BtVS Fic: Coming To Terms

[badly_knitted]

Title: Coming To Terms

Fandom: BtVS

Author: badly_knitted

Characters: Joyce, mentions Buffy

Rating: G

Spoilers: Season 2?

Summary: Joyce tries to come to terms with Buffy’s job as the Slayer

Word Count: 543

Written For: mirrored_illusion’s prompt ‘BtVS, Joyce, coming to terms with her daughter's destiny’ at

Comments

[rebcake]

Joyce fic! I appreciate the specificity about the things she CAN do: dinner, snacks, keys, suitable clothes. The worry about what she can't, well, that had to take a while for her to figure out, poor woman.

[badly_knitted]

The parenting books never mentioned anything about Slayers or how a mother is supposed to deal with that kind of situation, so Joyce is trying to make it up as she goes along. The practical side of things she can handle, that's fairly straightforward common sense, which Joyce DOES have even if it sometimes doesn't seem that way. The worry is something she'll just have to live with, that feeling of helplessness is the worst part. She's doing all she can, but it'll never feel like enough and her fear for Buffy will never go away.

Thank you, I'm glad you liked it.

[rbfvid]

Joyce tells her daughter to be careful and not to stay out too late, checks she has her keys, and leaves the porch light on.
This is just breaking my heart...
(I mean - great job!)

[badly_knitted]

They're the practical things Joyce can do, but she's helpless to protect her little girl. i can't imagine how that would feel.

Thank you!

[killing_kurare]

Wow, that was very emotional. I think you captured the different stages of Joyce very well.
She denied, she tried to defy, but in the end she accepts and even supports Buffy.
And I really liked the worry and the love that sipped through the words all time. It is really heartbreaking ... for me at least, but I always get overly emotional when it comes to mother/daughter relationships xD

It was short but all said, and I enjoyed reading very, very much <3

[badly_knitted]

Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it

[killing_kurare]

I prefer short pieces because you can read them inbetween other things :) So yay, the length for me personally was perfect ^^

[badly_knitted]

I'm glad =)

My other BtVS pieces are short too, I think there are 4 or 5 to post, in between all my other fandom fics and drabbles. I seem to be writing in four fandoms and I have no idea how that happened...

[timelordshines]

Good insight into Joyce's character

[badly_knitted]

Thank you! I was quite pleased with how this turned out, especially as I've never been a mother.