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Strangers by sosa lola
emily
09/04/2010 07:35 pm
Epilogue
I love how realistic the emotions and actions of characters are; I really enjoyed reading it! Probably the best fic I have read which ties in to the season 8 comics. Would love a sequel! :)
em
08/17/2010 10:36 pm
Epilogue
Loved it!!!! couldn't stop reading! kept taking breaks at work to read! Very well written :-)
This was a lovely story that did justice to all the characters. I enjoyed every moment of it.
I could easily see Spike, Buffy, Xander, Renee and Andy all living under one large roof sharing a mutual love for Andy and deep affection for one another. Yes, it could happen especially if Xander has his heart whole and Renee is just the ticket for that.
Love how you addressed the issues and acknowledged the maturing process. Well done.
Kathleen
I could easily see Spike, Buffy, Xander, Renee and Andy all living under one large roof sharing a mutual love for Andy and deep affection for one another. Yes, it could happen especially if Xander has his heart whole and Renee is just the ticket for that.
Love how you addressed the issues and acknowledged the maturing process. Well done.
Kathleen
Yay. Happy ending. :-)
07/09/2010 08:13 pm
Epilogue
Handtuch
07/04/2010 02:58 pm
Epilogue
What a story!
It had me hooked from the beginning (or well, when she met Spike in the alley...) and I couldn't stop reading until I was through (which took a whole day, actually until late early morning today....) - and I had so much to do... >0<
I liked so much in this story - the relationship between well everyone, especially between Spike and Buffy (of course I wished in every chapter it would improve - but thats the fun in it), the humourus parts (as to name the girl after Andrew)) and all your television-comparisons (I didn't get all of them though) - and the ending was really really awesome :) so sweet :)
I'm waiting for your sequel :D
It had me hooked from the beginning (or well, when she met Spike in the alley...) and I couldn't stop reading until I was through (which took a whole day, actually until late early morning today....) - and I had so much to do... >0<
I liked so much in this story - the relationship between well everyone, especially between Spike and Buffy (of course I wished in every chapter it would improve - but thats the fun in it), the humourus parts (as to name the girl after Andrew)) and all your television-comparisons (I didn't get all of them though) - and the ending was really really awesome :) so sweet :)
I'm waiting for your sequel :D
chelsea s.
06/17/2010 08:04 pm
Epilogue
What a wonderful ending - which is really more of a beginning. Thanks for the ride.
You're welcome! I'm so glad you enjoyed it.
Mle
06/01/2010 10:46 pm
Epilogue
Great ending for a great story! I loved it. Sweet, but not too sappy. It kind of reminded me of season 7 ending (before Sunnydale burned to a crisp :)) when they turned on Buffy and let Faith be their leader, and then Spike was there and slept by Buffy. I loved how the ending corresponded with the title. I really liked it! Keep writing!
Thank you! You know, the scene in Touched was the one in my mind when I wrote this last scene.
Aw. This was sweet. In all honesty I didn't expect Spike to come back a week later because of Angel. But really glad that he came by soon. Great story. I really enjoyed reading it. I really liked how Buffy grew up in this story.
Thank you! Spike came back a little too soon seeing as he has a life in LA with friends and co-workers, but his love for Buffy is stronger. I'll cover a lot of Spike's struggles and issues in the sequel.
06/01/2010 06:19 pm
Epilogue
i really really loved this story...i usually dislike stories where Spike and Buffy just jump into each other's arms with no consideration to the time they spent apart...that's why this felt so realistic to me :)
any chance of a second part? **patting eyelashes**
any chance of a second part? **patting eyelashes**
Thank you! I agree, I don't like the whole jump into each other's arms thing, too. And there will be a sequel, but God knows when it'll be finished. :)
Jade
05/30/2010 10:52 pm
Chapter Twenty Three
Aww that was great. I love this story. You should write a sequel about Andrea, when she's a little older. Not like all about her, but with her as the main character. I imagine her being a bit of geek, like xander, but also really pretty like Buffy.
Thank you! There will be a sequel, but Andrea will remain very young because the sequel starts where Strangers left off. But maybe after the sequel ends, I'll write another sequel, perhaps a one-shot with an older Andrea.
Well, I'll be damned if you didn't come up with a wonderful resolution to their terrible problems. Well Done! - I loved the conversation between Buffy and Xander and I Totally LOVED Xander's understanding and remembrance of Anya, that was excellent.
Hope for their future and trust that is so much needed by all of them if this will ever work. Kudos on the Xander saving all his love for one girl, that was lovely. While the comic books ended his potential relationship with Renee, they make a very good "potential couple" in your piece - Dawn, would be good as well. Andrea is going to have one great extended family.
Glad that Reem is going back home and will follow her own path and passions, that will be a big struggle as well.
Hope for their future and trust that is so much needed by all of them if this will ever work. Kudos on the Xander saving all his love for one girl, that was lovely. While the comic books ended his potential relationship with Renee, they make a very good "potential couple" in your piece - Dawn, would be good as well. Andrea is going to have one great extended family.
Glad that Reem is going back home and will follow her own path and passions, that will be a big struggle as well.
Thank you! The problems are solved.... for now. *evil laugh* I'm glad you enjoyed the conversation between Xander and Buffy, and I've always known Xander will be supportive after seeing how mature he became in S7.
Sunshine
05/25/2010 11:55 pm
Chapter Twenty Three
Please, please, please write more?
Just posted the epilogue. :)
Aw. I like the end where they finally learn to trust each other. And I wonder why Williow does not want to talk about why she was captured. Maybe she did something?
Thank you! The Willow stuff will be explained in the sequel.
And at last they're all beginning to communicate as they should. Can't wait for the next instalment...
Thank you! :)
Wish I could see where this is going LOL
07/09/2010 07:57 pm
Chapter Twenty Two
05/21/2010 06:08 pm
Chapter Twenty Two
hey, i just started on this great fanfic two days ago, due to recommendition from my friend nmcil and i finished all 22 chapters and waiting for more :)
as a huge Spike and Buffy, i really like how you portrait their characters and emotions, thou i think Spike is sometimes cruel like when he walked away from Buffy that day in the castle
and as an Arab and a Muslim i must say i'm impressed by how you portrait Reem's character.
love it so far...please update soon :)
as a huge Spike and Buffy, i really like how you portrait their characters and emotions, thou i think Spike is sometimes cruel like when he walked away from Buffy that day in the castle
and as an Arab and a Muslim i must say i'm impressed by how you portrait Reem's character.
love it so far...please update soon :)
Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed my fic. About Spike's reaction to Buffy in the castle, he explained himself in this chapter. He was shocked and disappointed in her; the difference between Spike here and Spike back then was the this Spike didn't witness Buffy's depression and struggles, while Sunnydale Spike was more forgiving because he was able to see how hard things went for her. Not to mention that Spike now is not like the old Spike, he won't just follow Buffy blindly out of love.
I'm glad you liked Reem. And I'm so happy that an Arab and a Muslim is reading my story. :)
I'm glad you liked Reem. And I'm so happy that an Arab and a Muslim is reading my story. :)
Mle
05/20/2010 12:21 am
Chapter Twenty Two
Awww and Ahhh! So good. I love this story. It's frustrating though, well Spike is frustrating isn't he :) . I hope Spike makes the best decision though (hint hint) Keep writing cause it'd definitly amazing! Love it and can't wait for more
Thank you! Hopefully Spike will wise up! :)
Outstanding chapter - at last their talk about the mutual pain and emotional devastation that they both suffer with. Spike because he can be a real coward from his insecurity about his great capacity to love and never have it returned. Buffy, all her vulnerabilities from the love that she has given to people and all the draining away of her life from having been the Slayer and now everything is 1000 times greater.
I am so glad that you are writing this story, it's what is missing from the, IMVHO, nonsense of the comic book season - I can't understand how the writers of the season 8 don't get that the Buffyverse fans are interested primarily in the life story of the characters and the strong emotional content that was so vital to the success of the TV era series.
I can't tell you how proud I am to have my image associated with your fine story.
I am so glad that you are writing this story, it's what is missing from the, IMVHO, nonsense of the comic book season - I can't understand how the writers of the season 8 don't get that the Buffyverse fans are interested primarily in the life story of the characters and the strong emotional content that was so vital to the success of the TV era series.
I can't tell you how proud I am to have my image associated with your fine story.
Thank you! Spike's insecurity does ruin things for him when it comes to Buffy, we'll see how that plays out in the sequal. A lot of Spike angst. I can't wait.
I find a lot fans focusing on S8's themes and plot, which have a lot of flaws. As for me, I focus more on the characters, S8 gives a lot of wonderful character stuff to play with. I actually regrert I hadn't written this fic during the time Buffy wanted to confess her feelings for Xander, imagine the angst, writing a Spuffy fic during that time is gonna be so challanging and interesting. But then Strangers was written two years ago, specifically after #10 when we learned that Buffy had robbed a bank.
I find a lot fans focusing on S8's themes and plot, which have a lot of flaws. As for me, I focus more on the characters, S8 gives a lot of wonderful character stuff to play with. I actually regrert I hadn't written this fic during the time Buffy wanted to confess her feelings for Xander, imagine the angst, writing a Spuffy fic during that time is gonna be so challanging and interesting. But then Strangers was written two years ago, specifically after #10 when we learned that Buffy had robbed a bank.
But they didn't really talk about themselves! Or really about them.
They did. :) But not straightforward.
The usual insecurities and miscommunications. Sometimes I just want to crack Buffy & Spike's heads together! Looks as if whatever else she's going to do, she's going to be taking motherhood more seriously. Good.
Someone needs to knock some sense into these two. Xander tried with Spike in the chapter, and Buffy obviously wants Spike, so it's up to Spike now to make a choice.
