Reading this is like diving into a wonderful vat of obsidian dark chocolate....bittersweet and so fulfilling! This just broke my heart for them both.
Your character voices were excellent and the story was disturbing in the best of ways. They did create a warped creature when it could have been a thing of beauty.
As for Spike, I felt saddest for him at the end because it was clear that his take on it was that the ugliness and monstrosity of their "child" came from the way Buffy looked at him and his failed attempt to love her properly...he didn't seem to really grasp that she meant far more than that (and that her view of him wasn't the most accurate for that matter). He heaped more guilt and misery on himself rather than taking hope from the fact that she had realized that their relationship COULD have produced something wonderful.
Love the way you can read the ending either way....one of hope or poor Spike greeting the sunrise. It can be read either way and that is wonderful....rather like a "choose your own ending" book that can be a different read depending on the reader's mood. This is one deserving of (and will get) many a re-read.
Altogether brilliant! Thank you for sharing this one even if I'm sniffling like crazy.
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2010-06-01 20:16 (UTC)Your character voices were excellent and the story was disturbing in the best of ways. They did create a warped creature when it could have been a thing of beauty.
As for Spike, I felt saddest for him at the end because it was clear that his take on it was that the ugliness and monstrosity of their "child" came from the way Buffy looked at him and his failed attempt to love her properly...he didn't seem to really grasp that she meant far more than that (and that her view of him wasn't the most accurate for that matter). He heaped more guilt and misery on himself rather than taking hope from the fact that she had realized that their relationship COULD have produced something wonderful.
Love the way you can read the ending either way....one of hope or poor Spike greeting the sunrise. It can be read either way and that is wonderful....rather like a "choose your own ending" book that can be a different read depending on the reader's mood. This is one deserving of (and will get) many a re-read.
Altogether brilliant! Thank you for sharing this one even if I'm sniffling like crazy.
Kathleen