Fic-with-no-name, Third Part

[thedeadlyhook]

I can't believe I missed Seasonal Spuffy free day! It's been that kind of couple of weeks -- I blinked, and then it was gone. Wah.

Ah, well. I'll just keep posting here when I get the chance. So, a little Halloweenish scare reading for you -- part the third of my as-yet nameless fic, a BtVS Season 7 redux.

Comments

[moscow_watcher]

Absolutely fantastic!

What a pity that this isn't canon!

[thedeadlyhook]

Thank you so much! Sorry to have been so out of touch!

My feelings on the canon are I guess the same as anyone writing fanfic - I just want more, although sometimes what I want more of kind of differs with what we actually got. ; )

[kassto]

So much better than canon season 7 and "from beneath you it devours..."

[thedeadlyhook]

Hi there! So sorry that it took me so long to reply.

Thanks! Although I did sort of like the creepy potential in that phrase, originally... it just didn't really go anywhere that was quite as resonant as it sounded. Which is a shame, IMHO.

[timeofchange]

Cellphones in Hell? You bet!

Love the apathetic students.

[thedeadlyhook]

I couldn't resist the cellphone reception joke. It's become a standard item in horror movies nowadays that you're in hot water if you stop getting reception, so I thought it would be kind of funny if you were in a bad place indeed but Verizon still worked just fine. : )

I was probably one of the only people who thought we should've had more screen time devoted to the students of Sunnydale High. I mean, the whole high-school-in-hell thing hardly stopped being relatable since Buffy graduated, yes?

[timeofchange]

I never replied to your reply.

I was probably one of the only people who thought we should've had more screen time devoted to the students of Sunnydale High. I mean, the whole high-school-in-hell thing hardly stopped being relatable since Buffy graduated, yes?

Yes!

[red_satin_doll]

I hope you're still working on this and there's more to come (it's been a gap of a year, so I won't hold my breath, but...) I hope there is more because this is better than what we got. LOVE the S3 callbacks and Dawn seeing a younger Buffy.

And yes to touching on xander's insecurities about work. That was another screw up - we went from Xander digging in Pangs to him getting a promotion to foreman (and master carpenter, apparently?) with very little in between. Workplace situations would have been the natural place for the show to go once it dropped high school and college, but except for Doublemeat Palace...eh, never mind.

[thedeadlyhook]

I'm hoping I'll get back to this someday, but as for when... eh, I can't say. Life has been hectic lately. But in a good way.

You're reading my mind: yes, if you're going to assert that the characters are adults with jobs now, then bring on the workplace issues! And if you want to do the high school thing, that's why Dawn is in the cast. Best of both worlds!

[thisficklemob]

I missed this the first time. SO creepy. *shivers*

[thedeadlyhook]

Thanks! I guess it's pretty obvious I love horror movies. : )