Death Letter Blues [600-word Dead Letter Variation]

[forbloodysummer]

Spike leaves a letter for Harmony, a few hours after the final scene of Fool For Love.

Bad language and major character death (obviously) follow.

A previous reader has warned that this fic is quite disturbing. Thanks!

Harm,

DON’T TOUCH THE FUCKING EQUIPMENT.

I mean it. Really. DO NOT touch ANYTHING.

Right now, as you’re reading this, I’m on a table

Comments

[mystd]

This is a really interesting concept. Your dialogue or use of language is definately written in Spike's voice. I can hear him as I read it...very good.

I like that you took the chip thing a whole other step here. I've never seen this angle taken and that's really cool.

Keep up the good writing,
Mel

[forbloodysummer]

Hey there, thanks very much!

Thanks, I think I'm getting pretty good at the Spike voice - much better than at any others anyway. Had to keep going back and editing the other dead letter variation I wrote, from the Doctor, as it came out much too Spike at first. Plus, I kinda talk that way anyway, dunno if that's just me or a result of an excessive amount of Buffy... I have a bad feeling it's the latter, but would like to think not.

Thanks, I have a sneaking suspicion there'll be a throwaway line somewhere in the canon about vampires not being able to regenerate that much - they had to sew Spike's hands back on in 'Damage' after all, it never suggested he'd grow new ones. But hopefully not, and I just found the loophole by being a bit smarter than Spike!

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[were_lemur]

Wow. Excellent twist.

[forbloodysummer]

Thank you!

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[moon_s_wolf]

Hey there !!!

Sorry I didn't review sooner : busy week end. Anyway, I love this. Very 'in character'. Almost wish it were canon : always prefered Bad Boy Spike !!!

Best lines : 1 - 'in response to your blank expression, I blew my brains out, you dumb bint';

2 - 'I’ve never been one for the suicide scene. Considered it once, who wouldn’t in Xander’s basement?';

3 - 'go buy yourself something pretty. Eat something pretty, too, while you’re at it.'

And now that I really think about it, I wonder why Spike didn't think about it... I mean, he is a vampire, so a bullet in the head shouldn't be fatal to him. What an ingenuous way to get rid of the bloody chip !!!

I just hope Harm didn't touch 'the fucking equipment', with her you can never be sure, she's so... Harm ! lol

Saw you post another Death Letter, from the Doctor Who fandom. Too tired to read it now, but I'll give it a go tomorrow, promise ( cross my fingers and hope to die ! lol ).

See you, mate.

Luz.

[forbloodysummer]

Hey

[forbloodysummer]

With regards to Illyria being a cat, I googled blue cats, and much to my disappointment, they don't really exist. Which is a shame, because I distinctly remember seeing a picture of one when I was four or something, a Prussian Blue. Again, turns out there's no such thing - there's a British Blue and a Russian Blue (clearly the one I was thinking of), but they're more dark grey than blue, sort of the colour of the background of this page. Almost the same colour as my cat, in fact, who, much though I'm very fond of her, is not blue. And dammit, I wanted a blue Illyria-cat

[moon_s_wolf]

I don't agree with you : I think Spike's great in 'game face', at least, he is in the last season ( I remember thinking so in the scene where little Robin see him fighting against Nikki

[of_too_minds]

Interesting concept. It sounds exactly like one of the crazy plans Spike would come up with. Trusting Harmony to keep him safe while he rebuilds his brain?? Oh Spike. You're either brilliant or certifiable.

You did a fantastic job with Spike's voice, I actually hear him reading this letter.

[forbloodysummer]

Thanks very much!

Yeah, he's not really one to often go with long, complicated plans, this is probably why! There's a line in Tomorrow Never Dies, 'The difference between insanity and genius is measured only by success' - so I guess it's all down to how it turns out for Spike in the end!

Dunno, would be interesting to write a sequel for this someday, no plans as of yet though.

Thanks a lot, very proud of my Spike voice!

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[ex_dark_ami]

Oh I like this. Great Spike voice!

[forbloodysummer]

Thanks very much!

I'm very pleased with how this one turned out.

The other one, from Doctor Who fandom, is a bit rubbish!

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