You have no idea how much I love this story. None. Since I read it, this passage has been a regular on my AIM away messages:
Sometimes he sees her turning to talk to someone who isn't there and he knows she's looking for the same ghost he's looking for.
But it's just the two of them, and always has been since they started driving. They never fight. Oh, they argue, they disagree, they debate, but at the core is that solid bedrock of love and friendship that links the two of them together in comfortable companionship. Him and her. Her and him. They are two against the world trying to find a place in the world.
Except the world doesn't seem to want them.
Sometimes he thinks he's going crazy. Sometimes he thinks that he's completely sane. Sometimes he's not sure which of these options scare him more.
I always put it up in the hopes that someone would read it and say "Hey, wow, what's that from?" And I could say "Oh, man, it's this short story, it's really great, you have to read it."
That passage is one of those where I have *zero* idea where it came from. I basically typed it on automatic. It's a strange passage for me because it just came out of the blue.
I'm just surprised that I never transfered this story over to LJ before now.
I've read this story I don't know how many times, and I could read it I don't know how many more times, and it still does and will always make me cry. Because this is how it should be. Perfection in its finest form. Thank you.
I miss the Scooby closeness in the later seasons, too. That's why I really don't want to watch S7 again, even though I have the discs. The loss of that friendship and the fact that it was never rebuilt is my biggest Worst.Thing.Ever.
I think it's more the writing style than the content. I can definitely see in this story that the characters are at arm's length for me, not to mention their dialog is somewhat stylized (Giles and Spike in particular read off-center to me).
What saves it, in large part, is where Buffy's story and the Willow-Xander finally comes together at the end. It retro-actively makes at least Buffy's part read better. The Willow-Xander story I actually have very little problem with it, since it's meant to be off-kilter. With a different ending, it could've stood fairly well on its own as a vaguely creepy ghost story.
The thing that struck me in transfering it over, is that this is the first example of me using a parallel construction where there are two different stories being told under one heading. I used it again with A Gift of Ordinary Magic, and am using it to a lesser extent with Water Hold Me Down.
I know. I'm being my own worst critic here. :-)
While I don't have the overwhelming urge to go back and re-write it like I do with
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Sometimes he sees her turning to talk to someone who isn't there and he knows she's looking for the same ghost he's looking for.
But it's just the two of them, and always has been since they started driving. They never fight. Oh, they argue, they disagree, they debate, but at the core is that solid bedrock of love and friendship that links the two of them together in comfortable companionship. Him and her. Her and him. They are two against the world trying to find a place in the world.
Except the world doesn't seem to want them.
Sometimes he thinks he's going crazy. Sometimes he thinks that he's completely sane. Sometimes he's not sure which of these options scare him more.
I always put it up in the hopes that someone would read it and say "Hey, wow, what's that from?" And I could say "Oh, man, it's this short story, it's really great, you have to read it."
Because this story fucking rocks.
That is all
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Thanks for the compliment.
That passage is one of those where I have *zero* idea where it came from. I basically typed it on automatic. It's a strange passage for me because it just came out of the blue.
I'm just surprised that I never transfered this story over to LJ before now.
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Thanks.
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I'd forgottten that I never brought it over to LJ. Sometimes I even forget that it's in my fanfic portfolio, and I wrote it.
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I miss the Scooby closeness in the later seasons, too. That's why I really don't want to watch S7 again, even though I have the discs. The loss of that friendship and the fact that it was never rebuilt is my biggest Worst.Thing.Ever.
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What saves it, in large part, is where Buffy's story and the Willow-Xander finally comes together at the end. It retro-actively makes at least Buffy's part read better. The Willow-Xander story I actually have very little problem with it, since it's meant to be off-kilter. With a different ending, it could've stood fairly well on its own as a vaguely creepy ghost story.
The thing that struck me in transfering it over, is that this is the first example of me using a parallel construction where there are two different stories being told under one heading. I used it again with A Gift of Ordinary Magic, and am using it to a lesser extent with Water Hold Me Down.
I know. I'm being my own worst critic here. :-)
While I don't have the overwhelming urge to go back and re-write it like I do with ( ... )
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Wow.
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