:-)
07/09/2010 07:49 pm
Chapter Twenty One
Boy - are you writing the "Poster Story" for strict birth control and responsible and planned parenthood. LOL, how I would hate to be in Buffy and Xander's utterly "miserable shoes" - Your story is making me think about all those parents that have chosen the military life. How those families must suffer from the fears of losing their loved ones and how all those parents of soldiers must have to live with that fear every single day.
Great way to bring in Dark Willow and to connect the Sunnydale history. I feel so sorry for Spike - once again life with love for Buffy is kicking his arse and tearing at his heart.
The simple and emotionally strong way that you have him hear the background of how Buffy and Xander end up having Andrea - very effective. Excellent way to show the emotional consequences to all three - heart ache for Xander, total confusion of Buffy, and a small bit of relief to Spike for having to see her life with her family now.
What is very upsetting about your story is the knowledge that there are so many young women and men who end up in the same circumstance as Buffy and Xander. And while I am sure that Buffy nor Xander would ever now not want their beautiful child, how she came to them is, IMO, very unfortunate. There is no way that this can end well for either Buffy or Xander.
I sure hope that you have many more readers than your amount of reviews - first class Buffyverse story. I recommended it at my Buffytube site -
Great way to bring in Dark Willow and to connect the Sunnydale history. I feel so sorry for Spike - once again life with love for Buffy is kicking his arse and tearing at his heart.
The simple and emotionally strong way that you have him hear the background of how Buffy and Xander end up having Andrea - very effective. Excellent way to show the emotional consequences to all three - heart ache for Xander, total confusion of Buffy, and a small bit of relief to Spike for having to see her life with her family now.
What is very upsetting about your story is the knowledge that there are so many young women and men who end up in the same circumstance as Buffy and Xander. And while I am sure that Buffy nor Xander would ever now not want their beautiful child, how she came to them is, IMO, very unfortunate. There is no way that this can end well for either Buffy or Xander.
I sure hope that you have many more readers than your amount of reviews - first class Buffyverse story. I recommended it at my Buffytube site -
LOL! I'm probably writing that type of story, hee! Boys and girls, you should be careful and prepared or else you'll end up like Buffy and Xander. ;)
I wasn't so sure about the Willow part, I actually wrote this scene depending on the fight between Willow and Amy in #3 where Willow kind of lost control, but for the most of S8, Willow is very in control of her powers, more zen than violent.
Spike does break your heart standing alone like an outsider, his gaze never leaving Buffy who reunites with all her loved ones. It does hurt seeing Buffy holding her child while both being hugged by Xander, the father. They're a family, and Spike thinks that he doesn't stand a chance.
I've suspected that my readers may not be so many, I know that a S8 fic isn't popular among fans, which I find strange. Personally, I prefer fics set during a season I dislike (S7 for example) than a season I've very satisfied with (high school seasons). Not only that, but I started my fic with Buffy and Xander expecting a child, that's probably a deal breaker for a lot of Spuffy fans, judging by some of the reviews for the earlier chapters. But I'm glad for the readers I have, especially you. I smile when I see your review because you tend to write a detailed one and that makes me proud of myself.
Mle
05/05/2010 11:06 pm
Chapter Twenty One
I love this story. You stay so true to the characters without being boring. You have an awesome story line that is developed and sounds like something that would actually have been on btvs. At first I kept on liking and then hating Spike and was like No! this person has Spike all wrong, but then I remember that's how Joss always wrote him, one episode I'd love him, the next despise him. You're an amazing writer, and I can't wait to see more. Hope Spike stays! Also love Xander and all of the other characters
Thank you so much! I'm so glad the characters are true to canon (without being boring ;) ) Everything you said makes me blush. Thank you.
Your comments about Spike makes me squeal with happiness. I personally adore the characters I love and hate. When a character is always good s/he bores me. That's why you'd notice how Buffy, Spike and Xander are written likable and unlikable at times. I want them to sound and act real.
Your comments about Spike makes me squeal with happiness. I personally adore the characters I love and hate. When a character is always good s/he bores me. That's why you'd notice how Buffy, Spike and Xander are written likable and unlikable at times. I want them to sound and act real.
Scary Willow is sometimes a good thing - sometimes not. Now then... With all the secrets out, how does the triangle get resolved?
Willow is too powerful now, she's got to be very careful with that amount of power.
Ick at Warren. Yay for getting out. :-)
07/09/2010 07:28 pm
Chapter Twenty
So glad I waited to read this one - was perfect for a Sunday afternoon. Great variation on the comic book storyline. Also, glad to see that Buffy is finally really understanding how much being a Slayer and having all the strengths that come with this life mean to her - also; nice that she still has so many nice feelings for Spike. It will be very interesting to get Spike's POV when you bring us his emotional and love filled life.
Great play on "fate" and how life turns on a dime - While Spike's plan was the right one logistically, Buffy's stubborn streak of having to get that scythe back made Willow's saving possible.
It's so great having a Season Eight work to read.
Great play on "fate" and how life turns on a dime - While Spike's plan was the right one logistically, Buffy's stubborn streak of having to get that scythe back made Willow's saving possible.
It's so great having a Season Eight work to read.
I'm so happy you enjoyed it. It was a hard chapter to write, what with all the fight scenes. I'm actually very excited we reached the S8 timeline, fitting my Spuffy fic into S8 is gonna be a fun challange.
The Slayer is part of Buffy, she can never live her life without it, she'll never be whole without it.
The Slayer is part of Buffy, she can never live her life without it, she'll never be whole without it.
04/28/2010 10:04 pm
Chapter Twenty
ok, i knew warren would be alive. I wonder if Amy will grow him some new skin. lol
I don't think she can. Amy's powers are very limitted. Her magic is Warren's skin, if it wears off, he's gonna end up dead.
Talk about a roller coaster of suspense, first we're up then we're down then we're up again. Outstanding! More please.....
Yay! Thank you for the wonderful feedback, you made my day :)
Omg. Yay spike. 3.19am & still reading LOL
07/09/2010 07:19 pm
Chapter Nineteen
the lady meow
04/25/2010 05:46 am
Chapter Nineteen
oh, do please update!
On Tuesday. I promise. :)
Another very excellent chapter - Reem and her culture make a wonderful way to explore Buffy's inner life and her Outward Reality Life. Nice the way Buffy brings out her own runaway experience and how it effected those left behind.
I've been thinking a lot lately on why Buffy is always given the "weak young girl treatment." If you remove the Slayer, Buffy becomes a young girl and then a young woman that is so emotionally lacking in power - the very opposite of her Slayer life.
Not sure how it is going to work for Buffy and Spike, this idea she has of his being the "expectations friend" now - With Spike, it might be a very good thing, giving her strengths and truths to try and see a clearer picture of what she really needs.
Kudos on your "mother resents child" idea - while it is a ugly thing to look at, it is also a very real thing - especially with women who had children at a very early age or women from pre-birth control life.
Great having this new chapter -
I've been thinking a lot lately on why Buffy is always given the "weak young girl treatment." If you remove the Slayer, Buffy becomes a young girl and then a young woman that is so emotionally lacking in power - the very opposite of her Slayer life.
Not sure how it is going to work for Buffy and Spike, this idea she has of his being the "expectations friend" now - With Spike, it might be a very good thing, giving her strengths and truths to try and see a clearer picture of what she really needs.
Kudos on your "mother resents child" idea - while it is a ugly thing to look at, it is also a very real thing - especially with women who had children at a very early age or women from pre-birth control life.
Great having this new chapter -
Thank you for another wonderful feedback. Actually, I don't think having someone who calls you on your screw ups as a bad thing, it actually makes you think about what you're doing. Support isn't always the right way to go.
nojiri23
04/18/2010 08:52 pm
Chapter Nineteen
whoa! (great story!)
Thanks!
kspuffyk
04/18/2010 06:43 pm
Chapter Nineteen
please update
Soon! :)
sue
04/18/2010 06:37 pm
Chapter Nineteen
A very good dialogue between the two girls. Reem is the perfect foil for Buffy. She wants to talk whilst the Slayer would prefer more physical exercise but eventually they do both and each girl begins to open out to the other. And then, that final sentence.....
I await more of this great story with bated breath ......
I await more of this great story with bated breath ......
Thank you!
04/18/2010 04:06 pm
Chapter Nineteen
Noooo, cliff hanger.
I love this story, and it's so well thought out, and the dream was so weard and interesting.
I love this story, and it's so well thought out, and the dream was so weard and interesting.
Thank you!
It's good that Reem is trying to get Buffy to open up. Shame it isn't working that well... Yay! Spike to save the day! Now do we find out what's been going on on the outside?
Thank you! Hopefully more info about the outside in the next couple of chapters.
:-)
07/09/2010 07:04 pm
Chapter Eighteen
This is a very good wake up call to Buffy - it will make her think very seriously about her Slayer life and the power that being a Slayer gives her. Being first The Slayer and now the leader of the other slayers is what has always driven her, even as she hated being the Slayer in her first years, had she ever really gone back to the normal life she fancied so much, I don't think Buffy would ever have been satisfied as just a normal human. This is also why I don't particularly care for Spike reverted back to a normal human male. Losing all that power and not having it effect you in the most profound way - I don't think that it is a realistic treatment.
Very much like the relationship that you are building between these Reem and Buffy. Reem is right, sometimes you do have to rely on others to help get you through the troubled times.
Thank you, it's a great challange for Buffy to fight and get out of there without her powers. Buffy always wanted the normal life and to be a normal girl, but the episode Helpless showed her how much she wanted and needed her Slayer powers, she can't live without them.
04/13/2010 08:56 pm
Chapter Eighteen
nice chapter, keep them coming.
