This week's Sunday100 drabble. Theme is magic:
"Mom?"
Joyce puts her hands behind her back. Her fingers are trembling, closed hard on something tiny. "Buffy! I thought you were taking Dawn to the mall?"
"We're going now - just wanted to see if you wanted anything from the Sweet Factory." Buffy's brows are faintly creased. "Mom, what is it?"
"Nothing, honey - just some gallery business that needs taking care of. Have a good time."
When the front door closes downstairs, Joyce takes the tiny charm and rubs it hard. She repeats the spell three times, and hopes the magic will kill the invader in her brain.
What is it about Joyce? Maybe the natural death, in the middle of all the stakings and fiery dissolutions and apocalpse moments? Or is it just that it's Mom?
I think a lot of it is that Kristine Sutherland is a good actress. Goodness knows, over the years she didn't have a lot to do. A line here, a look there. But whatever it was written for Joyce to do, Sutherland was right there, up to the mark. She did good work, and she made Joyce breathe.
Don't pay full price though.
I don't intend to. Second hand bookshops exist for a reason.
deb, lovely.
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I think it's KS too--she's just stunning, man, and a bag-up actor.
Slightly odd policy question-- if one happens to have written a Buffyverse/Smallville crossover, does one post in Bitchy Fic, or PPO, or in one's LJ with links in both, or what? It probably doesn't matter a lot, I just thought I'd see what people think.
Either would be fine. I'd post in Bitchy 'cause there's more people.
Connie, that was hilarious!
Am, I'd put it right here.
