Awakenings by dreamweaver

Niori
06/12/2009 08:03 am
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Now this would have been a perfect season six.
I always wondered why the heck Buffy came back numb most of the time, not angry. And then when she finally let out the anger, it was on one of the two people who didn't pull her out of heaven.
You also kept the whole Buffy using Spike to feel thing, but did it in a less nasty way. She was still using him, but not being nasty about it. It still hurt him emotionally, but she didn't beat on him and wasn't overtly cruel. Then there was a happy ending that made everything great. lol
And go Anya! She got her stones back, for lack of a better term. It's kind of funny that she had to lose her all important soul to become a stronger, more self assured person. It just shows that their fixation about souls is completely off base. It seems to me that a soul controls remorse and concience, not feelings. You can be a perfectly good 'person' without a soul, which gets proven over and over and over. Not only with Spike, but with the other good demons in the show (Clem, Lorne, etc).
I like what you brought up with Willow; I never really saw magic as her addiction, but power. Magic gave her that power, but it was her desire to control everything that really sent her over the edge. You expressed that well here, along with the caring, kind characteristics of Tara that were sometimes glossed over in the show (a lot of the time they only used her in regards to Willow, not her own character.
And the idea you had with the consequences makes a lot of sense. One of the whole ideas of Wicca and white magic is that everything you do comes back on you threefolds (karma). The spell needed to take a life for it to work, which means a life should have been owed. Since it was Willow who took the life, it stood to reason that she should have to pay the price...and usually that price isn't their own death, but something that they love the most.
And Spikelus- Epic Win
Wow, that was one long review. To sum it all up...awesome story!
Love long reviews! :D  It didn't make sense to me that Buffy should be numb instead of angry and I hated her taking it out on Spike who was innocent, instead of the truly guilty ones, the Scoobies.  Canon consistently refused to let Buffy think.  Sometimes I wanted to hit her over the head with a two by four, she was made to be so bigoted and dumb!
That soul thing!  It always gets me so mad, which is why I write about it so much.  Spike, Anya, Clem, Lorne all act better, care and suffer so much more than any of the souled characters who so often act meanly or nastily, even causing deaths like Xander in OMWF, but are never ever called on it.  It's not whether you have a soul that counts, but how you act - with or without one.
I agree about Willow - power was her addiction, not magic.  Magic isn't some kind of drug, like the show suggested. It's a tool like any other which Tara uses responsibly, but Willow doesn't.  And I was aware of the karma concept in white magic.  Willow bought Buffy's life with another life - a fawn's.  Not nearly enough and, besides, it came trusting her.  That shot horrified me.  It was so wrong.  I don't think the show's writers even thought of Tara's death as a payback.  They meant it as a reason for Willow to go to the dark side.  But that was how it seemed to me - a consequence to the resurrection spell, the debt that Willow owed.
I couldn't resist that 'Spikelus' line!  It just suited.  :D  I'm so glad you enjoyed the story!  Thank you!

11/18/2008 07:24 pm
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That was sooo good, love your stories. Btw, as the dork i am i laughed for 4 minutes because of the "Spikelus" line someone made...
I'm so glad you like my stories!  Thank you!  I couldn't resist that 'Spikelus' line.:D  Thank you for enjoying it!

Cate
06/30/2008 02:36 pm
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Awww. That was so bloody cute! I loved it. Your a really talented writer... especially in the smutty scenes!! :P
I'm so glad you liked it!  Thank you!  Those smutty scenes are the most fun to write! :D

LOOney
06/10/2008 02:59 am
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that story was FANTASTIC!!  I absolutely LOVED it!!
Thank you!  I'm so glad you enjoyed it!  Writing Spuffy is so much fun and it's lovely when people like it!

Pam S
06/09/2008 01:31 pm
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 Loved it .. made me cry..
Oh, thank you!  I'm so glad you enjoyed it!

06/09/2008 11:35 am
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Just read this i one go - and it was absolutely stunningly amazing! Every word, every chapter was perfect. Everyone got their just desserts. Look forward to whatever you bring next.
Wow!  Thank you so much!  I'm working on the next.

06/09/2008 07:25 am
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loved the end of of this fun tale. thank you.
Thank you!  I'm delighted that you liked it!

06/08/2008 01:17 am
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I loved it!  Especially the way Buffy finally got mad at the others' constant interference in her life and told them off.  Well done!  (Too ba they did not do that in the show.)
I really wished she had told them off!   That's why I wrote it here.  I'm so glad that  you liked it!  Thank you!

jane
06/07/2008 12:24 pm
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Excellent chapter absolutely loved it. Gonna miss this fic.
Thank you!  I'm writing more.