Thank you!
It's a kick in the teeth for Buffy not to be able to save herself this time. She seems to have forgotten all the times she's had to rely on her friends - and particularly Spike. I wonder who Reem's former roommate was - and what happened to her. Waiting for the cavalry now.....
Thank you! It's a hard time for Buffy, she's not used to be useless.
Great to have a chance to get back to some reading again -
I really like how you have changed our preconceptions about Reem and have made her almost a parallel to Buffy with the problems they share with their independence and duty. They are almost conversion of each other - Reem the young woman who just wanted her freedom to live life with her own passion and Buffy so restricted by being the Slayer all her life. Nice touch they way Andrea gives Buffy renewed strength and grounding -
Still can't see how this is ever going to be any kind of a happy or satisfying Spuffy ending - don't see how it could possibly turn out.
Perhaps we are going to have something that is very different, but also very realistic; maybe all that Spike and Buffy can be is two people who love each other, or did in their past lives love, but now life just won't allow them any happiness together.
I really like how you have changed our preconceptions about Reem and have made her almost a parallel to Buffy with the problems they share with their independence and duty. They are almost conversion of each other - Reem the young woman who just wanted her freedom to live life with her own passion and Buffy so restricted by being the Slayer all her life. Nice touch they way Andrea gives Buffy renewed strength and grounding -
Still can't see how this is ever going to be any kind of a happy or satisfying Spuffy ending - don't see how it could possibly turn out.
Perhaps we are going to have something that is very different, but also very realistic; maybe all that Spike and Buffy can be is two people who love each other, or did in their past lives love, but now life just won't allow them any happiness together.
Thank you! I'm glad you like how Reem turned out. I found it unique to have a Slayer from the Middle East, especially from Saudi Arabia. It was quite challanging.
How Spike fits into all of this, that will be touched on in the sequal, but for now, let's wait and see. :)
How Spike fits into all of this, that will be touched on in the sequal, but for now, let's wait and see. :)
Rowan
04/10/2010 02:31 am
Chapter Seventeen
Nice chapter. I hope someone kills Amy.
I guess she wants to kill Willow or torture her or something. She was always so jelious.
I love your story. I haven't read the comics but I read the stuff on the interenet about them. I'm guessing that Willow was away for a while on some magical retreat and got all powerful, and can now fly. And is almost immortal.
I love the new spike aswell
I can uNderstand why Buffy can't really bond with her child, becuase she has a higher calling and always will have. When you're a mum your highest calling should be your child, but Buffy can't let that happen becuase of her slayer duties. So she's afraid if she gets too close to the baby she'll want to give everything up.
I can't wait to see what Willow has to say about Xander and Buffy having a baby together, as she doesn't know yet. oh you have to make her reaction classic. LOL
I guess she wants to kill Willow or torture her or something. She was always so jelious.
I love your story. I haven't read the comics but I read the stuff on the interenet about them. I'm guessing that Willow was away for a while on some magical retreat and got all powerful, and can now fly. And is almost immortal.
I love the new spike aswell
I can uNderstand why Buffy can't really bond with her child, becuase she has a higher calling and always will have. When you're a mum your highest calling should be your child, but Buffy can't let that happen becuase of her slayer duties. So she's afraid if she gets too close to the baby she'll want to give everything up.
I can't wait to see what Willow has to say about Xander and Buffy having a baby together, as she doesn't know yet. oh you have to make her reaction classic. LOL
Thank you! Amy is rather annoying, she's clearly so jealous of Willow.
You're right about Willow, except for the part about her being able to fly after her trip. Willow was able to fly since Family (Season Five), so it's not a new ability.
I'm glad you like the new Spike, he'd been away from Buffy for a long time, he's not going to remain the same.
You're right about Willow, except for the part about her being able to fly after her trip. Willow was able to fly since Family (Season Five), so it's not a new ability.
I'm glad you like the new Spike, he'd been away from Buffy for a long time, he's not going to remain the same.
So Reem's not so much a 'rogue slayer' as a victim of circumstance with an unfortunate line in self-defence tactics... they're still trapped though. I hope Buffy's idea is a better one than the last - and that Willow doesn't come charging into the trap.
Thank you! :)
Congratulations on creating such a wonderful Season Eight story - your timing and plot changes are so effective. They add so much more to the story than the focus of the Buffy-Spike relationship that we have pre Season Eight. With this new treatment of Reem and her religious side, the story becomes so much more interesting - I like how you jumped to the loss of Slayer powers without the background story. I am now very interested in Reem's history and how she becomes involved with Angel/Angelus.
Buffy's loss of power really brings emphasis to the conflict of her life - her duty and core of being the Slayer leader vs her life and duty as a parent. The mothers in our current society have a tremendous burden with the conflict created by the economics of their lives. For many women who follow their passions and ambitions for successful careers, and for all the millions more who have no choice but to work and leave the care of the children to others - it is a hard life choice. For the wealthy at least they can buy competent care givers and tutors, etc. - but not so all the others.
Thanks Ever for keeping to your regular updates - all your readers appreciate not having those long time gaps.
Buffy's loss of power really brings emphasis to the conflict of her life - her duty and core of being the Slayer leader vs her life and duty as a parent. The mothers in our current society have a tremendous burden with the conflict created by the economics of their lives. For many women who follow their passions and ambitions for successful careers, and for all the millions more who have no choice but to work and leave the care of the children to others - it is a hard life choice. For the wealthy at least they can buy competent care givers and tutors, etc. - but not so all the others.
Thanks Ever for keeping to your regular updates - all your readers appreciate not having those long time gaps.
Thank you so much! Now that we reached the S8 part of the fic, I'm a little nervous, because plenty of my readers aren't so hot on S8. I really hope they enjoy the rest of the chapters.
You hit the metaphor part of the fic really well. I'm really proud to have you as a reader.
You hit the metaphor part of the fic really well. I'm really proud to have you as a reader.
Well... that went well. Oh dear. Time for the cavalry to turn up...
Poor Buffy and Reem are trapped!
Wasn't expecting that!
07/09/2010 06:45 pm
Chapter Fifteen
SMac
03/27/2010 04:09 am
Chapter Fifteen
A brilliant and completely original story. One of my current faves. Please give us more! Thanks.
Thank you! Chapter sixteen is already posted. :)
WOW they found her and took her powers. I just hope they can figure this all out before it is too late. Hopefully they will be quick since she was talking to dawn when Amy came in.
But I think Xander is really and finally OK with knowing that it will not end with him and Buffy walking into the sunset. It was never going to happen. They are friends and they should have STAYED that way.
But I think Xander is really and finally OK with knowing that it will not end with him and Buffy walking into the sunset. It was never going to happen. They are friends and they should have STAYED that way.
Thank you! I'm gland you're enjoying my fic :)
Rowan
03/25/2010 09:50 pm
Chapter Fifteen
Will Willow be coming back soon.
You'll have to wait and see :)
I've just caught up with this story and had to say how much I'm loving it. I gave up on the comics after a while as they became so sensationalist and strayed so far from the basic ethos of the Buffyverse, so while I know it wasn't Buffy in Rome the talk of diamond thefts is new.
Spike had a very good point in saying that Buffy wasn't the same person as she'd been in Sunnydale - where she'd been so self-righteous and disdainful of him for his petty crimes.
Can't wait for the next instalment...
Spike had a very good point in saying that Buffy wasn't the same person as she'd been in Sunnydale - where she'd been so self-righteous and disdainful of him for his petty crimes.
Can't wait for the next instalment...
Thank you. I'm glad you're enjoying my fic even when you don't follow S8. I'm shocked you didn't know about Buffy robbing a bank, because that reveal was in #10, and it was talked about plenty of times in forum and LJ discussions.
Kudos on the perfect plot change timing - well done.
Glad that Xander and Buffy are starting on a path toward more honesty and trying to deal with the realities of their lives and Andrea's. And Xander is perfectly right, no world or an endangered world is the same world that Andrea lives in. That's why people have to join wars sometimes - it's never a good thing, but sometimes it's the only choice that can be made. The best choice would be for all humans to say no to wary period. Now that "V" is starting again, it reminds me of the Clarke novel with the Over Lord Karellen - maybe that is what humans need to finally get us beyond the War solution. Slayers as Jedi that would be an awesome FF saga.
Once again, very sad about the separation between Spike and Buffy - sometimes couples just can't be together, this may well end up being one of those times.
Glad that Xander and Buffy are starting on a path toward more honesty and trying to deal with the realities of their lives and Andrea's. And Xander is perfectly right, no world or an endangered world is the same world that Andrea lives in. That's why people have to join wars sometimes - it's never a good thing, but sometimes it's the only choice that can be made. The best choice would be for all humans to say no to wary period. Now that "V" is starting again, it reminds me of the Clarke novel with the Over Lord Karellen - maybe that is what humans need to finally get us beyond the War solution. Slayers as Jedi that would be an awesome FF saga.
Once again, very sad about the separation between Spike and Buffy - sometimes couples just can't be together, this may well end up being one of those times.
Thank you so much! :)
Xander is finally seeing Buffy, what she has to do, what her duty is, and learned to back off. He finally understands she has no control over the situation, and Andrea won't be safe if Buffy, the Slayer, neglected her duties.
Buffy and Spike, those two need a good shaking to set them straight.
Xander is finally seeing Buffy, what she has to do, what her duty is, and learned to back off. He finally understands she has no control over the situation, and Andrea won't be safe if Buffy, the Slayer, neglected her duties.
Buffy and Spike, those two need a good shaking to set them straight.
nea
03/23/2010 11:10 pm
Chapter Fifteen
Well, this is an interesting twist. You keep me hooked.
