Comments | moscow_watcher: Fic: LOVERS UN-WALK

moscow_watcher

Fic: LOVERS UN-WALK

Jan 27, 2009 17:02

Pairing: Angel/Spike
Genre: Angst with a twist
Rating: R
Summary: Soon after the events of Lovers Walk Angel had met Spike in LA... At least Spike thinks so.
Word Count: 1374
A/N: This is my first attempt at slash. Written for grazieprego Spangel ficathon. Much thanks to lynnenne who encouraged me, helped with plot and characters' voices, fixed my errors. Without ( Read more... )

spangel, fanfic

Comments 48

elisi January 27 2009, 15:09:44 UTC

Oh I like it. Very clever in lots of ways - the initial scene, with both vampires so lost and desperate; and then changing it through Angel's knowledge that is was never 'real', except he still remembers it, which makes it real even if it never happened (lovely echoes of Wes and Illyria at the end of Origin, and the questions of are we our memories?). And finally his concern for Spike, and how it shows his feelings.

(This is horribly mangled fb I'm afraid, but I'm running out the door. Lovely fic though that really made me think! Thank you!)

moscow_watcher January 27 2009, 15:31:36 UTC

Thank you for lovely feedback! I was afraid that the Spuffy sector of my f-list will dislike the story because Spike isn't all about Buffy and Spangel shippers won't like it because Spike and Angel's moment of intimacy was just an illusion.

So, your comment is very much appreciated. I know that you love both Spuffy and Spangel - so, if you enjoyed the story, then the story is OK. *hugs*

Can't keep from asking about the next chapter of My Immortal...

elisi January 27 2009, 16:47:14 UTC

So, your comment is very much appreciated. I know that you love both Spuffy and Spangel - so, if you enjoyed the story, then the story is OK.
I'm very flattered to be used as a test-subject, as it were! :) But it *is* a clever fic, and I hope you get lots more readers! *hugs back*

Can't keep from asking about the next chapter of My Immortal...
As my latest post says, I shall vanish, and then hopefully return with something at a later date! I just need to CONCENTRATE! *kicks self*

moscow_watcher January 27 2009, 16:51:10 UTC

I shall vanish, and then hopefully return with something at a later date!

*salivates*

rahirah January 27 2009, 15:14:50 UTC

Very interesting twist!

moscow_watcher January 27 2009, 15:37:23 UTC

Thank you!
Joss' creative brainwashing of his characters gives us a lot of opportunites... :)

brunettepet January 27 2009, 17:09:52 UTC

The integration of fake Dawn memories into the fabric of reality has a lot of possibilities and this one is especially intriguing. This false memory colors Spike and Angel's relationship, and I love that even though Angel knows it's false he still wants better for Spike. Asking Illyria to be soft and kind and his "I... I don't abhor" reeks of regret for an intimate act that never happened. Nice job.

moscow_watcher January 27 2009, 18:03:01 UTC

The integration of fake Dawn memories into the fabric of reality has a lot of possibilities and this one is especially intriguing.

Oh - isn't it? Right now nobody but Angel can remember the actual events of seasons 1-4 the way we saw them onscreen. What a wealth of options to explore!

I love that even though Angel knows it's false he still wants better for Spike.

But, of course, Angel will never admit it to Spike!
Sometimes I want to slap Angel for being so cruel to Spike in the beginning of season 5. Then I remember how much trouble Spike caused him off-screen and calm down. :))

Asking Illyria to be soft and kind and his "I... I don't abhor" reeks of regret for an intimate act that never happened.

I'm glad it worked for you. I wasn't sure I could pull it off. Thank you for feedback!

elisi January 27 2009, 21:39:57 UTC

::has found a few minutes and jumps in::

Sometimes I want to slap Angel for being so cruel to Spike in the beginning of season 5. Then I remember how much trouble Spike caused him off-screen and calm down. :))
The thing to remember about that time is that for Angel it really isn't about Spike as such - Angel's behavior is all to do with his own issues, and of course the fact that Spike is a) incredibly good at pinpointing these, and b) a walking reminder of what Angel once was (clear-cut hero) and what he did ("You made me a monster!"). Ergo, he lashes out.

I'm glad it worked for you. I wasn't sure I could pull it off.
You pulled it off beautifully!

moscow_watcher January 27 2009, 22:45:20 UTC

The thing to remember about that time is that for Angel it really isn't about Spike as such - Angel's behavior is all to do with his own issues, and of course the fact that Spike is a) incredibly good at pinpointing these, and b) a walking reminder of what Angel once was (clear-cut hero) and what he did ("You made me a monster!"). Ergo, he lashes out.

Oh, sure. So many issues. Memories of Spike torturing him. Memories of himself torturing Spike. Jealosy of Buffy. Frustrations about his current situation in W&H.

It has never been simple between these two... :)

You pulled it off beautifully!

Thank you again! *smoochies*

hello_spikey January 27 2009, 19:11:33 UTC

Oh lovely!

First off I adore the opening bit with Buffy in the car - how Buffy and Angel aren't quite on the same page, conversationally. Angel obviously has Spike-on-the-brain.

:D

And of course false Dawn-memory fic is a kink of mine. It feels genuine - this is something that would have happened, had dawn existed back then.

And oooo hot passionate jumped-in-an-alley sex!!

And then the Illyria! Darling, you are just marching straight down a list of my favorite things - Angel's conversation with Illyria, and his self-knowledge, and the implications of all of it - beautiful.

:D

moscow_watcher January 27 2009, 19:38:12 UTC

Angel obviously has Spike-on-the-brain

Hasn't he? :)))

And of course false Dawn-memory fic is a kink of mine.

I adore such type of twists! And when I realized that Orlon window restores *all* altered memories, it struck me that Angel is the only person who remembers Dawn-less seasons 1-4.

Darling, you are just marching straight down a list of my favorite things

*blushes* Aww, thank you!

I have to make a terrible confession: I like writing Illyria because of her weird speech patterns. I'm aware that I often make stylistical errors and I obsess over every line. But I can write Illyria's lines clumsily and bombastically and get away with it. :)

angearia January 27 2009, 19:47:00 UTC

I'd never thought of how Angel would have faux-Dawn memories that the Orlon window breaking would have displaced. Love that twist. :)

moscow_watcher January 27 2009, 20:04:57 UTC

Thanks! :)
It took me a while to figure out that the Orlon window wasn't a mojo created specifically to restore the memories about Connor, but was a "regular" device for memory restoration.