Rebcake-o-rama

Welcome to friends new and old!

I'm mostly here for the Buffy fandom. I write a little, rec a little, and read A LOT. Most of my posts are fandom-related and not very frequent. I hang out in or moderate several Buffy-related communities, which you can find among the links on my sidebar. I've got lots of interests in various media — literature, music, comics, movies, theater — but Joss Whedon managed to get me actively involved. All my stories have at least one foot in the Jossverse.

I think of myself as a multi-shipper or gen writer. Check out my D'Hoffryn/Skip or Mr. Gordo/Miss Edith works, if you doubt me! Most of my work is cheerful, with just a twist of morbid. I've written a bunch of Spike/Dru historical shorts, because they are great. However, I am probably most identified with Spike/Buffy. I've also written a few wacky crossovers, including a rare non-Buffy The Avengers/Pulp Fiction drabble that IMHO ended up becoming canon in the sequel. *\o/*

I am Rebcake everywhere: AO3, Twisting The Hellmouth, Dreamwidth, Elysian Fields, The Spuffy Realm, The Bloodshedverse, Tumblr, Whedonesque, etc. Finding me is easy peasy. I'm not on Twitter, though. That Rebcake is somebody else.

I live in in a purple Victorian in beautiful-but-changing San Francisco, California. I originally hail from small town Oregon. I am a package designer by trade and work is crazy busy, hence the infrequent updates. I have a husband, a kid, step-kids, step-grandkids, and a huge sprawling extended family, including in-laws, none of whom live in Northern California. Sometimes that's peachy, sometimes not so much. I've been traveling more often lately to deal with family matters. I lean left, politically and socially. I went to UC Santa Cruz at roughly the same time as Buffy writer/producer Marti Noxon, which explains much and nothing at all.

Exciting news! A couple of my stories recently received acknowledgments in Round 11 of the Running With Scissors Awards! Both are Spuffy stories originally posted to noel_of_spike:

When You Wish Upon A Bar won the Unsung Hero Award in the Doomed (Best Guy/Girl) category.
The Vamp Around the Corner was the Runner Up in the Nobody’s Butt Monkey (Best Characterization) category for Joyce.

Thanks again to whoever nominated my work! Several worthy f-listers also won awards. Congratulations to you all!

It's the end of August!?!

Since my last post, I've been buried in a mountain of work, which is sort of nice and sort of not. Of course, there was also a lot of travel arranging, which is like a second full-time job, at least the way I do it. There's also been plenty of recreation, including hosting houseguests, seeing bands, dancing, going to parties, having a girls weekend at a Napa vineyard with the "girls" from college. I also attended a tightly plotted drag show wherein the villain was named PIxie Pardonne Moi (sic). A friend had been tapped to pole dance (badly) during the intermission. Heh. Good times, y'all.

I've missed a lot of fun LJ activity. There were memes that seemed exciting, excellent art and fic — some of which I missed, I'm afraid — and this exciting party celebrating the 5th Anniversary of sb_fag_ends!


I only got my act together enough to post a silly prompt, alas, but the mods over there deserve to be fêted! Take a bow bogwitch, quinara, and shapinglight! Garlands also to all the contributors who continue to make that comm so great! Go, read, comment! I know I will.

My recent pre-series Giles fic, Giles and the Mountain, was nominated by very kind person(s) in Round 32 of the Sunnydale Memorial Fanfic Awards in the Best Gen, Best Drama, and Best Characterization (for Giles) categories, and also in Round 12 of the No Rest for the Wicked Awards, in the That Old Gang Of Mine (best gen) category. I'm touched that my sporadic work still appeals to somebody out there! There's still time to nominate your favorite fanworks, and make a fellow fan's day!

My story The Other Half has been nominated in Round 31 The Sunnydale Memorial Fanfiction Awards in the Best Comedy and Best Quickie Fic categories. Very exciting!



It's a fairly gen S5 story with Spike and all the Summers gals, from the sb_fag_ends prompt last October "Masque of the Red Death". It hasn't had that much response — I like to think because so many good things were being posted thick and fast at the time — so it's nice to know that somebody thought well enough of it to go to the trouble of nominating. Thanks, dear reader!

I am nearly ready to post a new story, though it is unfortunately not my seasonal_spuffy story, which I haven't started yet. Tsk.

Otherwise, life continues to have quite a few high points, including lunch with enigmaticblue when she was in town last week. There is also loads of work bringing in the money, if not the fun.

Someone — and I have my suspicions — nominated some of my fics in Round 10 of the Running With Scissors Awards! Woo hoo! Thanks, kind nominator(s)!



Defenseless (Spike, Joyce, Buffy, Giles, Faith; alt S4) in the Rigor {Over 10,000 words} category.
No Regrets (Mr. Gordo/Miss Edith; S2) in the Who's Huh with What?! {Unconventional Couple} category.
Rules and Customs (vamp!Xander/Spike/Angel; Wishverse) in the Stakes and Chains {Slash} category. This one is nasty and bleak. NC17.
Love Me, Love My Dog (Spike, Buffy, Xander, Angel, Cordelia, Dru; Halloween S2) in the Fanged Midget {501 - 1000 words} category.

