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Something Redux by dreamweaver
Chapter: Chapter 6
07/20/2019 06:59 am
As many times as I've read your stories - I enjoy them so much with each reading. Hope all is well with you.
02/08/2015 07:45 am
Pleasure reading this story again.
I’m so glad that it holds up even on a reread! Thank you so much!
05/04/2014 08:11 am
So beautiful!! Well written and, once again, epic!! I love the way the older more mature Buffy viewed things and fixed them. I've viewed things the exact same way, that small little actions or views or words can alter an entire future irrevocably... that Xander has always been a demon/supernatural magnet but always grossly judgemental and prejudice about all over it, that Spike's always been the better man because he never needed that damn soul [unlike the poof Angel] and Willow with a tutor.... look out! Really look forward to reading the rest!! True Spuffy love never dies! lol
I’m a rabid Spuffy girl and I totally agree with you that Spike doesn’t need that soul and that he’s a better man and a better mate for Buffy than anyone else. Which is why I write my stories. :D Thank you for liking them!
04/14/2014 01:00 pm
Well, that went well. Really, really well!
Lovely
Blue
Lovely
Blue
I’m so glad you liked it! Thank you!
Niori
06/06/2009 05:23 am
I love your time travel fics. This is probably one of my favs.
The difference between season four Buffy and post Chosen Buffy are so apparent once you put her in that season four setting. And note that things run so much smoother. I mean, recongizing that not all demons are evil and using the ones who weren't for help makes her life so much easier.
I'm wondering though, all those demons you mentioned in the story (and quite a few others too) are they real demons that we on the show? There's been so many that I can't even tell, lol
I'm so glad you liked it! Thank you! Most of the demons I mention are my own creation. The Brachen, Listers and Ano-Movics are from the show and I don't tend to use them much. Louth and the Hadraden, Kibble, the Firoud, Krasevics, Ixtal, Grathar and others are all mine. And I always wondered why Buffy didn't make use of the peaceful demon community in Sunnydale (Clem and the others). So I thought I'd show how much easier it would have been if she did.
BuffyConvert
06/03/2009 05:47 am
Hurrah! Angstless ending. Well, except for the boys that didn't get any. Maybe someone should wright a parrallel story of how Angel learns to cope...
Always love a happy ending! And rubbing it in to the Three Stooges. :D Don't know if Angel will ever learn to cope - but I'm too much a hardcore Spuffy girl to write that story. Thank you for liking this one!
01/03/2009 04:29 am
Having such a good time reading your stories - Your poor Xander however really does take a beating -
I honestly don't like Xander. I see him as a bully and a hypocrite, and can't help writing him that way. Both he and Angel do keep getting kicked around in my stories. :D But, really, what does Xander actually contribute to the Scoobies, except constant negativity? If you list the nasty things he has done from the start of BTVS to the end, you end up with this horrific tally of casual cruelty, bigotry, attempted rape and even deaths, as in OMWF - all of which he is immediately forgiven for, while Spike never is! I really had a strip torn off me by a Xander fan for 'Running Wild', but honestly Xander doesn't change till Season 7 and I haven't set any stories there yet.
I'm so glad you like reading my fics even so! Thank you so much!
I'm so glad you like reading my fics even so! Thank you so much!
Jenny
11/14/2008 09:07 pm
Deliciously entertaining. Going to see if you have anymore fics, very well done.
Thank you! I'm so glad you liked it!
Cate
08/09/2008 01:49 pm
I absolutely loved this! It was so brilliantly written and you characterised each and every character perfectly. This isn't going to be one of my really long reviews because I really have no constructive criticism for you! Absolutely brilliant!
Oh wow! Thank you so much! I love hearing that I've done it right! I try really hard to keep everyone in character. I'm so glad you think I did. Thank you for enjoying the story!
08/07/2008 05:22 am
Excellent story.
Thank you!
notwhomever
07/24/2008 06:38 am
another wonderful story, love your Buffy and Spike, you give your Spuffy reader everything they could ever hope for except maybe length I would love a super long story that I could wallow in for days.
Every one of your stories have been a joy to read, looking impatiently forward to another one hopefully with many many chapters.
Every one of your stories have been a joy to read, looking impatiently forward to another one hopefully with many many chapters.
Thank you so much! I've never written a long story, only those novella length at roughly 30,000 words. I think this is because I'm seeing them like an hour-long TV show in my head. I intend to learn how to do longer stories and will slowly be working up to novel length bit by bit. My next one will definitely be longer, though no way as long as you might like. :D Thank you so much for liking my work!
blarghums
07/18/2008 10:39 am
loved it, but kinda too short, dargh
Thank you! I'm so glad you liked it. So many people said it was too short that I'm working on a sequel.
Silver 81
07/16/2008 05:31 am
Well you have done it again! Another great story. I hope you are young and strong and can keep up with the great ideas!
I really like your version of Buffy, in that she gives Spike his due. She rewards his vampire anomaly for goodness. Your spike is just as flawed and amazing and tenacious, as we imagine him to be. What a great character to write, and you do it so well. Thank you, I know it is greedy to ask, but do you have any more stories coming?
