Well, it's that time again!

[fluffernutter8]

Hey cool cats. I know I haven't been around much lately (personal post hopefully to come soon) but just popping in to say that it's my IWRY day. The iwry-marathon is a month long Buffy/Angel ficathon that's one of my favorite parts of the year. It's really making November fly by for me. I realized this morning that this is my fifth year participating (I started

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[a2zmom]

I completely adored this like 1000%.

First, your Buffy speak is superb. The line Seems like a little too divide and not enough conquer. should have been in the show,

Secondly, I just love the idea of the AU. Here Buffy is just so alone, it breaks my heart. But I love how she and Angel have this complete trust in eaxh other by the end.

I hope this curse is different here, otherwise she's going to have no one when that all comes down. I don't even want to think about it.

Anyway, great story.

[fluffernutter8]

There were a few quotes that inspired this story. Joss has said that "... the very basic premise of the show: Buffy, Willow, Xander and the romance with Angel," and even though I love all of those things, I skewed them. I kind of wanted to play with loneliness (the scariest thing there is) and a relationship where Buffy's answer to Angel would never have been "I love you but I'm not sure I trust you."

I think that what Jenny was saying when she told Angel that they would have to talk about the unfairness of his curse, she knows about the loophole and would work to fix it. I do miss Xander and Willow, but I kind of love the idea of a universe where Buffy and Angel get to be best friends and have sex. ;)

Thank you so much for the comment. Truly made my night.

[perpetual]

Okay, here we go. The first thing that impressed me about this story was the character voice. You're getting so good at it I'm thrilled and jealous. Buffy's dialogue in this one is virtually indistinguishable from her canon dialogue: witty and self-aware and genuine. I just skimmed for a favorite line and there were too many choices. Angel and Giles and Cordelia were great, too, and none of them are easy to write

[fluffernutter8]

I've just been sitting and giggling over this amazingness over the past few days, but then I remembered that you might actually want me to acknowledge it, so to quote you, "Okay, here we go."

When I got to "Buffy's dialogue in this one is virtually indistinguishable from her canon dialogue" I kept looking away and waving my hands and going stop! You stop that, K! You know I always have trouble with dialog and I spent a lot of stressful time with clenched fists trying to whip everyone into shape, so this was gratifying to hear

[perpetual]

I can only partially take credit for the writing style thing. Out of nowhere, I just started noticing construction as I was reading.

You silly goose, you just described the way writers learn to polish their writing. Of course you can take full credit for that. And I really do love thinking and talking about the process. If only we all had the time, I would love to devote myself in a big way to a fandom writers' workshop. You could share your new secrets about Buffyverse dialogue.

Well, now that you've illuminated the original idea for multiple AUs, that sounds pretty awesome too and I wouldn't complain to see it either way. Let's say, whatever gets you motivated to produce more stories I can read has my vote. ;)

But Buffy and Cordelia's friendship would be amazing to see in this 'verse once both of them were true heroes. Just sayin'.

Bet you love Ron/Hermione! Hmmm, who else was friends first...

[fluffernutter8]

Of course you can take full credit for that.
Lol, part of me knows that I was improving my writing, but it was such a random out of body experience, that I feel like I didn't think about it enough to really purposefully have been making changes.

You could share your new secrets about Buffyverse dialogue.
Sorry, wrong number. I'll find a real expert and then you can start hosting fanfic writers' workshops. I would definitely be there, if only to squee over my favorite writers and sweat over which breakaway sessions to attend ("Snark and Spark sounds amazing, but so does "Beyond Mary Sue: Building Realistic OCs!")

But Buffy and Cordelia's friendship would be amazing to see in this 'verse once both of them were true heroes. Just sayin'.If I ever write it, it would probably be inspired by Homecoming. Because even as big damn heroes, there would be some competitiveness. I mean, I write in slow motion, so if it happens, it could be years if ever, but I'm just sayin