Ciandra
06/07/2008 06:36 am
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I love this tory, The end was so good and spike and buffy are so cute together!
Thank you so much!  I think they really do belong together.  I'm so glad you liked it!

06/07/2008 03:02 am
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Great story!! Thank you for all your hard work.
It isn't work.  It's pure fun!  Thank you for liking it!

Shelby
06/07/2008 02:39 am
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i love this story. i got some pretty bad news when i was like halfway through reading it but it just made me wanna read it more an forget an it helped me do that, so thanks. awsome job =D
xoxo
I'm so glad it could do so!  Thank you so much for liking my story!  And I hope things go better.

06/07/2008 12:50 am
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Star turn by Anya, her comment about Xander having it easy was so true!  I'd never thought of that before.  The git got off lightly.  And Willow needs to stay gone a very long time.   It was all very delicious.  True love for Spike and Buffy  - her realisation was perfect.  You've excelled yourself with this one.
I really wanted Anya to walk out on Xander, after the way he always treats her.  I'm so glad you liked this!  I was worried about it because it was such a slight story.  Thank you!

Tamara
06/06/2008 09:44 pm
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Fantastic ending.

I wanted to applaud Anya's speech because she made so much sense. Willow and Xander really needed to be smacked down.
I really wanted Anya to walk out on Xander, after the way he constantly treats her.  And Willow should have pulled up short long ago.  The whole soul thing seemed wrong to me.  It's how you use that soul that matters -- the character of the person.  And to my mind, Spike is a better person than anyone else on the whole show.

I'm so glad you liked the story!  Thank you!

Gill
06/06/2008 08:42 pm
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A great conclusion as usual, but I'd have loved you to go on .  I was so glad that Buffy realised that Spike was the better man and claimed him, though; thank goodness for that!

Roll on the next story...
It was too slight a story to continue long.  I almost didn't post it, worrying about that.  But I'm working on another right now.

Thank you for liking it!  I'm so glad about that!

Kate
06/06/2008 05:36 pm
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Fabulous!!  I loved everything thing in this conclusion, especially Buffy's revelations about her feelings for Angel and Spike.  Thanks for this great story!!
Oh, I'm so glad you liked it!  Thank you so much!

06/06/2008 03:44 pm
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“He’s got something that takes the place of one. The ability to love, maybe. Profoundly, unselfishly, unconditionally.”  Oh well said!  Yes, I understand the help a soul can give in realizing right from wrong and potential consequences but as has been pointed out many times quite well fully souled humans prove that means NOTHING.  The CHARACTER of the being has to WISH to choose wisely, want to make right choices.  You can have multiple souls but without that desire you have evil (insert regular examples such as Hitler, Pol Pot, Stalin, etc).  You can have a being such as soulless Spike who can always TRY to make right choices and frequently get it abit wrong without the soul but could be helped in those choices since he desired to be a "better man" for Buffy.  The CHARACTER is what truly matters.

Lovely story.  Love how the mention of bringing Angel back in the picture made her reexamine her feelings for Angel and finally admit her love for Spike.  Nicely done!

Another treasure from you.  Hope your bunny hutch is full of stories!

Kathleen
I think that's why we all love Spike so much.  That character of his that loves and tries so hard and is a better person than anybody else on the show.  I'm so glad you liked this!  I'm working on the next one right now.

06/06/2008 03:00 pm
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*applauds madly*  Just love your fics; so angsty, so schmoopy, so PERFECT!  *flails*  Can't wait to see your next one; love that Willow realized that Tara was the price to pay; wish you'd allowed Anya to curse Xander tho; that would have been the icing on the cake!  Bravo!!!
Oh, thank you so much!  Even though canon made it seem an accident, Tara really was the price.  And what Anya would have done to Xander would have been too horrible even for him.  But now he'll have to think of her having all those org*sms -- with vamps!-- without him.   I'm so glad you liked this!  Working on the next.

06/09/2008 07:04 am
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very good chapter. "Another step forward..." she is slowly getting there.
This story for me was about the slow stages of awakening.  Some people wanted more plot, but the emotional arc here was too delicate to carry much of that.  I'm so glad that you like it!

nxm
06/06/2008 07:42 am
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soooo good! i love it.
Oh, thank you!

