selenak

Now I've rewatched Alien³ and Alien: Resurrection as well, or rather, watched the Special Editions for the first time. If I had to sum these films up in one sentence, I'd say "flawed but interesting". Certainly more original than the sequels in most other franchises.

( Ripley the Alien Slayer )

minum_calibre recced this wonderful story, which is so many things: a season 6 BTVS AU, and I usually don't go much for a AUs. This one does everything right, presenting alternatives that aren't just "fix-its" for things the author doesn't like in the canon but events which could have happened equally well. It's a story about Buffy and Faith, and Faith and Buffy, with the dynamic between them right, and neither of them bashed (nor is any other character); about Slayers and death and life as gifts.

In other news, the imcomparable Timov has arrived at