( Summer is nice... )

Who knew? Sunnydale Memorial Fanfiction Awards has extended it's voting window until this Friday, Dec. 14th! I understand there are several ties at the moment. Go! Vote! Make some deserving author happy for the holidays! Rules are here, nominees are here, and voting is here.

Full disclosure: My story Whose Torment Is This, Anyway? is nominated in several categories, due to some kind person(s). I am also nominated in the "Best Author, Spuffy" category. *wipes tears* (I can't tell if they are tears of joy or mirth, but either way it's all good.)



Several excellent writers from my friend list and beyond are on the ballot this round. Good luck, everybody!

Yippee! The Sunnydale Memorial Fanfiction Awards have announced the winners of Round 26! Many worthy stories and authors are represented, but I was especially thrilled to see vast swathes of appreciation for thepuddinhead and coalitiongirl, as well as a nod to brutti_ma_buoni for one of my favorite recent stories, A-Hunting We Will Go!

Congratulations and well deserved, everybody!

I am supposed to be doing lots of productive things today, but instead I have a catch-up post! Yay?

I did a fic for the sb_fag_ends "Something Wicked" challenge. I'm hoping to get another one in tonight, but it's a holiday, so who knows?

Title: Flesh and Bone
Author: Rebcake
Rating: R-ish
Word Count:  725
Prompt: Skeleton Army
A/N: A slightly more mundane take on the threat of Mortiflex. Season 6.

Mortiflex was taking over Sunnydale...

I did a very silly (but not classy) Spike/Sally fumetti for littlespikes, 'cos we absolutely need more BtVS/Nightmare Before Christmas crossover material, even if it's no good. Right?

It's Classic Recs weekend over at buffyversetop5 and I managed to get in a couple of rec lists: Body Swap Fics & Funny/Sweet Entries from Seasonal Spuffy

I also am thrilled to report that some kind person nominated a few of my stories for Round 25 of the Sunnydale Memorial Fanfiction Awards! Specifically, the Mr. Gordo/Miss Edith story No Regrets has been nominated in the Comedy and Unconventional Pairings categories, and Tales of the Cold 'n' Tall Creamery — short stories about Jhiera, princess of Oden Tal, her "girls" and their AU move to Sunnydale — has been nominated in the Series category, which I think is pretty funny. I guess I ought to add a few chapters...

Looks like I've been semi-busy. Have a great holiday, everybody!

The whole family, plus friends, is heading out to San Diego Comic-Con in a few days. I’ve got an extra 4-day + preview night youth (17 and under) pass available for $50 if any of you wants it, but if not, I’m just going to request a refund. I expect to be completely overwhelmed by the Total Fandom Experience of it all. Wish me luck.

( It’s already begun, in some ways... )

...but not prettier than you!

First, the marvelous constance_b  made a podfic out of my first-ever seasonal_spuffy story, the Season 4 fill-in-the-blanks Do You Believe? Plus she did nine other stories by other writers, all in the Spuffy oeuvre, which gives me access to 1000% more Spuffy audio!fic than I had before. (My math may be off.) Anyway, it's all very cool and you should all check it out. Did I mention she has one of those charming English accents? Srsly!

Here's the master post 
Here's the link to the Do You Believe? mp3 download.

Then, I garnered a few nominations over on Sunnydale Memorial Fanfic Awards, Round 23. It's very gratifying. Any writer would tell you that it makes their day (week? month?) to get recognized in this way, and I am pretty chuffed. If you can think of any stories you've read recently that stood out, you may have a few hours left to get those noms in and give a deserving author the warm fuzzies!


My nominated stories in Round 23 are:

The Scourge Does Titipu (Angel/Darla, Drusilla/Spike) G — Best Song Fic
The Dark Slayer and the Vulcan (Faith Lehane, James T. Kirk, Spock, Leonard McCoy, Christine Chapel) Teen — Best TV Crossover
The Front Lines (Robin Wood) PG — Best Gen, Best Quickie

Yup, all over the map...that's me! Thanks, kind nominators!

Anyway, all this fandom bounty (plus a fat check for some contract work, just before taxes are due) has put me in a pleasant frame of mind. Any day now, I'll turn the corner on my SS fic, and start leaving comments again!

The deadline for nominating fics for the_hellmouth_awards is Tuesday, February 15, and there are a few categories that could be "plumped". I've a feeling that my f-list has plenty of ideas for outstanding fic starring rare pairs in the areas of Fluff, Comedy, and that old standby Kink, but it would be extra-spiffy if the neglected category of Best Plot could get a little more love. There is also plenty of room in Best Romance, Best Long, Best Series, and Best Characterization. The only categories that are full are Best Male Slash and Best Heat.

Head on over and check out the list of Nominees!

Then check out the Rules and consider giving a feedback-starved author* a thrill and Nominate!


*All authors are starved for feedback. It's just a fact. Those writing less common pairings might be a little hungrier than others, though.