Community Recs Post!

[glitteryv]

Every Thursday, we have a community post, just like this one, where you can drop a rec or two in the comments. This works great if you only have one rec and don't want to make a whole post for it, or if you don't have a DW account to make posts of your own, or if you're shy. ;)

(But don't forget, you're free to make posts seven days a week! :D)

So what cool fic/vid/art have we discovered this week? Drop it in the comments below. Anon comment is enabled.

Comments

[oracne]

Not a new discovery, but I re-read Lilac City by nwhepcat, an all-time favorite sequel series to Buffy: the Vampire Slayer that is so much better than the actual show. Her post-series versions of Xander are, in my opinion, far superior to the character we saw on screen, and he's the point of view character here. A recovering alcoholic, he's fled to Spokane after painfully splitting from the Scooby Gang, and manages a grocery store on the night shift. Until Things begin to happen, and he has to remember his vampire-killing skills, and other things that make life worth living rather than just existing within. It was just as good as the previous few times I've read it. Highly recommended. Content warnings for alcoholism and sad deaths-by-vampire, but there's also Found Family and reconnection with both people and skills, and guitars.

[glitteryv]

Ah, it's so nice to find old faves all over again! (Also, psst, would you mind dropping the link whenever you have a moment?)

Lilac City by nwhepcat

[oracne]

D'oh!!! https://archiveofourown.org/series/2497

Re: Lilac City by nwhepcat

[cofax7]

Oh, isn't that a good one? I reread that last year, I think, and it's just so uplifting the way she shows him getting himself back together and rebuilding his relationships.