Thank you :)
Oh no! Poor Buffy. Things doesn't seem to be going her way. I poor Spike comes back soon.
Yeah, poor Buffy never catches a break. :(
No sleep for me yet LOL
07/09/2010 06:38 pm
Chapter Fourteen
Rowan
03/19/2010 04:10 pm
Chapter Fourteen
Oh dear poor Bufy, she's not having a very easy time o it at the moment.
Thank you, yeah, poor Buffy :(
The ending of this chapter and phase of your story is so sad - poignant with her memories of her own childhood and what happens with her parents - Maybe this accident will make all these people start to be honest with themselves, make them realize that everyone is wanting something and trying to make Buffy fit those wants - Things are extremely difficult for Buffy without all the guilt trip people are putting on her - she has enough of her own.
While I fully understand Xander's individual choice and decision - the more I read your story, the more angry I become with how he handled this from the start - Don't know if that was your intent, but seeing how so many men think it is their right to make choices for their spouse and family life without giving them equal rights and respect for how things will effect their life as well. He just told her how things were going to be - he never really gave her a choice or discussed with her what she wanted.
Trouble with how Xander is thinking about this is that eventually their will be a huge blow up of everything - people resent being made to feel guilty or resent an being manipulated or forced to do things that would have this kind of huge impact on their lives.
lol, your story is hitting all my women's issues nerve endings -
While I fully understand Xander's individual choice and decision - the more I read your story, the more angry I become with how he handled this from the start - Don't know if that was your intent, but seeing how so many men think it is their right to make choices for their spouse and family life without giving them equal rights and respect for how things will effect their life as well. He just told her how things were going to be - he never really gave her a choice or discussed with her what she wanted.
Trouble with how Xander is thinking about this is that eventually their will be a huge blow up of everything - people resent being made to feel guilty or resent an being manipulated or forced to do things that would have this kind of huge impact on their lives.
lol, your story is hitting all my women's issues nerve endings -
LOL! My intention is for you to hate them all, hee. Actually, you're right. Xander did a lousy job making decisions with their child behind Buffy's back, it's understandable to want your kid far away from a castle set in nowhere, filled with plenty of Slayers, and is a target for government and demon attacks. It's also understandable to want your kid living in a normal apartment in the middle of the city, surrounded by normal people, and having a normal life. However, he should have talked about it with Buffy first. I guess Xander knew that Buffy would never leave that lifestyle and that she would prefer going back to the castle with her daughter with her.
been waiting for your next chapter - don't think I have ever been so excited about reading a WIP before - THANKS for the great update.
I feel so sorry for Buffy, and why is Spike being so harsh and so a big jerk with her? It doesn't strike me that Spike would be so harsh judgmental of her tactics and leadership without giving her an opportunity to talk about things. Hope that you will give us more back story on his life in this time-line. Perhaps that will be another story, which makes perfect sense.
Gotta say, your story is the Grand Poster Child Message for strict birth control - I would HATE and HATE on top of that to be your Buffy - it's really depressing to think of any possible exit options for her in this situation - all is a black clouds and storms ahead in my mind. I sure hope that you are not the pessimist that I tend to be.
Heart breaking her scene with Spike - and your exit line for the scene was outstanding -
Aww, thank you! And you know what, I always wait for your feedbacks, they're so detailed and enjoyable to read.
The sequel will be told from Spike's POV, and might contain flashbacks of his time before Angel got cursed.
Don't worry about Buffy, she's tough, but yeah, she's in a difficult situation, poor thing has a lot going on.
The sequel will be told from Spike's POV, and might contain flashbacks of his time before Angel got cursed.
Don't worry about Buffy, she's tough, but yeah, she's in a difficult situation, poor thing has a lot going on.
nea
03/16/2010 04:53 pm
Chapter Fourteen
I definitely liked this chapter. It was painful when Spike just walked out of the room without looking back.. I really hope there is a positive happiness in their future. I'm also really curious to see what comes of Buffy's accident at the end of the chapter. Thanks so much for the update.
Thank you! This chapter was painful, wasn't it? Things will get more painful later, but hopefully Spike will come through.
Cool. :-)
07/09/2010 06:32 pm
Chapter Thirteen
Love how you combined all the dreadful happenings at home with her sense of duty for her Slayers - Plus, like how you started bringing in her really great conflict between her duty as a mother and her duty as Slayer General -
It's a very complicated situation - The independent and career woman in me wants to shout out - HE IS SO WRONG to put her in this situation. But the child also has great big huge needs.
I think that Xander, while he is thinking about what their child needs also used the situation to trample on Buffy's rights - how he handled everything was so wrong. This two people should never have had this child.
It's a very complicated situation - The independent and career woman in me wants to shout out - HE IS SO WRONG to put her in this situation. But the child also has great big huge needs.
I think that Xander, while he is thinking about what their child needs also used the situation to trample on Buffy's rights - how he handled everything was so wrong. This two people should never have had this child.
I love how you compare this with the struggles of an independent, career mother. In a way, Buffy is facing the same obsticles.
Buffy is handling the situation wrongly, starting a relationship with Xander, considering that he had expressed a desire to date when she was pregnant? Not cool. And now her solution is to keep ditching him and her daughter? An honest talk is what they both need, and it'll be the best for them and their daughter.
Buffy is handling the situation wrongly, starting a relationship with Xander, considering that he had expressed a desire to date when she was pregnant? Not cool. And now her solution is to keep ditching him and her daughter? An honest talk is what they both need, and it'll be the best for them and their daughter.
nea
03/11/2010 04:58 am
Chapter Thirteen
I am delighted to have just found this story and read it all in one sitting. Your writing is superb. You've made the story come alive in a very very realistic way. Your character voices are spot on. I swear, I feel like I'm watching the show on TV. The tension between Buffy and Spike is so real. I yearn for the mushy happy relationship we often get between them in fandom, but I feel like you are writing them more true to character than all the fics that just give us what we desire right away. You've also made the whole situation between Buffy and Xander believable. I'm really really excited to read the rest of this amazing story.
Aw, thank you, sweetie! Your feedback warmed my heart, I'm so happy you're enjoying this story and thinking the situations are believable. Just posted chapter 14, I hope you enjoy it. :)
scaryscouse
03/03/2010 03:43 am
Chapter Twelve
Love this story but not lovin the Buffy/Xander ness-I can only think of them as friends and nothing more, anything else is just "iccy" Feel sorry about her baby girl as Buffy doesn't have any interest in her and that's sad. Was hoping she would end up with Spike and they would share custody with Xander but it doesn't look like that will happen.. We shall see though-keep up the great work
Thank you! I know the Buffy/Xander thing is so unpopular, but it was necessary for Buffy to try all options.
Can't you manage 2 new chapters at a time? LOL you have hooked me in completely with your story - It is so nice having the season eight characters in a Spuffy story.
I really like how you are portraying Buffy and Spike - both seem to have had life really kick their butts right now - I like how you are combining a more normal Buffyverse Slayer & Spike/vampires story with the incredibly difficult real world problem that Andrea has brought into all their lives.
I really like how you are portraying Buffy and Spike - both seem to have had life really kick their butts right now - I like how you are combining a more normal Buffyverse Slayer & Spike/vampires story with the incredibly difficult real world problem that Andrea has brought into all their lives.
LOL! Thank you, the story is finished, but I thought it's better to just post a chapter every Tuesday.
So very different. Not easy reading but good. :-)
07/09/2010 06:10 pm
Chapter Eleven
Another excellent chapter - I feel so sorry for all three of these characters - What a HUGE messup, not only Buffy but from Xander as well - surely he must know that Buffy does not love him the way he wants.
Like the treatment you are doing with Spike, his needing to prove to himself that he can be a warrior for good and a Champion on his own, his own terms. Nice the way you brought in their history with sex and love - Buffy seeing and feeling like it was a sexual only encounter and Spike still feeling more than only sex.
Like your dreamscape and eyes sequence.
Proud to see the banner is up -
Like the treatment you are doing with Spike, his needing to prove to himself that he can be a warrior for good and a Champion on his own, his own terms. Nice the way you brought in their history with sex and love - Buffy seeing and feeling like it was a sexual only encounter and Spike still feeling more than only sex.
Like your dreamscape and eyes sequence.
Proud to see the banner is up -
Thank you so much for your wonderful detailed feedback! I always enjoy reading your thoughts. :) I'm glad you liked Spike in that scene, and I'm really happy with the banner! It makes the page look so beautiful :D
Oh, Buffy. About time you decided what (or rather who) you want and went all out for him instead of playing them both. Bad Things are going to happen if either of them find out what you've been doing with the other.
Somebody is going to end up heartbroken whatever happens... but even though I'm dreading the next painful chapter I can't stop reading....
Somebody is going to end up heartbroken whatever happens... but even though I'm dreading the next painful chapter I can't stop reading....
Thank you! I'm glad you're enjoying my fic. :)
Time of Change
02/20/2010 07:38 pm
Chapter Eleven
Oh hell, this story is killing me. Everybody hurts so much. Even poor Renee, who is in love with Xander.
Thank you! Yep, everybody hurts here. I love the angst. :)
Pam S
02/20/2010 05:50 pm
Chapter Eleven
Buffy.. making wrong choices.. hurting herself and everyone else..
Sex is not a way to cure problems..
Enjoying.. but sad
Sex is not a way to cure problems..
Enjoying.. but sad
Thank you!
Pam S
02/16/2010 08:17 pm
Chapter Ten
Just a friend Buffy... but did you have to have sex to prove it ..
Leading him on ... a bit.. Shame. Poor Xander.. for a while I guess.
Enjoying..
Leading him on ... a bit.. Shame. Poor Xander.. for a while I guess.
