Plei, you're making me miss Joyce all over again. I'm glad I haven't killed her. Yet.

Am-Chau, that's a very naughty opening. Poor Oz, caught with Angel pre-Epiphany. Good thing he's a werewolf, I think he's going to need that to survive.

Whoa. I wrote.

Indeed, and it's wonderful.

I've been thinking about Joyce a lot lately when I think about BtVS.

I think it's because Buffy, Willow and Xander are the "adults" now, and while that's cool, how scary is that, really?

Joyce would be proud.

Silly question I need answered for a fic I'm writing. When you hang up the phone, what do you call the little button or buttons that sever the connection? I'm trying to describe someone tapping them to see if the connection is dead, or if he can get a dial tone.

Am-Chau, I like how you've set up the pairing, and given how important the Darla-shaggage was to Angel's journey, I'm looking forward to seeing what changes (and doesn't change) from this point on.

I call it the switch or, sometimes, the cradle, because I remember rotary phones. (that could be a fun memory riff for Spike/Angel, remembering all the different types of phones they've seen making a note )

Many thanks! (BTW, I have a Bakelite rotary phone from about 1940 or so that still works. It's funny to watch people confronted with a dial for first time in eons.)

I like the idea of Spike and/or Angel doing a memory riff on something like telephones, etc. Anya might be fun to drag into a conversation of that kind as well.

Depending on the phone type, it might be a talk button (cordless), otherwise, cradle works.

I would google myself... Actually, I have, but my pen name is too common, and my actual name is too obscure. Still, I am a massive whore for feedback. Maybe I should try again.

(Want more Oz.)

(That is all.)

Soon there will be more Oz/Angel. Just let me recover from this burst of original novel writing.