Amy
06/06/2008 05:59 am
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GOD...I love the way you write!!!  I am in awe of you and your stories AND this amazing talent you have at plucking our heartstrings.  It is really quite extraordinary.  Your style reminds me of one of the greatest writes in this genre right now...Herself.  You both make magic with words and I feel extremely lucky that I get to experience that.  So...umm, yeah sorry to go on like that...just felt the need to share.  **blushes**

Regarding this story, while I already know what TV Buffy is like and what she did during this season, I find myself full of empathy for this Buffy.  I really hope that the wonderful Spike that you have written here can convince her that he is worth it...because he SO is...

I can't wait for more.
Oh, wow!  Thank you so much!  I think Herself is fantastic and I read and reread her stories.  I'm still a new writer and it took me a year to get up enough courage to post.  I never thought anyone would ever think I was even close to her standard!  I'm so glad you're enjoying this!

06/06/2008 03:53 am
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Seems she's doing a better job of focusing her anger.  Love how she's slowly starting to make realizations...

Where it deserves to be, right? :D  And she's finally getting herself together.

06/06/2008 12:35 am
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Small steps but at least in the right direction.

Loved the blow up with Xander, Willow and Buffy....all cards are on the tale now, no question about motives and actions.  This is essential if it's ever to get fixed.

Giles was wonderfully understanding for once...actually seeing Spike and knowing he loves Buffy and feeling sympathy for it not being returned.  Much better than canon idiot with blinders.  He also sees the danger of WIllow AND Xander and that's good as well.

Loved that Buffy told Dawn, that gave SPike such joy to not be a dark dirty secret (always hated that).

Nice she is admitting it is HIM not just a male convenient body...good first step.

Kathleen
All those secrets were never good.  And I like the sensible, understanding Giles of the earlier seasons.  The show messed with everybody's characters in Season 6 and never quite recovered by the end of S7.
I really hated Buffy being ashamed of Spike!
(This ended up so slight a story that I almost didn't post it.  It gave me trouble because I kept trying to put more story and weight into it.  But the emotional arc was so simple and clean that anything I did messed it up and for me that was what was important.  I'm so relieved that people seem to like it anyway.)

Kate
06/05/2008 11:57 pm
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I love season 6, warts and all, but I think in some ways this is even better.  I like Buffy with more self-awareness even if she is still committing mistakes (similar or not).  It angered me (and still does somewhat) that after what Buffy went through she was left on her own and didn't really have one person truly backing her up or supporting her.  I love that you have someone there for her and that it is Spike (and now to a degree Giles) is wonderful.  It works so well.  Thanks for the wonderful update. :)
I honestly don't think anyone could be as blind as the show insisted on making her.  This is an intelligent woman, for heaven's sake!  And I hated the Scoobies leaving her on her own right away like that.  On the show, Spike tried to support her, from 'Afterlife' to 'OMWF'.   But once their relationship started, Buffy refused to accept anything but darkness from him, even though he wanted to give her more.

sirc
06/05/2008 10:53 pm
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Well done :)
Thank you!

jane
06/05/2008 10:27 pm
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Fantastic chapter had everything. Scoobie slapdown, lots of smoochies and bittersweet spuffy. Loved it.
Thank you!  I'm so glad you liked it!

anon462
06/05/2008 08:38 pm
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Heaven and Hell, at the same time. I was affraid of that. :)

Great scene at the Magic Box. All the "Truths" are out now. :D
(Love Anya, she does deserve better.)
(Willow "is" going to get angry. Can't wait!!!)

Loved the interaction between Spike and Buffy. The feelings are there, she just needs to let them out and feel them. :)
Buffy, as usual, denying.  Last chapter tomorrow.  I'm just cleaning it up now.

Tamara
06/05/2008 08:06 pm
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Poor Spike . But I'm glad that Giles has recognized that he does have feelings to be hurt at long last. And Buffy has made some progress.
Everybody is starting to wake up.  I'm so glad you're liking this!

Leilani
06/05/2008 06:28 pm
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I will give you one million dollars if you finish and post chpt 5 today. 

Well ok - I won't because I don't have a million dollars - but seriously I cannot wait to see how you tie up all these loose ends.  Please tell me it involves kicking Willow and Xander's butts all the way down the street.

Wow!  Thank you for thinking it's worth a million bucks!  I'm just cleaning up Chapter 5 now and I'll have it up by morning.

Gill
06/05/2008 04:44 pm
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Ooh - I get to write the first review this time!

