Excellent attention to detail and sharp, in voice dialogue made for a vivid, entertaining read here. I love your mildly obsessive, list making Buffy and this quieter, more contemplative Spike. The creepy pocket dimension was well drawn, and I enjoyed the set up of the slayers imprisonment in their gilded cage.
Being trapped together, sharing a bed believably got Buffy and Spike talking, and the comfort they shared also believably led to their romantic reconciliation. Spike's plan to get home was clever and cleverly executed and I love that he got to get the girl and save the day!
I loved this from top to bottom, but a couple lines really spoke to me.
This made me laugh: Dead guys who don’t call should not get prime missions with chief Slayers
This was a wonderful distillation of Buffy's mental state: They hadn’t really talked since he came back. He’d been healing; she’d been furious. Then hurt. Then both, silently seething. Two weeks before, Spike had advised her to “get over the snit, Slayer – I came back to you in the end.” But that had made her furious once more. And now they were travelling through inter-dimensional space together. Damn sacred duty. Not that Spike had one of those. She wondered sometimes why he’d come back at all. And whether he’d stay. She's angry and hurt and pissy about this vampire, but she's still worried that he'll take off. What an emotional roller coaster.
I loved Buffy's roundabout, in voice way of telling Spike she loves him here: I’m glad you’re here. Cause I don’t see my long term without you. Lovely stuff.
The vampire lawyer's words of power also gave me a grin and Giles' snotty aside about Spike's tactical skills finally catching up to his physique made me laugh out loud. So, Giles has noticed Spike's physique, too? Priceless.
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2009-10-14 18:03 (UTC)Being trapped together, sharing a bed believably got Buffy and Spike talking, and the comfort they shared also believably led to their romantic reconciliation. Spike's plan to get home was clever and cleverly executed and I love that he got to get the girl and save the day!
I loved this from top to bottom, but a couple lines really spoke to me.
This made me laugh: Dead guys who don’t call should not get prime missions with chief Slayers
This was a wonderful distillation of Buffy's mental state: They hadn’t really talked since he came back. He’d been healing; she’d been furious. Then hurt. Then both, silently seething. Two weeks before, Spike had advised her to “get over the snit, Slayer – I came back to you in the end.” But that had made her furious once more. And now they were travelling through inter-dimensional space together. Damn sacred duty. Not that Spike had one of those. She wondered sometimes why he’d come back at all. And whether he’d stay. She's angry and hurt and pissy about this vampire, but she's still worried that he'll take off. What an emotional roller coaster.
I loved Buffy's roundabout, in voice way of telling Spike she loves him here: I’m glad you’re here. Cause I don’t see my long term without you. Lovely stuff.
The vampire lawyer's words of power also gave me a grin and Giles' snotty aside about Spike's tactical skills finally catching up to his physique made me laugh out loud. So, Giles has noticed Spike's physique, too? Priceless.
Thanks for this very entertaining read.