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Mar 03, 2008 22:05

Title: Never Again (Portal, Chapter 5, 2/2)
Author: kanedax
Fandom: BtVS Wishverse, pre-season 1
Spoilers: Buffy: The Origin comic book miniseries
Characters: Buffy, Merrick, Pike
Rating: R for language
Summary: As Wishverse Buffy prepares to battle her first Big Bad, things get worse.
Notes: Some question may come up about the financial status of Hank ( Read more... )

fanfic, portal, btvs

Comments 5

niteflite March 4 2008, 08:37:03 UTC

Oooh. I was going to ask if you were addressing the existence of Dawn at all in the pre-Season 5 stuff, but you beat me to the chase with that lovely sort of capper at the end.

I'm enjoying this so much. Perhaps it's mostly because of Pike. Oh, there's going to be so much hurt when they meet back up.

kanedax March 4 2008, 14:25:04 UTC

Yeah, I was debating whether to put Dawn into the story. But in the end I decided that she just wouldn't fit, since she didn't exist back then. She makes life tricky for fanfictioners everywhere, since you have to decide if your story is being told from someone's point of view or memories, or from a neutral stance. Mine's a little more neutral.

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kanedax March 6 2008, 01:19:17 UTC

Thanks a lot! That's one of the things that I was really looking forward to with this series was touching upon characters who had little to no screen time in the series.

FWI, what's The Herald?

anonymous March 6 2008, 22:46:41 UTC

The lj community su_herald. This chapter is great, and I found Merrick especially believable - how he physically lashes out at both Pike and Buffy for disobeying orders and his dialogue with both of them. I've hardly ever seen Merrick in fic. The only other one (which I recommend!) is The Stars in Their Courses, written for the Buffy Is the Hero, Dammit! ficathon. It fits Dawn into the pre-Sunnydale Buffyverse; the scene with Merrick is probably the best interlude in a sweet and touching, but never sentimental story. Yours is an original take on the Wishverse, and I'm looking forward to where you take "Divergence" next!

Lena

kanedax March 7 2008, 01:54:34 UTC

I'll have to take a look, thanks. ;)

And there's definitely more coming. I kinda fizzled out on this one a few weeks back, but after writing this chapter I started getting brainstorm after brainstorm. So, yeah, keep your eyes open, and feel free to friend me if you want the updates before they show up on the community!