Will be here ready to enjoy, you are awesome!
Thank you so much! I've tons of ideas and I'm having way too much fun to stop writing Spuffy for ages!
Spike is such a marvelous character - so full of contradictions, which make him a delight to write. Thank you for thinking I do it well! I'm working on another story right now - a dimensional jump with a 'Harsh Light of Day' Spike. It looks like it may be a long one, so it might be a while before I post it.
Spike is such a marvelous character - so full of contradictions, which make him a delight to write. Thank you for thinking I do it well! I'm working on another story right now - a dimensional jump with a 'Harsh Light of Day' Spike. It looks like it may be a long one, so it might be a while before I post it.
07/15/2008 04:15 pm
I just wanted to say how much I enjoyed the story ... I am so glad that Buffy realized what she had lost ... and that she was able to go back and re-claim her love
Thank you for a great story
Thank you for a great story
Thank you so much for liking it! That makes it all worthwhile!
07/15/2008 06:22 am
lovely read, thank you. bonus round of applause for angel getting some of what he deserves. xander still needs to be forced into growing up.
I don't think Xander is capable of growing up. He seems to be the perpetual adolescent! Thank you so much for liking the story!
07/15/2008 05:49 am
awsesome
Thank you! It was so much fun writing it!
All4Spike
07/15/2008 02:38 am
Outstanding! I just love TakeChargeBuffy!
So do I! I think she's capable of much more than canon allowed her. Thank you for liking the story!
07/14/2008 07:06 am
The mating claim literally saved Spike's life I think. Xander wouldn't be above sneaking in to stake him if it didn't mean killing Buffy too (Giles will have to suck it up too). Maybe Buffy can make a much better future this time around. She's already made it better just by connecting with Spike and letting everyone know she runs her own life.
I really enjoyed this story. Love when they can go back and get things right!
Kathleen
I really enjoyed this story. Love when they can go back and get things right!
Kathleen
The mating claim is the perfect checkmate. Otherwise Xander would. That's why I keep using it - it allows not only their complete commitment to each other, but safety for Spike. I'm so glad you liked the story! Thank you!
Typerbabe57
07/14/2008 04:13 am
Hey, LOVED your story! Parts of it left me absolutely breathless--thanks so much for sharing!
Oh, thank you for liking it! I love writing Spuffy and it's lovely to know I'm doing it right!
Joanna
07/14/2008 03:11 am
Thank you for another wonderful story. I can't get enough of your do overs.
Thank you for liking them! I get so frustrated with canon that I can't help making things go the way I want them to!
07/14/2008 02:45 am
hehe... loved it! fabulous story! funny ending.
Thank you for liking it! It was so much fun to write!
annabuffy
07/14/2008 02:30 am
I loved this story and the ending. The only way it could have ended better is if Buffy would have broken Xander's arms and Gile's arm too. TV Buffy would have been so much better if she had devopled a spine like your Buffy.
That's why I keep writing a stronger Buffy. I hated the way canon kept making her such a wimp. Can't beat up Giles or Xander! I'd love to beat up Xander, as I'm so not a fan of his. But I was hard on him in 'His Girl' and got a nasty email from a fan tearing a strip off me for it. So, okay, I won't mess with canon that badly. Thank you for liking my story!
Aurelia
07/14/2008 01:53 am
Lovely story, full of emotion and heat. I really do enjoy the way you write all the characters. You have quickly become one of my fav Spuffy writers.
And I really enjoy time travel fics. Although its always a little bittersweet. While Buffy did go back and do things right and treat Spike good, the Spike from her timeline still died not knowing love. *sigh*
Anyway, can't wait for your next story. I know it'll be good.
And I really enjoy time travel fics. Although its always a little bittersweet. While Buffy did go back and do things right and treat Spike good, the Spike from her timeline still died not knowing love. *sigh*
Anyway, can't wait for your next story. I know it'll be good.
Oh, thank you! I'm so glad you like my stories! I wish we really could change canon, but we can't. *sigh* So the only way to think about it is that this would have ended up as that Spike if Buffy hadn't come back, but things have changed and he knows he's loved now, years before the show ended.
DeanSamWinchesterfan
07/14/2008 12:55 am
I wasn't home yesterday so I was thrilled to find two chapters. I'm sad it's ending, but I love that Buffy finally gave up on not loving him. I'm thinking about a time-travel fic eventually where post Not Fade Away, the surviving Scoobies and Fang Gang members get sent back in time. Angel and a resurrected Cordelia would be found in a closet followed by Buffy and Spike.
That sounds hilarious! I'd love to read it when you finish it! I'm so glad you like my stories! Thank you!
kmw
07/14/2008 12:05 am
This is a great story. I love that Buffy has second thoughts and is nice to Spike and that she stands up against the Scoobies and Angel.only wish you had'nt finisht it of so quickly. I want more! Sequel?
Pleace!!!
I'm so glad you liked it! Thank you! Yes, I will be doing a sequel since so many people have been asking for it. But I have to finish my present WIP first. It has a 'Harsh Light of Day' Spike and you might like it too.
duke6665
07/13/2008 11:34 pm
awww great ending but did you have to end it there. can't we have just a littttle more?? pleaseee? lol maybe a sequel? great work. can't wait to read more of your fics.
