Law of Diminishing Returns by pfeifferpack

02/01/2012 01:14 pm
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That was Buffy's biggest mistake, thinking she had time to sort it all out later. Exactly the wrong thing, that is when you make the time to figure it all out, because there might not be a later. Why she never took the time to explain to Spike what he saw once she found out he saw her and Angel together is beyond me. She had to know what he thought, that he was back to being convenient, a replacement, someone easily discarded. She couldn't risk Angel, but that meant (at least to Spike and me) that it was perfectly fine to risk Spike. That he didn't mean as much to her as Angel did. That she needed to keep Angel safe and alive but Spike was expendable. I think that's what hurt the most and seeing her in Rome later on with the Immortal just confirmed it to him. If she had really loved him would she have been over it so fast, over it enough to be with someone else so soon after? Especially with someone who was what she always threw in Spike's face. A soulless monster? It reinforced his opinion of himself. That it had very little to do with him personally she just would never care about him soul or no soul.

02/01/2009 11:44 pm
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It was fitting that he face what might be his last battle in the company of slayers. He had been defined by them, after all, having built his reputation on killing them only to lose his heart to the greatest of them all.  <---That line might just be the best thing I've ever read.

Fantastic work, Kathleen.
And that is without question the best review I've had *holds comment to chest and kisses it*!  Thank you.  I actually do try to choose my words carefully when writing and to have them work (especially when read by such a fine writer as  you) pleases me to no end!

k

Debris4spike
11/23/2008 03:52 pm
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Oh Kathleen - that was so poignat ... but also so probable.

Loved it.
Thank you dear...yup I think it was too much in character and would certainly explain why he was unsure!

Kathleen

goddess_hecate
11/14/2008 05:52 pm
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Poor Spike, my heart aches for him.  Silly Buffy should know better than to count on later.  Still so fitting of both of their characters.  Loved that Spike and Giles had that last quote together.
Thank you.  This made sense to me as a reason he might have hesitated to return to her after he popped out of the amulet.  Too many questions and reason to fear the answers.  Thank you!   k

11/14/2008 04:46 pm
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Wasted opportunities are tragic.  This made me very sad.
I agree.  I think Buffy often regretted not saying how she felt sooner.  I was going for angst so having made you sad means it worked.  Thank you!
 K

11/14/2008 08:37 am
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forgot to add on my review - Great Ending with Spike and Giles
Thanks!  I was intending an echo of their classics quote as they went into battle in The Gift.  It seemed like what they might do.

Kathleen

11/14/2008 08:36 am
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Kathleen -

Congratulations on your new piece - I LOVED IT! 

Such deeply felt emotions and excellent summation of the heartbreak that was Spike/William totally consumed by his capacity to love this Slayer.  As I was reading, I felt such disappointment, anger, sadness, and ultimately such a sense of great loss for Spike and Buffy as well.  My little Spuffy Heart just broke for Spike - and as much as I felt anger for Buffy's stubborn denial his efforts to go beyond only his vampiric life, your story really makes us feel so much sorrow for her too.  

A splendid short story - thank you so very much for this. 

Thank you!  I have great sympathy for both of these characters (I love Buffy and understand her flaws that always hurt her as much as anyone else).  Spike had read her actions in S6 and believed she did love him (I think he was right BTW) but ignored her words that said she did not.  It led to tragedy and hurt.  After he got his soul he ignored what her actions were clearly saying (In S7 she practically screamed her love in every touch and look) and only paid attention to the words that never came.....until the very last.  No wonder he came back unsure if he should go to her or if she meant the words.

Thank you again,
Kathleen

11/14/2008 06:56 am
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That was a good story.  Just thought I'd let you know. :)
Thank you.  Glad you enjoyed it.  I haven't written for a while and started with these one shots.  k

Kristen
11/14/2008 04:35 am
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Oh, wow, this is beautiful! I really didnt want it to end! I think this really sums up Spike's feelings perfectly, everyone always says that he was just too scared to go back to Buffy but I like your idea better, that he has just been hurt way too much to believe Buffy loves him.

Thank you.  Yes....in S6 Spike took Buffy's actions to heart and believed them over her words and it led to tragedy.  After the soul he listened to her words and ignored what her actions told him.  She waited too long to tell him so he had no certainty.  Thanks again.  K

11/14/2008 02:54 am
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Okay, this just broke my heart! Did you put this one on LJ? I didn't see it when I read the others.  Unbelievably real and sad, Kathleen.  Nicely done.
YAY.....I was aiming for angst.  Yup it's on the lj too.  I wanted to explore how Spike might come to his decision that she didn't mean the words and the doubt that kept him from going to her later.  I think Buffy might have had sex with him that last night but clearly she didn't make him think it meant more than sex.  Thanks hon.   Kathleen

All4Spike
11/14/2008 01:50 am
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Oh, that was so sad. As always the errors of communication and personal insecurities of the pair of them causing it all to go wrong.
Thank you.  Yes I wanted to explore reasons for Spike to doubt her words enough to stay away when he came back.  He had stopped believing what he saw from her and her words were too little too late (and at the wrong time to not be just throwing a bone to a dying man).

Kathleen