Enjoying..
Poor Xander. :( This whole thing is a huge mess.
NICE - excellent exploration about the characters and how they are trying so hard to fix and fit together -
Personally, I think Xander should have moved on from Buffy a long time ago - While the role of Xander being Dobbin might work out, I don't really see how Buffy would really fall deeply and passionately in love with him. Xander deserves better than being the "I will make it work" - Buffy tried that with Riley and failed.
They thing is, that as long as people hold on to fantasy loves or long lost loves, love and times gone by they are missing who could be or what will appear in their "this time and world"
The more Buffy and Xander try to force this life of true and romantic love, they are doing nothing more than destroying what they really have, which is a great and awesome friendship. Something that may be even harder to find than romantic love.
Great ending - but please, don't give us a Xander-Buffy shower sex scene - nice use of the role playing.
Personally, I think Xander should have moved on from Buffy a long time ago - While the role of Xander being Dobbin might work out, I don't really see how Buffy would really fall deeply and passionately in love with him. Xander deserves better than being the "I will make it work" - Buffy tried that with Riley and failed.
They thing is, that as long as people hold on to fantasy loves or long lost loves, love and times gone by they are missing who could be or what will appear in their "this time and world"
The more Buffy and Xander try to force this life of true and romantic love, they are doing nothing more than destroying what they really have, which is a great and awesome friendship. Something that may be even harder to find than romantic love.
Great ending - but please, don't give us a Xander-Buffy shower sex scene - nice use of the role playing.
Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed the chapter.
Xander had moved on -S8 showed that on many occations, especially in #3 and #31. But I think having Buffy pregnant with his child made him consider the possibility of being with her, as you remember his first question was "Would you marry me?" Buffy rejected him. Then he was going for a romantic Easter, but feeling that Buffy wasn't into him, he invented a girl from the supermarket that he's interested in. When Buffy kissed him, he was thrown, he'd even questioned the situation, telling Buffy that they don't have feelings for each other.
Now that they had sex and became serious, it won't surprise me that his feelings for Buffy would come back rushing.
Forcing the romance is wrong and only leads to heartache. It's an ugly ride, but I've enjoyed writing it. I love the angst.
Hmmm Buffy/Xander shower sex scene, should I torture my Spuffy readers more? *evil laugh*
Xander had moved on -S8 showed that on many occations, especially in #3 and #31. But I think having Buffy pregnant with his child made him consider the possibility of being with her, as you remember his first question was "Would you marry me?" Buffy rejected him. Then he was going for a romantic Easter, but feeling that Buffy wasn't into him, he invented a girl from the supermarket that he's interested in. When Buffy kissed him, he was thrown, he'd even questioned the situation, telling Buffy that they don't have feelings for each other.
Now that they had sex and became serious, it won't surprise me that his feelings for Buffy would come back rushing.
Forcing the romance is wrong and only leads to heartache. It's an ugly ride, but I've enjoyed writing it. I love the angst.
Hmmm Buffy/Xander shower sex scene, should I torture my Spuffy readers more? *evil laugh*
Tamara
02/16/2010 03:20 pm
Chapter Ten
I've always thought Buffy sleeping with Xander would be much worse than Anya sleeping with Spike. For years Xander treated Anya badly while he went chasing off after Buffy and acting like a jealous boyfriend whenever Spike was around. And Buffy justified his behavior by treating Spike worse in front of him , for instance in the ep where the demon poisoned her.
I don't really see the worse. The main problem with Buffy sleeping with Xander here is that deep down she's not in love with him, and that'll hurt them both. Spike/Anya's sex was them seeking comfort from each other, nothing else, so it didn't hurt them much, and there's nothing wrong with it.
I love this story, but I can`t wait for it to turn spuffy. It will, right? Taking time to explore the xander thing gives perspective, but I think I might wait reading any more updates for a while, so that I can read it all in one. Then I am sure the xander part will be less frustrating reading about:) So please write a lot and update a lot, so I can go back to reading;) thank you!
Thank you. You know, I usually wait for the story to finish before I read it. I don't like waiting. :(
As for the Spuffy, don't worry, I wouldn't have posted this fic in this forum if it isn't Spuffy. ;)
As for the Spuffy, don't worry, I wouldn't have posted this fic in this forum if it isn't Spuffy. ;)
sin_amatic
02/14/2010 05:30 am
Chapter Nine
God I love Spike, but he needs to drop (this) Buffy to the curb. Still pulling the use abuse and dash mode. She suxs! Xander lips lips of Xander! Yuck!!!
Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for sharing!
I love the changes in Spike, too. :) And, nah, I'd like to have a taste of Xander's lips, I heard they're luscious. ;)
Unfortunately, real life, and this story more than anything to me is about the real world, is filled with sacrifice and loss on so many levels.
The aspect I loved the most about the show is the real life stuff, most of my fics tend to get real life-y. :)
How very sad and how very foolish these two acted in the past - there is nothing worst. IMO, then trying to play act at love or doing something because it is best for the children - The parents are terribly unhappy and it usually comes out with the children. Either that or the adult partners manage to remove themselves from a real life together - go through their marriage or partnership as shadows.
Buffy and Xander should be honest - try to live together if they want, but not try to pretend that they have a deep love for each other - not more than a great and deep love as friends. Triangle relationships - very complex- what I think happens is that one of the people involved has to live with the idea, true or not, that the other person no longer loves them and accepts that their love has passed on.
An interesting treatment you are doing with Spike - like your idea of this being Buffy POV -
Buffy and Xander should be honest - try to live together if they want, but not try to pretend that they have a deep love for each other - not more than a great and deep love as friends. Triangle relationships - very complex- what I think happens is that one of the people involved has to live with the idea, true or not, that the other person no longer loves them and accepts that their love has passed on.
An interesting treatment you are doing with Spike - like your idea of this being Buffy POV -
You can't force love. Not even for the sake of your children. Buffy was really stung and hurt by Spike's casuality, so she chose to be with the person she felt loved and safe with. It will not go smoothely, you'll see in the next chapter.
Buffy's POV is tricky. She sees what she sees, it doesn't have to be the truth.
Buffy's POV is tricky. She sees what she sees, it doesn't have to be the truth.
Pam S
02/10/2010 02:34 am
Chapter Nine
Buffy in denial.. and will hurt both Spike and Xander..
Girl needs to make up her mind.. and not use the child as a reason for her decision.
Enjoyed.
Girl needs to make up her mind.. and not use the child as a reason for her decision.
Enjoyed.
I agree. And thank you :)
Well written. Thx. :-)
07/09/2010 05:42 pm
Chapter Eight
Tamara
02/02/2010 08:40 pm
Chapter Eight
You don't know what you've got until it's gone , do ya Buffy?
LOL! :)
Pam S
02/02/2010 03:02 pm
Chapter Eight
Too bad.. got his motor running.. and she is lets use the cliche'.. running out of gas..
enjoying... although sadden by this turn of events..
enjoying... although sadden by this turn of events..
Thank you. :)
As much as Dawn's idea about love growing out of deep friendship - it sounds more like she is speaking of herself and her own appreciation of Xander. Great friendships turning into Love and Marriage feels more like love in the movies than real life.
Xander has done a very bad thing, IMO, with how he imposed his own wants and needs on Buffy. It is not only his child and if there were mutal agreements and understanding on what would happen once the child was born, it was imperative that they be carried out.
Xander has no more rights on how this child is going to be raised than Buffy does - and yet he is the one that is directing how they will live and what happens with Andrea.
Life can become a great big heartache for Buffy from all of this - this reminds me so much of how our mothers and grandmothers had to live their lives. Give up what brings joy and passion and a professional career in their personal lives to bring up children and a family.
Dawn: "Oh, no, I just needed to buy something so Xander wouldn't be suspicious. We decided that if we're going to give each other presents, it'll be cash." Dawn grabbed the diaper bag and began to put one on Andrea. "That way, we can buy whatever we actually want."
This is so missing the joy and connection of giving someone a gift - a gift, to me, should be made with love and the desire to bring a special moment and connection with a person - it's not about what you want, it's about what you give.
Xander has done a very bad thing, IMO, with how he imposed his own wants and needs on Buffy. It is not only his child and if there were mutal agreements and understanding on what would happen once the child was born, it was imperative that they be carried out.
Xander has no more rights on how this child is going to be raised than Buffy does - and yet he is the one that is directing how they will live and what happens with Andrea.
Life can become a great big heartache for Buffy from all of this - this reminds me so much of how our mothers and grandmothers had to live their lives. Give up what brings joy and passion and a professional career in their personal lives to bring up children and a family.
Dawn: "Oh, no, I just needed to buy something so Xander wouldn't be suspicious. We decided that if we're going to give each other presents, it'll be cash." Dawn grabbed the diaper bag and began to put one on Andrea. "That way, we can buy whatever we actually want."
This is so missing the joy and connection of giving someone a gift - a gift, to me, should be made with love and the desire to bring a special moment and connection with a person - it's not about what you want, it's about what you give.
I'm not sure that love blossoming between two friends is only read in novels or that it's necessarily doomed. However, as you said, it doesn't work all the time. Not when the parties involved aren't in love.
About Andrea, I think Buffy is glad that Xander is taking matters into his hands. Buffy got a lot of weight on her shoulders. Knowing that Andrea is taken care of makes it easier, it might be lazy, but understandable when someone is burdened with so many responsibilities.
