The beast finally came in at 28 pages. It's not fan fic. It's a bloody novella.

It's a bloody good fanfic novella.

Drusilla? Drusilla was locked up. Nothing would help her, but Oz still sat with her almost every day. He seemed to think she wasn’t a lost cause. He’d just sit there, and listen while she ranted at him. This seemed to soothe her.

I love the idea of Oz just sitting with Dru and listening to her. Similar to how he used to listen to Willow babble until she quieted down. It just fits.

Can't wait for the link so I can go back and read it all again.

Oh, sure, Deb. I was mocking the Jossverse, not you.

I was mocking the Jossverse, not you.

(whew) I'd hate to think anyone thought I'd absolve that.

Because honestly, in my universe? I am Giles' bitch, but what he did to Buffy was much worse than what Angelus did to him. Angelus did it with the "balance" half (caring, goodness) taken out of the free will section (yes, that sounds fuzzy, but I sort of know what I mean). Giles weakened his slayer, the girl even the COW idiots recognised as the one he regarded as his child, endangered her and took her weapons away first, lied to her, and he did it all with free will, because he was "following orders."

I don't like the whole "I was just a grunt, doing what I was told" thing, in any situation. I don't give a damn why he obeyed. Yo, Rupert, here's tea and scones. Got brain?

Feh.

I am Giles' bitch, but what he did to Buffy was much worse than what Angelus did to him. Angelus did it with the "balance" half (caring, goodness) taken out of the free will section (yes, that sounds fuzzy, but I sort of know what I mean).

In theory I might agree with you, but there's the physical and emotional torture, not to mention the girlfriend neck snapping, to consider... Plus which, you know, GILES...

The beast finally came in at 28 pages. It's not fan fic. It's a bloody novella.

Er. I don't get it. There's plenty of fic that's long. Even I, who do not tend to write long, have one I'm in the middle of that's around 40 pages.

Er. I don't get it. There's plenty of fic that's long. Even I, who do not tend to write long, have one I'm in the middle of that's around 40 pages.

Oh, maybe it's just me, then. Most of them seem much shorter when I read them. I think it's that it seems a bit long for, say, an average short story.

Don't worry about the length -- I've seen fic from one word right up to novel-length.

Don't worry about the length -- I've seen fic from one word right up to novel-length.

Oh, not worrying. Just noting it went on a bit longer than I thought it would.

Victor, both "Pensioner" and "Needfire" are that long, if not longer. Speaking of which, someday I need to write the third part of the trilogy.

Elena, I think (yes, I am a meanie) that Angelus' snapping of Jenny's neck was karma for Jenny. She obeyed the family dictates, and the result of her secrecy and secret agenda was the unsouling of Angel (she could have prevented it, by being upfront much earlier, maybe), and Angelus took her down. Instant karma. Sorry for Giles, but on that one? It was all about the Jennyness of the original order-following screwup.

And yes, I know, deep family stuff. I don't care. Whatever the reason for an action, there's always the possibility that a reaction is going to come slamming down the pike.

Catching up on more than a hundred posts. Oh. my. freaking. goodness. Victor, um, gah. connie, wow. sa, hee! elena, oh my. lyra, hmm, you intrigue me. Plei, guh, and whaddaya mean that scene never aired?

I dassn't get this far behind again. This much effugence all at once will cause my brain to go all 'splody.