In Their Shoes
Author:
moscow_watcherGenre: comedy
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: Joss is the boss.
Timeline: Season 6. "Once More With Feeling" has ended differently.
Summary: Role-playing games are more effective than a shrink's couch - at least, in Buffy and Spike's case.
A/N: Many thanks to
deird1, my wonderful beta who helped me with grammar, style and
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The comedy then tragedy tones work extremely well, and I particularly like the way you head most of the rest of the misery of S6 off at the pass.
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I always thought that the misery of season 6 was mostly due to Buffy's mental state. As soon as she gets over her issues, everything else becomes easy to deal with.
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Thank you!
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"snort"
The judges had better appreciate his poetic efforts. Unless they wanted to end up with railroad spikes in their skulls.
"double snort"
"Stake me now, Slayer! I bloody can't play the Mighty Poof! 'Oh, my shagtastic slayer, I don't know what went through my undead pea brain when I saw your nubile charms, but I became so frightfully happy that I lost my shiny soul, turned into a psychotic stalker and killed your teacher and a bunch of other innocent people'. I'm gonna heave."
:: dies ::
"The most heartbreaking and the most erotic chapter. The story of enormous sacrifice - or maybe an enormous cowardice? The story of Angel becoming human and rejecting his humanity."
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Look into your soul, Buffy Summers. It was cathartic, wasn't it? Revisiting the past worked as an act of exorcism. Unearthing the hidden provided the much-needed closure. You're free of your past. You're ready to start a new chapter of your life. You may look into the ( ... )
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I'm very happy that you liked it! A lot of this stuff owes to current Spuffy vs. Bangel debates on different forums. Hopefully it doesn't sound too tendentious.
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