Almost every BtVS fanfic writer is tempted at some point to rewrite the series from their point of view, with their favorite character getting the glory or their OTP ('One True Pairing') being the center of the story.
I've got one myself. My "Class of '99 story, if I ever get back to it, is meant to retell Buffy and WIllow's high school years - in a B/W kind of way. (9 stories/parts in all)
But here's a new/different one. "Buffy: A New Journey, Season One" by Jessica Nightsong over on Passion and Perfection (a femslash fic site). The first two parts are approximately equal to the first to episodes of the series ("Welcome to the Hellmouth", and "The Harvest").
How different? Well... although it's one of those "Lesbian Buffy" stories right from the start, that's been done many times.
No, what tells us this is different, right from the start, is that the person Buffy has lunch with on her first day at Sunnydale High is Amy. (I don't think I've ever read a story before where it was Buffy/ Amy. And a well developed Amy at that. In fact, in the first story the writer seems to delve more into Amy's thoughts than Buffy's.
And that's just the beginning. I won't spoil most of the story but the character appearance order? Different. And interesting times are ahead for Buffy and Amy if the writing quality keeps up -- and on this particular fic site it usually does.
Okay... the whole Buffy falls in love with Amy bit? Happens too fast for my taste but is certainly in keeping with the general pace of such things. You just have to accept it and move on.
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