Happy Nearly Birthday to geyer
It's that time of year again. A couple of years ago it was The Moonlight Gamblers. Last year it was A Better Reality. This year my offering for the occasion of my beta's birthday is a lot less on the fluffy side. In fact, it may well be the darkest fic I've written so far, but I'm hoping she'll like it anyway. Happy Birthday -3 to geyer! Chapter 2 to ( Read more... )
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The fight scene is described almost exactly as it happened, except for Wes injecting himself and then drawing the pistol and shooting Angelus. Therefore he was upright at the end of the fight, and though he called Gunn to pick up Angelus it was him who carried Faith back into the hotel, but bits of Lorne's and Connor's dialog are lifted.
All the Angel memories are lifted direct from the episode, and most of the character reactions to them are as well, though they change a little bit, having Wes in the mix as well ( ... )
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I love Faith's "Lack of hygiene world" line from "Orpheus"; it blends seamlessly into her dialog in your AU. Very nicely done!
I like the look and Wes's childhood-- worse than I pictured. The curtains and bucket are chilling; very nicely thought out details. Yikes! And I love Angel sizzling as he immaterially drifts though the walls. Great touch!
She stepped through into a garden with neatly trimmed herbaceous borders and flowers that didn't dare do anything but grow straight and upright. Great detail; and exactly what I picture too ( ... )
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Okay, before I forget... MOG??? Lol! Not sure how good it would be for my sanity writing 'dark' a lot, but I can manage a few chapters now and then. For some reason, when Chris asked for Wes, this was what I found myself drawn to. I could have written something nice and fluffy from the SWBD 'verse but this was the story that wanted to be told. Connor, have to admit, almost straight out of the transcript... As was almost all the Gunn...
I love Faith's "Lack of hygiene world" line from "Orpheus"; it blends seamlessly into her dialog in your AU. Very nicely done! Again, it blends because it's mostly as it happened. With these sort of things, where you're ( ... )
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I remembered the cupboard, but hadn't put it together with the bucket scene. BTW that's one of my favorite Wes scenes-- absolutely chilling. Eep!
I've pretty much taken some guesses and filled in the blanks. It's not pretty by a long shot but hopefully it'll feel 'real'.
I think that's what fan fiction ideally should do; expand canon (the cupboard, or the alcoholic mom) into logical speculation (the bucket connection; the dead father) and go from there. That it's so well thought out here is part of the brilliance; it's seamless and ( ... )
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Bad reviewer. I hope the Spike fans all rallied to his defence.
Yep, there's something worrying about a guy who can keep someone locked in a cupboard.
Here's hoping that it's all still making sense when you get to chapter 4... assuming I get to chapter 4...
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And I guess after this I really have to quite the land of denial. Hello. My name is TalesOfSpike and I write angst fic.
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I wonder how things will change between the three of them after going through hell together.
Lol! So do I, honey! With the last section still to write I sort of know how I want it to end, but the muse is not necessarily being co-operative.
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Glad you liked it, sweetie. Yay!!!! Goal! Big grin! Now if only they'd mention the score at the match (Further) Up North where bro-in-law is hopefully enjoying his birthday present. And it's two!!!!
Okay. Happy now!
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