OK; waiting for the explosion from Willow that's bound to come (hope the mentor arrives soon or someone could get flayed...) and a bit sad that B's not emotionally involved yet, but I guess that's in Chapter 5 (please tell me it's in chapter 5...).  This instalment has a lot of sex ('I think this bit's mainly filler...') but it has started to move Spike and Buffy's relationship along and, hey, let's face it, we all like a bit of spice in our fan fic.

Can't wait for the dénouement - roll on tomorrow!
With me, it's the emotional arc that's the meat and the rest that's the filler. :D  (I usually have more story.  Here, the story ended up so slight that I was honestly hesitating about posting it.  But since there were some good scenes, I decided to let it take its chances.)

06/09/2008 06:41 am
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"navel-gazing" indeed. for a watcher, giles often did not seem to be aware of what was going on around him. when he was aware, he fell back on rote learning, not  his  ability to process  knowledge. very glad spike has found "all the heaven he ever wanted." sure hell is going to pop up for at least a visit. very good read, thank you.
Giles was so often blind and, as you say, kept falling back on rote learning.  This is an intelligent man; surely he should be able to think for himself.  Path of true love never runs smooth, does it?  Thank you for liking this!

anon462
06/05/2008 06:28 pm
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Great scene with Giles!!!  Spike was right. A Watcher going through life with his eyes closed, never seeing what's in front of him. Willow was right, back in "Something Blue" when she did her "my will be done" spell. Giles truly is blind. But Spike has opened his eyes now, just hope it isn't to late. ???

Hot, Hot, Hot!!!  Lot of heat, lot of steam!!! Spike is in heaven!!!  But, I'm having a problem with Buffy's attitude. I have this bad feeling that when Spike realizes that he is being used it will break his heart.

Don't know? Hope I'm wrong. Have to read the next chapter to find out??? 

Love this story!!!
Hey, you caught that - that she's using him.  I hoped people would pick up that edge to it!  And Giles should have called in a mentor for Willow right after she did that "my will be done" spell.  Talk about being dumb!  I'm so glad you're liking it!

06/05/2008 03:11 am
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Gah...so....very....hot....must....go....sit.....down...update...again....soon??
Wow!  Thank you!  Next chapter will be up tomorrow.

06/04/2008 11:57 pm
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Brilliant chapter!  A virtuoso turn from Spike with Giles - he was never more eloquent - then the most delicious kissing followed by a sizzler!!  I like Happy Buffy.
Thank you so much!  Spike would be eloquent when he's trying to keep Buffy safe and the last part was so much fun to write!

06/04/2008 11:28 pm
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Oh so very hot and tender!  Love this chapter.  She really took Spike by surprise by this clear headed decision of hers.  I think she came back completely sane LOL.

She really sees him as an individual and that is wonderful for oth of them.

Spike was both right and brave to go to Giles that way.  Glad he made his point!  Giles needs to really take off the blinders and see him too.

Excellent.

Kathleen
Oh, I'm so glad you liked it!  She's learning.  But she's got a few steps left to go yet.

Tamara
06/04/2008 09:17 pm
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Willow should've been taken in hand when she did the "my will be done" spell at the very latest.

Great chappie.
Oh, I agree!  Giles should have looked for someone to teach her right then.  I'm so glad you're enjoying this!

Gill
06/04/2008 07:43 pm
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Yummy on all counts - I've been longing for someone to be brought over from the UK to see to Willow (in my fantasies she's called Ghislaine and is really me...) but thank goodness you haven't gone the dysfunctional way of the series with the romance - more please and as soon as possible.
You'd have thought Giles would have called someone over, wouldn't you?  I'm so glad you're liking this!  Thank you!

Leilani
06/04/2008 07:15 pm
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Oh man - finish the rest!  Post the rest!  I can't wait to read the rest!!!
Oh, thank you for liking it!  Chapter 4 will be up tomorrow; I'm just cleaning it up now.

06/09/2008 04:46 am
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many fine moments in this chapter: buffy exploding at willow; tara  protecting them from willow; and buffy promising spike, "This isn't over yet."  very good read, thank you.
I really wanted Buffy to tell them where she was.  And Tara could have protected them in canon and should have.  I'm so glad you're enjoying it!

Leilani
06/04/2008 02:49 pm
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Oooooooooo how delicious....  Fantastic story!  I just read the first 2 chapters and am in love!!

Can't wait to see how it progress.  Are you going to have Buffy progress thru the grief cycle?  I mean that was the problem with Season 6 is that she never went thru the grieving process - never got angry. 
Oh, thank you so much!  I'm focusing on that anger right now.

