Something New by dreamweaver
Chapter: Chapter 2

03/27/2009 08:13 am
Wow, great analysis of Spike's character.  I'm glad you had Buffy come to all those realizations; I just wish she'd done it in the show, too.  It was sweet to see the interactions of Spike and Joyce and how he risked the head pain to selflessly save Joyce from the biker demon.
Spike was always so multi-layered and fascinating, and I really wanted Buffy to start seeing that!  And I thought Spike would always put himself right out there and risk the pain to protect anyone who cared for him - even slightly.  He valued Joyce and her friendship.  Thank you for liking it!

05/14/2008 10:08 pm
A fun chapter with great repartee.  I loved Spike's celebration party.
Spike drunk or killing things is always so much fun!

05/13/2008 01:57 am
"...  This stops here,"  right. fun chapter, thank you.
So she thinks.  I'm glad you like it!

05/08/2008 06:34 am
Hey! I was gonna wait 'til the end of the story to comment but I had to write and tell ya how much I loved the part when Buffy FINALLY realizes that Spike indeed can love! 
"Okay, she had always connected marriage with love somewhere back in her head. But then that implied that Spike.....No."
Whoooooop!!  :) Excellent!!  ~ Kelly
I could never figure out why, on the show, Buffy kept saying Spike wasn't capable of love.  It was so clear that he loved Dru and had loved her for 120 years.  Buffy should at least have seen that in 'Lie To Me' when he gives up killing all those vamp wannabee kids at that vampire club just because Buffy threatened Dru.  So I thought, in this story, let's have Buffy really think.  I'm so glad you liked it!

05/05/2008 01:58 am
tht was so awesome!!! i loved it! adored it!!! love the spike/joyce friendship (big fan of tht) and spike hittin a demon for joyce and then figuring out he can hurt demons and goin to willies... totally spike. and the spuffy kiss? ADORED IT!!! this fic is awesome!!
(told ya i was a sucker for season 4 :P)
~liz
Thank you!  Both the fighting and the kiss were just so Spike in my head and I loved writing it.

05/04/2008 01:59 pm
Oh, moremoremoremore, pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease???

This story is just amazing, I love it so much!!"!!!!!!
Thank you!  I'm delighted you like it!  More coming right up.

Ivy
05/04/2008 10:00 am
Yay!! kissing action, more of that please! Cant wait for an update!!!
Will do - from the next  chapter on!

05/04/2008 09:31 am
*giddy dance*  Yes Spuffy realization is a good thing.  I can't wait to read more.  Keep up the fantastic work!!!
Jace
I'm so glad you like it!  Gonna get better.

05/04/2008 01:48 am
Whoa....heat, passion celebration..Spike's having quite a night.

I love that the story is so plausable.  It could have been written this way had they chosen to and all would have been in character.  I like your smart Buffy (you know for an avowed feminist Joss sure made her a dim bulb in all ways but the fighting!).  Love the relationship between Joyce and Spike implied on camera and spelled out here.  Love the growing realizations and emotions between them.

Lovely story!!!  Buffy's life would have been so much happier and healthier had it gone this way.

Kathleen
Joss does make her very closed-minded.  I so often wanted to whack her over the head and yell, 'Think!'  So this story was a 'what if college made her think?'  I'm so glad you're liking it so far!

ya_lublyu_tebya
05/03/2008 09:05 pm
Absolutely brilliant!! Drunken Spike is just yummy and great kiss. Loved the Joyce and Spike interaction... I loved everything, to be frank! More please!
Thank you!  I'll have this complete in a couple of days.  I love your stories - read them all!