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Archive Rec
Feb. 1st, 2009 03:18 pmGuys, I read a lot of fic, in a lot of different places, but Twisting the Hellmouth, a Buffy crossover archive (though it also accepts noncrossover stories in Buffy and other fandoms from its crossover authors), is totally my favorite archive. It's just neat.
It's got all the things I like in other archives - Top Tens, readable formatting, clear categories, slash/het/femslash clearly marked, the ability to view a story by chapter or as a whole - plus some. The tracking options not only give you email alerts when a story is updated, you can also choose to track just that story or every story by that author, and you can mark stories as read so you don't keep getting sucked in by the same vague and unremarkable yet sort of interesting summary. The limit on favorites lists means the Top Tens are really accurate. The categories narrow down to the point of ridiculousness! You can single out Anita Blake fanfiction, then Xander-centered, then the specific Xander-pairing of your choice. SO MUCH EASIER to avoid creepy and uninteresting pairings!
To sum up: FAVORITEST. And they just published the results of their annual awards, so it's a great time to try it! I would recommend changing the default rating filter unless you really do want it to hide all FR21 stories automatically.
It's got all the things I like in other archives - Top Tens, readable formatting, clear categories, slash/het/femslash clearly marked, the ability to view a story by chapter or as a whole - plus some. The tracking options not only give you email alerts when a story is updated, you can also choose to track just that story or every story by that author, and you can mark stories as read so you don't keep getting sucked in by the same vague and unremarkable yet sort of interesting summary. The limit on favorites lists means the Top Tens are really accurate. The categories narrow down to the point of ridiculousness! You can single out Anita Blake fanfiction, then Xander-centered, then the specific Xander-pairing of your choice. SO MUCH EASIER to avoid creepy and uninteresting pairings!
To sum up: FAVORITEST. And they just published the results of their annual awards, so it's a great time to try it! I would recommend changing the default rating filter unless you really do want it to hide all FR21 stories automatically.
