[Fic Rec] Only Connect by [livejournal.com profile] thisiszircon

Jun. 5th, 2012 03:24 pm
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Sometimes I come across a piece of fan-creation that just leaved me stammering in awe, and this is one of them. I have never seen a more nuanced, honest, character-appriopriate protrayal of emotional intimacy, as well as nosebleed-worthy sex and genius dialogue. Nine parts and 50,000 words of pure inspiration.

It is so far the only fic I've known that successfuly addresses a concious decision among the core Four will that they will remain intact beyond the end of the series. To even attempt to promote this in a story takes more guts than I've ever had. It is handled so brilliantly that it pays homage to the canon history between the characters, while still growing them to a level beyond what is portrayed in that canon.

As soon as I finished reading this story, I reread it twice more and immediately posted this rec, and I nearly never do recs. In fact, just writing this rec has reminded me how criminaly awesome this story was. Crap. Now I'll have to go read it for a 3rd time.

Fic - Buffy the Vampire Slayer - "Only Connect"
Author: [livejournal.com profile] thisiszircon
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Pairing: Buffy/Giles
Rating : Adult
Timeline: Post-series. Immediately follows the close of 'Chosen'.

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