Fic: Lotophagi

[gabrielleabelle]

Title: Lotophagi
Pairing: assumed Spike/Buffy, but it's not the point of the fic
Warning: Possibly disturbing Spike violence of the unredeemed kind
Word Count: 1,195

Author's Note: This fic...is an odd one. It's really a pretty meta-type fic as I wrote it after a run-in with someone who had a not-so-complimentary opinion on Spike's character. This

Comments

[mabus101]

Hmm. Interesting. And I say that as someone who's spent considerable time thinking about Angel's upcoming confrontation with the Powers on a similar subject in his own fic.

Um. I guess that's all I can say. Spoilers bad.

[gabrielleabelle]

Glad you enjoyed it. I purposefully tried to keep Angel from coming up in this fic in comparison to Spike because they are such different cases when you apply any thought to it. I don't think Buffy would make the comparison there.

I actually (finally) started reading DeadWar the other day. I'll admit I had an initial aversion because I'm not a big fan of vamp!Buffy stories, but Shadow Sun blew me away with awesome. Will continue reading. :)

[mabus101]

*nods* Definitely not comparing to Angel himself. 'Tis complicated, and Angel in my story will not be arguing on his own behalf. Really, I was just looking for something more to say than "interesting" again. ;-)

I'm glad you enjoyed Shadow Sun despite your aversion. DeadWar really is a very complex and grey story. For some reason, people tend to stop commenting after a while, and I don't know if it's because the story is getting worse, or if they've run out of things to say, or if it's just fatigue when the story has gone on so long and might not be finished for another couple years.

[moscow_watcher]

*sob* Heartbreaking.

I wonder if this *judgement* has been induced by recents debates on your LJ...

[moscow_watcher]

Oops. Just noticed the explanation in Author's Notes. Sorry. I'm very absent-minded.

[gabrielleabelle]

It's okay. I actually find it amusing that you were able to tell just from reading what it was a response to. :)

I'm actually probably gonna do a commentary on this one, because it's one of the heavier fics I've done.

I'm glad you enjoyed it. :)

[angearia]

I actually find it amusing that you were able to tell just from reading what it was a response to. :)

She's done that with a few of mine as well. :)

[riccadonna]

Hard reading! How uncomfortable that all the good deeds and feelings, when spoken out loud, make such a small weight on the scales.
Plus, expecting Buffy to convince them by "talking"?
This heaven with its managers is truly scary.

[gabrielleabelle]

Heh. Yeah, Buffy's not the best advocate for Spike in this case. She's not much with the talky.

I'm glad you enjoyed the fic. :)

[eowyn_315]

I really hate this - but in a good way. (Does that make sense?) It makes me mad and I want to argue with it. :)

[gabrielleabelle]

Hee. I'm right there with you on this one. It was so tempting to go, "Screw proper characterization! Buffy's gonna say what I want her to say!"

[gabrielleabelle]

Hee. I felt much the same way while writing it. Ah, Buffy...