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OK, it's a bad pairing. It's good writing, though.

It's not like you're writing mpreg or vpreg or anything that sordid.

Umm... ::raises hand::

vpreg?

Vampire Pregnancy. AKA S3 Angel, sordid, degrading season that was.

Although Cordy/Groo was the worst of it.... B)

Thanks for clearing that up - thought I had most of the fandom acronyms down but that one was new to me :)

Yeah - with you on the whole Groo thing! ::shivers::

I'd be careful: you might be giving me ideas.

Ah, just give in, you know you want to ;-)

*contemplates mpreg*

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 :)

teamwork killer whales and synthetic roses

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.

Thank you! I'm glad to hear that my Harmony was convincing.

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 :)

Wow. Loved the last paragraph. This felt very real and in character for both of them.

I'm glad you liked it.

This felt very real and in character for both of them.

Thank you. Although part of me wishes it weren't.

Good stuff. Loved the yearbook.

I confess that when I remembered the yearbook and Buffy's absence in it, it felt almost too good to be true :)

Glad you liked.

That was lovely. Just the right mix of the awkward, the convenient and the poignant.The characterisation is spot on, and it is one of the best takes on this-season-Spike's view of Buffy that I have read.

one of the best takes on this-season-Spike's view of Buffy that I have read

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.

I followed the link from

herself_nyc's LJ.

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.

I don't know what possessed you either, but if does again, I'd be happy to read more.

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.

I actually think Sparmony can be interesting...::blushes:: And this is very real and in character, those little bits of their lives together convey so much.

actually think Sparmony can be interesting

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.

"And because no-one believes in them either."

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.

So glad you enjoyed this,

deepad!

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.

Er, what did I do?

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.

Er, what did I do?

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.

Read the story through - loved it. Hope you got my feedback email.

Yup I did -- thank you!

herself_nyc rec'ed me on her LJ and I suddenly got unprecedented amounts of feedback by email. All of it very welcome, but I'm still working my way through thanking people :) I think I have to go to bed now, in fact.

See you tomorrow.

Hee - this is brilliant. In character and totally unsentimental (which makes the Spike-thinking-of-Buffy bits genuinely touching, instead of making me cringe). I feel proud to have facilitated the creation of such a fine piece of writing :-) (I'm sure I'm missing a reference, though? - that title has to be a reference to something, and maybe the structure as well, but I'm so culturally illiterate I can't figure it out for myself).

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.

I feel proud to have facilitated the creation of such a fine piece of writing

*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.

Did you find the 'Jolene' vid? Because it's conveniently just been re-recced on TWoP - it's here

I did thanks but I haven't looked at it yet because it requires Windows Media Player and I'm a MicroSoft phobe. But I'll get to to it eventually as it sounds too interesting.

I actually missed this and just caught it on allaboutspike. Ah! This is so original and funny and heartrending and I'm so glad it didn't pass me by. Thanks for another wonderful read.

Thank you!

And thanks in return for "And Then She Died Again" which was both lyrical and moving.

And thanks in return for "And Then She Died Again" which was both lyrical and moving.

This is a lot of thank-yous, but thanks! I'm very glad you enjoyed it. ^_^

This is quite wonderful, covering a gamut of emotions. Absolutely loved this.

Thanks!

I really enjoyed your recent post about your family, BTW.

I'm glad! I felt a bit odd admitting that I was residing under that same roof, but it's been an interesting experience and one that I'm appreciating more and more. This is actually pretty much the first time since my teens that we've even lived in the same city, so it's been an unique opportunity to get to know each other better.

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 :-)

That was really bittersweet. I'm not sure if I liked it or not ... but it was certainly well written.

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.

I'm not sure if I liked it or not

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.

That was just fantastic m'dear! Quite an emotional rollercoaster packed into so few words. Bittersweet, and poignant and just wow. Love it.

Why thank you!

*waves at Canberra*

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