The Night Lord
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Post by The Night Lord on Jul 17, 2009 19:47:19 GMT -5
I don't mind the friendship between Spike and Fred, though I'm more of a Spillyria shipper. But when I first watched Season 5, I thought there could be something a little more between them
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Post by VampSlayer on Jul 18, 2009 10:37:45 GMT -5
I don't mind the friendship between Spike and Fred, though I'm more of a Spillyria shipper. But when I first watched Season 5, I thought there could be something a little more between them I completely agree with you, Night Lord.
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Post by sockmonkeyhere on Jul 23, 2009 1:20:16 GMT -5
I've made two big ol' things lately: (1) A Spike/Fred essay here: community.livejournal.com/ship_manifesto/234351.html(2) And the banner from that essay -- it's my first attempt at computer graphics, and it's obvious that I have no clue how to use the special effects tools...and then I had to paraphrase Yeat's poem to fit the 'ship... But I'm pleased that CrazyFred and CrazySpike are both peering up over their shoulders at us!
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Post by buffyfan21 on Jul 23, 2009 12:57:39 GMT -5
I thought Spike and Fred were so cute together. Spike was always flirting with Fred and it seemed like he fancied her a bit. i guess Spike is just attracted to those brainy, take charge types.
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The Night Lord
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Post by The Night Lord on Jul 24, 2009 6:00:13 GMT -5
He also seems to be attracted to chicks who can kick his ass lol
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Post by VampSlayer on Jul 24, 2009 21:40:59 GMT -5
That was a great essay! I also read all of the comments! Great banner, as well! ;D
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Post by sockmonkeyhere on Jul 25, 2009 1:07:26 GMT -5
Thank you, VampSlayer! Have y'all seen this video yet? It's an alternate reality AtS Season 4, in which Spike goes to L.A. instead of Sunnydale after returning from Africa with his soul and his insanity. The Fang Gang finds him, he gradually recovers, he and Fred begin to fall in love...and he then has to choose between her and Buffy. The video is so beautifully crafted and so "real"-looking that you'll forget the show didn't actually happen this way! Check it out: Fred & Spike ~ A Different Path by DarlaProduction (aka Mscotstar) www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROhDj3dNRIY
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The Night Lord
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The Long Kiss Goodnight
There can be no love. Only pain exists[Mo0:1]
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Post by The Night Lord on Jul 25, 2009 17:52:20 GMT -5
I probably have a dirty mind, but Spike+Fred=Spred *innocent whistle*
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Post by sockmonkeyhere on Jul 29, 2009 0:48:27 GMT -5
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Post by VampSlayer on Aug 7, 2009 0:33:10 GMT -5
Thank you, VampSlayer! Have y'all seen this video yet? It's an alternate reality AtS Season 4, in which Spike goes to L.A. instead of Sunnydale after returning from Africa with his soul and his insanity. The Fang Gang finds him, he gradually recovers, he and Fred begin to fall in love...and he then has to choose between her and Buffy. The video is so beautifully crafted and so "real"-looking that you'll forget the show didn't actually happen this way! Check it out: Fred & Spike ~ A Different Path by DarlaProduction (aka Mscotstar) www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROhDj3dNRIYO.M.G. That video is.... Wow. Amazing...
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Post by sockmonkeyhere on Aug 9, 2009 12:38:57 GMT -5
Isn't it, though? There's so many wonderful details in it: a black & white image of InsaneSouledSpike on the little security camera screen as the Fang Gang monitors him from the safety of another room; Faith's face seamlessly replaced with Fred's from the scene where Faith and Spike shared a cigarette on the cot in Buffy's basement, so that Fred and Spike appear to be sitting on a cot in the basement of the Hyperion; Spike seeing Fred in the shower and having a horrific flashback to "Seeing Red"'s bathroom scene with Buffy...
I'd sell my soul to Wolfram & Hart to have this be the real version of Season 4 Angel.
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Post by VampSlayer on Aug 9, 2009 13:41:21 GMT -5
Isn't it, though? There's so many wonderful details in it: a black & white image of InsaneSouledSpike on the little security camera screen as the Fang Gang monitors him from the safety of another room; Faith's face seamlessly replaced with Fred's from the scene where Faith and Spike shared a cigarette on the cot in Buffy's basement, so that Fred and Spike appear to be sitting on a cot in the basement of the Hyperion; Spike seeing Fred in the shower and having a horrific flashback to "Seeing Red"'s bathroom scene with Buffy... I'd sell my soul to Wolfram & Hart to have this be the real version of Season 4 Angel.Im right there with you! FRED ----->
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Post by sockmonkeyhere on Aug 9, 2009 20:57:44 GMT -5
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Post by sockmonkeyhere on Sept 7, 2009 1:17:11 GMT -5
Two more new stories: After Easter by brunettepetbrunettepet.livejournal.com/5464.htmlalternate AtS Season 5 rated G ficlet An adorable, hilarious Spike/Fred friendship fic written for a challenge with the prompts “Fred, Ribbon, Cave,” in which the two pig out on Easter candy. *************** Second Chance by lilithbintcommunity.livejournal.com/spred/40387.htmlAtS post-Not Fade Away rated PG ficlet After the battle Illyria falls. Spike takes care of her because nobody else can but who really came back?
