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The Hell Diaries: Xander

Mar 26, 2007 06:38

Title: The Hell Diaries: Xander ( Read more... )

rating: adult, creator: twilightofmagic, pairing: spike/xander, media: fic

Comments 21

SWX The Hell Diaries: Xander tsavoritegarnet March 26 2007, 14:12:40 UTC

You know, I kept waiting for Giles to really be there, even though I was pretty sure the rest of it was a dream of some sort. Cool ending. It was Xander working things out for himself, I like that.

Re: SWX The Hell Diaries: Xander twilightofmagic March 27 2007, 02:05:10 UTC

Xander's various lapses never seemed to get addressed in the series. He shows some reflection about what he did to Anya, yet curiously, not so much on the effect on her, but the hole that's torn out of his heart (unless I'm forgetting everything he said on the subject.) So, it seemed to me he'd be left with a lot of unresolved guilt after the last battle. Glad you liked the ending ;-)

fanbot March 26 2007, 15:34:11 UTC

Wonderful stuff, my dear! Great Xander voice.

twilightofmagic March 27 2007, 02:06:36 UTC

Thanks, Fanbot. It was interesting trying to write him as older, without the typical speech patterns he had as a teenager at school. I'm happy to hear that he still sounded like Xander ;-)

incunabulist March 26 2007, 16:03:37 UTC

Ooh. Ooh. Nice. Very tense.
Q!Giles. Yeah, that is a bit nightmarish, innit? ;)

twilightofmagic March 27 2007, 02:07:37 UTC

Quite the combo. I figured, Xander being such a Startrek geek, it'd be bound to show up in his subconscious.

antennapedia March 26 2007, 18:13:16 UTC

Xander's inner Giles: both Q and Mr Understanding Man. Excellent. Great Xander voice, and a satisfying catharsis for him. Spike's waiting...

twilightofmagic March 27 2007, 02:10:10 UTC

Poor Spike doesn't get to do much in this story except as the object of Xander's affection. It really was a catharsis for him to face the people he's hurt. The story suffers quite a bit from the time pressure though. Always hard to post before you're satisfied with it, but deadline was pending.

outsideth3box March 26 2007, 19:27:28 UTC

I really liked this. It did feel as if there should be more, though. Two people just doesn't seem like enough to encompass all the guilt Xander is capable of accumulating.

I did like it though.

And a note for when you get around to the fixing part: "Xander looks up at him with hopeless eyes." Did really well up to that point with remembering Xander's old injury.

twilightofmagic March 27 2007, 02:16:57 UTC

You're absolutely right, purrrfickitty. The story suffered quite a bit from the rush to get it finished in time for the day I'd committed to. There should be three courtroom confrontations in ascending level of guilt/responsibility and even the ones that are in the story aren't fleshed out fully enough. Plus, Spike is left too much out of the ongoing story, merely brackets the central part. As I said to Antenna in the comment above, it's hard to post a story without quite enough time to do it justice, but I got busier with RL things than I knew at the time I signed up.

And damn Joss Whedon. Made Xander writers' lives that much more complicated by callously maiming one of Xander's eyes. It's always such an awkward moment in description to avoid having eye glances just sound ridiculous with one eye swiveling about, never mind trying to remember he does have only one. Off to fix now ;-)