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Business as usual by Lilachigh
Chapter: Chp 34 Changing Sides
01/25/2013 09:16 am
Hmmmm, y'know, ai just realized I am a Vamoire biggot, I see where ai should be sad, but nothin. Maybe it's because I didnt particularly like the parents.
IT
01/30/2009 01:24 am
It's me again. I just read your little bio and realised that you live in Kent. My grandparents were actually Scottish, but they lived in Strood, just outside Rochester, which is where I spent many summers. (My grandfather was wireless operator on the moors during WWII.) It's a lovely area, but I expect it has changed quite a bit in the last twenty years.
The last time I was there was for a very brief visit almost eight years ago, when my mum and I took my grandmother's ashes to be scattered with my grandfather's in the cemetary in Chatham. When we went to the glade where the ashes were to be spread, the sun suddenly came out, and a mist rose off the grass, hung around for a few minutes, then swirled and blew away! It was eerie, but in a good way. Anyway, should get back to work now.
P.S. Got interupted before I could hit 'send,' then things quietened down, so I looked up the safety campaign and found that Tufty has his own website! http://www.tuftyclub.org.uk/ Also found the Wombles and Basil Brush, but that's another story all together, isn't it?
The last time I was there was for a very brief visit almost eight years ago, when my mum and I took my grandmother's ashes to be scattered with my grandfather's in the cemetary in Chatham. When we went to the glade where the ashes were to be spread, the sun suddenly came out, and a mist rose off the grass, hung around for a few minutes, then swirled and blew away! It was eerie, but in a good way. Anyway, should get back to work now.
P.S. Got interupted before I could hit 'send,' then things quietened down, so I looked up the safety campaign and found that Tufty has his own website! http://www.tuftyclub.org.uk/ Also found the Wombles and Basil Brush, but that's another story all together, isn't it?
Just off to bed. Will reply fully tomorrow but hey, Great Uncle Bulgaria and Agnes clean up Sunnydale streets! Wombles in the graveyard! Yes. I can do this.
IT
01/30/2009 01:05 am
Well, you've certainly added a whole new dimension to the vampire community. My first thought at reading about the children was one of horror, from a mother's point of view; I can't imagine anything worse than having to look after two children stuck at a certain age for eternity!! lol Don't get me wrong, I love mine and all their stages, but I am so grateful that they are growing up and will eventually fly the coop. :)
I had to laugh when I read the "Stop, Look, Listen, Scent, Listen, Scent Again and if all clear and dark, you can go Outside." I spent many summers in the UK with my grandparents and remember the safety crossing campaingn (Stop, Look, Listen, Look Right, Look Left, Look Right again, if all's clear cross). It was actually very helpful for a Canadian kid who had to navigate the traffic that was driving on the wrong side of the road! I can still see the squirrel mascot in my head - I think I even had a button in my treasure box for years. Thanks for the walk down memory lane. :)
Thanks for the update. As always, looking forward to more.
I had to laugh when I read the "Stop, Look, Listen, Scent, Listen, Scent Again and if all clear and dark, you can go Outside." I spent many summers in the UK with my grandparents and remember the safety crossing campaingn (Stop, Look, Listen, Look Right, Look Left, Look Right again, if all's clear cross). It was actually very helpful for a Canadian kid who had to navigate the traffic that was driving on the wrong side of the road! I can still see the squirrel mascot in my head - I think I even had a button in my treasure box for years. Thanks for the walk down memory lane. :)
Thanks for the update. As always, looking forward to more.
Glad you are interested in my child vampire thread. Yes, I think they stay at the same age physically, but wonder if any part of them matures? It's quite an interesting line of thought. Yes, the Green Cross Code was incredibly popular over here. And Tufty the Squirrel!
Intrigued by your connections to Kent. I am just a little north of Rochester, almost on the Thames, Rochester being on the Medway, of course. Yes, lots more motorways, fast track railways and houses everywhere, but still some glorious countryside around.
Lots of snow today so good chance to write. Sadly, washing, ironing and RL chores seem to be getting in the way.
Intrigued by your connections to Kent. I am just a little north of Rochester, almost on the Thames, Rochester being on the Medway, of course. Yes, lots more motorways, fast track railways and houses everywhere, but still some glorious countryside around.
Lots of snow today so good chance to write. Sadly, washing, ironing and RL chores seem to be getting in the way.
01/28/2009 06:42 am
agnes' world is fascinating. even buffy might enjoy, if she was around. maybe not, just confuse her. very good read, thank you.
Same world, just two very different viewpoints!
polly
01/25/2009 08:09 pm
Another original and really interesting chapter. A completely different take on life in Sunnydale. I enjoyed this one a lot. Thanks
Thank you so much for your comments. Much appreciated. Hope to update again very soon, once I have another chapter of We Will Remember Them.... out of the way!
