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The Hardest Thing in the World by Eowyn315
Chapter: Death Wish
11/04/2007 10:27 pm
Oh no - that was just plain dumb Giles. Jeesh. Glad someone remembered that dragon escaped from the portal. It must have been on a trip to the mountains all this time.
No - this is a different dragon. This dragon was summoned (also through a portal) using the blood-letting ritual and the talisman that Xander and Anya found.
03/17/2007 05:20 am
Hoping her talk with Spike gave her what she needs, and this is one time Giles is right, there's nothing that anyone can do, it's all up to her. Great chapter, thanks.
Thanks for the review! Glad you liked it.
03/17/2007 01:50 am
very good read, thank you. i have often left reviews stating "giles is an idiot." well he is in this chapter,too. unfortunately, this time he is also right.
Heh... don't you hate it when that happens?
03/16/2007 11:48 pm
"He fumbled for the right thing to say – as always, the words seemed to twist and recoil in his pathetic poet’s brain, never falling into the right meter, the right rhyme, never seeming adequate to express his long-stilled heart." Wow...I loved that sentence! I'm also loving this story. Please update soon!
Thank you, Alia! So glad you're enjoying it!
03/16/2007 06:41 pm
Oh a wise Giles! Now this makes sense for the character instead of the "you've got the responsibility of not just the world's survival but all the adult crap of bills and a teenager to raise as well...here, have more responsibility to crush you. Your friends need you to fix their problems too...I'll be in London, don't call," version we got on TV.
You are doing such a fabulous job with all your stories, hon. Super attention to character voice and plotting. In this one you have Spike and Giles much wiser but it fits. Spike realizes his abetting her drinking escape wasn't the best idea. He sees that in his desire to help her he is only enabling her. That's what happened on screen too but Spike didn't clue in there. Your versions of both men is closer to their historical behavior than what the ME writers gave us. Neither had ever been that stupid before.
Excellent update. Look forward to more.
Kathleen
You are doing such a fabulous job with all your stories, hon. Super attention to character voice and plotting. In this one you have Spike and Giles much wiser but it fits. Spike realizes his abetting her drinking escape wasn't the best idea. He sees that in his desire to help her he is only enabling her. That's what happened on screen too but Spike didn't clue in there. Your versions of both men is closer to their historical behavior than what the ME writers gave us. Neither had ever been that stupid before.
Excellent update. Look forward to more.
Kathleen
Oooh, thanks for the long review! I *heart* long reviews! I definitely hated the Giles abandonment crap in season 6... I can *almost* understand him wanting to leave so Buffy can be independent (even though she's been recently DEAD), if he's thinking she's well-adjusted again. But after finding out about heaven, he STILL goes? No. Way. And with all the extra stuff that I guess he didn't notice... grrr. That pissed me off.
As for Spike, I really find it hard to believe that he could be percepto-boy for 4 seasons and not figure out what was really going on with Buffy in season 6. I think part of the difference between that and this fic is that because Spike really wanted a relationship with Buffy, maybe he was willing to overlook the problems in order to get the sex. But he's not getting as much out of the drinking (unless she drinks enough to crawl into his lap) so it's easier to say no. Also, he's probably thinking clearer without the blood getting diverted from his brain so much! ;)
Thanks for the awesome compliments, it means so much that you think my stories are so true to the show.
As for Spike, I really find it hard to believe that he could be percepto-boy for 4 seasons and not figure out what was really going on with Buffy in season 6. I think part of the difference between that and this fic is that because Spike really wanted a relationship with Buffy, maybe he was willing to overlook the problems in order to get the sex. But he's not getting as much out of the drinking (unless she drinks enough to crawl into his lap) so it's easier to say no. Also, he's probably thinking clearer without the blood getting diverted from his brain so much! ;)
Thanks for the awesome compliments, it means so much that you think my stories are so true to the show.
03/16/2007 06:33 pm
wisdom from giles...they can't help her if she's really determined to stop living...though i think that's not quite how the fight's going to come out, is it...? :) thanx so much for your excellent chapter, love, looking forward to more :)
Hmmm... I think Buffy's mostly past her "suicide by demon" phase, but even a little loss of the will to live can really be detrimental in a fight... so who knows? ;)
03/16/2007 06:13 pm
Wonderful chapter. Giles's reaction was a little hard to read, but spot-on for his character. He's always tried to teach Buffy to stand alone, but in the end her friends and his own concern for her end up getting in the way. I think allowing her to face this alone was the best decision he could make--and the hardest. I only hope she chooses to fight death instead of giving herself up to it.
Hi UB! Thanks for the review... glad you liked it. Giles's reaction was a little hard to write, since I'm not even sure he's doing the right thing (mostly because I know what happens next, lol). I was always kind of like "huh?" when he does a similar thing in OMWF, and I thought it made more sense to come *after* he finds out about heaven.
smlcspike
03/16/2007 05:04 pm
Oh please let Buffy be alright.
Heh... but what fun would that be?
nightshift
03/16/2007 09:33 am
So instead of Sweet, we get a dragon. I prefer the dragon; Sweet creeped me out.
Well, clearly I kinda liked Sweet, since he's making a guest appearance in another fic I started. But I wanted to do something different here. And I think a dragon is more threatening - it's hard to be intimidated by someone who tap dances.
03/16/2007 02:13 am
Oh, clever Giles. Loved the scene with Spike and Buffy, her letting him offer comfort, then suddenly switching back to all business.
Well, Giles always was the smart one...
Glad you liked the Spike and Buffy scene. I think that got rewritten more times than any other scene I've written in my life.
Glad you liked the Spike and Buffy scene. I think that got rewritten more times than any other scene I've written in my life.
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