Best Souvenir

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A/N: I can't even begin to express how much a2zmom influenced this chapter. She guided me in turning it from something I hated into something that's bearable. Many of the best lines are flat out hers. I can't begin to express how grateful I am or how wonderful it is to work with someone who understands these characters like she does.

Comments

[chrisleeoctaves]

Argh!

I want to read this *right* now- but....I will have to wait until tonight after dinner and dishes and laundry and grocery shopping and kid's baths and I make tea and...

well, you get the picture!

But I'll be back.

[lettered]

Another thing about WIPs. I know the feeling.

Hope your day goes well!

[stultiloquentia]

Ooh, a classically kinky scenario. I have a feeling you're going to pull it off beautifully. Your writing really is a treat -- strong coffee, with cream.

[lettered]

Ooh, a classically kinky scenario.

Also a very cliche one. ;o) Thanks for your vote of confidence.

[marenfic]

I continue to enjoy this very much although I can't believe a2zmom gave her stamp of approval to the use of the word "mate". She does not share my kink for that, unless you've managed to convert her. If that's the case, I stand in aw.

[lettered]

lol!

Well, a2zmom did say it was one of her fan fic pet peeves, but she also said it wouldn't make her hate a fic. I doubt the hated thing that used to be this chapter could've converted her, either, so no, no awe.

I have some issues with the word myself. I think it can be sexy; it definitely doesn't turn me off like it does some people. What I dislike is people using a non-canon animal impulse to replace a real "human" relationship. It's so often used as a cheap short-cut (and it is, in this fic).

A2zmom probably had enough on her hands fixing this chapter without having to deal with that, too ;o)

I'm glad you're liking the fic.

[a2zmom]

Hee. I just saw this, so I'll answer it. "mate" is being used here in a very specific sense - he's taking about a vampiristic coupling, something anamilistic.

Wholy different from fics where Buffy and Angel are constantly nattering on(to quote Giles) about being each other's mates. I'm always looking for Tarzan in that situation.

[lettered]

Wholy different from fics where Buffy and Angel are constantly nattering on(to quote Giles) about being each other's mates.

Oh, but I can totally see that. When Buffy is on 'Beer Bad' beer.

I kinda feel like Buffy would sock him in the mouth if Angel called her his mate. What I don't mind, though, is when the word is used to describe a base animal drive that his vampirism enhances and works with or at odds with a human romantic impulse. I can see Angel thinking of Buffy as his "mate" in that sense. And being ashamed of it.

[mshepnj]

Mmmm! So many yummy little morsels in this part!

“It’s the bank,” Angel explained, standing up. He turned away, running an impatient hand through unkempt hair. “It’s evil.”

Buffy made a face. “What bank isn’t?”

LOL!

She was unconcerned. “I’ve upset worse. I upset a god. I upset the root of all evil. I upset a lady with a snake head that looked kinda like a penis, and found out Doublemeat is a vegetarian enterprise. And the fast food conglomerate? Now those are people you don’t want to upset..." Hee! Love this shout out

[stultiloquentia]

Teeny tiny typo: “Nine. ” = "Nein."

Nah, that's Buffy's POV. It made me giggle.

[lettered]

lol!!

I'm such a ditz. That's MY point of view! I really thought it was spelled like the English number. It's so sad, really, because I do know that German rule about whether the i or e is long when you say the word.

I changed it because I'm so embarrassed ;o)

[mshepnj]

Aw, I didn't mean to cause embarrassment... EEK! I mean eek! It's just that - ditz that *I* am, I read it and went "Nine what? Nine Hundred? Nine Thousand?" I mean he was talking numbers to a bank ... and then realized. Duh. :facepalm:

[timeofchange]

This is a powerful new chapter. I really like the way you show Angel's conflicted feelings. There is a part of him that so longs for things to just be over. And another part, of course, that longs to take his place again among the power elite.

[lettered]

I would think it would be hard to drag himself out of the place he was in and start trying to be the peson he really wanted to be. Not only is there the cynicism and doubt and self-hatred of the last hundred years, there's the memories of what it's like to interact with the world--something he only really did as Angelus. It's an important concept to me and I'm glad it's working for you. Thanks.