All they need to do is retrieve the last Potential
ljs: "Reading the Signs", part 1 and part 2 of 2 - Giles/Anya, FRM
Giles and Anya have one last Potential to collect, but today's a holiday -- they think.
Signs and portents. Charms against evil. Friendship and love. Deceptions and traps. Potentials, weaponsmiths, Mexican food, rattlesnakes, howls in the night, and a special guest star.
I enjoy shippy stories best when the relationships are the context in which more plotty stories are working themselves out. And here I get what I long for. Giles is an adult, with complexities and layers, and so is Anya. So are all the characters: no cartoons here. This story is plain satisfying reading, fanfiction that gives me what I want as a fan and as a reader both.
Giles and Anya have one last Potential to collect, but today's a holiday -- they think.
Signs and portents. Charms against evil. Friendship and love. Deceptions and traps. Potentials, weaponsmiths, Mexican food, rattlesnakes, howls in the night, and a special guest star.
I enjoy shippy stories best when the relationships are the context in which more plotty stories are working themselves out. And here I get what I long for. Giles is an adult, with complexities and layers, and so is Anya. So are all the characters: no cartoons here. This story is plain satisfying reading, fanfiction that gives me what I want as a fan and as a reader both.