06/04/2008 12:18 pm
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Read both chapters, and really like where this is going.  A Spuffy story with strong Dawn and Tara is a reall;y good mix.  Keep up the good work.
Thank you!  I always thought Tara was the strong one behind her shyness and Dawn is smart and caring whenever the show stopped forcing her to be whiny, which always seemed wrong to me.

06/04/2008 12:16 pm
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Thank you thank you thank you for not making Buffy reject Spike the way she did in canon; I hated that, that Buffy would be so cruel.  Can't wait to see more!!!
Thank you for liking it!  I hated the way the show made Buffy so cruel and callous.

06/04/2008 11:58 am
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This is how things should have gone. Lovin' this!!!
I'm so glad you like it!  Thank you!

Tamara
06/04/2008 06:52 am
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Excellant chapter. I especially like your view of what Willow did to Tara . It's something that should've been brought up in season 7 as something for her to atone for.
Absolutely it should have been, but the show didn't seem to think that it was wrong.  I'm so glad you like the story!

Kate
06/04/2008 06:44 am
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Awesome!!  I love this rewrite of season 6.  These first two chapters are fantasic.  I always felt the Buffy was never angry enough and you are dealing with that side of her emotions beautifully here.  And Spike...I love where you've taken him too and his relationship with Buffy and Dawn.  I cannot wait for more!!
Oh, thank you so much!  I'm so glad you like it!  I always thought Buffy should have been angry not numb, and the Spike/Buffy/Dawn dynamic was there in canon but just brushed over.

Time of Change
06/04/2008 04:53 am
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It's about time Buffy got angry.  I really like this story.
I'm so glad you like it!  I never could understand why she went so apathetic.  It would be more like her to be furious.

06/04/2008 02:14 am
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Thanks for another exciting chapter - just gets better and better!
Oh, I'm glad you like it!  Thank you!

cheryl
06/04/2008 01:52 am
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This story is REALLY good!  I am eagerly looking forward to the next installment.  Thank you!!!

Thank you so much!  I'm just finishing cleaning up Chapter 3 and it will be up tomorrow.

anon462
06/04/2008 01:10 am
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Yea Spike!!! Solved all of Buffy and Dawns financial problems, and it was completely legal. Nothing for her to get upset about. Except that the chip didn't fire, and now she thinks she isn't human.

Yea Buffy!!! I'm glad she told the Scoobie off and told them about heaven. But Spike was right, she probably should have told them at a time when she wasn't quite so angry.

Yea Tara!!! Love she made charms for all three of them, keeps Willow from messing with them, controling them. Of course Willows going to get really pissed when her spells don't work and eventually she's going to figure out why. Then she's going to get really pissed.

Yea sparring!!! Yea kissing!!!  Boo scoobies. :(
The show never mentioned what happened to all that treasure and it made sense that Spike would use it this way.  And I never could understand the Scoobies never even checking where Buffy actually was or, for that matter, thinking that she would be in hell.  I'm so glad you're enjoying the story!

06/04/2008 12:59 am
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Oh boy - Buffy and Spike all really fired up.  I'm glad Tara's on board. 
Fun to get them that way!  And Tara has the right instincts; she would be on board.

Gill
06/03/2008 11:43 pm
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It's always a better day when you post something new, Dreamweaver.  Your usual brilliant, well-written fiction - I love it when Tara gets more to do; the anti-charm rings are a great idea, and Buffy enraged is way better than Buffy apathetic.  Can't wait for the next chapter...
I'm so glad you like it!  Thank you!  I hated Buffy being apathetic and the story arc that went with it.

06/03/2008 10:18 pm
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OH yeah......not over by a long shot and THIS Buffy knows what she wants (and cares not what the Scoobies want).

Excellent character assessment on Spike's adaptability.  He was always able to adjust to circumstance, quickly thinking on his feet.  That made him a fierce opponant and fabulous ally.

Glad they have the charms...No memory loss for these three this time!  Got a feeling that Spike is going to be the target from Willow and Xander though.  Hope they DON'T take off those rings ... ever!

Excellent.

Kathleen
Thank you!  I'm so glad you're liking this!  I really didn't like the idea of an apathetic Buffy and the subsequent story arc of Season 6.  It's so much fun to be able to change it!

