Something to Sing About by Lilachigh
Chapter: Chp 22 Reality Check

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05/30/2010 05:15 pm
 

01/16/2009 12:37 am
Gruelling chapter for Buffy, still can't speak her mind.  I'm mixed up which world they're in now.  I think I'll have to start again.
 Oh dear, I do hope it isn't too confusing.  That's the problem with alternate reality stories!  At the moment they are in the Alt.Sunnydale and can't get back because the portal has collapsed.  In this world, of course, they are married, and that is why Spike is talking about divorce.  Once they go back, they used to forget the other world but when Buffy took the Alt.Faith back when she was carrying Gracie, she seems to have destroyed that particular part of the magic, which could be interersting in the future.  Not too many chapters left!

05/01/2008 08:28 pm
they talk at each other. neither willing to communicate . very well done. thanks for the fine read.
 Yes, that is exactly what they are doing!  But I feel it is quite valid at this point in time for both of them, seeing what they have experienced recently.  Pride - it's a very difficult thing to write about without it sounding like sheer pig headedness!

05/01/2008 05:36 pm
They might as well be on different planets for all the communication going on!  Sad.
 Absolutely!  Pride is a very dangerous thing to cherish and they both do!   

04/29/2008 06:45 pm
Damn is she an idiot.....hurting and punishing him for HER stupidity!  Even if she had been right and he'd taken up with Faith ...what? He's not worth fighting for?  Not worth explaining why she didn't come back for him?  Poor Spike and even poor Faith to be condemned for no reason except that SHE had actually helped Spike survive.  I really want to let loose on Buffy.  She clearly lost her mind in the dimensional portal.

Kathleen 
 Hmm, lots of readers seem to agree with you about Buffy in this story, and particularly this chapter.  Well, let's face it, at this time in her life, she wasn't brilliant at communication. She was all about the doing rather than the thinking.  And, more importantly,  in this story Buffy is also consumed with guilt. She knows she should have come back to find out if Spike was dead or not and, like so many of us, when guilty, she blames the object of the guilt for making her feel bad.

I also feel that if Spike had been feeding off someone else - Willow, Tara, even Xander! - she would have spoken up. But it is Faith.  OK, not the original Faith, but the one who was Chosen to have the Key baby and has also managed to give up said child and go back to Slaying.  Buffy also seemed incredibly jealous of the first Faith.  I think this one rouses similar emotions in her.

Add raging hormones and you have the  emotional mess she is in at present!

04/29/2008 02:23 am
Heartbreaking chapter!
 Well, that was what I was aiming for!  Thank you!

04/28/2008 10:29 pm
She is such a prideful wretch, cutting off her nose to spite her face. Not that Spike is a whole lot better, but at least he has their prior history as cause. I like "successful Joyce." Let's see what happens when she decides to stir things up.
 Let's face it, these two, at this time in the series, could start an argument sitting ten yards apart in an empty room!   And yes, I am so enjoying writing "successful Joyce".  The woman she could and should have been. Somehow, to me, it makes a little more sense of Buffy's character to have a forceful mother.

Francine
04/28/2008 09:35 pm
OMG, an update. Yay! I am so happy to see you continue the story. i desperately want to smack stupid!Buffy and stupid!Spike for being so...stupid. They are making me so sad. Please update again soon.
 You can't be as happy as I am to post it!   Yes, I know they are both being stupid, but the one thing Buffy has always had too much of is pride and Spike, for all his desire to be of use, has a very thin skin when it comes to his beloved Slayer.   And I suppose, to be fair to Buffy, she does have raging hormones kicking in as well!