Well, I was debating bowls of cat food ...
Overwhelming? How much more than whelming would that be exactly?
Anya ,'Touched'
Buffista Fic: It Could Be Plot Bunnies
Where the Buffistas let their fanfic creative juices flow. May contain erotica.
Connie Neil - Oct 30, 2002 11:05:52 am PST #274 of 10001
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Steph L. - Oct 30, 2002 11:13:37 am PST #275 of 10001
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
Spike couldn't even kill rats without a lot of pain.
Really? For some reason I thought animals were in the same category as demons -- killable.
Connie Neil - Oct 30, 2002 11:19:05 am PST #276 of 10001
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I think they've let it slide, but Harmony did say something about him not even being able to step on flowers. This, however, is Harmony. Didn't say it didn't hurt, though. When you get to starving vs. eating with agony, it's not wonder he's nuts.
Steph L. - Oct 30, 2002 11:22:27 am PST #277 of 10001
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
Harmony did say something about him not even being able to step on flowers. This, however, is Harmony.
I never considered Harmony an authority on Initiative chipmanship.
askye - Oct 30, 2002 11:26:29 am PST #278 of 10001
Thrive to spite them
I thought Harmony was just being stupid and vapid when she said that.
Speaking of Harmony I'd love to see Spike hallucinate about her.
Theodosia - Oct 30, 2002 1:00:41 pm PST #279 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Anything to give Mercedes McNab more work!
Anne W. - Oct 30, 2002 1:01:12 pm PST #280 of 10001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
I think if he started hallucinating about Harmony, Spike would go try to hug a sunbeam.
Rebecca Lizard - Oct 30, 2002 5:50:38 pm PST #281 of 10001
You sip / say it's your crazy / straw say it's you're crazy / as you bicycle your soul / with beauty in your basket
I think if he started hallucinating about Harmony, Spike would go try to hug a sunbeam.
Snerk.
Connie, I *really* like it. I think it's gorgeous. I have one or two little things that caught my attention:
Angel reached out to touch Spike's cheek, but Spike jerked back from the touch. "Look at ye, boy," Angel whispered. "What have you done to yourself?"
The sudden Irish inflection on Angel's part jerked me out of the narration.
And, I don't know, all the "boy"s Angel says to Spike? I can't get behind it. Has Angel ever called Spike "boy" onscreen? If it only happened in the flashbacks, if it happened at all, than I'd still shy away from having presentday!Angel call presentday!Spike "boy" *so* often so easily. I could understand him slipping back into an older Angel/Spike dynamic when he first sees Spike, but I think that he would be conscious of the different distance between them currently again after that initial shock.
"William." Spike subsided.
Xander blinked. "That's all it takes? Using his real name?"
I think I *might* want to reorder this to
"William."
Spike subsided. Xander blinked. "That's all it takes? Using his real name?"
But I don't know. That's not as elegant is it? It's just bothering me that an Angel line and a Spike action are on the same line of dialogue-- my brain keeps trying to read it as though Spike were saying "William", which of course doesn't make any sense at all.
But, Connie, I love it. *Very* ME.
[edited for formatting 'cause I'm a big dork.]
Connie Neil - Oct 30, 2002 6:53:19 pm PST #282 of 10001
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sneaking on ...
The sudden Irish inflection on Angel's part jerked me out of the narration.
Good point. Also about the 'boy'. All good points and I"ll probably incorporate them.
sneaking away ...
P.M. Marc - Oct 30, 2002 8:17:31 pm PST #283 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I doubledogdare someone to write a (and I'm using this wording on purpose) Deadly Earnest Spuffy Songfic to the Newsboys' "Let It Go".
lyrics available here.
Why, yes, I was stuck in the car with NOTHING better to do than listen to Christian pop, why do you ask?
Candy to the person who can do it.