Time after Time by BuffyMeetsSpike
Chapter: The Long Goodbye

07/20/2013 04:35 pm
Buffy did so well not to lose her temper with Giles.  Even though he meant well, it came across as he's the know-all and Buffy has the mind of a child.  I can't believe she's made a clean escape but fingers crossed!
We shall see!

spoikesbytch
07/20/2013 04:20 am

Dang!  This story is great but I am so anxious for Buffy to get back to Spike.  Can't wait to see how this turns out.

I am so glad you like it. Next chapter is up, so read on!

07/20/2013 12:52 am
Love this descriptions of all the necessary preparations and saying good bye to all in her own way.   Also it appears Spike might have been right about other slayer's stilted lives leading them to a monster's one good day.  Our Buffy has led a different existence and she wants to back...that spark that only Spike can give her.  
All the weirdness in Buffy's life is what made her the best Slayer. That's what I liked about it!

07/19/2013 11:47 pm
Textthis was an excellent chapter. But need action soon. But will spike be spike or will he be
William? Please let it be spike and he is a vamp. Just hoping.
Well, it's complicated. Read on, MacDuff. 

07/19/2013 11:26 pm
Can't wait, can't wait.
Just posted the next installment!

07/19/2013 04:38 pm
A sweet goodbye, leaving everyone with positive memories of her. Now I'm wondering, if the Oracles grant her wish and send her to be with Spike, is 'their' Buffy going to return? If so, what on earth will she make of the changes? Just wondering whether it's an alternate reality, or a different dimension?
Can't wait for the next instalment...
Thanks so much. Installment posted!

07/19/2013 04:33 pm
I meant easily pawned items! Stupid keyboard.
LOL!

07/19/2013 04:31 pm
There really is no way for her to win with them is there? Either she isn't happy enough or she is too happy. Not content enough or too content.

Is Giles qualified? I don't think he is qualified to make judgment calls about her mental health either. Buffy is right they want her needy it give them all a point to their lives. They get to take care of the person who saves the world. They get to wrap her in bubble wrap and pat themselves on the back for a good job done. To bad she is suffocating inside. Riley and Giles are up to something. Thank god she got away before they could do anything! Smart thinking though taking some eerily to pawn if needed. Although she doesn't know when or where the Oracles might send her. At least she's as prepared as she can be.
She's prepared, and now the next chapter is up, so we can see what the Oracles do.

07/19/2013 04:13 pm
    I was thinking it the whole time I read, and it was going to be the first line of my review.  However you said it with the last line, Buffy was saying goodbye this whole chapter and it was really lovely.

 “You are not a qualified doctor. You cannot know if your anxiety and depression are cured, or if you are risking a worse breakdown later.”
 
That line and situation for me encapsulated the frustration of being Buffy in this reality.  It was a maddening, but really well executed plot line of your story.

  
  Couple of scenarios running through my head now are, Buffy goes back but makes a mistake and thinks or says Spike and not William so she has to deal with freshly mqde Spike.  The second is Buffy finding William, a slightly rocky begining, but ending with a sweet epilogue/summary concerning a happy life together.

  (I have no idea why my words changed sizes.  I read on a tablet and every time I type anything in the chat box the screen resets to the top, this means I am always typing my reviews blind so I don't really want to fiddle around and figure it out.  Just in case you wondered why.)
Well, the end will be coming soon - just a few more chapters. (And it is wierd about the huge font...)