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.

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.

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.

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.

Anything to give Mercedes McNab more work!

I think if he started hallucinating about Harmony, Spike would go try to hug a sunbeam.

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.]

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 ...

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.

Oh, no -- *you're* not a weirdo...

Freak...