Oh I did know know I was this far behind, loved it.

Great chapter!

love the chapter ending. very good read, thank you.

Sweet but sad, kind of like Agnes.  I wonder if maybe Agnes will find a way to go to the funeral - it wouldn't be so odd for an old lady to be out in the sun under an umbrella.  She could say she'd met Joyce in hospital, which would be absolute truth.

I do so love Agnes!
Are you trying so show us how much vampires don't need a soul to feel? 
I liked the "rock cakes" bit.  funny!  (and is a rock cake a real thing, not just a name for an unfortunate baking accident?)

Agnes is not a murderer from what you have written.  The thing that would "damn" a vampire is what they DO not what they are I would think so the religious behavior of Agnes is totally proper.  Then again if you use the Christian model...ALL are sinners bound for hell save for God's grace so why shouldn't a "demon", a monster, a vampire not have the same recourse, especially one either seeking redemption  (as Spike will be in time) or not having gone to the depts of demonic behavior after being turned like Agnes?

Anyone who complains on that issue is muddled IMHO.

EXCELLENT characterization in all events.

KAthleen

Yes Agnes, God surely includes you (and Spike for that matter)!  It's only His warriors that can't see differences.

I suspected she'd be surprised that her Joyce was the Slayers mom.  Really hope that when she DOES meet Buffy it's a fine a meeting as it had been with Joyce. 

Agnes can console Spike a bit, I hope.  I hated how he was treated by them all when Joyce died...he cared about her too and was denied the right to grieve. 

Loving this story as always.  You do a perfect joy of telling the episode canon from her standpoint here.  Lovely.

Kathleen

I don't review enough but this story is really good.  I love Agnes and she's bringing up some interesting questions.  This is a great retelling of Season 5 from another's point of view.

Very sweet memento to Joyce - each character resolving their feelings in their own way.  Loved it.

Great Spike/Agnes conversation, you really made me feel both Spike and Agnes' pain. :(  Aggie's thoughts on life as vampire was also interesting, the bit about being too embarrassed to look up vampires on the internet is just so Aggie... maybe another trip to the Magic Box is in the cards for her. ;) Loved the closing scene, I found it very touching. Fantastic chapter!

So good, and yes, so very sad. (I always hated Xander for the way he treated Spike that night, he had no right to say what he did.) I hope that Agnes is right, for herself at least, that even for vampires there is a salvation in the end. :(

(Really love this story, can't wait to read each and every new chapter when you post it.)  :)

Vampire singing hymns.......hmmmm