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Drabble: Cave In, Hand Over, Hang On

May 14, 2006 11:41

Title: Cave In, Hand Over, Hang On
Length: I may have cheated a bit. But 100 words, my way; I DID IT AGAIN!
Rating: G! again!
Prompt: for semby. Angel and Xander.
A/N: Xander saves Angel.
edited because I fucked up.

( Cave In, Hand Over, Hang On )

fic, character: xander, character: angel, length: drabble, fic: buffyverse, rating: g, fandom: buffyverse

Comments 19

43100 May 15 2006, 05:22:13 UTC

*drools* That's beautiful. And I'm drunk right now and I'm not laughing, so that's a good sign, b/c right now I'm laughing at everything. *hangs head in shame*

lettered May 15 2006, 15:56:45 UTC

Thanks! And hey, if you can still do html, you're ok. And I also have a bad habit of coming onto lj after drinking!

Hope you feel alright this morning!

43100 May 15 2006, 16:01:13 UTC

Thanks! I'm feeling fine, actually. I have a slight headache tho.

tinpanalley May 15 2006, 12:55:09 UTC

Lovely!

lettered May 15 2006, 15:56:54 UTC

Thanks!

ignoramouse May 15 2006, 14:56:26 UTC

Love your language use.

The rhythm and meaning of the first line alone is to die for.

Smashing wee drabble!

lettered May 15 2006, 15:57:33 UTC

Glad the first line worked for you. I liked it a lot when I first wrote it, but I had to cut so many words to get down to 100 that I wasn't sure it made sense any more. So thanks!

semby May 15 2006, 15:25:23 UTC

Damn! So pretty. And I love love love how you show his complete loss and despair, only to be revived by Xander, of all people. Xander was certainly a hero that night.

lettered May 15 2006, 16:04:25 UTC

For some reason, at first I never really bought that Angel would need Xander to come convince him to save Buffy. She was his life; he was already obsessed with her by then. But recently while rewatching, I realized what I hadn't before: I think that Angel used to be the kind of person who expected the world to fall into place for him, and when it didn't, he liked to revel in despair and feel sorry for himself. His love for Buffy didn't resist that but rather facillitated it. He's still like that to some extent all the way up through "Amends", and it's not till then, I think, that he decides to fight and fight without any expectation of anything in return. And then, he still falls and falters and wants to give up on his own show.

Anyway, babbling, but I wanted to show that here and I'm glad you think I did.

cordelianne May 16 2006, 02:32:26 UTC

Lovely! There's such a wonderful poetic feel to this, particularly with the rhyming in that first sentence.

Wonderful line:
Angel put quarters in for Mandy but drank a man already dead instead.

I like how Buffy is Angel's connection to life, and the desire for life. So it's so neat the Xander reanimates Angel as well as Buffy. Love this line:
Instead, Angel watches Xander bring him back to life.

lettered May 17 2006, 03:22:29 UTC

So glad the first sentence worked for you!

And yeah, in the beginning, Buffy's totally Angel's connection...which is why when he thinks she's given up, he gives up too. I didn't really get that the first few times I watched Prophecy Girl.

Thanks so much!