New Fic Recommendation Thread 6:

[Acyl]

jpub wrote:

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That fic read like a Skysaber fic with more sex and less skill.

Exactly my thought. That's gotta be one of the worst time-travel Xander fics I've ever skimmed. I did manage to get through a few chapters, but
mostly with the same morbid sense you get from staring at a traffic accident. Involving fatalities, a crowded intersection, and an truck filled to capacity
with...fish. Which, yes, is something I've witnessed. Reading this was much the same.

The prose in this "Twice Lucky" fic isn't irredeemably bad. Narrative technique is poor, there's errors aplenty, but the basic prose is
okay, methinks. However, the plot is painful, and it's basically about a super-powerful intelligent Xander who goes back in time and has sex with all the teenage females around. Like. ALL OF THEM. Occasionally SEVERAL AT ONCE. While everyone and everyone looks to him for almighty leadership, because he is the man with the plan. And
the super-powers.

I don't actually mind wish-fulfilment fics, or stories that give poor ol'Xander a bucketful of powers and increased sex appeal, but this thing
twists the volume knob all the way past eleven, tears it off the stereo, swallows it, then widdles on the speakers.
-- Acyl