Challenge 9 RESULTS!!

[litzie]

Well, better late than never, is what I say!

First - thank you all for entering, this was incredibly difficult to judge because I really enjoyed each of your entries. Originally I was going to judge the two parts of the challenge separately, but since the entries were skewed toward the do-over part, I'm judging them all together. So, without further ado....

Third place:

Spoiler:

The_Narrator: 'Seeing Red'


I really enjoyed your take on this moment, and I felt like it was very well written, but it wasn't quite as much of its own story as I'd been hoping for when I wrote the challenge. Perhaps we could have seen a bit more of the changed repercussions, had this alternate scene taken place? Overall great job though!

Second place:A Tie!

Spoiler:

KingofCretins, The Great Roofie Spirit
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I really enjoyed this story, and particularly enjoyed seeing Buffy and Xander getting together (because...with the yay!). the only thing was that I've seen this type of story before, the magic-or-demon aphrodisiac as catalyst thing. You get total props for your title, btw, and while I liked how you did it better than pretty much any other such story I've seen, I would have been more excited to see Buffy and Xander get together on their own, consciously. Overall I truly enjoyed reading it though, very well written and absorbing.

Spoiler:

and Tangent! Old School Ties

You definitely picked my favorite scene to revisit - or should I say my least favorite scene? Boy do I wish you'd been on the writing staff in season seven! I felt like it was very well written, and absolutely on point in terms of what I wished would have happened in that scene. I think my only problem was that it wasn't quite different enough to feel like a new story. I know that's kind of crap criticism, especially considering what the challenge prompt was, but I can't quite figure out how to say it better! I'll try to come back to it at some point. I really enjoyed your fic though, wonderful job overall!

And...drumroll please...except you can all do math and so you've figured out that First Place goes to...

Spoiler:

Aissy!

Well, I'm definitely glad I gave you the extension on the word count, because you used those words well! I really enjoyed the entire fic, start to finish. The opening was great, set a perfect tone, and the introduction of this strange new problem - starting with Buffy's hair and slowly creeping through Spike's heat and Tara's cold - was absolutely brilliant. I was drawn along with you, figuring it out slowly. I loved all the angel season 5 references, particularly the comment about the hands thing being random, I loved Future!Giles, and I found the characters' speculation of the future involving Tara and Anya absolutely heartbreaking. Overall, great job!

Well I hope that you all enjoyed the challenge! I just have to say again how hard it was to judge - everyone's entries were wonderful and so much fun to read. Thank you all for entering, you rock!

[tangent]

Woohoo! better than I thought I'd do on that one for some reason.

Thanks for the great challeng Litzie.

[The_Narrator]

Fan-art reward?! *Squeals in delight*

Thanks for the challenge! And congratulations to everyone who entered, I thought all the entries were exceptionally well written and compelling.

[Aissy]

Only just noticed results were out.

I'm thrilled!!! Thank you so much for the fun challenge, the brilliant feedback, and the lovely award!

I really enjoyed the other entries too, I thought it wasn't an easy challenge but everyone did amazingly.

Quick peeps, we need another one!