Meta: The Dance Begins: Buffy and Spike in School Hard

[drizzlydaze]

/waves/ Here's my meta! I was pretty excited when the chicken gave me meta to write, because I've always intended to write some anyway, so this is a great chance. The prompts themselves didn't really call out to me, so here is my rambling, slightly pointless work.

Comments

[shapinglight]

And you should write meta more often too. :)

[drizzlydaze]

Thanks! I do plan to.

[spikesjojo]

Love the meta - and the exploration of where both characters are!

I do have to say that to tell someone you are going to kill them on Saturday - and then wait until Saturday - is not a very tactical decision. Whether is was impatience, or a desire to have the advantage of surprise, I can't say.

Is good - write more!

[drizzlydaze]

Thanks!

[red_satin_doll]

I do have to say that to tell someone you are going to kill them on Saturday - and then wait until Saturday - is not a very tactical decision. Of course Spike then jumps the gun and attacks on - Thursday? Tactical strategy is not his strong suit. He's rather ADHD-ish (at this point in the series) that way

[red_satin_doll]

You wrote meta and I missed it? My bad! This is great and I have nothing to add but a lot of agreement, and I love how you keep FFL and later developments on the back burner, because none of that was in the mix as yet here. When I watched this episode the first time last year I was thrilled by the entrance of Spike and Dru, they electrified me (esp after the Master who was funny in his way but not scary); but I was equally thrilled with Joyce protecting Buffy ("no one lays a hand on my little girl!" Oh Joyce, if you only knew....) and trusting that her daughter could "take care of herself