Um, look, an update. And I actually am writing things that are actual fic as opposed to snippet fic, but those things take longer. So here you are
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someone rec'd this series over on bloodclaim and i've just read all 11 parts. So this is more a comment on the whole, thus far, as opposed to just this chapter.
Each part, and the whole, has a great sense of character to it. They feel like themselves, if that makes sense, evolved but still at the core true to what I know from canon. In particular I appreciate & enjoy that Xander is the team leader & loved his thoughts about "his team" and what it all means. Yet way back in part 1 it was great to see how John thought of each of the men, and the team as a whole. That makes the outside viewpoints enjoyable, valuable.
The chapter with the Genii invasion was revelatory & well done. I'm not surprised at all by Xander's decision--it is very true to him--& love the view into what happened to buffy & angelus, to the core group. I am suprised, however, that there was nothing between Xander & Weir in the aftermath(perhaps later?); as I do think Weir would not approve of his decision. She didn't have that edge, the knowledge, to stomach such decisions.
I do hope your muses lead you to go backward, flashback perhaps, to show what it was like when the four first arrived. Regardless, this is a absolutely engaging series of scenes in a universe & I look forward to whatever comes next. Very well done indeed.
I am so, so sorry. I've been having some trouble with comment notification, and I just found this comment. My apologies for the month-long wait for the reply.
Xander has always had the capacity to lead people, because he is the people person. He was always the token human on the show, but honestly, I've always thought that his "normal" state was less important than his essential personality: no matter what dumb shit he did, he was always, simply enough, a good guy. I wanted to show that that hasn't changed. He's grown up, he's not the Token Normal, he's done some gray-area stuff, but he's still a Good Guy.
I think I disagree with you about Weir- but I understand where you're coming from, and I think that's the fault of the writers. There are a couple characters that they can't seem to write with any degree of consistency, and those are Elizabeth and Rodney. The Weir in my head, the one that I like to believe is the One True Elizabeth, is the one they created in SG-1 who got the most amazing job on the Earth from Senator Kinsey, then saw right through his bullshit and burned his ass good with a smile and a "fuck you." She's what a politician should be: polite, tactful, brilliant, and always looking for a peaceful solution, but also not afraid to show the proverbial iron fist in the proverbial velvet glove.
That's the Weir in my head, the Weir I'm always writing. And I know I didn't get a chance to show that in this story yet, but that Weir not only understood what Xander chose to do, but she fully endorsed it. So he wasn't going to get anything but respect from her.
(Also, consider that she didn't do anything but hug John after he did his level best to shoot Kolya in the head. Kolya has proven again and again that he isn't to be trusted, that he'll do whatever is necessary to succeed in his goals, and that he just. isn't. safe. to let go. He's like a less psycho version of the Joker: he just won't start being a good guy. Not ever. And Elizabeth knows that.)
Each part, and the whole, has a great sense of character to it. They feel like themselves, if that makes sense, evolved but still at the core true to what I know from canon. In particular I appreciate & enjoy that Xander is the team leader & loved his thoughts about "his team" and what it all means. Yet way back in part 1 it was great to see how John thought of each of the men, and the team as a whole. That makes the outside viewpoints enjoyable, valuable.
The chapter with the Genii invasion was revelatory & well done. I'm not surprised at all by Xander's decision--it is very true to him--& love the view into what happened to buffy & angelus, to the core group. I am suprised, however, that there was nothing between Xander & Weir in the aftermath(perhaps later?); as I do think Weir would not approve of his decision. She didn't have that edge, the knowledge, to stomach such decisions.
I do hope your muses lead you to go backward, flashback perhaps, to show what it was like when the four first arrived. Regardless, this is a absolutely engaging series of scenes in a universe & I look forward to whatever comes next. Very well done indeed.
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Xander has always had the capacity to lead people, because he is the people person. He was always the token human on the show, but honestly, I've always thought that his "normal" state was less important than his essential personality: no matter what dumb shit he did, he was always, simply enough, a good guy. I wanted to show that that hasn't changed. He's grown up, he's not the Token Normal, he's done some gray-area stuff, but he's still a Good Guy.
I think I disagree with you about Weir- but I understand where you're coming from, and I think that's the fault of the writers. There are a couple characters that they can't seem to write with any degree of consistency, and those are Elizabeth and Rodney. The Weir in my head, the one that I like to believe is the One True Elizabeth, is the one they created in SG-1 who got the most amazing job on the Earth from Senator Kinsey, then saw right through his bullshit and burned his ass good with a smile and a "fuck you." She's what a politician should be: polite, tactful, brilliant, and always looking for a peaceful solution, but also not afraid to show the proverbial iron fist in the proverbial velvet glove.
That's the Weir in my head, the Weir I'm always writing. And I know I didn't get a chance to show that in this story yet, but that Weir not only understood what Xander chose to do, but she fully endorsed it. So he wasn't going to get anything but respect from her.
(Also, consider that she didn't do anything but hug John after he did his level best to shoot Kolya in the head. Kolya has proven again and again that he isn't to be trusted, that he'll do whatever is necessary to succeed in his goals, and that he just. isn't. safe. to let go. He's like a less psycho version of the Joker: he just won't start being a good guy. Not ever. And Elizabeth knows that.)
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