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A Different Light by dreamweaver
Chapter: Chapter 2
louise39
05/20/2009 02:48 am
"He had somehow become a partner. A partnership was something she had never experienced before, not even with Angel who would tell her about a problem, but never fight the fight with her."
Interesting developement. Partners and a wanting a little more, I think.
Interesting developement. Partners and a wanting a little more, I think.
Yup, awareness is starting too - I'm so glad you're liking it! Thank you!
08/25/2008 08:17 pm
enjoying their growing closer. very good read, thank you.
I'm so glad you're liking it!
anon462
08/14/2008 04:09 am
Excellent!!! Very, Very Good!!! :)
Loved the banter between Buffy and Spike. He is very open with her and she is very accepting, without anger flairing up between them. I wonder who will realize first that there is a walking blood bank available? Can't wait for more!!!
Oh, I'm so glad you like it! 'Evil' Spike doesn't care what he says and is proud of what he's done, so he's so much fun to write. And Buffy's starting to see and understand him now.
08/14/2008 03:01 am
lovely chapter. this is a magnifcent story. i really like it. it has everything, spiek and buffy in character, brilliant interaction between the two, a foreign 'world' with an unusual problem, suspense and mystery, plus a pinch of attraction between sworn enemies! all so wonderfully composed in detail and realistic dialog... i am completely in love with this story. can't wait for tomorrow's update!
Oh, wow! Thank you so much! That's exactly what I was trying for!
GillB
08/13/2008 11:53 pm
There's one disadvantage and one advantage to this method of posting - the former is that we have to wait to savour the story and the latter that we have to wait to savour the story...
This is promising to be even better than your other postings, which is amazing when I consider how good they are. I can see the way it's shaping, but can't wait to actually read how close my ideas are to yours.
I love the way Spike and Buffy are gradually seeing each other as more than just enemies and so glad that you've resisted throwing them together too quickly; many other authors would have had them tumbling into bed without consideration of things gone before.
Keep up the good work - I'll be back tomorrow for the next instalment
This is promising to be even better than your other postings, which is amazing when I consider how good they are. I can see the way it's shaping, but can't wait to actually read how close my ideas are to yours.
I love the way Spike and Buffy are gradually seeing each other as more than just enemies and so glad that you've resisted throwing them together too quickly; many other authors would have had them tumbling into bed without consideration of things gone before.
Keep up the good work - I'll be back tomorrow for the next instalment
Wow, thank you! I try to make each story better than the one before.
Since Buffy and Spike were just trying to kill each other at UC Sunnydale as in canon, it really didn't seem right for them to just fall into bed. For me, romance comes from seeing the person. In canon, Spike sees Buffy and loves what he sees; Buffy, however, wouldn't allow herself to really see Spike until that very ambiguous moment when he burns. That process of learning to see and its complications create the romance. And here I get to try some worldbuilding as well and that's another fun learning experience!
Since Buffy and Spike were just trying to kill each other at UC Sunnydale as in canon, it really didn't seem right for them to just fall into bed. For me, romance comes from seeing the person. In canon, Spike sees Buffy and loves what he sees; Buffy, however, wouldn't allow herself to really see Spike until that very ambiguous moment when he burns. That process of learning to see and its complications create the romance. And here I get to try some worldbuilding as well and that's another fun learning experience!
ya_lublyu_tebya
08/13/2008 09:13 pm
Really interesting stuff. Where are you getting all the vocab from? Is it made up or from an actual language? Anyway, look forward to more.
Thank you for liking it! The vocab is made up, but structured on a valid linguistic base so that it would have an internal logic.
Lizette
08/13/2008 08:28 pm
I'm so hooked, and sooo happy that u already have 11 chapters and I'll be getting a daily fix!! Spike is great, not all sappy and B is great when shes not being a total B.
Thank you! I'm so glad you like it! I never could figure out why they made Buffy that way. I like a sensible Buffy and a strong Spike.
08/13/2008 08:02 pm
thanks for another excellent chapter. I'm looking forward to the next!
Thank you for liking it! The next will be up tomorrow.
