River: You gave up everything you had. Simon: [Chinese] Everything I have is right here.

'Safe'


Fan Fiction: Writers, Readers, and Enablers  

This thread is for fanfic recs, links, and discussion, but not for actual posting of fanfic.


esse - Nov 22, 2002 10:48:53 am PST #916 of 10000
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!

Whee!


Am-Chau Yarkona - Nov 22, 2002 12:52:45 pm PST #917 of 10000
I bop to Wittgenstein. -- Nutty

Pah! Season 7! Please, a spoiler warning isn't too much to ask?


P.M. Marc - Nov 22, 2002 12:54:04 pm PST #918 of 10000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

Added. Sorry!


Connie Neil - Nov 22, 2002 12:57:38 pm PST #919 of 10000
brillig

"Dead Xanders aren't much fun."

No quote from anything, just a thought.


Katie M - Nov 22, 2002 1:00:01 pm PST #920 of 10000
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies

You did mean to earworm me with "Dead Puppies," right, connie?


Connie Neil - Nov 22, 2002 1:02:40 pm PST #921 of 10000
brillig

Yep. Thought I'd share the joy.

edit: If I could remember all the words I'd try a filk. The bit about "Now he's lying in the hall" kind of writes itself.


Connie Neil - Nov 22, 2002 5:48:33 pm PST #922 of 10000
brillig

Read Modus Vivendi. Beautifully written, lovely angst, but too many loose ends at the end.


Reema - Nov 22, 2002 7:07:13 pm PST #923 of 10000
I say, Tyler, you're thinking of vampires.

too many loose ends at the end

In terms of plot, or the characters' emotional states?


Connie Neil - Nov 22, 2002 7:59:38 pm PST #924 of 10000
brillig

Plot. What was the significance of the dog, what happened to Bony and the old woman, and why the hell were they after Spike in the first place?

Emotions? Angsty torment, but I expected that.

edit: Plus I think Angel should have at least felt really bad for Liv being staked out in the middle of the lobby helpless like that. And where did she come from, anyway?

(that's vague enough not to be spoilery, right?)


Reema - Nov 22, 2002 8:40:22 pm PST #925 of 10000
I say, Tyler, you're thinking of vampires.

What was the significance of the dog, what happened to Bony and the old woman, and why the hell were they after Spike in the first place?

Yeah, I would have liked some further exploration of that, too. I wasn't sure whether to take Spike's "explanation" at face value. I was willing to forgive plot stuff, because everything else was sooo wonderful, but I was a little disappointed in the lack of follow-through.

The dog, if I understand correctly, is [representative of Liv's status. Ownership and stuff. The thugs were really annoyed at Spike's cavalier adoption of their traditions. Traditions which we never actually learn, IIRC. ...Also, I'm not quite clear on why Xander was held captive against his will, since his own health was the only thing his freedom could've possibly endangered. I thought that there'd be an explanatory footnote in the eventual revelation of customs, but there was no revelation.]

I still really enjoyed the story, though. The angst is so painful, and the dialogue is so good.