01/25/2009 03:12 am
Loved it! poor Agnes babysitting for the brats and now caught between Spike and the demon world. Very interesting.
So pleased you liked the chapter. Yes, I've found it interesting, too, the problems loyalty can cause between friends.
01/23/2009 05:28 am
What a fascinating look at the other side of Buffy's slayage. I liked how you fleshed out the Patterson family, (your original characters continue to be quite an interesting lot. :) ) it makes the loss of Mike so much more personal and sad. :( Great chapter as always!
Thank you so much. I always await your comments with fingers crossed! The view from the demon side of the fence is quite interesting. I have always refused to believe that Spike/Dru and Angel/Darla were the only vampire couples and so families that were killed together are a possibility. Poor Mike. He thought he knew everything, but obviously not enough about Slayers - even robot ones!
kim
01/23/2009 02:37 am
Oh, dear.....the Bot is quite the trouble maker, from this side of the fence. :(
Yes - I'm reminded of that old saying "Don't judge a man till you walk in his shoes!"
01/22/2009 10:27 pm
Splendid job! I have often pondered about seeing the whole of the show from the demon's standpoint especially after S7 and Anya's comment about the demon community. Angel showed some of that concept but that whole murky part about the mission kept them from doing it (I think that is why). Nothing wrong with Slayers killing demons in the process of murder and mayhem but to just do so based on the fact of demonhood gets dicey.
Lovely view of this issue. It also serves to put into relief the dilema that Spike faced with a foot in both worlds, the things he likely did have to deal with when he changed sides for Buffy. (and Anya when forced to the human community).
Glad he was able to save Aggie and the kids but this is bound to cause trouble. This information that the Slayer is dead will be part of those rumors that send the biker demons to town no doubt.
Excellent!!
Kathleen
Lovely view of this issue. It also serves to put into relief the dilema that Spike faced with a foot in both worlds, the things he likely did have to deal with when he changed sides for Buffy. (and Anya when forced to the human community).
Glad he was able to save Aggie and the kids but this is bound to cause trouble. This information that the Slayer is dead will be part of those rumors that send the biker demons to town no doubt.
Excellent!!
Kathleen
So glad you approve of my take on the demon world. I've always believed there had to be a thriving vampire community in Sunnydale, otherwise where do all the vampires Buffy stakes come from? They have had to be turned by other vampires, don't they?
The dilemma that Spike faces is obviously going to grow over the next few months. Agnes, of course, has no such ties to the human world - except for Dawn and Andrew. Things are going to get tricky.
The more I write Agnes, the more complicated she actually becomes, which is strange seeing as how she started out so clearly in my mind. But morally, of course, she doesn't feed on humans herself, but realises they are food source to most of her vampire friends. Puzzling.
The dilemma that Spike faces is obviously going to grow over the next few months. Agnes, of course, has no such ties to the human world - except for Dawn and Andrew. Things are going to get tricky.
The more I write Agnes, the more complicated she actually becomes, which is strange seeing as how she started out so clearly in my mind. But morally, of course, she doesn't feed on humans herself, but realises they are food source to most of her vampire friends. Puzzling.
All4Spike
01/22/2009 10:05 pm
It's so weird seeing the world of the Slayer from the other side.
I think it is a very interesting side to explore. I've always felt that there must be a much bigger vampire world in Sunnydale than they tell us about. After all, when you think about it, all those vampires that Buffy stakes have to be turned by another vampire. So as they keep coming, there must be vampires living there who hven't been staked! If you see what I mean. Otherwise, where do the vampires she stakes come from?
Poor Spike - a foot in each camp - and poor Agnes because look what's coming round the corner any minute now!
Poor Spike - a foot in each camp - and poor Agnes because look what's coming round the corner any minute now!
01/22/2009 06:11 pm
I loved this new chapter - having your different "eyes point of view" makes for a very good change from the more traditional Buffy Fan Fiction works - It is a real Buffyverse Pleasure -
I like how your are giving some "love and heart" to your demon community - the Slayer/Buffybot is such a perfect metaphor for the "auto killer mode-all demons bad" that the series Slayer oftentimes suffered from.
I like how your are giving some "love and heart" to your demon community - the Slayer/Buffybot is such a perfect metaphor for the "auto killer mode-all demons bad" that the series Slayer oftentimes suffered from.
So pleased to learn you enjoyed this chapter. it is interesting exploring the other side of the coin in the Sunnydale human/vampire/demon situation. What is right for one is so wrong for the other. Hope you caught my message re the banner.
01/22/2009 05:22 pm
My sympathy for the vamp community grows with each chapter, Aggie is such a gem and now the Bot has destroyed a family. Scoobies will never look the same!
As you know, I've always thought there was a big demon/vampire community in Sunnydale. Glad you like my interpretation of it.
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