08/13/2008 07:31 pm
THIS IS REALLY GOOD! I WANT MORE, TOO BAD WE ALL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL TOMORROW!! THANKS!
Thank you so much for liking it! I'm proofing them as fast as I can.
bRI
08/13/2008 06:20 pm
OH THIS IS AWESOME. i HOPE YOU GET IT EDITED AND UP SOON
Oh, thank you! The next chapter will be up tomorrow. I'm just proofing it now.
08/13/2008 05:23 pm
All those words and I forgot a few LOL.
I also love the world you are painting....very visual. Alien yet familiar it is easy to picture and accept as believable. Very nicely done (Annne Mccaffrey has nothing on you!)
Kathleen
I also love the world you are painting....very visual. Alien yet familiar it is easy to picture and accept as believable. Very nicely done (Annne Mccaffrey has nothing on you!)
Kathleen
I love the world and culture building that science fiction and fantasy writers do - people like Barbara Hambly or Sheri Tepper. I wanted to learn to do that and this is my attempt - to try to create a world that's different, but that people can recognize and relate to. Thank you so much for saying it's believable! That means I've succeeded!
08/13/2008 05:21 pm
Okay, you KNOW I'm the president of your fan club but this story is shaping up to be your crown kiddo.
This line reminded me of my father (born 1901) who lived this as well (and as he said went from reading about the Wright brothers while a school boy to watching them walk on the moon in his living room).
"From gas lamps to electricity and computers.”
This was the best summation of why these two were the PERFECT partnership in every way and made for each other. You have completely nailed why Spike was the very best fit for her.
"It was the simplicity of his confidence in her, which was nothing like the Scoobies’ reliance upon her. The Scoobies laid all their problems on her and waited for her to tell them what to do or fix things for them. She was used to having to carry all the burdens. Spike, on the other hand, was sure she would figure things out, while at the same time planning on figuring it himself, and then, when one or the other of them found the solution, had every intention of helping her implement it. He had somehow become a partner. A partnership was something she had never experienced before, not even with Angel who would tell her about a problem, but never fight the fight with her."
"The Slayer is the weapon. Anything else is just an extension of yourself and can be discarded. You, the Slayer, are the weapon.”
YES! I love how he is giving her those lessons here even though he has maintained the desire to kill her once back in their own dimension.
The food problem for Spike has a solution with Buffy and my guess is she will offer in time of need. I think she already knows deep inside she can trust him. In fact that is one of the beauties of this story...they are being FORCED by circumstances to actually get to know one another. Not vampire and Slayer but Spike and Buffy. Can't help but find the grey there or forever alter ones perspective.
That is what the chip permitted and Spike at least took advantage of....this time Buffy will as well since there is no Greek chorus reminding her of the evil soulless nature of Spike.
Oh the UST!!! And so the physical awareness begins to become conscious...first her noticing him sans shirt (almost) and now the deep looks and close contact. Oh yes, what began subsonsciously in the Bronze years before is about to explode.
I think Spike is right about the enemy....if this thing causes burning then Spike is in special danger as they burn so quickly. Love the insistance that Spike is there because they called Champions....Buffy needs to really think that one over and all its implications.
Excellent chapter of this wonderful fic.
Kathleen
This line reminded me of my father (born 1901) who lived this as well (and as he said went from reading about the Wright brothers while a school boy to watching them walk on the moon in his living room).
"From gas lamps to electricity and computers.”
This was the best summation of why these two were the PERFECT partnership in every way and made for each other. You have completely nailed why Spike was the very best fit for her.
"It was the simplicity of his confidence in her, which was nothing like the Scoobies’ reliance upon her. The Scoobies laid all their problems on her and waited for her to tell them what to do or fix things for them. She was used to having to carry all the burdens. Spike, on the other hand, was sure she would figure things out, while at the same time planning on figuring it himself, and then, when one or the other of them found the solution, had every intention of helping her implement it. He had somehow become a partner. A partnership was something she had never experienced before, not even with Angel who would tell her about a problem, but never fight the fight with her."
"The Slayer is the weapon. Anything else is just an extension of yourself and can be discarded. You, the Slayer, are the weapon.”
