Unsalvageable (The Hell in a Handbasket Remix) [ATS; Faith, Angel, Wesley]

Jul 09, 2009 01:37

Title: Unsalvageable (The Hell in a Handbasket Remix)
Author: sevendeadlyfun
Summary: Faith ends up in L.A. after the fall with the ghost of her former Watcher and a friend obsessed with setting things right.
Rating: R
Fandom: Angel the Series (Angel: After the Fall)
Spoilers and/or Warnings: Spoilers for Angel: After the Fall comics to #9 and Buffy: Season 8 ( Read more... )

remix author: sevendeadlyfun, original author: liz_marcs, character: faith, character: angel, character: wesley wyndham-pryce, fandom: angel the series

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lunabee34 July 20 2009, 01:24:53 UTC
Wow. Wow. This is a million kinds of fantastic. *loves*

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sevendeadlyfun July 26 2009, 20:30:17 UTC
Thank you! I had such a good (if nervous) time writing this, so I'm really pleased you enjoyed it.

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sunnyd_lite July 20 2009, 02:10:56 UTC
Lines I liked:
You,” she repeats. “I think you should probably make that picture bigger.”
The sad truth is that Evil isn’t ugly; that evil looks so damn good, comfy even.

Hell has no bedtime
Princess Bride shout out! *squee*
She wonders if he’s actually gotten more boring after death, and if that’s even possible.

Talking Angel down off this ledge is a job for the One Girl, capital O capital G and those caps don’t belong to her. Gotta shrug it off. No time for pity parties in Hell.

Don’t be evil isn’t exactly a peppy t-shirt slogan, but for here and for now and for her, it’s a victory.

I love this Faith!

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sevendeadlyfun July 26 2009, 20:32:02 UTC
Thank you! I think that Faith really began to get interesting when she was allowed to be more than one note. First she was really evil, then she was really guilty. By the end of Buffy she was trying to be good, but not too good. They've really expanded that in the comics and it's so enjoyable. I'm glad you found this Faith just as interesting.

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moscow_watcher July 20 2009, 15:03:01 UTC
Powerful and gripping. You interlace After the Fall and BtVS season 8 mythology masterfully.

The exchange I love the most:

“You want to hear about duty and honor? Fine,” Wesley smiles, a humorless twist of the mouth, “As a Slayer, your duty is to fight the forces of evil. Go. Fight. Don’t die.”

“Gotcha,” she says with a shake of her head. “I won’t die. But what about you?”

"Bit late for me to take my own advice,” Wesley notes drily.

*hugs poor Wesley*

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sevendeadlyfun July 26 2009, 20:35:55 UTC
Thank you! I feel like Wesley in After the Fall was simultaneously incredibly powerless and yet intrinsic in keeping Angel from falling apart. Having a chance write him like this was fun and nerve-wracking. I'm really pleased you think it came together well.

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brutti_ma_buoni July 20 2009, 18:25:01 UTC
didn't do the mojo, but she thought it was a great plan and so those little girls on the sidewalk are on her - Great Faith: tough, responsible and bruised all the same.

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sevendeadlyfun July 26 2009, 20:36:43 UTC
Thank you! I think comics canon Faith is my favorite Faith of all. She does combine strength and vulnerability in a way we didn't get to see on screen. It makes her incredibly compelling.

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liz_marcs July 21 2009, 04:05:39 UTC
This is a fantastic Remix, merging my (admittedly very old) story in with the AtS and BtVS comics canon (which I know nothing about except in the most general terms, I'm afraid).

The language is very evocative, and I like how you "show" the full horror of Hell and the blasted landscape Faith finds herself in. I also love how the exterior horror is a perfect mirror reflect of Faith's inner horror.

Faith's voice is also really good here. It's mature, wounded, and bruised, but unlike the Faith in my version, she's not broken. Cracked, definitely, but not broken.

I also have to admit that I'm glad that the deal with Angel in this story is more on the level of UST. In my story it was admittedly tacked on (*wince*) because I wrote it for a fic-a-thon and either Angel/Faith or Angel/Faith/Wes was the parameter of the request. I don't do 'shipping all that well and it was admittedly a weakness of the original. While I'm not sure what I would have done differently, I loved how you re-wove that into a tricky, prickly relationship for this ( ... )

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Want to add link to my rec for your remix liz_marcs July 22 2009, 21:23:28 UTC
Just FYI:

Here's the link to my rec for this story. Hopefully it will get you a few more readers who'll comment: http://liz-marcs.livejournal.com/447991.html

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sevendeadlyfun July 26 2009, 20:48:03 UTC
Thank you very much! I'm so incredibly relieved you enjoyed it and found it well-written. I have to admit how nervous I was, because it was a concept remix rather than straight one, that you wouldn't enjoy it or you'd find it too far off of what you originally wrote.

While I *do* enjoy a nice, 'shippy story, I feel like some relationships are almost better as UST. Faith and Angel, for me, are better for keeping what passes between them as yearnings. It also just works better for the characters as they've progressed through the comics.

I saw your journal entry and I had to giggle. I am American and I do tend to write in a Southern Gothic style (though I rarely read it, so wth self?). My heaviest stylistic influence is probably Hawthorne, though. I enjoy his heavy examination of the psychology of his characters and how very descriptive he is.

Thank you so much for your wonderful comments. I was very glad I had to chance to remix one of your stories.

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