Fumbling Towards Ecstasy by TalesofSpike
Chapter: Chapter 2.17

dzio
06/25/2010 11:10 pm
That Spike & Tara scene was unbelievably great and the "soul of a poet" line just about blew me away. :)  He really does, doesn't he?

01/30/2008 10:40 am
what a lovely spuffy world you have given them - I really love your Spike and Buffy.  Also, very much enjoy Wes and Tara - after all misery these characters lived with in the series, it feels great to have them finding some love and happiness -
Thank you, honey! I did my very best. It's funny but one of the people I met through the fandom who has since become a very good friend shocked me when she originally suggested I should put an angst warning on one of my fics. I was making goldfish faces and doing "B-but I don't write angst. I write happy fluffy Spuffy fic. There's just the odd obstacle/torturing ex-girlfriend/evil demon they have to overcome along the way... but it's all really happy and fluffy really."

I think my main motivation with writing BtVS and AtS has always been to give the characters the happy endings I thought they deserved. I'm glad it comes across that way.

Thanks again.

08/28/2007 05:57 pm
Oh so I see she is still going to have Willow in the wedding.
They have been friends for a very long time...

Thanks again!

09/03/2006 01:40 am
Wow! very insightful as to what makes Willow tick and why but you can't feel too sorry for her, there's only so much you can forgive becase of our upbringing. There's a point where we have to take responsibility for our actions. With Spike's correct assessment of her childhood,I will be cutting her a minuscule amount of slack. Thanks for the laugh I got from your "goolies". I haven't heard that word in decades. My mom's best friend was English, Cockney, and I found many new meanings to our American language. Most I have long forgotten until I hear them again. There is so much love in that house now, that is just radiates throught the pages. Wonderful chapter. Thanks.
A lot of what makes anyone the person they are is down to their parents, but as you say they have to take responsibility for their actions too.

If I'm thinking of the right chapter then the main point in this was to try to get Tara to stop blaming herself, when in reality, most of Willow's problems could be traced to her upbringing.

"My mom's best friend was English, Cockney, and I found many new meanings to our American language."

Or even the English language?

As for the house, that's exactly how I wanted it to be. It's so much what they all deserve, especially Tara and Spike.

Thanks, honey!

08/08/2006 03:33 am
ohhh very nice chapter = I enjoyed it very much!
Thank you, honey! I'm glad you liked it.

07/27/2006 05:17 am
i really enjoyed spike's talk with tara, his assessment of why willow turned out as she did was very perceptive and had the ring of truth to it....very good chapter :)
Thanks, honey!

I'm glad you thought that it felt right. I love my Spike and Tara moments though there aren't as many of them in the fic as I might like once The First gets to work properly.

vladt
07/24/2006 05:01 am
sweet read, thank you. maybe wes wasn't 100% correct. just maybe.
Thanks!

maybe wes wasn't 100% correct
Well, I have to admit that if I get called evil for something I've written, I'm normally a very happy bunny, but as far as everything else goes, I'd hope I'm okay... and most of the female cast here are pretty much the same. They have their moments, but in general they're okay people.

kim
07/21/2006 02:04 am
Awwwww, lots of warm fuzzies!

Love it, love it, love it.
Thanks, honey! It's definitely one of the less tense moments in the fic.

Lou
07/21/2006 12:13 am
I think Anya will be needing more than a leash!
Quite possibly, honey! Thank you!