FICLET: Do not go gentle

[calove]

This is the second of the orphaned fics. This one obsessed me for a few weeks last year shortly after writing Five Stages of Grief, but it never seemed right, despite getting to 3,500 words. I've fiddled with the thing off and on for ages to no real avail, so - resolution and all - post it, forget it and move on

Comments

[petzipellepingo]

This is wonderful. Spike's the fellow who has his standards and just doesn't change them for anyone, until Buffy comes along of course. The sad, mad Watcher who wants a taste of darkness before the darkness claims her. And how clever of you to work in Spike's trip to New York where he gets to claim his next Slayer.
Bravo!

[calove]

Thank you, petzi, I can't tell you how relieved I am! I think I'd lost all sense of judgement where this one was concerned.

The sad, mad Watcher who wants a taste of darkness before the darkness claims her.

Oh, I love that! Is it Ok to comment on comments, do you think? :)

[magista]

This one doesn't need any more. It's quite perfect just as it is, IMO. Fabulous. So that's where the lighter came from... so like Spike to keep mementos.

Look out Nikki, here he comes...

[calove]

Thank you! I'm very glad you think so. It was one of those fics that you fiddle with and fiddle with and still end up back where you started out!

I love that icon, BTW. I don't think I've seen it before.

[beanbeans]

You. Are. Brilliant.

So many puzzle pieces, all fitting neatly together. Resonances of what later would come to pass with Spike and Dru, of the issues between Watcher parents and their neglected, bitter children (like Wes and his Dad), of how Spike found Nikki in New York, of how he got the lighter...

Brilliant.

I loved it, in all it's sensual and sorrowful splendor. Your Spike always resonates with how I see him and his personality, his voice and his choices.

I'm so glad you let go and posted this, because it's fantastic.

Keep writing, dear Cass. Your gift never fails to move me.

[calove]

Aww, beans, you're too kind to me! I'm glad you liked it, and especially that Spike seemed true to your Spike - that means a lot, especially given how much I love your Spike, in and out of canon.

[beanbeans]

Oh, I meant the Spike you've written seems 100% accurate to the Spike I saw on the show. Again, your characterization is perfect, Cass. :)

And I'm not too kind--just honest. *hugs*

[slaymesoftly]

Hee! What she said. Sigh beans is so much more eloquent than I am!

[syderia]

Great story!

[calove]

Thank you :)

[kazzy_cee]

Dark and sad. A good explanation of the lighter too ;)

[calove]

It's funny how these things come about. A throw away comment about the lighter in another fic and - oops! 3,500 words (even if they were a long time coming)