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Fanfic recs
Aug. 23rd, 2015 07:56 pmTwo stories by the same author, different fandoms:
Rome (and history):
Blood on the coliseum floor: never mind the title, the story itself avoids the coliseum anachronism (it wasn't around yet for a few decades more, being a Flavian building). This is a sharp, unforgettable Octavian/Augustus portrait. Not a character easily rendered in fiction, but this is an utterly convincing portrait both of the Rome version and of what I know of the actual man.
Buffy:
White on White: and here we have a Spike portrait, just as sharply drawn, emphasizing his relationships with Dru, Angel and Darla, which is one but not the only reason why I was so drawn into it.
Rome (and history):
Blood on the coliseum floor: never mind the title, the story itself avoids the coliseum anachronism (it wasn't around yet for a few decades more, being a Flavian building). This is a sharp, unforgettable Octavian/Augustus portrait. Not a character easily rendered in fiction, but this is an utterly convincing portrait both of the Rome version and of what I know of the actual man.
Buffy:
White on White: and here we have a Spike portrait, just as sharply drawn, emphasizing his relationships with Dru, Angel and Darla, which is one but not the only reason why I was so drawn into it.
