Final Instructions

[deird1]

This was written for the Dead Letter Challenge.

The basic premise?
Kill a character. And then write one letter from them, after their death.

Here's mine:

Comments

[dreamincolor]

And here I was thinking that all of the entries in the Dead Letter Challenge were going to to be nothing but sad. Silly me.

I'm still grinning.

The words I was unable to translate should read “poisonous darts from their teeth”. Please fill that in correctly.

[Xander] is on no account to speak any Latin in their presence, because they’re the original editions.

My electric kettle is set to automatically turn on at 10 o’clock every morning. You should probably unplug it before it boils dry.

I loved the classically British, understated tone throughout; it was so very Giles, and the whole thing just gave me a grade A case of the fuzzies. -squash- This piece was brilliantly executed, wonderful job.

[deird1]

Thanks!

the classically British, understated tone
...which is where this plotbunny came from. It occured to me that Giles wouldn't really be mushy - even if he was dead.

Glad you liked it!

[mosca]

This is simultaneously sad and darling. I love your Giles's conscientiousness and pragmatism, and how those qualities reveal how much he loves the people he's leaving behind. What a creative and refreshing response to this challenge -- thank you for sharing it.

[deird1]

I'm glad you enjoyed it.

[polly1esther]

My sweet Giles! This is so him, good-natured sarcasm for his loved ones even when he's dead - and always taking care of them.

And this comment made my heart melt...

WHATEVER YOU DO, DON’T TELL HER ABOUT THIS LETTER. She’d be annoyed that I hadn’t written to her directly, upset that I’d written at all, and she’d probably try to have Willow set up some kind of regular correspondence system.

She definitely would.

[deird1]

I'm glad you liked it!

[anonymous]

Oh my. Poor Giles. See the tears. But oh so pragmatic. I loved your Giles voice and the way you potrayed his British sensibilities. Just wished he would have sent a personnel message to Buffy as well as Willow and Dawn. Still quite a great read. Vehnu

[deird1]

Thank you.

sent a personnel message to Buffy
I thought about it. But in the end, I decided that he'd be fairly confident about Buffy's ability to deal with his death - so their only real unfinished business would be the 'relationship' thing. Whereas with Willow, he'd be a lot more worried about how she'd react to the news...

Glad you enjoyed it.

[anonymous]

Hi,
I said in a recent comment how much I was enjoying your fic after beginning to check it out. This is definitely an excellent addition to your canon. Particularly liked the comments about Dawn searching for the letter, and Willow's possible reaction to his death. Also I find myself REALLY wanting to meet Katherine, she sounds like a really interesting person.

Great stuff,
Ray (kerkevik@btinternet.com)

[deird1]

Thanks! I'm glad you're enjoying my fic!