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Lyric wheel fic

Jun 25, 2010 20:20

Title: The Eyes Will Often Wander the Road That Love Has Taught
Author: Fluff
Rating: PG- 13 (Sexual situations and crude content)
Word count: 3095
Prompt: Simple Twist Of Fate by Bob Dylan (link to lyrics)
Summary: It was rude even in Angel's day to ruin someone trying to hide from Mother.
Notes: Written for ba_lyric_wheel. Thanks to Leni for running! Takes place ( Read more... )

ship: buffy/angel, character: angel, fanfiction: btvs, fanfiction: futurefic, character: buffy summers

Comments 14

Well hello, overachiever. perpetual June 28 2010, 12:56:09 UTC

Loved every word of this! You must have put tons of work into it.

First paragraph is a great hook, showing the vast difference between Buffy and Angel by looking at that canon scene. And this: She's a terrible liar, which he likes to think shows a natural inclination toward truth, although it could be equally related to a lack of acting ability. So true! So Buffy! I love that about her (just like Angel does ( ... )

Re: Well hello, overachiever. fluffernutter8 June 29 2010, 03:32:14 UTC

Now I feel a wee bit obnoxious because I wrote you a 10 second review and you left me this gorgeous long, lovely review to find when I got home ( ... )

Re: Well hello, overachiever. perpetual June 29 2010, 23:10:59 UTC

No, I did the long review on purpose because you had more to respond to. I was making up for my short story by putting my words elsewhere. (And still haven't reviewed everyone else's Lyric Wheel fics...argh, why does the internet always have to be unreliable when I'm trying to be a good fan reader?)

I'm excited that I got to add Xander/Dawn to a story that didn't originally have it. They're not like my OTP or anything, but they're my favorite choices for each other, and wouldn't it be nice if Xander ended up as real family for Buffy?

Oh, and I totally agree about Angel's good aspects coming from Liam along with Angelus's evil ones. Not entirely, in either case, but I love when I can recognize our Angel in Liam-flashbacks in fic.

Glad the review made you happy. I did mean it. :)

buffyangellvr23 June 29 2010, 03:42:27 UTC

nice work :)

fluffernutter8 June 30 2010, 05:00:34 UTC

Thank you!

tinka023 June 29 2010, 18:02:18 UTC

liked it :)

fluffernutter8 June 30 2010, 05:00:58 UTC

Thanks. :)

ital_gal June 29 2010, 22:44:27 UTC

lovely. thanks. totally agree that its great that you have angel shansuing when buffy is a bit older , and we get to see them older, all grown up, stuff sorted out and happy. and still sounding like themselves.

also like the whole idea of expanding on those few minutes in the actual episode to show why angel decides not to hide from buffys mother.

you could really feel the long termness of their love, and the knowing each other that comes with all that. nice to believe in that.

fluffernutter8 June 30 2010, 05:23:54 UTC

I'm so glad you liked this!

I have the feeling that Buffy would originally be kind of weirded out to marry someone more than 10 years younger than herself but then realize that there's already a giant age difference between them anyway, so what does it matter?

A lot of my fic ideas come from taking a look into a character's brain at a particular moment. What made them say whatever they said with those words, with that tone? Why did they wear something that they wouldn't have worn before? Then I give some backstory to something that might have just been the result of weird costuming.

I'm glad you liked the romance of it all. Thanks for reviewing.

ares132006 June 30 2010, 06:01:57 UTC

I only just realised that you must have written a fic for the lyric wheel, after you mentioned that you had sent me my prompts. Gah! Sorry, I would have been here sooner. I thought the link would tell me who else has written for the wheel.

But here I am, and what a wonderful tale it is too. Worth getting here for.

I love the descriptions and the in depth detail you went into for Liam's background. His father, mother, and life in general back in the day.

He never used violence (he wasn't an angry man, only a stupid, selfish one), just coercion and manipulation and the slightest hint of pressure.
But that wasn't until later, not until he was seventeen (or maybe eighteen. Those years of uselessness blend for him, grow unremarkable from their sameness of sex and liquor).

Oh, not until he was seventeen? Oh Liam. What a life, what an outlook he had and still had until he was turned, years later. And you filled in the reasons why he saw life that way, acted out in rebellion.

He chuckles. “I never would have asked you to get my ( ... )

ares132006 June 30 2010, 06:03:22 UTC

PS. Can I friend you?

fluffernutter8 July 1 2010, 03:28:42 UTC

PS. I think the fact that I already friended you back stands as a solid yes. :)

ares132006 July 1 2010, 05:44:34 UTC

:~)))) Sweet. Thanks.

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