Pin
06/03/2008 10:12 pm
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Yes!  Great chapter & I love the idea of Buffy rejecting their controls.  Also really like the protective rings; that ought to make Willow absolutely nuts.
They had such a god complex about Buffy and, on the show, she just goes along with it.  I never could understand that!  I'm so glad you're liking it!

fangfaceandrea
06/03/2008 09:56 pm
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pretty awesome. 
Loved the way she just told the scoobies of and the fact that Tara is helping with protection spells. An the hot kisses at te end? nice touch XD
Thank you!  I'm so glad you're liking it!  I always wanted to tell the Scoobies off!

06/03/2008 08:55 pm
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Absolutely perfect update. Glad to see Buffy's finally speaking her mind.

Oh, thank you!  I thought that anger would make her do and say things she normally wouldn't.

06/09/2008 04:12 am
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really enjoy buffy and dawn being able to talk. love the rage peeking out at the scoobies.  very good read, thank you.
I never could understand why she came back numb instead of angry.  Thank you for liking it!

06/04/2008 12:00 pm
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*does happy dance of joy*  New story, new story!!!  Oh, just loving this!  Dawn is saying all the things I wished somebody would say; I just love it!  Can't wait to read more!!!

Thank you!  I always thought Buffy should know what happened over the summer and Dawn's the right one to tell her, not being prejudiced about Spike.

anon462
06/03/2008 11:20 pm
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Really Good Chapter!!! :)

I always thought that Buffy was filled with anger and rage when she came back and that it was her trying to repress it that made her feel so numb. So much of her energy went into holding it back that she couldn't feel anything else. Spike was the only one who could see it and understand. I'm really happy that in your story Dawn was helping too. (Even though she didn't know the whole truth, about heaven.)

The last part, the conversation between Dawn and Buffy, was great. Dawn told her things she really needed to know, and confronted her on facts that she still didn't want to admit to, that Spike could love even without a soul. (It's a shame they never had this conversation in the show.)
Thank you!  I never could understand why she didn't ask what happened over that summer.  Wouldn't she have wanted to know what happened while she was gone since that would affect her present life?  And I never agreed with the self-hatred the show insisted on.  Her anger should have gone outward rather than inward.

06/03/2008 09:48 pm
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Oh wonderful!  Yes she should have been angry and was.  She is more self aware in  your story...understands what she really is feeling and why (and towards whom too).  That is an improvement over canon.

I could have understood them thinking she was in a hell dimension HAD HER BODY DISAPPEARED.....since her body was there and dead....there was no reason for her soul/spirit to have been sentenced to any hell dimension however!  Idiots!!!

Glad  she is listening and learning.

Kathleen
I'm so glad you like the story!  I just can't write the blinkered Buffy that the show insisted on portraying.  I like her intelligent and aware.  And how could the Scoobies ever think she would be in hell?  It made no sense to me. 

June
06/03/2008 07:33 pm
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Wonderful chapter! Seeing Buffy and Dawn and Spike like this is great and touching without turning sappy. Can't wait to see what's next, or if the others will want to butt in with their own ideas of what the Buffy they saved from hell needs. I wish this story is how canon could have gone for season 6, it would have been perfect and in character and wonderful! Thank you!
Thank you so much for liking it!  I hated Buffy's apathy in Season 6 and wanted to explore what would happen if she had been angry instead.

Dreylin
06/03/2008 07:13 pm
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Fantastic first chapter.  I can't wait for the next.
Thank you!  Coming right up.

06/03/2008 06:56 pm
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Interesting start, very readable. Let's hope Buffys' anger, doesn't prove as destructive as her apathy proved to be. If she keeps everything bottled up like she did before, It's difficult to see how things can change. Looking forward to more.

Thank you!  I honestly believe that anger is less destructive in the end than apathy, which is why I wanted to explore it here.

Pin
06/03/2008 03:57 pm
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This is a really excellent variation on the orignial story!  great dialog and defintely fills in the blanks in a much mroe reasonable way.  This version allows for a realistic progression and set of interaction. Love this appraoch - thanks!
I'm so glad you like it!  I really disliked Buffy's apathetic reactions in Season 6 and wanted to explore what might change with anger instead.

Belle
06/03/2008 03:55 pm
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Hurray! Another story!! YAY YAY YAY! Great chapter! Looking for to the rest of it!
Thank you!  I'm hoping to get the rest up as soon as I can.

06/03/2008 03:39 pm
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Loving this take on season six so far; I'm always excited to see something new from you!  So well written; looking forward to more.
Oh, thank you so much!  More coming right up and I hope you like it!