Reaping the Whirlwind (Boom Boom Ba Remix) (Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Dead Like Me); Pt. 10/14

[ludakreusz]

Title:  Reaping the Whirlwind (Boom Boom Ba Remix), Part 10/14
Author:   liz_marcs

Summary:  What does the addition of supernatural-related reaps to the reaping workload, Roxy’s promotion, the addition of a new grim reaper with supernatural experience, a new sort-of boyfriend who may or may not be a pirate, and an approaching apocalypse all have in common

Comments

[brunettepet]

This was an action packed chapter. I knew the apocalypse was coming, but that doesn't make the sheer amount of deaths any less shocking. This exchange was wonderful: “But I never thought about the post-its. Never. There must’ve been post-its, right?” Dawn glanced at George before returning to her contemplation of the post-its in her hand. “There had to have been. All those names. All those pieces of paper. All those lives. What does it say about me that I never even thought about it

[liz_marcs]

This was a difficult one to write, mostly because I had to get across so much information without bogging it down. The twist of Dawn reaping Buffy was all nothorse, and since that was a key element of Dawn's arc in her drabbles it had to go there. My job was to re-write the scene so that George would be sympathetic enough to let Dawn do it.

Part of it was because George grabbed Xander's post-it for admittedly less noble reasons, like covering her ass. Although her other motivation for laying down the groundwork so she could tell Dawn about why Xander missed her funeral is less selfish.