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Post by sockmonkeyhere on Oct 18, 2009 14:17:15 GMT -5
More new stories (I've added their links to the list on Page 1): **************** Acid-Base Reactions by powerofthebookpowerofthebook.livejournal.com/74794.htmlAtS season 5 (post-"Lineage") rated PG ficlet **************** Shove With Your Hips by alison_swiftalison-swift.livejournal.com/126533.htmlpost-AtS season 5 (in which Fred has been resurrected) rated PG-13 ficlet ***************** The Lost by lilithbint (aka lilithangel) community.livejournal.com/spred/41155.htmlalternate reality BtVS Season 7 / AtS Season 4 Rated PG Ficlet (I wish like the dickens that this version had been canon. And it fits so well with DarlaProduction’s Fred & Spike~ A Different Path video!) www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROhDj3dNRIY***************** She's Come Undone by sockmonkeyhere (aka Sock Monkey) sockmonkeyhere.livejournal.com/39431.htmlwww.fanfiction.net/s/5364158/1/Shes_Come_Undonepost-AtS season 5 (sequel to A Time to Gather Stones Together) rated PG-13 ficlet ***************** And here's a choice of links to all the chapters of Alison's Retrieval and Return story, including several new chapters: Retrieval and Return by alison_swiftcommunity.livejournal.com/spred/41970.htmlwww.livejournal.com/tools/memories.bml?user=alison_swift&keyword=FanFiction&filter=allAtS post-After the Fall rated R 6 chapters: WIP ************************ ************************ ************************ Here's a question for my fellow Spred 'shippers: If you could change the past (or the future!), at what point in BtVS or AtS would you prefer that Fred and Spike meet and begin a romance? A) During the TV years? Which season? B) In the comic books? In which story arc? "After the Fall" or afterwards? I'd be happy with any beginning, of course, but I think my favorite would be the scenario in lilithbint's ficlet The Lost. It has Fred running an Angel Investigations errand in Sunnydale and discovering that the request is from Dawn and Xander, who want AI to take custody of newly-souled crazy-in-the-school-basement Spike. It addresses so many of the frustrations I had with the canon BtVS Season 6 Spike story -- Fred openly displays compassion for him, and although cautious, doesn't hesitate to help him, while giving the Scoobies a harsh little piece of her mind about their lack of same -- something that I thought was sorely missing in the canon version.
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Post by VampSlayer on Oct 18, 2009 15:26:33 GMT -5
Omg, that is too funny! I was just thinking, "I wonder if anyone has posted in that thread..." I come look, and you just did! <3333333333 Bad news, Fred & Spike ~ A Different Path by DarlaProduction video got deleted! D: I never updated the first post of mine, so I will get on that now! I'm a bit late. lmao. I hope it is okay if I use the list you made in the post, I'll give you credit for finding the greatness!
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Post by sockmonkeyhere on Oct 18, 2009 20:38:55 GMT -5
Omg, that is too funny! I was just thinking, "I wonder if anyone has posted in that thread..." I come look, and you just did! <3333333333 *grin* Ask and you shall receive! Arrgh. DarlaProduction figured that that might happen at some point; they've yanked several of her vids before. I'll let her know, and see if she can host the video somewhere else where we can see it again. When she first posted it, I saved a copy of it on my computer, using this free video-copying website: keepvid.com/It's easy to use, and has been a godsend! I don't mind a bit; in fact, I feel honored! ETA: Hurrah! A Different Path is up again, with a new URL: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZQWX38jjYI
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Post by VampSlayer on Oct 18, 2009 23:55:43 GMT -5
Awesome! That video is too amazing to be left taken down!
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Post by VampSlayer on Oct 19, 2009 17:21:45 GMT -5
I just read Second Chance! It was pretty good, for the most part. I caught a few spelling errors, but that was it. The ending seemed very rushed though, IMO. The whole overall idea of the story was great. Everything that happened made sense.
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Post by sockmonkeyhere on Oct 24, 2009 11:13:25 GMT -5
I just read Second Chance! It was pretty good, for the most part. I caught a few spelling errors, but that was it. The ending seemed very rushed though, IMO. The whole overall idea of the story was great. Everything that happened made sense. One of the cleverest things I've ever seen in Spredfic is the story Work in Progress by Kat Leon (aka kats_meow.) It's a sequel to The Ghost and Ms. Burkle, which she began writing at the beginning of TV's AtS Season 5, making her two stories Season 5 alternate reality fics. But in Work in Progress (Chapter 8) Kat put in a wonderful plot twist involving Wesley and Cyvus Vail that makes her two fics totally compatible with the canon TV Season 5! Kat's still in the fandom, but has had to put her fic-writing on hiatus due to being busy with her growing family, so Work in Progress is still just that -- a work in progress. But it's still a great read, with Buffy's appearance muddling up Angel/Cordy and Spike/Fred somewhat -- ANGST! GO HOME, BUFFY! -- plus some mucho-erotic Spred sex in Chapters 4 and 11. *g* ETA: I've just updated the links to Evenstar's fics in the list on Page 1. Her old uniserv.ca links were no longer working.
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