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Unfortunately, it's NC17 Sparmony. No, I have no idea what possessed me. There are worse canon pairings, but not many.
And this time, I'll check the link once I've posted.
Shagging Harmony Kendall (NC17)
Spoilers to You're Welcome.
nwhepcat for the beta, azdak for the free time and deborahmm for her kindness.Unfortunately, it's NC17 Sparmony. No, I have no idea what possessed me. There are worse canon pairings, but not many.
And this time, I'll check the link once I've posted.
Shagging Harmony Kendall (NC17)
Spoilers to You're Welcome.
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Date: 2004-04-26 10:29 am (UTC)It's not like you're writing mpreg or vpreg or anything that sordid.
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Date: 2004-04-26 12:45 pm (UTC)vpreg?
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Date: 2004-04-26 01:05 pm (UTC)Although Cordy/Groo was the worst of it.... B)
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Date: 2004-04-27 07:57 am (UTC)Yeah - with you on the whole Groo thing! ::shivers::
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Date: 2004-04-27 03:48 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-04-28 11:31 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-05-01 06:26 am (UTC)No, I really don't think I do.
*contemplates vpreg*
OK, so has anyone written about Harm as a mother? That could be scary.
(Not actually tempted though :)
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Date: 2004-04-26 12:44 pm (UTC)Seriously loved this line.
It needs to be an icon, or a fic title, or a movement or something :)
Really enjoyed everything about that story - Harmony's characterisation comes across as absolutely spot on.
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Date: 2004-04-27 03:51 am (UTC)I was in a pizza restaurant recently that had framed orca posters on the walls. So I didn't have any difficulty deciding what Harm would choose :)
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Date: 2004-04-26 01:50 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-04-27 05:11 am (UTC)This felt very real and in character for both of them.
Thank you. Although part of me wishes it weren't.
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Date: 2004-04-26 02:08 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-04-27 04:04 am (UTC)Glad you liked.
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Date: 2004-04-26 02:13 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-04-27 04:07 am (UTC)Thank you! Actually, I'd be very grateful if you could rec a few other fics about Spike this season. I'd love to read some more.
Hm, should check All About Spike first, of course.
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Date: 2004-04-26 02:30 pm (UTC)Honestly, that is really a great story. I don't know what possessed you either, but if does again, I'd be happy to read more.
The random conversation - "Why unicorns?". The observations - He sometimes forgets that Harm is pretty. The way the mark the yearbook. Very much Spike and Harmony.
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Date: 2004-04-27 04:10 am (UTC)Hee. I hope next time to be possessed by something else though. It was like having a bad porno channel playing over and over in my head, only without the moustaches.
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Date: 2004-04-26 04:49 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-04-27 04:17 am (UTC)No need to blush -- that makes two of us at least :)
I just find it sad and slightly bizarre the way they keep being thrown together, despite being entirely unsuited.
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Date: 2004-04-26 09:47 pm (UTC)gah. that's really amazing, indri.
But how was I to know that someone that geeky would ever have something I want?" She flops onto her back, inconsolable.
"Well then," Spike says, finding his hand empty again, "you'll just have to suffer for your sins."
oh, i just gasped in wonder at this bit, its so perfect and apt and ironic and lovely. i can take this version of these vampires when i have abandoned even canon interpretation of them.
Be your best". Spike thinks he's been and done that and maybe it's time to move on
HEE. yes yes yes! so cool.
He takes the black pen and marks two little crosses under her name
sniff. and also, grin, because that's what he'd do, for sure, even though i wouldnt have thought of it till i read it.
This is always the worst part for him, the first time he sinks into clammy, wet flesh.
ok, this was the only bit that made me wonder... after a century and a half of shagging dru (and angel and darla) wouldn't he be used to it? i mean, given the number of happy vampire lovers we've seen in canon, don't you think they like shagging each other, even if they also enjoy the occasional warm-blooded bit on the side? actually, we haven't seen much explicit vamp/human sexuality, since the eating has always been used as a metaphor... maybe vamps by and large don't like shagging their food. maybe thats why they thought spike and angel were sick freaks to want to sleep with a warm blooded human slayer. hee. sorry, my thought process clearly is on overdrive today.
lovely fic. thanks for writing it!
deepa d.
