Lorne: Take care of yourself and ah, make sure fluffy is getting enough love. Gunn: Did he have anything? Fred: No. And who's fluffy? Are you fluffy? Gunn: He called me fluffy? Fred: He said make sure…wait. You don't think he was referring to anything of mine that's fluffy, do you? Because that would just be inappropriate.

'Conviction (1)'


Buffy 4: Grr. Arrgh.  

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smonster - May 25, 2003 9:22:55 pm PDT #2310 of 10001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.

So this is a companion filk to the one I delurked with, which was also a Cohen song. You can find it here. That was based on Famous Blue Raincoat, this is based on So Long, Marianne.

Also, you should read the book I'm about to quote, if you haven't already.

When she is old, grey-haired, he will love her for all the seasons she contains.
I Was Amelia Earhart by Jane Mendelsohn

Angel sits in his car, steeling himself for the drive back to L.A. He starts the ignition, wincing as the radio in the GTX blares a Manilow tune. Already peeling out of the deserted town, he scrabbles around for a cassette, jamming in the first tape he finds. Sweet relief, Leonard Cohen. Over the dark, empty miles, his anger and confusion start to fade. Images of Buffy kicking Caleb’s ass, cracking a corny pun, and reaching up to kiss him superimpose themselves on his view of the highway. Angel has to admit, she’s changed a lot. He remembers his first glimpse of her, lollipop and all. He remembers their first meeting and their most recent. He remembers one short exchange in between, just his four words and her one in reply. A faint smile flickers at the corner of his mouth. He ain’t getting any older. The lyrics start to rearrange themselves in his head…

So Long, Buffy Anne

I wish I could have told you, my lethal darling,
Of Cordy, Jasmine, and my son.
I used to think I was some kind of champion,
but more and more I just don’t know…

Now so long, Buffy Anne, it’s time that you began
To slay and kill and kill and slay to save the world again.

Well you know that I’d love to live with you,
but you make me forget so very much.
I forgot the reasons I was Angel,
And so then I awoke as Angelus…

Now so long, Buffy Anne…

We met when you were very young
But I’d passed the two-century mark.
You burned me with your love and your crucifix
As we went slaying through the dark.

Oh so long, Buffy Anne...

You wouldn’t let me stay beside you now;
It hurts to know Spike waits at home.
But years down the line, please keep me in mind,
When you’re no longer cookie dough…

Now so long, Buffy Anne...

For now I’ll settle for your hidden love
On this long road back to “Hell A.”
You think I left you feeling furious --
I’ve just gotten tired of acting brave

Oh so long, Buffy Anne...

So you’re no longer the only chosen one --
You won by breaking all the rules again.
I fell for the girl who would save the world,
I love more the woman she became…

Oh so long, Buffy Anne...

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P.M. Marc - May 25, 2003 9:45:17 pm PDT #2311 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

Well you know that I’d love to live with you,
but you make me forget so very much.
I forgot the reasons I was Angel,
And so then I awoke as Angelus…

LOVELY!

And also...

For now I’ll settle for your hidden love
On this long road back to “Hell A.”
You think I left you feeling furious --
I’ve just gotten tired of acting brave

Heartbreaking.


Elena - May 25, 2003 9:46:33 pm PDT #2312 of 10001
Thanks for all the fish.

smonster, everything that Plei mentioned. But you do realise that we'll be expecting Cohen filks on a regular basis.


§ ita § - May 25, 2003 9:47:22 pm PDT #2313 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Ha! I have an unfinished filk to that very song, and the idea of Buffy Anne never even occurred to me. Nice job!


Winnow - May 25, 2003 9:49:26 pm PDT #2314 of 10001
Don't make me come down there!

Fantastic! I loved it.


Burrell - May 25, 2003 9:50:03 pm PDT #2315 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

BWAH!!


Connie Neil - May 25, 2003 9:53:40 pm PDT #2316 of 10001
brillig

Just occurred to me--It's assumed that everyone got out of town, right? 'Cause I just wondered what happened to Xander's folks, who he may not give a rat's ass about, and Willow's folks, who I assume she cares a little about.


Frankenbuddha - May 25, 2003 9:54:05 pm PDT #2317 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

Oh smonster, lovely!

And, since I haven't seen this form of appreciation in a while:

t golf claps!


Miracleman - May 25, 2003 9:55:57 pm PDT #2318 of 10001
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020

Hee. Just...a great image.

Xander's Mom: "No, dear, put down the beer and help me load the car. I have a bad feeling, and everyone else left town and Xander called and said we should go."

Xander's Dad: "Aw, to hell with that kid! He's just a no-good weirdo. He gets that from your side of the...did you feel that? A kind of rumbli--"


smonster - May 25, 2003 9:56:49 pm PDT #2319 of 10001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.

Thanks, y'all.

t /indigo girls

But you do realise that we'll be expecting Cohen filks on a regular basis.

Hoo, boy. The spirit's gotta move me, first. It only seems to move me thus every few months. Plus Cohen only works (for me) as Angel's voice. Maybe once I get those S2 DVD's...

I remember you well in the Hyperion Hotel...