Learning Curve (1/1)

[clawofcat]

I'm happy to present to you a new fic and a new pairing. I'm pretty familiar and comfortable with writing Faith at this point, but this fic marks my first time writing Xander in a starring role (or, really, any role). I'll leave it to you guys, especially the Xanderphiles sevendeadlyfunand snowpuppies, to tell me if I did him justice.

Title: Learning Curve
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[only_passenger]

my kid's at me to read a book and could hardly wait for me to finish this fic, but i wanted to leave a quick comment saying i read and loved. both characters were fabulous. and jaunty faith...you know i love her. you write her spectacularly.

xoxo

[clawofcat]

both characters were fabulous. and jaunty faith...you know i love her. you write her spectacularly.
Yay! I got the Pass seal of approval. This story is really Xander's, but I loved writing the Faith dialogue because she's so... well, Faith. Snarky, pushy, underhandedly humorous, take-chargey, horny, experienced, flippant. Also, she's just getting her rocks off here and I've never written her angst-less before. Cheers, doll. Hopefully we'll talk soon.

[mere_ubu]

Faith gripped him triumphantly, a proprietary glare directed at his dick like she had just accepted an Academy Award and there was no way she was letting Oscar out of her sight.

Hahahaha! What a great image!

Think I'm just going to tuck this away in my memory bank as "what really happened" from here on out. The voices are perfect, and the way you communicate both the hotness and weirdness of the situation from Xander's perspective is really enjoyable. You capture his bewilderment very well.

[clawofcat]

*snort* First thing's first. I love your icon. It's adorable.

I really liked that Academy Award line myself. It just seemed like a very propriety Faith-like thing to do. I'm relieved you thought the voices were right. I very rarely write from male POVs, so being in Xander's head took some thinking on my part. It's not usually a place I hang, or really care to, but it turned out being fun since he's such a goof. I think poor Xander is just trying to survive this encounter unscathed. What sort of defense can you put up when Faith wants your bone? It's like a sheep to slaughter.

[snowpuppies]

Holy hell! Why didn't they put that in the episode??

Excellent Xander.

Loved this: Oh, sweet merciful Zeus,” Xander groaned, a hand coming up to cover his eyes. Through a space between his splayed fingers,
I can so see Xander peeking through his fingers like that. Hee!
And the 'think of england' bit? Classic. Lovelovelove.

Once again, you knock one out of the park. ;)

[clawofcat]

If they had put this in the episode, it may have scarred my poor 12 year old brain. "Uh, ma? Why is Faith licking Xander's ass? I know I go to public school, but no one ever told me about that in the schoolyard!"

Haha. I loved the "think of England" line too. I had his Tabula Rasa religious prayer speech in mind when I wrote that. The sort of random, disjointed, quick thought process as he tries to deal with the situation.

Yay! I'm thrilled you liked it. Because it's Xander and it's funny, and that is so your department and not mine =P *smooch*

[spankspike]

Excellent peek behind the motel door!

And Xander was spot on. I struggle with him myself. I'm always worried I'm going over the top with his goofiness.

Faith gripped him triumphantly, a proprietary glare directed at his dick like she had just accepted an Academy Award and there was no way she was letting Oscar out of her sight.

Brilliant line - and I could totally see this happening.

oh shit! Think of England. Think of England! Scones, bobbies, uh, Parliament! Posh Spice… wait, no! Giles! Giles is from England… Wesley. Wesley and Giles, non-erotic thoughts.

Such entirely Xander thoughts. Wouldn't have worked for me though. Once I thought Wesley and Giles... well... you know I'm a slash girl.

[clawofcat]

Oh, phew! I'm glad I was able to pull Xander off. That would have been rather disasterous if I didn't since it's all from his POV. It was a good opportunity to throw in some comic book references, too! I never get to use that knowledge.

As for the quotage, those were actually two of my favorite parts, as well. Faith being all grabby and mine! over his dick and Xander futiley attempting to hold back for as long as possible. I thought about having him think, "Margaret Thatcher naked on a cold day!" but I wasn't sure if Austin Power's had come out at that point.

You gotta wonder why Xander keeps coming back to thinking about Angel and what sort of lay he would be. I'll admit, I did throw in the possiibility of some slash undertones. I couldn't help myself.

[ssddgr]

Awesome, hun, really great voices, it was like watching the entire thing!
I really do love your writing!
xxx

[clawofcat]

Sweet! This fic is definately a bit more bare bones than most of mine where I get super duper into the descriptiveness. I wanted it to read more like a screenplay so that it would have that TV dialogue feel to it. And you're very sweet. I try to change it up and keep things fresh for myself when I write. I'm glad you can enjoy the ride, no matter what it is I'm exploring.