Dawn Summers

[kangeiko]

The littlest Summers is fabulous, but all too often has to play second fiddle in fanfic to her older sister. Often, she's turned into a horrible screaming pre-pubescent child, which is wrong and makes kittens cry. She copes with losing both of her parents, at age fifteen is prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice, deals with losing her sister and generally survives. Yes, she's loud and bossy and hates the fact that she's always going to be the Slayer's sister, but having tasted fame (of a sort) with Glory, I think that she understands how unpalatable the alternative is.

And we just don't see enough of her for my liking in favour of the OTP overdosing of Season 7.

Things are even worse in fanfic, which mainly features a crying and/or hysterical Dawn, or a Dawn who behaves as if she's three years old. It's a travesty, I tell you, and I am tired of wading through piles of crap to find some decent Dawn!fic. So, I turn things over to the people who'd know - you guys. What's your favourite Dawn fic? In what fics does Dawn play a decent part, or isn't relegated to 'object to be rescued so that Spike and Buffy can shag oimg it's twuluv111!!11'?

Hug your Dawnie today, and leave some fanfic recs below.

Comments

[hobsonphile.livejournal.com]

Often, she's turned into a horrible screaming pre-pubescent child, which is wrong and makes kittens cry. She copes with losing both of her parents, at age fifteen is prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice, deals with losing her sister and generally survives.

Wordy McWord.

I'm definitely watching this space for future updates, because I think Dawn's wonderful and would like to see some good Dawn fic myself.

[kangeiko]

The lovely leyenn is sending me s7 of buffy - soon shall come the dawn!happy, wherein we also have sensible!xander and ignore the schmoop of spike/buffy. w00t!

[la-fono.livejournal.com]

Well, I've got this (as my taste tends to run to weird/rare/crack pairings this is probably an anti-rec, lol) Dawn/Cordelia; post season 7...

Dawn isn't crap, but the fic (http://www.asstr.org/nifty/lesbian/celebrity/key-to-happiness) is, a bit.

[selenak.livejournal.com]

honorh wrote a couple of great stories focussing on Dawn. Check them out under her account at FFN. And rozk wrote some intriguing adult Dawn stories.

Oh, and yours truly wrote City Girls, which was my love declaration to the Summers sisters and covered why they ended up in Rome.

[kangeiko]

City Girls? Is Teh Bomb. Seriously. I absolutely adore it.

[selenak.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I'm still happy with it, which isn't always the case with older stories...

[kangeiko]

It's fabulous. I got a real sense of the city - or cities! - and also loved the Darla painting. And Dawn&Buffy being grown-up!

I'm still happy with it,

Oh honey, it's wonderful, of course you should be. *smooches you*