Thank you! So many people have been asking for a sequel that I think I will do one. Only, it will have to wait until my present WIP is finished. It deals with a 'Harsh Light of Day' Spike and I'm having fun with it. Thank you for liking my stories!
Belle
07/13/2008 08:19 pm
Hurray!!!!! Excellent chapters!! Was kinda hoping for more beating on Angel *sigh* sadness...ah well. Great story! Love it! Love it! Love it!
Oh, thank you! I usually do put more Angel-bashing, don't I? But here just knowing that Buffy loves Spike seemed to be enough.
Gill
07/13/2008 02:24 pm
Your usual excellent rewrite; I always think it was a shame that you couldn't have been on the original team of writers.
I loved Regan; yes, she had to do the difficult bit at the beginning of this chapter but I'm glad combined Buffy saw that it had to be done and held no grudge as I'm not sure original Buffy would have. I think she'd make a useful mentor for Willow, and if Tara was included too would even out many of the problems yet to come.
Please sort Xander out at some point, though; he really is an irritating git and IMHO becomes less and less necessary as the plot continues - I'd much rather they'd let Anya live and killed off Xander, and perhaps sooner rather than later...
I loved Regan; yes, she had to do the difficult bit at the beginning of this chapter but I'm glad combined Buffy saw that it had to be done and held no grudge as I'm not sure original Buffy would have. I think she'd make a useful mentor for Willow, and if Tara was included too would even out many of the problems yet to come.
Please sort Xander out at some point, though; he really is an irritating git and IMHO becomes less and less necessary as the plot continues - I'd much rather they'd let Anya live and killed off Xander, and perhaps sooner rather than later...
I'd really have fought with them about Spike, that's true! I'm so glad that you see that Regan was trying to help not harm. I just got a review where the writer wanted Buffy to break every bone in Regan's body! I had to defend her and am seeing her as a possible love interest for Giles. I absolutely agree with you about Xander. I'm so not a fan! People are asking for a sequel to this story, and I think I'll sort Xander out there. Thank you so much for liking the story!
Richard
07/13/2008 01:49 pm
If I were Buffy, I would break every bone in Regan's body as a warning against trying to ever kill her (and incidentally Spike) again.
By the way, Regan can never teach Willow what she needs which is proper respect for others' lives. So she is of absolutely no use to Buffy and breaking her bones is the right course of action.
Regan was trying to establish what exactly Buffy was and whether separation was possible and/or necessary. She was only doing her duty the way she, the Council of Watchers, and Giles would see it and Buffy acknowledged that. The way Regan would have seen it, the correct Buffy would have returned and the future Buffy restored to the Heaven she had earned. She was definitely not trying to harm Spike, towards whom she had no malice. The fact that she was mistaken does not diminish that she was really trying to do the right thing, which is why Buffy holds no grudges towards her. If she had harmed Spike however, Buffy would really have broken her bones! :D
avidreader
07/13/2008 11:32 am
okay just gotta say, one, this was a great story, and two, there will be a sequel, right? Anya calling Napolean 'Nappie' was hilarious :) Regan seems really fascinating - i loved the line about her hating stupidity ... really dry and to the point : ) i wish xander would grow up ... maybe grown up xander could trade places with young xander ...hm. even though xander and giles were a bit frustrating, you remained true to character and that is something to be admired. You have fantastic writing skills and i am looking forward to reading more of your work in the future. Thanks for the great fic : )
Oh, thank you so much for liking it! I hadn't intended a sequel, but so many people are asking for one now that I think I will look into it. The story does seem to have potential for a sequel. But it will take some time before that gets posted because I have to first finish my present WIP, which is a long one dealing with a dimensional jump and a 'Harsh Light of Day' Spike.
ladyenchantedn
07/13/2008 11:24 am
no more?!?! i really loved this ... i like regan, she's quite a neat character. please tell me there will be a sequal? please?
So many people are asking for one that I think I will follow up on it. But it will take a little while because I have to finish another WIP first. Thank you for liking this!
07/13/2008 10:07 am
Xander, Xander, Xander. Please just get over it, already. Buffy nails it here:
“Yeah, you keep stepping on her, Xander,” said Buffy. “It’s not kind. If you want a human girl, go find a human girl. If you want Anya, accept her as what she is and stop trying to change her. Grow up, for Heaven’s sake.”
This is another fine re-do from you. My only complaint is that I still want more of the story! Regan, we barely knew ye.
“Yeah, you keep stepping on her, Xander,” said Buffy. “It’s not kind. If you want a human girl, go find a human girl. If you want Anya, accept her as what she is and stop trying to change her. Grow up, for Heaven’s sake.”
This is another fine re-do from you. My only complaint is that I still want more of the story! Regan, we barely knew ye.
Thank you! I'm so glad you liked it! People have been telling me that they want more. I think there's room here for a sequel. But it will have to wait until my present WIP is finished. That's going to be a longish one about a dimensional jump, so it might take a while!
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