And Dawn not asking for a meaningful gift? That's so terrible. Lol She's trying so hard to be cool college girl –more on Dawn and Kenny in the sequel.
fyreburned (Kara)
01/30/2010 04:24 am
Chapter Seven
LOVE this story! I'm behind on the comix by a few months , so am not sure how far besides pregnancy & Spike, that this has gone off canon (I think the last thing I remember was Buffy heading toward Xander, & finding him & Dawn kissing/&/or Nepal w/Oz). The angle of Buffy having grief-stricken sex with Xander is really keeping us (the Spuffy-readers, well me, anyway) on edge, worrying & wondering IF Buffy will settle for the normal life with Xander, or whether she'll find some way to make it work, including Spike, the Slayers & their training (hopefully without having to continue to hide out as fugitives),and her child, last-but-not-least..
Your Spike is rather refreshing, much more self confident without resorting to all cockiness & swagger; however, you seem to be writing him 'really close to the cuff', a Spike that is keeping things tightly to himself, much, much quieter & reserved (with the soul, even, on A:tS, S05, we didn't see him that way, really; although somewhere I recently saw it referred to in a comment, that that season made Spike out as the buffoon, the comic relief for A:tS S05, in quiet a derogatory manner.) Which makes his soul-having comment a bit strange, if keeping with this rendering of him as the quieter, more soulful sidekick to Angel, all helping the helpless. This seems much more in keeping with Spike's quietness of BtVS S07 (although there, he definitely seemed less confident, more reticent, apologetic, and unsure) than the fellow who did indeed help out, in AtS S05, but who did so brashly, loudly, and with his usual lack of adequate planning ahead.
In some ways, I LIKE your Spike. It's kinda like he finally grew some 'nads, and like he pretty much said, found his own mission (well, technically Angel's (and it's funny that Buffy is jealous of Angel, LOL!) but a mission or purpose that he CHOSE for himself). But in another way, it kinda feels like keeping his personality that closed off and tight is not developing the character or fleshing it out per se as much as it warrants and deserves. (And I'm not saying this at all to be mean, please understand! Just trying to be constructive in my critique--- refer to the first sentence of this post!) It does, also keep us (the readers)/me, on edge... again, wondering to what end can we expect or hope for things to come to: is he at a place where he'd leave Angel to be with Buffy? Would Buffy consider leaving the Slayers (and of course she's wanted & being in the states would pose a big risk) to return to L.A.? 'Cos I can see Xander choking and looking at custody lawyers before ever agreeing to or allowing Buffy to take the baby and go anywhere near "Deadboy Jr.", much less the original "Deadboy", and neither can I see him agreeing to move or go along with any plans Buffy might come up with along these lines!
I love Buffy's quandries of dealing with a normally (well, mostly) maturing Dawn, in the full swing of a mostly normal college-life that Buffy really never got to live herself! She literally sounds like her own mother!
And of course (who couldn't???) adored the meeting of Spike and Andrea. Ya just gotta love a story where Spike cuddles babies. Who could resist that? But that he wanted, especially requesting, to see Buffy's child showed that he cared. You've just got me so on edge wondering if he will do anything about his buried feelings for Buffy, or whether he will remove himself from the situation, following Angel's "example"
So, overall, really enjoying it, and anxious to read the next chappie!
~~Kara
[email]fyreburned@yahoo.com[/email]
Your Spike is rather refreshing, much more self confident without resorting to all cockiness & swagger; however, you seem to be writing him 'really close to the cuff', a Spike that is keeping things tightly to himself, much, much quieter & reserved (with the soul, even, on A:tS, S05, we didn't see him that way, really; although somewhere I recently saw it referred to in a comment, that that season made Spike out as the buffoon, the comic relief for A:tS S05, in quiet a derogatory manner.) Which makes his soul-having comment a bit strange, if keeping with this rendering of him as the quieter, more soulful sidekick to Angel, all helping the helpless. This seems much more in keeping with Spike's quietness of BtVS S07 (although there, he definitely seemed less confident, more reticent, apologetic, and unsure) than the fellow who did indeed help out, in AtS S05, but who did so brashly, loudly, and with his usual lack of adequate planning ahead.
In some ways, I LIKE your Spike. It's kinda like he finally grew some 'nads, and like he pretty much said, found his own mission (well, technically Angel's (and it's funny that Buffy is jealous of Angel, LOL!) but a mission or purpose that he CHOSE for himself). But in another way, it kinda feels like keeping his personality that closed off and tight is not developing the character or fleshing it out per se as much as it warrants and deserves. (And I'm not saying this at all to be mean, please understand! Just trying to be constructive in my critique--- refer to the first sentence of this post!) It does, also keep us (the readers)/me, on edge... again, wondering to what end can we expect or hope for things to come to: is he at a place where he'd leave Angel to be with Buffy? Would Buffy consider leaving the Slayers (and of course she's wanted & being in the states would pose a big risk) to return to L.A.? 'Cos I can see Xander choking and looking at custody lawyers before ever agreeing to or allowing Buffy to take the baby and go anywhere near "Deadboy Jr.", much less the original "Deadboy", and neither can I see him agreeing to move or go along with any plans Buffy might come up with along these lines!
I love Buffy's quandries of dealing with a normally (well, mostly) maturing Dawn, in the full swing of a mostly normal college-life that Buffy really never got to live herself! She literally sounds like her own mother!
And of course (who couldn't???) adored the meeting of Spike and Andrea. Ya just gotta love a story where Spike cuddles babies. Who could resist that? But that he wanted, especially requesting, to see Buffy's child showed that he cared. You've just got me so on edge wondering if he will do anything about his buried feelings for Buffy, or whether he will remove himself from the situation, following Angel's "example"
So, overall, really enjoying it, and anxious to read the next chappie!
~~Kara
[email]fyreburned@yahoo.com[/email]
Hi Kara! Thank you for the long, detailed feedback, my favorite kind! :) And I don’t mind the criticism when it doesn't come off as attacking, you said your thoughts in a lovely way, and I respect them. :)
The situation is scary and complicated, especially for the Spuffy fans, but, hey, this is a Spuffy site, so this story has to have a Spuffy ending. ;)
About Spike, there are a lot of factors for his attitude, he's been away for two years now, he'd experienced a lot while he was away. On my mind, as I'm writing this, I always have Spike: After the Fall in my head, that story is a turning point for Spike, changed him a great deal.
There will be a lot of pain, but keep in mind, this fic is strictly from Buffy's POV, what you read and see here is what Buffy thinks and sees, which doesn't say that they're accurate.
I think I am more excited to see how you are going to resolve everything than I am with the story itself. What a problem you have created for all of them.
I sure hope that more people are reading this story than the reviews indicate. This feels like some very new in the Spuffyverse. Well Done. And I promise to have that banner for you by the end of the week.
If there was ever a good story about not having "mourning sex" this is one of them -
I hope that Dawn does not push Buffy into doing something she does not want - Xander would not want to be the consolation prize.
I sure hope that more people are reading this story than the reviews indicate. This feels like some very new in the Spuffyverse. Well Done. And I promise to have that banner for you by the end of the week.
If there was ever a good story about not having "mourning sex" this is one of them -
I hope that Dawn does not push Buffy into doing something she does not want - Xander would not want to be the consolation prize.
Thank you :) There are more problems to come, and the sequel for this fic will deal more with Spike and Buffy's relationship as they're living in the same apartment with Xander and Andrea, it's gonna be so complicated.
You know, when I was writing this story, I knew the readers may not be a lot, because it's set in S8. A lot of fans don't read S8, and some don't want to accept it as canon, but I'm satisfied with the number of readers. I get more reviews in LJ.
You know, when I was writing this story, I knew the readers may not be a lot, because it's set in S8. A lot of fans don't read S8, and some don't want to accept it as canon, but I'm satisfied with the number of readers. I get more reviews in LJ.
Pam S
01/27/2010 01:40 pm
Chapter Seven
So Dawn wants Buffy to "be" with Xander..
And Spike.. trying to keep his distance.
And Buffy - Betwixed and Between
enjoying. waiting to see what happens with Buffy, Spike, and Xander..
And Spike.. trying to keep his distance.
And Buffy - Betwixed and Between
enjoying. waiting to see what happens with Buffy, Spike, and Xander..
Thank you! I'm glad you're enjoying my fic :)
:-)
07/09/2010 05:25 pm
Chapter Six
Great Updates - on all the chapters -
I am so looking forward to your new chapter - I feel really sorry for Buffy and for Spike - I should feel sorry for Xander too, but I have a feeling that Xander would be just as happy to live his life alone with Andrea -
I like how you are using Angel Season Five to bring continuity for Spike's time with Angel - I always hoped that Spike would have gone off on his own instead of becoming totally immersed with W&H. Of course than it would have taken away from the tight focus of the season.
I am so looking forward to your new chapter - I feel really sorry for Buffy and for Spike - I should feel sorry for Xander too, but I have a feeling that Xander would be just as happy to live his life alone with Andrea -
I like how you are using Angel Season Five to bring continuity for Spike's time with Angel - I always hoped that Spike would have gone off on his own instead of becoming totally immersed with W&H. Of course than it would have taken away from the tight focus of the season.
Thank you! Spike is a different vampire now, his experiences away from Buffy changed him a lot. It'll be a bit harder for them to connect now, which is why I find it so interesting to explore.
Pam S
01/23/2010 02:35 am
Chapter Six
At least they are together in some sense.. helping each other..
And I guess its shoot first.. ask later.
enjoyed.
Thank you. :)
Really love your story, but I wish for longer chapters:) Oh.. just curious.. have you mentioned why she is not breastfeeding? I thought six months or more was the norm, not less than five weeks? Something happened?
Thank you. Buffy's duties at the castle makes it harder for her to stay home with Andrea all the time, especially being a Slayer. There are other ways for working mothers to still keep breastfeeding their children, though. Buffy chose the easier way, which is quitting breasfeeding.
