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red_satin_doll ([personal profile] red_satin_doll) wrote2016-01-01 01:15 pm

btvsats20in20 ROUND 15: Out of Mind, Out of Sight (BtVS S1.11)

So we made it to the flip side - Happy 2016, my friends!  May it be better than 2015.  (I say that every year. It never is better, but I always hope anyway.)

This was my "last hurrah" of 2015 (Good-bye old year, I won't miss you. At all.) and my first hurrah of 2016, for [livejournal.com profile] btvsats20in20 Round 15.
Plus a special treat for the Giles/Angel shippers in the house! (Anyone?)


Teasers:











10 Themes
Close Crop Red + White Pastel Surprise B&W + Quote
Provided Texture Green Hair Light Texture Peaceful
5 Category |SILVER & GOLD
Cat 1 Cat 2 Cat 3 Cat 4 Cat 5
5 Artist's Choice
AC 1 AC 2 AC 3 AC 4 AC 5













For the first time ever, I attempted "slashy" Giles/Angle icons. Actually, this would be my first ever m/m slash-y* icons, period.  I'm surprised that Giles/Angel isn't more of a "thing". Somewhere in the world I am sure there's a website filled with G/A fic of the two of them screwing each other senseless, but I haven't come across it. Not that I want to, tbh.  (This may be a sign of the End of Days. Remember to pack a toothbrush.)
Enjoy - I think?


1 - 6


7 - 11

12 - 13



* I actually hate the words "slash" and "femmeslash". I know where they originate in this context but I think it's time to retire them. And yet, saying "my first gay male icons" doesn't quite sound right either.


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[identity profile] kerkevik-2014.livejournal.com 2016-01-01 06:32 pm (UTC)(link)
cat5 says photo not found...

kerk

[identity profile] velvetwhip.livejournal.com 2016-01-01 06:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Wish I could see the Cat 5 icon, but other than that, these are AMAZING! I especially adore Pastel, Surprise, Cat 1, Cat 2, Cat 3, and AC 5. Genius work!

Also, check this out, and this, followed by this.

You're welcome.


Gabrielle

[identity profile] snogged.livejournal.com 2016-01-01 07:46 pm (UTC)(link)
You did a super job on your 20in20 and your Giles/Angel icons. :)

My favorites from your 20in20 are: Red+White, Pastel, Light Texture, Peaceful, Cat 1, Cat 3, and AC 3.

[personal profile] kikimay 2016-01-01 11:39 pm (UTC)(link)
These are great! Your doing so many S1 icons these days!

My favorites are Red and White, Pastel (I love "soft" icons), Surprise, Provided Texture, Hair (PORN, yayyyy!) and Light Texture. I also like the silver and gold series because baby!SMG has a pretty face and shiny icons are perfect for her. In CAT5 she looks like the lovechild of Katniss and Cordelia though?? Or maybe it's the flu talking. Also AC4 is very cool.

I don't get the Angel/Giles, although I'm always here for boys screwing each other senseless. LOL. I think that Giles/Spike has a lot more of canon-y stuff going on, with Spike chained in the bathtub and them being British and stuff. But Angel and Giles would be interesting in a painful way.

[identity profile] sparrow2000.livejournal.com 2016-01-02 12:15 am (UTC)(link)
These are all lovely, but I I must be in a non-colour kick a the moment because I especially love the BW + quote of Giles in the Theme category, the b/w of Buffy in the Silver & Gold category and the sepia one of Marcie Ross in Artists Choice. And number 6 of the Giles, Angel icons is especially wonderful, but like I say, kudos on all of them.

[identity profile] chasingdemons.livejournal.com 2016-01-02 01:29 am (UTC)(link)
Love all of these! But especially the ones that start with ac. Beautiful work. And Happy New Year!

[identity profile] starry-night.livejournal.com 2016-01-02 01:41 am (UTC)(link)
These are beautiful! I adore the cat set - the colouring is lovely and I love the sparkles; it gives the icons a kind of magical touch.
I also really love close crop, pastel, green, light texture, AC1, AC3 and, from your Giles/Angel ones, 3, 5, 6, 8 & 10 :)

And Happy New Year to you :D

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[identity profile] livejournal.livejournal.com 2016-01-02 04:58 am (UTC)(link)
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[identity profile] punch-kicker15.livejournal.com 2016-01-02 05:57 am (UTC)(link)
Nice work! I particularly like Hair and the silver and gold category set.

I'm surprised that Giles/Angel isn't more of a "thing". Somewhere in the world I am sure there's a website filled with G/A fic of the two of them screwing each other senseless, but I haven't come across it.

G/A isn't my particular cuppa either, but I do have some relatively unpopular/unusual ships that I like where my demand for stories far outstrips the supply on AO3. I've found new-to-me stuff from relatively inaccessible (compared to AO3) sources:

1) Someone's personal archive that somehow managed to survive the Geocities purge of fanfic websites. Some of these actually archive more than just the author's work.

2) The UCSL (Unconventional Shippers List)

3) Riposte (archive for any fic involving Giles and/or Wesley) or Of Demons and Destiny (Giles fic)

[2) and 3) are organized by author, and are not always great about indicating which ship, if any, is involved in the summary, so I feel for the hypothetical Giles/Angel shipper who's looking for that stuff, because there is a lot of Giles/Anybody-But-Angel for them to flip through to find their tiny little ship]

4) Yahoogroups mailing lists--all the ones I've run across appear to be dead now, but the archives have old fic. Searching is painful and slow and there's a lot of terrible stuff to filter through (which is true for all sources, to be honest).

5) Usenet archives (Also a painful search process. But I do occasionally find something that is available nowhere else.)

6) Individual authors' livejournals. Works best for people who left livejournal about the time when they left fandom.

Most of these sources skew towards older fic, but I'm guessing G/A was more popular when they were both on the same show. So I'm guessing there's a fair amount that could be found by the motivated searcher (i.e. not me or you.)

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[personal profile] lokifan 2016-01-08 04:52 am (UTC)(link)
Beautiful!!

[identity profile] hermionesparkle.livejournal.com 2016-01-17 06:15 am (UTC)(link)
Nice set! I really like your close crops throughout the set. My favorites are close crop (duh, lol), red + white, green, cat 3, ac 2, ac 3, and ac 4.