YES! I love how he is giving her those lessons here even though he has maintained the desire to kill her once back in their own dimension.
The food problem for Spike has a solution with Buffy and my guess is she will offer in time of need. I think she already knows deep inside she can trust him. In fact that is one of the beauties of this story...they are being FORCED by circumstances to actually get to know one another. Not vampire and Slayer but Spike and Buffy. Can't help but find the grey there or forever alter ones perspective.
That is what the chip permitted and Spike at least took advantage of....this time Buffy will as well since there is no Greek chorus reminding her of the evil soulless nature of Spike.
Oh the UST!!! And so the physical awareness begins to become conscious...first her noticing him sans shirt (almost) and now the deep looks and close contact. Oh yes, what began subsonsciously in the Bronze years before is about to explode.
I think Spike is right about the enemy....if this thing causes burning then Spike is in special danger as they burn so quickly. Love the insistance that Spike is there because they called Champions....Buffy needs to really think that one over and all its implications.
Excellent chapter of this wonderful fic.
Kathleen
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08/13/2008 05:20 pm
Okay, you KNOW I'm the president of your fan club but this story is shaping up to be your crown kiddo.
This line reminded me of my father (born 1901) who lived this as well (and as he said went from reading about the Wright brothers while a school boy to watching them walk on the moon in his living room).
"From gas lamps to electricity and computers.”
This was the best summation of why these two were the PERFECT partnership in every way and made for each other. You have completely nailed why Spike was the very best fit for her.
"It was the simplicity of his confidence in her, which was nothing like the Scoobies’ reliance upon her. The Scoobies laid all their problems on her and waited for her to tell them what to do or fix things for them. She was used to having to carry all the burdens. Spike, on the other hand, was sure she would figure things out, while at the same time planning on figuring it himself, and then, when one or the other of them found the solution, had every intention of helping her implement it. He had somehow become a partner. A partnership was something she had never experienced before, not even with Angel who would tell her about a problem, but never fight the fight with her."
"The Slayer is the weapon. Anything else is just an extension of yourself and can be discarded. You, the Slayer, are the weapon.”
YES! I love how he is giving her those lessons here even though he has maintained the desire to kill her once back in their own dimension.
The food problem for Spike has a solution with Buffy and my guess is she will offer in time of need. I think she already knows deep inside she can trust him. In fact that is one of the beauties of this story...they are being FORCED by circumstances to actually get to know one another. Not vampire and Slayer but Spike and Buffy. Can't help but find the grey there or forever alter ones perspective.
That is what the chip permitted and Spike at least took advantage of....this time Buffy will as well since there is no Greek chorus reminding her of the evil soulless nature of Spike.
Oh the UST!!! And so the physical awareness begins to become conscious...first her noticing him sans shirt (almost) and now the deep looks and close contact. Oh yes, what began subsonsciously in the Bronze years before is about to explode.
I think Spike is right about the enemy....if this thing causes burning then Spike is in special danger as they burn so quickly. Love the insistance that Spike is there because they called Champions....Buffy needs to really think that one over and all its implications.
Excellent chapter of this wonderful fic.
Kathleen
This line reminded me of my father (born 1901) who lived this as well (and as he said went from reading about the Wright brothers while a school boy to watching them walk on the moon in his living room).
"From gas lamps to electricity and computers.”
This was the best summation of why these two were the PERFECT partnership in every way and made for each other. You have completely nailed why Spike was the very best fit for her.
"It was the simplicity of his confidence in her, which was nothing like the Scoobies’ reliance upon her. The Scoobies laid all their problems on her and waited for her to tell them what to do or fix things for them. She was used to having to carry all the burdens. Spike, on the other hand, was sure she would figure things out, while at the same time planning on figuring it himself, and then, when one or the other of them found the solution, had every intention of helping her implement it. He had somehow become a partner. A partnership was something she had never experienced before, not even with Angel who would tell her about a problem, but never fight the fight with her."
"The Slayer is the weapon. Anything else is just an extension of yourself and can be discarded. You, the Slayer, are the weapon.”
YES! I love how he is giving her those lessons here even though he has maintained the desire to kill her once back in their own dimension.