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Date: 2004-04-27 04:20 am (UTC)wouldn't he be used to it?
Sure, in general. I don't think he had any complaints for the first hundred years. I think of this as being purely a post-Buffy thing, that he got used to the warmth and that maybe now he's a little more aware, by contrast, that he's dead and entirely unnatural.
Or that's my take anyway :)
Great to hear from you -- I hope things are going well.
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Date: 2004-04-27 01:58 am (UTC)Have the story saved to my hard drive and will read it today. I didn't like the Sparmony on the show, but that was partly because JM played it so harsh. I just loathed Spike being shown as so insensitive towards the one woman he really did treat very badly. I'm sure I'll love the story, though. That scene needs redeeming somehow.
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Date: 2004-04-27 04:25 am (UTC)You wrote a reassuring and well-timed comment back when I was considering abandoning the fic entirely.
I just loathed Spike being shown as so insensitive towards the one woman he really did treat very badly
Left a bad taste in my mouth too.
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Date: 2004-04-27 06:10 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-04-27 06:34 am (UTC)See you tomorrow.
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Date: 2004-04-27 01:33 pm (UTC)You know, it sounds daft, but I only really 'got' how Harmony felt about Spike when I saw a music vid, 'Jolene', with Harmony as the sad wife and Buffy as Jolene - funny and kind of touching and it made me realise that she's not just annoying (though she is annoying), she really does love him. And then when she told Wes that he should consider himself lucky because the girl of his dreams loved him - aw! But I still think Spike would be crazy to give her any reason at all to have the slightest hope that she could get him back, so I appreciate his robustly exploitative attitude here.
There's no need to write back - I know you're being inundated with (much deserved) feedback, and I'm not going to be on-line for more than a couple of minutes over the next few days anyway, but I wanted you to know how much I'd enjoyed the story.
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Date: 2004-05-03 05:54 am (UTC)*glows with pleasure at your praise*
a music vid, 'Jolene'
I have just googled for this and will try to download a copy. It sounds interesting especially as I am unfamiliar with fan vids.
I still think Spike would be crazy to give her any reason at all to have the slightest hope that she could get him back, so I appreciate his robustly exploitative attitude here.
If only they could find more suitable partners in canon. I know my penchant to see the characters happy is at odds with ME's desire to have a plot but still.
"Robustly explotative": yes, that's a good phrase for it.
that title has to be a reference to something, and maybe the structure as well
The title could be but, if so, that's my unconscious brain talking. I'm afraid I must disappoint you and admit no allusive purpose there.
In the first draft, I tried for a more conventional structure, but I found that forced me into writing something more explicitly pornographic that detracted from what I was trying to say. The snippet structure (there has to be a better term but I can't come up with it right now) was chosen to avoid that by placing the focus squarely on telling details rather than physiology.
Anyway, thanks for the feedback and your continuing fine episode reviews.
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Date: 2004-05-08 08:48 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2004-04-28 08:52 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-05-03 05:58 am (UTC)And thanks in return for "And Then She Died Again" which was both lyrical and moving.
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Date: 2004-05-03 09:13 am (UTC)This is a lot of thank-yous, but thanks! I'm very glad you enjoyed it. ^_^
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Date: 2004-04-28 11:36 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-05-01 06:28 am (UTC)I really enjoyed your recent post about your family, BTW.
With age comes wisdom (er, sometimes)
Date: 2004-05-04 09:52 pm (UTC)You know, I've discovered one of the nice things about being in my 30s is letting go of some of these (often ridiculous) notions of what I should have done when. And on that note, good luck with the driving lessons :-)
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Date: 2004-04-28 11:42 pm (UTC)There's not much room to move, but they're limber. - That always makes me think of Sid from The Puppet Show: "limberrrrrrr". *shudder*
The ending was lovely - nice to know that the dead are remembered, even if it is by vampires.
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Date: 2004-05-01 06:18 am (UTC)I think if I read it as someone else's work, I'd feel the same. I find the objectification of Harm distasteful even when I do it myself -- I don't know if that's what puts you off a little.
The first draft -- ugh. Deeply unpleasant in fact.
In 100% agreement with you about Sid, BTW. If I were Buffy I might have threatened him with a chisel.
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Date: 2004-05-01 05:45 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-05-01 06:13 am (UTC)*waves at Canberra*