:-)
07/09/2010 05:09 pm
Chapter Five
Great to have waited to read all these new chapters at once - You are really doing a great job with this piece. Having this child between Xander and Buffy has somehow made this story jump right into not only The Buffyverse but The Real World. Having seen what my sisters lives were like having to work and raise their children at the same time - huge problems and for Buffy even "huger" problems.
I can't even begin to imagine where you are going to take all this -
Frayverse coming in, NICE!
I should have a banner for you very soon -
Thank you! I love having real life elements in my fics. The real life elements are what drawn me to the show, I used to think it was a silly slayer/monster story, but loved how there's a conflict between real life and supernatural world.
And thank you so much for making me a banner. Can't wait to see it.
And thank you so much for making me a banner. Can't wait to see it.
Tme of Change
01/22/2010 11:47 am
Chapter Five
Amazing. Stayed up late and got up early to read this.
Aww, thank you! Glad you're enjoying it, I just posted chapter Six. Hope you enjoy it as well. :)
well aren't dawn and buffy two peas in their own self absorbed pods.
I think they're not the only ones responsible for the distance between them and Giles and Spike. The men take some of the blame as well.
Nabi
01/19/2010 01:18 am
Chapter Four
"Spike FLEEING" !?
Hmmph, despite all the hubub about her "changing" and being a different person, Buffy the same self centered little b1tch that believes that Spike's entire world should revolve around HER.
And Buffy did NOT "Choose her friends over Spike" all she did was keep him around stating that he "could be a good man, and that they needed him as a fighter, never apologizing for anything she did to him and even outright belittling him when he wouldn't act like the "animal" (fighter) she wanted him to be.
If Buffy had truly ever chosen Spike over her friends, then she would have told them to back off because it was HER house and SHE WANTED him there, not the constant cop-outs she kept spouting to try to appease her frieneds while never admitting that Spike meant anything real to her.
Hmmph, despite all the hubub about her "changing" and being a different person, Buffy the same self centered little b1tch that believes that Spike's entire world should revolve around HER.
And Buffy did NOT "Choose her friends over Spike" all she did was keep him around stating that he "could be a good man, and that they needed him as a fighter, never apologizing for anything she did to him and even outright belittling him when he wouldn't act like the "animal" (fighter) she wanted him to be.
If Buffy had truly ever chosen Spike over her friends, then she would have told them to back off because it was HER house and SHE WANTED him there, not the constant cop-outs she kept spouting to try to appease her frieneds while never admitting that Spike meant anything real to her.
I think actions speak louder than words. Buffy kept Spike around regardless of Anya and Dawn's concerns. And she stood up for him to both Giles and Wood. Actually, her relationship with Giles got strained because Buffy chose Spike over him.
Tamara
01/15/2010 05:22 pm
Chapter Four
While Buffy may be able to argue that she chose Spike over her friends , she's gonna have a much harder time convincing him that she chose him over Angel. Especially considering that she kissed Angel after asking Spike if what he called the best night of his life had to mean anything . Add to that she told Angel she couldn't risk him and wouldn't let him wear the amulet on top of the things she did (and never apologized for) and he has very valid reasons to doubt her.
And Spike didn't flee, he died.
And Spike didn't flee, he died.
You're right. She'll have a hard time convincing Spike that she loves him.
About Spike fleeing, she was talking about him staying in LA instead of going to her. Choosing to stay away from her instead of with her.
About Spike fleeing, she was talking about him staying in LA instead of going to her. Choosing to stay away from her instead of with her.
Sunshine
01/13/2010 06:41 pm
Chapter Four
more more more!
I want three happy parents, soon.. but I also want to read this nice semiangsty, semisweet fic for a long time.. hmpf..
I want three happy parents, soon.. but I also want to read this nice semiangsty, semisweet fic for a long time.. hmpf..
Thank you so much! I'm so glad you're enjoying my fic. :)
Just found this fic and have mixed feelings on alot of it but I'm intrigued to keep reading. Hate to see Dawn no longer caring about Spike when he always took care of her when she needed him, and while I get that Spike had to do a bit of changing along the way its difficult to see him being so utterly cold toward Buffy.
Very well written and I like the premise of Xander and Buffys grief-sex/baby predicament though. And glad to see Buffy treating Dawn with a little respect. Most fics have Buffy bossing her around or talking down to her too much for my liking. So while some of the changes in this verse have me ancy, some are definitely of the good.
Very well written and I like the premise of Xander and Buffys grief-sex/baby predicament though. And glad to see Buffy treating Dawn with a little respect. Most fics have Buffy bossing her around or talking down to her too much for my liking. So while some of the changes in this verse have me ancy, some are definitely of the good.
I hope you enjoy the fic, even though you have mixed feelings about it. :) Thank you so much for your lovely feedback, I'm really happy that you're intrigued by it.
excellent update - and I say again, what an terrible situation Buffy and Xander have gotten themselves into. There are not going to be any good answers to their problems.
Xander is so wrong, IMO, to have made these decisions without her consent - he is basically forcing her to accept his changes or give up her child. He probably would have gotten Buffy to agree with his new life plans without having played his heavy hand.
Sad to see that Dawn has moved on from her former feelings for Spike - but that feels like real life.
It's nice to start seeing more stories that reference season eight coming into the FF community.
BTW - thanks for the quick update -
Xander is so wrong, IMO, to have made these decisions without her consent - he is basically forcing her to accept his changes or give up her child. He probably would have gotten Buffy to agree with his new life plans without having played his heavy hand.
Sad to see that Dawn has moved on from her former feelings for Spike - but that feels like real life.
It's nice to start seeing more stories that reference season eight coming into the FF community.
BTW - thanks for the quick update -
Thank you! I agree about Xander behaving wrongly, he should have talked with Buffy about it earlier. Deep down he is upset about Buffy choosing slayerhood over a normal life with them, which makes him act like a jerk. Sadly, it's a Xander thing.
It sucks about Dawn, too. I've always loved her friendship with Spike (I'm already writing a sequel to this story, but from Spike's POV, it'll be easier to deal about Dawn's feelings towards him when he's the center of the story.)
Welcome, I plan to update this story every week; usually it's either Thursday or Firday. :)
It sucks about Dawn, too. I've always loved her friendship with Spike (I'm already writing a sequel to this story, but from Spike's POV, it'll be easier to deal about Dawn's feelings towards him when he's the center of the story.)
Welcome, I plan to update this story every week; usually it's either Thursday or Firday. :)
I already reviewed this at LJ, but it's just so much fun and more reviews are never a bad thing, right? :D
"Did I mention whose party I'm invited to?"
"Did I mention that Spike is alive?"
I love that moment. :)
"Did I mention whose party I'm invited to?"
"Did I mention that Spike is alive?"
I love that moment. :)
Not bad at all, thanks! :) And I'm glad you enjoyed the comments.
Sunshine
01/08/2010 01:11 am
Chapter Three
update update update!!! Wow!
Hee, hopefully, next Thursday, or maybe Wednesday. :)
Cool. :-)
07/09/2010 04:43 pm
Chapter Two
OK, you really surprised me with that one! I did NOT see it coming that the vamp would be Spike. I look forward to the next chapter to find out what he is doing there and why he was attacking her.
As a person who absolutely refuses to read the season 8 comics, I'm not sure what in your story is your own version and what background I need to have from the comics to understand your story. But so far, so good in the understanding part!
On to chapter 3 to solve the mystery of Spike being there...
As a person who absolutely refuses to read the season 8 comics, I'm not sure what in your story is your own version and what background I need to have from the comics to understand your story. But so far, so good in the understanding part!
On to chapter 3 to solve the mystery of Spike being there...
Yay! I'm glad I surprised you! :D
My story is set during S8: the castle, Dawn in college and has a boyfriend named Kenny, Slayers like Leah, Satsu, and Rowena, Buffy and Xander's strong friendship.... all that is canon. All that is in the comics. However, my fic starts a year before S8 starts, and S8 will start during chapter 15 of my fic. I hope you won't get confused seeing as you haven't read the comics, but if you have any questions, I'll be happy to explain.
My story is set during S8: the castle, Dawn in college and has a boyfriend named Kenny, Slayers like Leah, Satsu, and Rowena, Buffy and Xander's strong friendship.... all that is canon. All that is in the comics. However, my fic starts a year before S8 starts, and S8 will start during chapter 15 of my fic. I hope you won't get confused seeing as you haven't read the comics, but if you have any questions, I'll be happy to explain.
what a predicament you have placed Buffy and Xander in -
I am so excited with your story - guess I just never even imagined these two having a baby together -
I am so excited with your story - guess I just never even imagined these two having a baby together -
Thank you, I'm excited that you're excited. The whole baby thing makes the situation more complicated for them all.
Akela
01/04/2010 06:53 am
Chapter Two
must have more please.
Hopefully this Friday!
Sunshine
01/04/2010 12:01 am
Chapter Two
yesyesyes!!
Thanks, thanks, thanks! :)
Okay, thank you, thank you, THANK YOU for a few things. Number One, Xander getting shot down by Buffy. There's this perverse part of me that kind of enjoys that, especially in a fic where she's having his baby. :D Number Two, not going through the whole, endless pregnancy with just Buffy and Xander- I hate having to wait weeks and weeks until Update No. 324 or whatever finally introduces Spike, and it was so great to know that he's already back. Oh, and that's Number Three. Spike! Already! *does her happy dance* Can't wait for more!
