little less ritual & a lot more fun

First of all, Happy Galentine's Day to all my F-listies!!



Now if you would be so kind I need prompts.  I have a mini bang challenge going on over at wlreunion and I have ZERO inspiration these days. It's wlreunion so it has to be a Whedon prompt (Buffy and Angel are fair game). Can be anything under the sun-give me a pairing or character with a word, lyric, textfromlastnight, etc. I'll love and adore you forever (and hopefully end up with some clever fic).

First off I want to thank tennyo_elf​ for the virtual birthday gift!  That was so sweet, thank you sooooo much!!!

I hope everyone has a Happy Holiday, no matter what you celebrate.  For those of you, like me, who are celebrating Christmas tomorrow MERRY CHRISTMAS!!  I hope everyone gets what they want, and have a wonderful day with family and friends :D

In other news, I'm almost done with season two on my Vampire Diaries rewatch.  We have one more episode in season two before we start up season three, and then it'll be back!!  Very brief thoughts because it's late and I've had a bit of wine... Under a cut JIC

( Bonnie can't use that much power without dying. I'll write her a gret eulogy. )

I hope everyone enjoyed their weekend, whether you were celebrating Thanksgiving or not.  I was in Florida celebrating with my family, and enjoying the sun and warm weather.  I was able to read a few great fanfics while I was away, and though I'm sure these aren't new to anyone else, they were new to me.  

>>  I finished Long Time Gone by Bitterness.  What a terrific story.  Spike and Buffy's relationship was so complex, and well developed.  I'm a sucker for AH/AU baby-fics.  I've also never read a story that paired Dawn/Oz together, and I was surprised to find I didn't mind it, even though I really prefer Willow/Oz.  I love Spike and Dawn's seasons 5 & 6 relationship, and I love to read fics where they share that sibling-like bond.  If you haven't read this story, I highly recommend it.

>>  More Than Strangers by Sadbhyl.  This fic was the perfect mix of hotness and angst.  Another AH/AU.  Buffy is in an unhappy marriage, and she meets a handsome stranger in a cafe.  I feel like I must have read this fic already, but either way I thoroughly enjoyed it!

>>  Another Bitterness fic, Impossible part of The Triad series.  Set in an AU post-season 6.  Buffy becomes pregnant as part of a prophecy, and the gang bands together to protect her and her unborn child against the evil that wants to destroy them.  Bitterness has  a great way of telling a story, one that I find really unique.  Her stories are Spuffy, but she has a great way of intermingling story lines to include the rest of the gang.

>>  Let's Get Lost by Herself.  NC-17 fic set post-season 2.  Spike happens upon Buffy in NYC.  They're both feeling lost and alone and decide to do something about it.  If anyone has read this fic, I'd love to hear what you thought of the ending.  I was slightly confused if it was left up to the reader's interpretation or if I'd just missed something.

Told you I got a lot of reading done!  I also had a lot of time to think about a few plot bunnies I have running around in my head which will hopefully turn into me doing a lot of writing.

A few missed birthdays and upcoming ones. I probably won't be around for the Memorial Day weekend so here goes...

Happy belated Birthday to dusty273, shauna233, vampkiss.

Today is belleve's birthday!

And Happy early Birthday to slinkypsychokit and lmbossy!!!

Hope you all have great birthdays and I hope my whole FLIST has a great Memorial Day WEEKEND!!