Comments | apocalyptothon: Ashes, Ashes, We All Fall Down; for <strong class="lj-user"><a href="/read/user/afteriwake">afteriwake</a></strong> (BTVS, R)

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Ashes, Ashes, We All Fall Down; for afteriwake (BTVS, R)

Jul 19, 2009 18:16

Title: Ashes, Ashes, We All Fall Down
Author: misachan
Recipient: afteriwake
Fandom: BTVS/Angel
Request: Faith and Xander hunt down survivors of a major demon attack in a rebuilt Sunnydale (with a re-opened Hellmouth) as the world falls apart around them. Please, if you can, include Lindsey from A:tS
Rating: R
Spoilers: "Chosen" for BtVS, allusions to "Not Fade Away ( Read more... )

Comments 20

tessarin July 22 2009, 16:00:02 UTC

Enjoyed this, nice tweak on the consequences of the empowerment spell.

misachan July 31 2009, 04:31:55 UTC

I had to find some way to deal with all those Slayers, after all. They make it hard to throw a good apocalypse.:) Thank you!

sal101010 July 27 2009, 19:39:54 UTC

If it wasn't for the Apocalyptothon I would never have read Xander/Faith and I'm very glad I did. I really enjoyed this - you brought Faith's goodness to the front of her character and Xander's maturity was refreshing. As was their survival. In fact, I could quite happily read more of this, as well as seeing what happened to Lindsey - after all, we know that he's still around somewhere in some form!

misachan July 31 2009, 04:33:50 UTC

Thank you! I'm happy with how the Lindsey parts came out. If the prompt hadn't mentioned him I probably wouldn't have used him (the first draft of this had Ethan, actually) but now I can't imagine it working without him.

zarahemla August 7 2009, 00:20:17 UTC

This is fan-frigging-tastic. I enjoyed every word, what a great way to redeem Faith and make Xander into a fighter. Plus, bonus Lindsey! Awesome!

misachan August 13 2009, 21:54:53 UTC

Thank you so much! Faith's my favorite Buffy character and I jumped at the chance to write her.

ext_186301 August 8 2009, 05:49:29 UTC

Via musesfool. Amazing! I always enjoy a good Buffyverse post-apocalypse, but this was particularly chilling. :D :( You write creepy/gory/sad very well. Faith is perfect.

I also like Lindsey's pointless little rebellion of using airquotes, hee.

misachan August 13 2009, 21:56:23 UTC

There's about three times as much Lindsey in this as I'd originally planned.:) I really enjoyed writing him. And I'm really glad the creepy/gory parts worked.

Thank you!

igrockspock March 24 2012, 05:09:58 UTC

Obviously, I am very, very late to the party here, but I just want you to know this is one of the most amazing things i've ever read. I am in awe of how well you plotted and characterized this.