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| Title: Last Train Leaving WonderlandAuthor: Lizbeth Marcs Summary: Xander’s got a plan, but life keeps interfering. Genre: Future fic, dark fic Rating: NC-17 Pairing: Xander/Faith This is it! The final part for your pleasure. I wrote a story that was less than 70 pages. Go me!  ( Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end: then stop. ) | |
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| Title: Last Train Leaving Wonderland
Author: Lizbeth Marcs
Summary: Xander’s got a plan, but life keeps interfering.
Genre: Future fic, dark fic
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Xander/Faith
No, your eyes don't deceive. It grew from 3 to 4 parts. Due to LJ posting limits, I couldn't fit the very final section of this story. Still, you won't mind waiting until tomorrow to read the very, very end, right? (*puppy eyes*)
 ( Reeling and Writhing, of course, to begin with, and then the different branches of arithmetic -- Ambition, Distraction, Uglification, and Derision. ) | |
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| Title: Last Train Leaving Wonderland
Author: Lizbeth Marcs
Summary: Xander’s got a plan, but life keeps interfering.
Genre: Future fic, dark fic
Rating: NC-17 Series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Characters: Xander, Faith, Giles, Buffy, original characters
Pairings: Xander/Faith Warnings: Multiple deaths (no canon characters), violence, smut, discussion of child rape and drug use, adult language and themes, vague spoilers for all of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and one for Angel the Series (Xander going to Africa post-‘Chosen’)
Author’s Notes: Written for the annual ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif) lynnevitational. Takes place in November 2008 (in short, post-‘Chosen’). All related comics are willfully and cheerfully ignored. Disclaimer: Xander Harris, Faith Lehane, Rupert Giles, Buffy Summers 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.
 ( Never imagine yourself not to be otherwise than what it might appear to others that what you were or might have been was not otherwise than what you had been would have appeared to them to be otherwise. )
Part 2 will be posted Monday, and Part 3 on Tuesday. YAY for getting this done on deadline. | |
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| 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 ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif) 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 kivrinWarning: 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)- Tags:character: buffy, character: dawn, character: ensemble, character: giles, character: willow, character: xander, fandom: buffy the vampire slayer, fanfiction: 2008, fanfiction: buffy the vampire slayer, fanfiction: fic-a-thon, fanfiction: walking higher
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| 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 kivrinWarning: 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... )- Tags:character: buffy, character: dawn, character: ensemble, character: giles, character: willow, character: xander, fandom: buffy the vampire slayer, fanfiction: 2008, fanfiction: buffy the vampire slayer, fanfiction: fic-a-thon, fanfiction: walking higher
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| 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 kivrinWarning: 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... )- Tags:character: buffy, character: dawn, character: ensemble, character: giles, character: willow, character: xander, fandom: buffy the vampire slayer, fanfiction: 2008, fanfiction: buffy the vampire slayer, fanfiction: fic-a-thon, fanfiction: walking higher
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| 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 kivrinWarning: 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... )- Tags:character: buffy, character: dawn, character: ensemble, character: giles, character: willow, character: xander, fandom: buffy the vampire slayer, fanfiction: 2008, fanfiction: buffy the vampire slayer, fanfiction: fic-a-thon, fanfiction: walking higher
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| 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 kivrinWarning: 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... )- Tags:character: buffy, character: dawn, character: ensemble, character: giles, character: willow, character: xander, fandom: buffy the vampire slayer, fanfiction: 2008, fanfiction: buffy the vampire slayer, fanfiction: fic-a-thon, fanfiction: walking higher
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| 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 kivrinWarning: 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... )- Tags:character: buffy, character: dawn, character: ensemble, character: giles, character: willow, character: xander, fandom: buffy the vampire slayer, fanfiction: 2008, fanfiction: buffy the vampire slayer, fanfiction: fic-a-thon, fanfiction: walking higher
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| 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.- Tags:character: andrew, character: ensemble, character: faith, character: oc, character: xander, fanfiction: 2007, fanfiction: behold little padawan, fanfiction: buffy the vampire slayer, fanfiction: fic-a-thon, soundtrack: 2007, soundtrack: fandom
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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 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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| Title: The Murder of Crows (Blackhawk Down Remix)Author: Lizbeth Marcs ( ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png) 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 fahyeAuthor'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 1The Murder of Crows (Blackhawk Down Remix), Part 2 | |
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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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| Damn, I have crap to do today, but it appears the remix_redux is opening its doors. Because the community was friendslocked to keep the stories private (except for the sockpuppets that had to post), it's probably going to be a few hours before all the stories are public. *bites nails* Yeah. I'll be busy reading. And refreshing. I'm always freakin' nervous when the remix_redux goes public. | |
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| 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 fahyePart 1 is posted here. | |
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| 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. | |
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| I got off the couch just long enough to check email for my remixredux assignment because I tend to look forward to it even though I know I will now be having hysterics between now and the actual posting of the fic. Since a few people are writing letters to their anonymous Remixer, I figure I might as well post something reassuring as well, just in case they decide to check my LJ out. Dear Remixer,If you're reading this, let me say right up front that I'm really, really sorry. As you can probably see, I'm a somewhat one-fandom writer, so not a whole lot to choose from on the multi-fandom front (really sorry about that). I also tend to focus on Xander ( really, really sorry about that if you don't like the character), and on Faith to a lesser extent. There are a couple of stories where one or both are absent, but there's not too many. The good news is that a lot of what I write is ensemble with a Xander-focus, so if Xander or Faith is not your cup o' tea, feel free snag another character to focus on. Hopefully I've given you enough to work with if you decide to do that. I threw together a compiled links list for everything I've got because it's scattered all over hell and creation. I haven't had a chance to go back an resolve all of the typos that need to be corrected on some of these stories (although I do plan to), so apologies in advance for that, too. There are at least 26 stories for you to work with, so hopefully you'll find something you can work with within that number. Also, I tend to err on the side of gen, so that (hopefully) gives you some wiggle room if you want to make something slightly more shippy than whatever I wrote. (Have I mentioned that I suck at ships? Because I really, really do. I think I'm missing the brain piece that actually allows other people to understand what "romance" is and how to write it.) That said, I want you to have fun. Do whatever feels good and right to you. If you want to tackle a whole story, go to town. If you only want to remix a single chapter in a longer story (I tend to write novel-length) go for it. Grab whatever speaks to you and party it up. Change as much as you want (I'm all for giving the remixer as much freedom as possible). Add new characters into the mix. Subtract characters that are there. Write an AU. Fiddle with the dialog to make it fit your version. Put together a "past fic" that leads up to the story. Put together a future fic to tell people what happens next. Or, hell, just write a different take on what's in front of you. Make it fun for you. For me, half the fun of this exercise is seeing someone else have fun with something I wrote. If you're happy, than I'll be happy. Thank you in advance for your hard work and lending your writing skills to the Remix project. Sincerely, Liz Marcs Hopefully that makes sense because I'm still feeling feverish and like ick. | |
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