Comments | redreh_esila: Faster or More Clever

redreh_esila

Faster or More Clever

Jul 30, 2011 23:14

Spuffy one-shot, PG. Spike POV of his last moments in Chosen. A fic that searches for the reasons why.

He was never very graceful at fighting. Sure, he had inherited the bizarrely natural kung-fu abilities that all vampires were granted upon their rebirth, but that did not mean he knew what he was doing. He was no General, no leader; he threw ( Read more... )

spike, buffy the vampire slayer, fan fiction, buffy, spuffy

Comments 16

moscow_watcher August 1 2011, 21:31:31 UTC

OMG, you made me cry twice in a row.

You.Are.Evil.

No, serisouly, this is amazing storytelling. You crept into Spike's mind; you condensed Spike's s5-7 journey into a short but incredibly intense scene; and you managed to rationalize Spike's "no you don't" using the actual lines from the show.

Reading this story reminds again that how much the beauty of season 7 Spuffy owes to the season 6 set-up.

Thank you for sharing.

Hope you don't mind me friending you - I don't want to miss your fiction.

empresspatti August 2 2011, 02:00:14 UTC

Wow!

This was perfect. Great Spike voice.

Thank you. I'm going to friend you so I don't miss any more of your fiction.

treadingthedark August 2 2011, 04:23:26 UTC

It's been a long time since a fic made me choke up cry. This was beautiful.

nmcil12 August 15 2011, 19:24:05 UTC

Came over from a recommend over at Cold Dead Seed - so very glad that someone posted your link. I would have hated missing this outstanding story. Agree with Moscow Watcher, a great statement on the Spike-Buffy transformation journey.

Love how you used the "no you don't...." line to give such a grand resolution to "The Gift" and his deep guilt and remorse for his perceived failure. Your addition to that powerful theme is a perfect counterpart.

This is a wonderful piece of work - SHOWS WHY I think there is such an important part to be played by the FanFiction writers in continuing to tell the story of Buffy and Spike. Especially now, that all we have left coming from the creators are the comic books which, IMVHO, cannot seem to get into any depth of characters or story telling.

Look forward to reading more of your work - congratulations on a fine piece of writing.

... spikealicious August 21 2011, 01:11:48 UTC

That was one of the most gorgeous and moving bits of writing I've read in a long time. Really wonderful. :)

rebcake September 2 2011, 16:01:43 UTC

This is so, so good. From the very domestic opening scene to the beautiful, bittersweet end. ♥