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

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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 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?


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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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Comments

[punch-kicker15.livejournal.com]

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.)