Comments | toobusy2write: Buffyverse Fic: Slipping Under [Spike/Xander] 1/1

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Buffyverse Fic: Slipping Under [Spike/Xander] 1/1

Oct 24, 2006 01:58

This is a little something I actually wrote about a year and a half ago. For those of you with really good memories, you might remember me asking a question about it here. Basically, my dilemma was that I wrote a fic with character death in it and fully intended on that being all there was. Unfortunately, my muse had other plans and an idea for ( Read more... )

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scarlettlily October 24 2006, 15:34:15 UTC

These were both awesome and you did a really good job with both of them. I do love the second more because I do not want Xander gone but you did such a good job with both to just show the despair of him and how he just wants it to be over.

toobusy2write October 24 2006, 22:08:05 UTC

Thank you! I'm glad you liked them both. The second one does seem to be the favorite. :-)

jans_intentions October 24 2006, 15:40:33 UTC

Obviously I liked the second version better and the idea that Xander would have another shot (and Spike.)

toobusy2write October 24 2006, 22:09:58 UTC

Thanks! That does seem to be the general consensus. :-)

daedream_fanbot October 24 2006, 19:27:54 UTC

Liked both very much. The death version satisfies the sadistic side of me. The second makes the romantic all giddy.

How clever to write both versions.
Thanks for sharing!!

toobusy2write October 24 2006, 22:11:26 UTC

Thank you! I'm glad you liked both versions so much. :-)

kathgrr October 25 2006, 02:53:31 UTC

Wow, very intense. The first one was very depressing - the part with Xander fading away wasn't too bad, but Andrew finding the body was just devastating. That part kind of caught me unaware.

I'm so glad you paired this up with the second version of the story 'cause that one was like a soothing balm after the first one. I love the conversation between confused/befuddled Spike and the wacked out/oxygen-deprived Xander. Can't wait to see what develops between the two of them, what with Spike openly admitting to admiring the Xan-man and Xander's new vista on life - and of course, their mutual goal in life: adverting apocalypses and tormenting Angel! =)

toobusy2write October 26 2006, 18:58:51 UTC

Thank you!

As far as the first one, I struggled for a long time with that Andrew bit and almost dropped it. I'm glad I didn't, though, because I think it really drives home Xander's death in the first one.

As for the second one, I'm glad you liked the Spike/Xander convo there, I had fun with that. *g*

kathgrr October 27 2006, 03:25:14 UTC

I struggled for a long time with that Andrew bit and almost dropped it. I'm glad I didn't, though, because I think it really drives home Xander's death in the first one.

I definitely think it was a good idea to include the first part b/c I don't think I would have appreciated the second one quite as much if I didn't see Xan's death through Andrew's devastated/bleak eyes.

Will you write a sequel or make this a series? *hint-hint* *nudge-nudge*

anindoorkitty October 25 2006, 10:09:26 UTC

Wow. When I first read that the readers had voted both stories as best, I was skeptical. So after reading the first one, the one with Xander's death, I was certain that was going to be my choice as to the best one. Jarring and heart breaking, the other couldn't possibly out-do it.

Then I read the second one. And now I'm not so sure. Frank but hopeful, I understand now why people couldn't choose.

toobusy2write October 26 2006, 19:00:17 UTC

Thank you! I'm glad you liked both of them so much. :-)