Oh, and just curious- if you're following canon, are you eventually pairing up Dawn and Xander? Unlike what sometimes seems like the rest of the fandom, I'm not completely averse to that pairing, and I'd love to see it somewhere. :D Though it IS great to be able to read something that takes the unbearable Season Eight and twists it into something properly Spuffy. :D
Oh, and just curious- if you're following canon, are you eventually pairing up Dawn and Xander? Unlike what sometimes seems like the rest of the fandom, I'm not completely averse to that pairing, and I'd love to see it somewhere. :D Though it IS great to be able to read something that takes the unbearable Season Eight and twists it into something properly Spuffy. :D
LOL! You're welcome, beware though, I'm not always THIS nice. :) Some awful stuff will happen later.
Re Xander/Dawn, you'll notice that I avoided the whole issue with Dawn cheating and getting punished by her boyfriend -I don't wanna deal with all of that in this fic. Buffy's sexual act with Xander had her freaking out and calling Dawn, who was about to head to the frat party where she'll meet Nick and sleep with him, she tells Buffy about her doubts and Buffy sets her straight. So, no cheating, no Giant!Dawn, and Dawn and Kenny are tighter than ever.
Re Xander/Dawn, you'll notice that I avoided the whole issue with Dawn cheating and getting punished by her boyfriend -I don't wanna deal with all of that in this fic. Buffy's sexual act with Xander had her freaking out and calling Dawn, who was about to head to the frat party where she'll meet Nick and sleep with him, she tells Buffy about her doubts and Buffy sets her straight. So, no cheating, no Giant!Dawn, and Dawn and Kenny are tighter than ever.
:-)
07/09/2010 04:33 pm
Chapter One
Hi! You started this story a long time ago, but I just got a chance to start it today. (Isn't it nice to know you have new readers springing up all the time?) Xander and Buffy? Is that something from the comics or did you make it up? (I don't read the comics.) Either way it is an interesting twist, and I'm curious to see how if all plays out.
Oh, I LOVE new readers! I hope you enjoy my fic. :)
Xander and Buffy? My fic is inspired by a dream Buffy had in the second issue. In the dream, Buffy wanted to have sex with Xander, she took his hand and pulled him to her room while he objected, "I think it's a bad idea, Buffy." Buffy kissed him and his head flew out of his body. Buffy's eyes went wide with fear, "I'm afraid of the dark," she exclaimed. "Buffy, you are the dark," Xander's head said from its place on the floor.
The point of the dream seems to be that Buffy does have feelings for Xander but is afraid of hurting him, that's why she doesn't tell him about her feelings until #31 when she loses her powers and becomes a normal girl, that's when she thinks she can't hurt him and make him leave like the others. But Xander rejects her, because he's already in love with Dawn.
Xander and Buffy? My fic is inspired by a dream Buffy had in the second issue. In the dream, Buffy wanted to have sex with Xander, she took his hand and pulled him to her room while he objected, "I think it's a bad idea, Buffy." Buffy kissed him and his head flew out of his body. Buffy's eyes went wide with fear, "I'm afraid of the dark," she exclaimed. "Buffy, you are the dark," Xander's head said from its place on the floor.
The point of the dream seems to be that Buffy does have feelings for Xander but is afraid of hurting him, that's why she doesn't tell him about her feelings until #31 when she loses her powers and becomes a normal girl, that's when she thinks she can't hurt him and make him leave like the others. But Xander rejects her, because he's already in love with Dawn.
04/10/2010 02:28 am
Chapter One
Nice chapter. I hope someone kills Amy.
I guess she wants to kill Willow or torture her or something. She was always so jelious.
I love your story. I haven't read the comics but I read the stuff on the interenet about them. I'm guessing that Willow was away for a while on some magical retreat and got all powerful, and can now fly. And is almost immortal.
I love the new spike aswell
I can uNderstand why Buffy can't really bond with her child, becuase she has a higher calling and always will have. When you're a mum your highest calling should be your child, but Buffy can't let that happen becuase of her slayer duties. So she's afraid if she gets too close to the baby she'll want to give everything up.
I can't wait to see what Willow has to say about Xander and Buffy having a baby together, as she doesn't know yet. oh you have to make her reaction classic. LOL
I guess she wants to kill Willow or torture her or something. She was always so jelious.
I love your story. I haven't read the comics but I read the stuff on the interenet about them. I'm guessing that Willow was away for a while on some magical retreat and got all powerful, and can now fly. And is almost immortal.
I love the new spike aswell
I can uNderstand why Buffy can't really bond with her child, becuase she has a higher calling and always will have. When you're a mum your highest calling should be your child, but Buffy can't let that happen becuase of her slayer duties. So she's afraid if she gets too close to the baby she'll want to give everything up.
I can't wait to see what Willow has to say about Xander and Buffy having a baby together, as she doesn't know yet. oh you have to make her reaction classic. LOL
Thank you!
charmedones193
02/08/2010 10:10 pm
Chapter One
Great Story.. :)
Thank you :)
What a great idea for a new era story - excellent start - this feels like it will be one terrific work -
I sure hope that you will be able to update regularly,
I sure hope that you will be able to update regularly,
Aw, I'm so happy to see you reading my fic. :) I've never read a Spuffy fic with this idea and setting it in S8 is making it more challenging and interesting.
The idea popped in my head since #2 when Buffy told Xander in her dream before leading him to her room to have sex, "I'll be gentle this time." All fans had predicted that Buffy and Xander already had sex before.
Buffy & Xander sleeping together for drunken 'comfort sex' is an icky but believable 'what if' situation, but I can't see Spike accepting it very easily. He's going to be hurt and angry... and can you honestly see Spike acting the 'daddy' to Xander's child? While Xander's still around? He's not Buffy's lapdog any more, in LA he proved he could live independently of Buffy and was (eventually) accepted as part of a team. He became 'his own man'. You're going to have to do something very special to bring this to a truly believable Spuffy conclusion...
Why would Spike act like the baby's father? The baby already has a father, Xander is the father.
It's a diffecult situation, but that's what makes it fun, right? And you're right, Spike has changed, which is the point of the story. Spike and Buffy aren't the same people they used to be.
I hope you stick around and enjoy the rest of the fic. :)
It's a diffecult situation, but that's what makes it fun, right? And you're right, Spike has changed, which is the point of the story. Spike and Buffy aren't the same people they used to be.
I hope you stick around and enjoy the rest of the fic. :)
I absolutely love this so far! I've always had a weakness for stories that start out with Spike or Buffy in some form of a relationship with Xander, and it ultimately becoming Spuffy (I hope :) ) and this seems really promising! I'm not usually a fan of babyfics, but this one's piqued my interest. Can't wait for more!
Thank you! Don't worry, this isn't your usual baby!fic, you'll see. :) Ooooh you like Xander/Spike? It's my favorite pairing, but don't worry this fic is going to end with Spuffy. Xander will have to find someone else *huggles him*
Thank you again for your lovely feedback!
Thank you again for your lovely feedback!
Pam S
12/28/2009 03:31 am
Chapter One
Don't keep up with the comic.. liked Xander year 1 - turned him into a whimp..
So he and Buffy had drunken comfort sex and now there is a babe.
Waiting for the appearance of Spike.. enjoyed.
So he and Buffy had drunken comfort sex and now there is a babe.
Waiting for the appearance of Spike.. enjoyed.
I'm glad you enjoyed. Sorry, this fic is set in S8, I'm following canon. But I hope you'll still be able to enjoy it. :)
Teri579
12/28/2009 02:58 am
Chapter One
Oh hell no, I'm so not reading a fic where Spike plays stepfather to XANDER'S child. This is a SPIKE & BUFFY archive!
Are you also planning on having Spike lived as a monk these past years and immediately jumping at the "privilege" to become Buffy's loyal lap dog once again?
How about never even caring that Buffy had played "who's the latest slut" with the Immortal and that Buffy's "finds" him only after she's been knocked up by the hippocritical ass that "fangless" has always hated.
It's one thing for Spike to re-enter into a relationship with an impregnated Buffy and help raise the child of a man who's out of the picture, but playing second fiddle to XANDER!? who will always be in the picture and always have "real father" rights for the child of the woman Spike loves. Do you hate Spike or something?
OK rant over...
Calming down now...
You wrote in your summary that Buffy will have to face the consquences of her actions, I've heard author claim that one before... I hope you understand that such a promise means more than: Spike yells and is angry for a couple paragraphs and then HE goes to Buffy, apologises for his 'outrageous' outburst and asks Buffy to forgive him since he was being the "bad guy" by not just forgiving and forgetting.
Are you also planning on having Spike lived as a monk these past years and immediately jumping at the "privilege" to become Buffy's loyal lap dog once again?
How about never even caring that Buffy had played "who's the latest slut" with the Immortal and that Buffy's "finds" him only after she's been knocked up by the hippocritical ass that "fangless" has always hated.
It's one thing for Spike to re-enter into a relationship with an impregnated Buffy and help raise the child of a man who's out of the picture, but playing second fiddle to XANDER!? who will always be in the picture and always have "real father" rights for the child of the woman Spike loves. Do you hate Spike or something?
OK rant over...
Calming down now...
You wrote in your summary that Buffy will have to face the consquences of her actions, I've heard author claim that one before... I hope you understand that such a promise means more than: Spike yells and is angry for a couple paragraphs and then HE goes to Buffy, apologises for his 'outrageous' outburst and asks Buffy to forgive him since he was being the "bad guy" by not just forgiving and forgetting.
LOL! First of all, Spike is one of my favorite characters, I love him to death. Secondly, Spike in this fic isn't the same Spike we know in Sunnydale. He'd gone through a lot and changed -which brings us to the title "Strangers". Both Buffy and Spike had changed since Sunnydale, both had gone through so many experiences that changed them. They're not the same people, and that doesn't necessarily mean a good thing for them. I hope you stick around and read the rest, hopefully I won't disappoint you.
Sunshine
12/27/2009 10:56 pm
Chapter One
I love this! It is so promising:) Please keep it up:)
Thank you!
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