The food problem for Spike has a solution with Buffy and my guess is she will offer in time of need. I think she already knows deep inside she can trust him. In fact that is one of the beauties of this story...they are being FORCED by circumstances to actually get to know one another. Not vampire and Slayer but Spike and Buffy. Can't help but find the grey there or forever alter ones perspective.
That is what the chip permitted and Spike at least took advantage of....this time Buffy will as well since there is no Greek chorus reminding her of the evil soulless nature of Spike.
Oh the UST!!! And so the physical awareness begins to become conscious...first her noticing him sans shirt (almost) and now the deep looks and close contact. Oh yes, what began subsonsciously in the Bronze years before is about to explode.
I think Spike is right about the enemy....if this thing causes burning then Spike is in special danger as they burn so quickly. Love the insistance that Spike is there because they called Champions....Buffy needs to really think that one over and all its implications.
Excellent chapter of this wonderful fic.
Kathleen
Oh, wow, thank you, Kathleen!
My own father and grandfather made me aware of how much things have changed over only a hundred short years.
No one was ever a better match for her than Spike and I wish Joss had accepted that in canon.
My guy's into martial arts and that 'You are the weapon' is a mantra with him.
In canon, Buffy always avoided really getting to know Spike. So here I wanted circumstances to force them to really talk and get to know each other and their own selves. Which is why this story is going to be longer than usual, to explore that.
The UST is the fun part!
Neither Spike nor Buffy are aware of the Champion implication at this point in canon, but I hoped the reader would pick up the reference. I'm so glad you noticed it.
Thank you so much for liking this story. I always look forward to your reviews. They're so helpful! Thank you!
My own father and grandfather made me aware of how much things have changed over only a hundred short years.
No one was ever a better match for her than Spike and I wish Joss had accepted that in canon.
My guy's into martial arts and that 'You are the weapon' is a mantra with him.
In canon, Buffy always avoided really getting to know Spike. So here I wanted circumstances to force them to really talk and get to know each other and their own selves. Which is why this story is going to be longer than usual, to explore that.
The UST is the fun part!
Neither Spike nor Buffy are aware of the Champion implication at this point in canon, but I hoped the reader would pick up the reference. I'm so glad you noticed it.
Thank you so much for liking this story. I always look forward to your reviews. They're so helpful! Thank you!
Belle
08/13/2008 03:40 pm
i love your stories! can't wait for the next installment!
Thank you! I'll have the next one up tomorrow.
08/13/2008 03:13 pm
Love this adventure. Great descriptions of the locations and culture and I like the Guard concept. Looking forward to more. Thanks!
Oh, thank you for liking it. I've always been fascinated with the world and culture building aspect in science fiction and fantasy - I read tons of that - and I wanted to try it myself. I'm so glad that you find it believable! Thank you!
fangfaceandrea
08/13/2008 03:10 pm
Great chapter. And let me point out how relive I am that Buffy didn't jump to the immediate conclusion that she should feed Spike herself. Feels realistic that way. I really like this Spike, and Buffy's very level headed . ::pets them both::
Oh, I'm so glad you think her reluctance is believable. They're still enemies at this point since it's only been a day, and I didn't think that a Slayer would be so quick to give her blood to a vamp she would still think a danger. I do like a sensible Buffy and so write her that way, and I adore Spike in any aspect of that multi-faceted personality. Thank you so much for liking it!
cheryl
08/13/2008 01:03 pm
This story is really go so far - can't wait for the rest!
Oh, thank you! I'll have the next chapter up tomorrow. I'm just cleaning it up now.
08/13/2008 11:19 am
They've only been there a day and there's already a chink in the armour. Very promising. I'm enjoying your vivid descriptions, and 'the smell of napalm in the morning' - one of my favourite films. Excellent chapter.
I always thought if Buffy had only allowed conversation in the show, things might have been different. Even that tiny bit under the rugs in 'Dead Things' made her aware of him as a person. Here they're really talking.
I couldn't resist that quote. :D That's one of my favourite films too. I'm so glad you're enjoying this!
I couldn't resist that quote. :D That's one of my favourite films too. I'm so glad you're enjoying this!
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