Prologue to life / I know you. by slaymesoftly
Chapter: Chapters18 -21

Basia
03/01/2013 12:28 am
I love your writing, I think you are extremely talented in creating gripping plots, in-character dialogues and invoking emotions.
I'm re-reading this, and this time, doing it much slower and more carefully, I saw some typos - for example, shouldn't this:
'He let his face slid back into it’s human features'
look this way:
'He let his face slide back into its human features'?

Although (not being native-English speaker) I have problem understanding this one:
'When she thought about how she had treated Spike in her time, based, she had to admit, in large part because she worried about Xander’s reaction much more than anyone else’s(...)'
I don't quite get what 'based' means here - is it that how she treated Spike was based on her worries?

This is a very old fic and was not beta'd, so I'm sure there are a lot of typos. I'm thinking about reposting it (or just editing it in large chunks) in its newer, more polished form, but it will be a very tedious process and I'm having a hard time talking myself into it. lO  Thanks for telling me about that one. I'll check the version on my hard drive to make sure that's one of those I've corrected.  

 Yes, that line means much of her reason for treating Spike so badly was because she was worried about Xandr's reaction.

Thank you so much for your kind words. If you're rereading, now I really feel like I should post the cleaner version. :)

03/06/2011 10:28 pm
Oooh,  I will have to watch to see if Rosa showed or shows up in any other fi by you.  Interesting. And Angel...very bad thing to do. 
Hee! I doubt she will - but you never know. It's an ongoing series...

02/19/2007 11:23 am
It's hard for me to read when Spike's with anyone else besides Buffy. Just happy that he's come back. Loved it that Buffy punched Angel like that. Now to find Spike. Excellent chapters thanks for sharing.
Well, Spike was with someone else for many, many years. It's kind of hard to avoid that if you're writing early seasons.Thanks for reading.

10/12/2006 08:50 am
OMG, I'm so pissed at Angel. I can't believe he did that, no wait, I can believe he did that. Man catch Spike Buffy!!!
Angel's an ass -but he'll be sorry.

vladt
10/12/2006 12:08 am
very, very good read. thank you. could never stand angel, angelus was the better part of that personality.
Thanks - glad you like my vision of Angel

10/10/2006 06:46 pm
Ch 21 - Can we dusy angel lol do they really need him that badly in LA? What a complete wanker!
LOL

10/10/2006 06:43 pm
Chapter 20- excellant story i really loved this - excellant excellant
thank you, thank you. :)

10/10/2006 06:38 pm
CH 19- Poor Spike - insane Dru and now Joyce has to know she is going to die - but at least Buffy is adjusting to her new life!
slowly, but surely...

10/10/2006 06:35 pm
Ch 18 - EWxcellant I love the way Buffy and Xander talked and her use of strenghth. Excellant chapter!
think she made her point? lol

10/08/2006 03:27 am
I love this story! Well, actually I luv any story were Buffy doesn't give it up to tall dark and forehead and to the wonderfullness that is Spike. Great job responding to the challenge by the way, I hope you write a continuation.
Thanks - I'm glad you liked it.

Jags
09/22/2006 10:48 pm
oh that was just bloody wonderful! Keep up the good work!
Thanks. Glad you liked it.

All4Spike
09/22/2006 09:16 pm
Love it love it love it.
I seem to be going through all your fics trying to come up with new superlatives... I'm going to have to get the thesaurus out soon...
PLEASE try to think up a sequel... it's just begging for it.
LOL - yes, it could use one. Someday, maybe. Thanks for commenting.

09/20/2006 03:01 pm
25 -- an excellent ending, pet...beautifully done...makes sense, too...because it would have taken a while for the other spike to get past his dru-issues, without the chip, and the events of season five, and everything that eventually drove him to buffy in the canon timeline...great fic, pet, loved it :)
Thanks - glad you did. And thanks for the steady reviews. :)

09/20/2006 02:56 pm
24 -- i still feel a bit uncomfortable with this all of a sudden, though i'm still reading on to see what happens :P...because he's still lying to himself and believing that he doesn't really care about her...*sigh*...of course, it's exactly what she deserves :)
Hopefully, the ending will make you less uncomfortable.

09/20/2006 02:49 pm
23 -- well get to your house and hustle mom off to bed...and then maybe she can show him *hehe*
Hee!

08/18/2006 06:10 am
I LOVE THIS STORY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DO U THINK U'LL CONTINUE IT!!!!!!!! I WILL IF YOU WANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOVED IT!!!!!!!!!!!! ESP THE END!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
:) Thanks. I'm glad you liked it. I'm in the process of cleaning it up a bit and who knows? Maybe I'll be inspired to tie up some of those loose ends...

Stephanie
08/08/2006 12:21 am
Please can we have more? I really enjoyed this story but I want to know what happens. What does Spike do when he sees Joyce? Will Dawn get to visit? What else changes? I want to know. Please may we have more?
I know this fic leaves some important stuff dangling - I just was tired of it by the time I got here and it seemed a good place to end it. Someday I may do an epilogue to address some of the loose ends, but I have no plans for it anytime soon.

04/19/2006 02:02 am
My goodness, how wonderful. Very well written. You got me hooked from the start, nice seg-ways, great explanations, and a great feel for all involved. I even disliked Angel more than Angelus, and thats hard to do! Great read all around.
thank you - I'm so glad you liked it. thanks for reviewing.

02/15/2006 07:40 pm
LOL, I still would love a nice long epilouge to this story.
Nah -I'm all about the getting them together - then I'm bored.

01/16/2006 11:53 pm
Thoroughly enjoyed this, hun! ^_^
thanks!

jackson@rochester.rr.com
11/06/2005 04:51 pm
no other words to describe but amazing.....please....please write more......
Thank you. I'm so glad you liked it.

10/20/2005 04:43 am
This is a fantastic story. I love that 'her spike' got to be with her in the end. Wished there had been more followup with Dawn and those from her dimension though. It felt like that was just a lose end at the end. Although I am kindof glad that Willow had to lose buffy...She'll never learn about that magic and manipulating people to "help them." I read the whole thing in one sitting...fabulous!
Thanks, Zoe. I will probably pick this back up at some point and touch on everybody she left behind, but my only goal for the story was to get them back together, so that's where I stopped.