The Murder of Crows (Blackhawk Down Remix), Part 1

The Murder of Crows (Blackhawk Down Remix), Part 2

Title: The Murder of Crows (Blackhawk Down Remix), Part 2/2
Author: Lizbeth Marcs (liz_marcs)
Summary: Sam has learned that it’s better to be a crow than a bird of prey. Strangely enough, he’s okay with that.
Rating: PG
Fandom: Battlestar Galactica (2003)
Spoilers: Definite spoilers for the New Caprica arc at the beginning of Season 3; vague spoilers through the end of Season 3.
Title, Author and URL of original story: Tessellation by fahye

Part 1 is posted here.

Title: The Murder of Crows (Blackhawk Down Remix), Part 1/2
Author: Lizbeth Marcs liz_marcs
Summary: Sam has learned that it’s better to be a crow than a bird of prey. Strangely enough, he’s okay with that.
Rating: PG
Fandom: Battlestar Galactica (2003)
Spoilers: Definite spoilers for the New Caprica arc at the beginning of Season 3; vague spoilers through the end of Season 3.
Title, Author and URL of original story: Tessellation by fahye   

Part 2 is posted here.

All parts can be found here.
Continued from Part 4D.

All parts can be found here.
Continued from Part 4C.

All parts can be found here.
Continued from Part 4B.

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.

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.

All parts can be found here.
Continued from Part 3A.

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.

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.

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.