Cordelia ,'You're Welcome'
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Thanks for the rec, Katie. Those are lovely.
Is anyone else rapidly becoming annoyed with the "...and then an army of Slayers shows up and saves the day!" ending to post-"Not Fade Away" fics? I understand why people want to see it, but on the asspull scale it's up there with having all the demons suddenly discover they're allergic to water.
I don't think it's an asspull (seeing as they've had contact with those people as recently as a couple episodes ago).
I think it's cheap, and really misses the point, though.
To me, it's an asspull because we got no indication that a)the MoG even thought about contacting the Slayers or b)that the Slayers would gather in L.A. to help Angel. I think it would be possible to make it believable, but I'd want to see more groundwork for it, not just them suddenly being there.
I think it's cheap, and really misses the point, though.
This I absolutely agree with you about. I think part of what bugs me is it makes the ending of Angel All About Buffy, and that's *wrong.*
I don't have the link handy, but one fic I read has Angel leading everyone into the Hyperion, waiting for all the demons to follow, then escaping through the sewers where the detonator for the hotel-full of explosives is waiting.
one fic I read has Angel leading everyone into the Hyperion, waiting for all the demons to follow, then escaping through the sewers where the detonator for the hotel-full of explosives is waiting.
I think I saw that! Yeah, that was a good one.
There was a line in it about Angel saying good-bye to the hotel that made me choke up.
The idea that Buffy et al are reciprocating surveillance after Angel's hissy fit in Italy wouldn't surprise me in the least. But there'd have to be a good and powerful (hopefully non-schmoopy) payoff.
Andrew coming in to save the day because Buffy's busy elsewhere. That would be humliating for the MoG.
Andrew coming in to save the day because Buffy's busy elsewhere. That would be humliating for the MoG.
Kind of the flip of Lorne killing Lindsey. "You don't save me! Buffy saves me!"
Where's the best place to find post-Angel stories?
I've seen a few on LJ (including the wonderful ones Katie rec'ced), but I'd like to track down the one Connie mentioned, for starters...