Theresa
03/07/2014 02:41 pm

Really enjoyed this story!!   Nice to read that Spike stopped being evil for someone who liked him from the beginning, and not after the fact.    I always thought the show should have promoted the friendship between Joyce & Spike, and not have her pull away once Spike confessed his feelings for Buffy.    In the show, Joyce didn't like the idea of Spike for Buffy well before he chained her in his crypt, which didn't sit too well with me.    Up until then, she had been friendly toward Spike, so I couldn't understand her reasoning in that episode.

Good to see a happy ending for Spike without all the additional pain from later seasons.

Thanks for the good read!

I always thought that if the timing was right and it was the right person they could change Spike. In canon Giles tried, half-heartedly, after Spike was chipped. But either because it was too soon or he really didn't mean it the message didn't get through to Spike. (Or the Buffy's writers are evil?!)

nmcil12
06/19/2012 12:07 pm
Great to read again -   it's nice being able to read a story that is filled with the "happy possibility" and wonderful friendship instead of more of the normal pain, suffering and violence that are part of lives of these characters.

Thanks, I always thought that Spike and Joyce could be friends and that having a friend especially after Dru dumped him would have been good for Spike. He really wasn't a loner, he needed others.

DeepBlueJoy
05/20/2012 03:32 am
Buffy's mom could definitely change the way Spike looked at the world.

Blue
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I think if she had been more involved in Buffy's life she could have changed all of them for the better. Everyone of Buffy's friends needed a mom. Willow's wasn't involved. Xander's was drunk all the time. Anya, Tara and Spike's moms were dead. She could have been maternal and a friend to them. Thank you for reading!

Spikez_tart
02/19/2012 11:50 pm
Nice story G - hope you will do some mean stuff to our favorite characters in the sequel.
Thanks. The sequel is almost done (just waiting for my beta to take a look at it). I tried to keep the plot of the letters going. So here is a preview. The sequel will be the same story (plus a little more) as told thru Dawn's diary. Now we all know that she only appeared in season 5 but the monks did make memories going all the way back.

nmcil
02/18/2012 07:59 am

Neat Spuffy Story - I love your Joyce-Spike relationship.  Really nice to read something that features Joyce as a really important part of the work. 

Thanks. I wondered why they never worked her into more story lines on the show. I guess because she would have become a mother to the group and their stupidity wouldn't have happened. :)

BuffyMeetsSpike
02/15/2012 01:05 am
Aww. A sweet skating ending, just in time for Valentine's day!
Thanks. I'm glad you liked it.

SeaPea
02/14/2012 06:11 am
That was cute.  I love Spike and Joyce friendship so much; it makes me melt.
Thank you. The scene with Spike and Joyce sitting together drinking hot chocolate always stuck with me and I always wondered if he had visited her in season 4 after he was chipped. Spike always needed a friend and I thought Joyce would be good for him.