Something New by dreamweaver
Chapter: Chapter 1

03/27/2009 05:45 am
I loved your writing style and creativity in your other stories I've read; I'm glad to find another story you've written!  I really love that you made Buffy more sensative to what Spike must be going through emotionally and that you brought Joyce into season 4.  I always liked the potential for real friendship he and Joyce had.
Oh, thank you!  I hated the way Buffy was so unfeeling towards Spike's problems on the show and I really wanted her to think a little about it.  I too enjoyed his friendship with Joyce and thought it would be fun to explore it a little here.  I'm so glad you like it!

05/14/2008 09:55 pm
Buffy actually thinking and opening up is miraculous to see - and what a difference it's making.  The
I wanted to explore what might happen if Buffy actually thought about things.  I'm so glad you liked it!

05/13/2008 12:32 am
buffy actually beginning to think. love it. joyce is joyce and you write her well. very good beginning. thanks for the read.
I wanted to explore how things might change if college taught her to actually think.  I'm so glad you liked it!

2nd Wind
05/08/2008 01:04 am
Mwa ha ha!! *grins evilly* Can't wait to see what happens with Spike living in Buffy's house. I always wondered why they didn't let him stay there. I like Buffy thinking for once too.

Plus i love the line 'And now, the laws of hospitality applied. Tied up in his chair, he was a guest.'
I didn't think tying up a guest was very good hostess-ing XD. Wonderful writing!
Thank you!  This story was a 'what if Buffy actually thought?'
I wondered too why they wouldn't put Spike at Revello Dr. with all that room, instead of Xander's tiny little basement with the two of them driving each other crazy.
Couldn't resist the joke.  They really didn't have to tie him up if he couldn't hurt them.  I'm so glad you're enjoying the story!

05/04/2008 09:18 am
Ooo I like this.  I can't wait to read more.  Keep up the great writing.
Jace
Thank you!  More coming right up!

Leanne
05/03/2008 11:19 pm
Great start - can't wait to see where you go with this!
Thank you!  It's going to so severely off-canon from here.

Pin
05/03/2008 10:41 pm
great start;  I love the way you shifted things and bringing in Joyce is areally good idea.  They always seemed to ignore her potential role in solutions. Looking forward to more.
That's what I thought.  The Scoobies always seem to ignore potential resources, like Spike and Anya and Joyce.  I'm so glad you like the story!

05/03/2008 08:33 pm
*claps hands together gleefully*  Joyce letting Spike stay in her house!!!  Awesome!!  Really, really love your work; the way your making Buffy think things through, rather than just going by surface indications.  Later seasons, she did that more and more, but I like how you're handling S4.  Can't wait to see more, please, PLEASE update again soon!!!
College should have made Buffy think.  And I was wondering what things might change if she did.  I'm so glad you like it!

05/03/2008 07:49 pm
Great story so far. I loved the insight into Buffy's thoughts and how they do fit so well and are realistic for the scenes and what is happening during canon at the moment. I'm really looking forward to seeing how this story moves forward, and what will happen when Spike is living with Joyce! And what will happen if Buffy finds out about the day Angel had the Oracles take back, and how will that change her view on her 'great love'?
Great beginning and I can't wait to read more!
Thank you!  The whole story came about because I was wondering how things might have changed if college had taught Buffy to think.  I'm glad you like it!

Trench
05/03/2008 05:25 pm
"Poof. Instant soup mix." lol love it.
I like Joyce, but sometimes she's a little too nice. Oh well. Can't wait to see what's next!
Thank you!  Joyce's character is sweet, so I didn't want to mess with that.

Cas
05/03/2008 05:22 pm
Terrific start, and I am so glad that you will be posting the rest soon!  You can tell that you've really thought things through, like guesting rights, and strongest warrior and all. Plus I really like that you have Buffy and Joyce talking, and love Joyce's solution to where Spike should stay.  Good for both of them.  Can't wait to see the rest.
Thank you!  I'm delighted you like it!  I was worried that the thinking would bore people as the action was pretty much the same as canon in this chapter.

dee
05/03/2008 04:37 pm
I really like your redo of this episode.  Looking forward to the rest.
Thank you!  I'm just cleaning up the rest and will have it up soon.

05/03/2008 04:03 pm
I like the way you pinpointed Spike's saying "we".  That was a huge revelation which went over the heads of the Scoobies.  Looking forward to the next chapter.
They missed it, didn't they, and it was right there!  Thank you for liking the story!

Bite_Me
05/03/2008 03:43 pm
I'm really enjoying this story! Please update soon!

K.T.
Thank you!  I'll have the whole thing up in a couple of days.

ya_lublyu_tebya
05/03/2008 10:04 am
Interesting.... Can't wait to see where you go with this. Nice to see Buffy really thinking about things.
College should have made Buffy think and I wanted to explore that.  I'm so glad you like it!

05/03/2008 08:45 am
Brilliant!  Wonderful twist of canon.  WOW you hit an insight I had never thought about:
At the end of that fight with the Chumash, what had he said? ‘What happened? Did we win?’

‘We.’ Right there. Right there was when things had changed. He had switched loyalties.

What a clever girl you are (and such a talented writer).  This looks to be another great story from you. 

Love the changes to canon...Joyce, ever welcoming and practical one of the biggest but I'm not discounting Buffy being more insightful either.

Will be interesting to see if Buffy goes to the demon seer and finds out what Angel has done.  I always thought she should know.  Funny how Angel was true to character throughout...Decided FOR Buffy and left after telling her the kind of life she should want,  Decided about turning back time on her without an consultation, in essence "stealing" a days worth of happy memories at the very least.  Even there at the end he wiped the minds of all his friends and his son and finally set things up so his friends had to either join him in that last battle or watch him die alone....what a manipulative jerk! oops...rant...sorry.

Love this story.
Kathleen
I wanted to explore Buffy actually thinking.  And I never could understand why they dumped Spike on Xander with his tiny basement when Joyce and Revello Dr. would surely have been available.
And I absolutely agree with everything you said about Angel.  My rant as well!

Ivy
05/03/2008 05:51 am
hehe Spike's going to live with Buffy. sing-song. Good chapter. Can't wait for more and I really want to see how Spike and Buffy go under the same roof.
I wanted to play with that. I'm so glad you liked it!