Seven Stages to Clarity by pfeifferpack

08/07/2011 12:04 pm
Chapter 9         
This was an amazing story...  I really enjoyed all of it, including Dawn's side trip to Pylea and Spike becoming willing to work for his soul.  The story read like life... when the story is over, life continues.  There are no guarantees in life, there is just life, but it's more fun with people you love by your side.  Thank you for saving Joyce in a plausible way. 

Very well done. 

BTW, I noticed your medical references.  Are you a nurse or doc?  I just graduated nursing school.  I always try to get the medical stuff right too.

Thanks,

Blue
http://www.tthfanfic.org/authors.php?no=12717&list=profile
No not a nurse or doctor but my father was a general practicioner and mother an LPN.  The closest I ever came was listening to table talk LOL.  I have a cast iron stomach.  I research (and enjoy it) and love to make things as accurate as possible when dealing with real things.  Joyce had a real condition on the show and I wanted to toss in a bit of reality  to the story.  Maybe someone will read it one day and need some encouragement, you never know.  

Congratulations on the graduation!  The world needs good caring nurses (and doctors for that matter).  Many in my family have gone into healthcare.  It's sort of the famiy business LOL.  When my field was data processing (old computer mainframe operation)...it was for a  .... hospital ... yup, even out of the patient care the family business got me LOL.



K

11/28/2010 08:11 am
Chapter 9         
Superb, really enjoyed having a story with Joyce, as i always thought her scenes with Spike where fun.

11/23/2010 06:03 am
Chapter 9         
I just this story - what a wonderful alternative to the series - just the right story before the Thanksgiving Holiday -
  Thank you for reading and commenting.  I'm glad you enjoyed the story and that it added to the holiday spirit.   I love to make little changes and see how it snowballs.

Kathleen
We've been crazy here with work and I can't believe it's Thanksgiving already! 

Saggit
11/17/2010 07:12 am
Chapter 9         
Very enjoyable.  Although it pretty much tended to move away from Joyce as the focus in the last couple of chapters, I think you did a bang-up job on creating her as a heroic character of normal dimensions, a person who brings their life's experiences to bear on guiding her elder daughter wisely.  She felt very real, and her impact on both Buffy and Spike was so much within persona that I never thought she was just acting as a deus ex machina for the author.  Very pleasing work.
Thank you.  SO glad my Joyce worked properly.  It was a fine line but I thought it could work coming from Buffy's mom and given her health issues she might well have concluded Spike would be an asset.  So happy you enjoyed the story.

Kathleen

nojiri23
11/17/2010 02:24 am
Chapter 9         
absolutely loved this story!   
  Thank you for reading and commenting.  I'm glad you enjoyed the story.

Kathleen

11/23/2010 04:11 am
Chapter 5a         
he’ll make us as comfortable as possible - heh except he only has one chair.  Nice the way you worked around that, but you slighted the lovely Lydia which was a shame.

11/23/2010 04:10 am
Chapter 5a         
he’ll make us as comfortable as possible - heh except he only has one chair.  Nice the way you worked around that, but you slighted the lovely Lydia which was a shame.

11/23/2010 04:10 am
Chapter 5a         
he’ll make us as comfortable as possible - heh except he only has one chair.  Nice the way you worked around that, but you slighted the lovely Lydia which was a shame.

11/23/2010 04:10 am
Chapter 5a         
he’ll make us as comfortable as possible - heh except he only has one chair.  Nice the way you worked around that, but you slighted the lovely Lydia which was a shame.

11/23/2010 04:10 am
Chapter 5a         
he’ll make us as comfortable as possible - heh except he only has one chair.  Nice the way you worked around that, but you slighted the lovely Lydia which was a shame.

11/23/2010 04:10 am
Chapter 5a         
he’ll make us as comfortable as possible - heh except he only has one chair.  Nice the way you worked around that, but you slighted the lovely Lydia which was a shame.
 I had to sacrifice something and it had to be Lydia...sad but necessary for the tale.  

There was the Sarcophagus too LOL

Kathleen

11/23/2010 03:51 am
Chapter 4         
I liked this a lot better than Buffy chasing after that big Doofus.
 I always hated HATED that!  He was in the wrong in every way and she shouldn't have had to chase him.  Besides she didn't love him. That was a reaction to Xander's talk that made it seem like she was loosing the best thing to come her way...idiot!

KAthleen

11/23/2010 03:33 am
Chapter 3         
interesting the way Joyce is showing Buffy the value of Spike.  Buffy's improved relationship with S is pretty thin in the show when you think about it.
 ITA.  In Intervention she tells him that she won't what he did in protecting Dawn from Glory's discovery and then doesn't do much except use him as added muscle (and demand the other accept him as that).  I think they could have had her soften a bit towards him to build up the relationship she had when she returns from the graver and they start a friendship (prior to the sex).

Kathleen

11/23/2010 03:20 am
Chapter 2         
Really enjoying the Joyce story and her outside view of Buffy and Riley.  Also, the Riley trip to the wild side is very good.
 Thank you!  Riley was completely self-centered at that point in time IMHO.  Poor Buffy needed him and he was off making things worse.

KAthleen

shefelldown
11/18/2010 12:59 pm
Chapter 2         
i really like this storyline.  it's a unique twist to use joyce's pov to help frame the progression.  very interesting.  thanks for sharing.
 Thank you for reading and commenting.  I'm glad you enjoyed the story.

Kathleen

02/06/2011 06:34 pm
Chapter 1         
I love the denial aspects you wrote that Joyce had.  This I can relate to as I did the same thing when my brain tumor was diagnosed.  What? I feel fine and all that before the serious s#@t hit the fan. 

11/23/2010 02:47 am
Chapter 1         
highlighted the fresh vegetables on the list in bright yellow - heh heh sure that will work.

Looks like you did more research on Joyce's brain tumor than Joss and his writers did.

11/23/2010 02:46 am
Chapter 1         
highlighted the fresh vegetables on the list in bright yellow - heh heh sure that will work.

Looks like you did more research on Joyce's brain tumor than Joss and his writers did.

11/23/2010 02:46 am
Chapter 1         
highlighted the fresh vegetables on the list in bright yellow - heh heh sure that will work.

Looks like you did more research on Joyce's brain tumor than Joss and his writers did.

11/23/2010 02:46 am
Chapter 1         
highlighted the fresh vegetables on the list in bright yellow - heh heh sure that will work.

Looks like you did more research on Joyce's brain tumor than Joss and his writers did.

11/23/2010 02:46 am
Chapter 1         
highlighted the fresh vegetables on the list in bright yellow - heh heh sure that will work.

Looks like you did more research on Joyce's brain tumor than Joss and his writers did.

11/23/2010 02:45 am
Chapter 1         
highlighted the fresh vegetables on the list in bright yellow - heh heh sure that will work.

Looks like you did more research on Joyce's brain tumor than Joss and his writers did.

11/23/2010 02:45 am
Chapter 1         
highlighted the fresh vegetables on the list in bright yellow - heh heh sure that will work.

Looks like you did more research on Joyce's brain tumor than Joss and his writers did.

11/23/2010 02:45 am
Chapter 1         
highlighted the fresh vegetables on the list in bright yellow - heh heh sure that will work.

Looks like you did more research on Joyce's brain tumor than Joss and his writers did.

11/23/2010 02:45 am
Chapter 1         
highlighted the fresh vegetables on the list in bright yellow - heh heh sure that will work.

Looks like you did more research on Joyce's brain tumor than Joss and his writers did.
 I''m anal that way LOL.  I love to research and will spend hours just for a tiny piece in the story.  Glad you liked it.

K