Reviewer: magnus374 Signed
Date: 04/05/2013 - 07:37 am
Title: Chapter 3
A good letter from Spike, well done.
Author's Response: Thank you very much. It's nice to know some people like what i'm doing.
Reviewer: TheOriginal Signed
Date: 04/04/2013 - 09:48 pm
Title: Chapter 3
Omfg loved it loved it more please :-)
Author's Response: Hi original, glad you liked it. there will be more to come. I promise.
Reviewer: Passion4Spike Signed
Date: 04/04/2013 - 06:52 pm
Title: Chapter 3
Ahhhhhhhhhh .... Paragraph breaks! Yay!! I told you before, but will say it here, Spike's letter had me in tears! I loved it. And love Buffy starting to figure out that Angel wasn't 'all that'. You're very welcome for the help! We're a 'fan-ily' ... that's what we do! Help each other out. {hugs}
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Reviewer: Lou Signed
Date: 04/02/2013 - 07:25 am
Title: Chapter 2
Wow... Buffy having a revelation about Spike... better late than never!
This chapter needed more paragraph breaks for ease of reading and brush up on apostrophes. Good job.
Author's Response: Hello again, I think we can all agree that it's about time that Buffy wised up! I think I've fixed the paragraph breaks so hopefully it should be easier to read. If you would be so kind as to let me know it would be much appreciated. Thanks again.
Reviewer: Lou Signed
Date: 04/02/2013 - 04:53 am
Title: Chapter 1
Great start! It's so good to see Xander and Giles mute before Dawn's tongue-lashing. Love it.
Author's Response: Hi Lou. thanks very much for the review. Glad you liked it. Never underestimate Dawns capacity for being a brat, or telling people what she wants! hope you like the rest.
Reviewer: Passion4Spike Signed
Date: 03/30/2013 - 04:11 pm
Title: Chapter 2
I *loved* Joyce standing up for Spike and putting Xander in his place! How much better off everyone would've been if Joyce had lived. Poor Buffy trying to deal with all that world-ending stuff and her mom dying too. This must've been at least somewhat easier for her.
I love Buffy realizing, or at least contemplating, that Spike might be a better man than Angel! Yay!! A ways to go, probably, but glad she had the thought!
Definitely need to get the spacing of paragraphs sorted out here. I'll help you work on that. Not sure if the txt file you're using is losing them or what.
Author's Response: Thanks, P4S, for the review. Your so right. Joss sucked for killing Joyce! As for Buffy's brainwave, it's about time don't you think? The paragraph thing seems to be better than it was so I don't know if was the txt file or just my atrocious writing skills but, either way, it's better so Yay. Thanks again for the help! x
Reviewer: PaganBaby Signed
Date: 03/30/2013 - 03:33 am
Title: Chapter 2
Yay that you didn't kill Joyce! lol I haven't had the heart to in most of my fics either.
I love the way Dawn and Joyce are being so protective of Spike! Buffy being concerned about him, and acknowledging how remarkable what he did was, made this Spike fan's heart soar :D heehee
Oh, and that last bit with Buffy talking about how Spike loves her without a soul whereas Angel didn't? Awesome! :D
You're doing a wonderful job of correcting some of the wrongs that were done to Spike (and us!) on the show so far heehee Keep up the good work, hon!
Author's Response: Hey PB! As I said, Joyce dying? Not happening! End of! She's staying and that's that. I always liked the idea that maybe Spike and Joyce had a friendship off camera that we didn't see so yet another reason for her to be happy and healthy. Between her and Dawn, Spike's well protected! hehe. As for Buffy, it always bugged me that she pretty much Ignored any change or achievement by Spike until towards the end of season 7 and then only because of the soul. What a load of wank! As for Angel, the less said about him the better! NEVER liked his character and as many great writers have said before me...Spike could love Buffy without his soul, Angel couldn't....Spike took care of Dawn without his soul, Angel would have eaten her... Spike helped stop Acathla while Angel....well, you know, Spike just wins OK! When it comes to righting the wrongs.... You know someone should start a petition demanding a public apology to all us spuffy fans from Joss and the writers for all the s**t they gave us over the years! Thanks for the review. *Big Hugs* glad you like where I'm going with this. x-x-x-x
Reviewer: Bridget
Anonymous
Date: 03/29/2013 - 11:30 pm
Title: Chapter 1
Nice job. Please continue.
Author's Response: Another short one which is cool so again.....Thanks and I will.
Reviewer: xXEMProductionsXx Signed
Date: 03/29/2013 - 09:05 pm
Title: Chapter 2
Love it xx more please x
Author's Response: Hehehe short and to the point, kinda like it, so.....Thanks and OK.
Reviewer: TheOriginal Signed
Date: 03/29/2013 - 01:26 am
Title: Chapter 2
Yes! Loved it. Love keeping Joyce Alive she is awesome and some great questions at the end there. Looking forward to more
Author's Response: Thanks Original, Yeah, Joyce is gonna be safe in pretty much all of my fics I should imagine, don't really have the heart to kill her and, it gives me more options of character interaction when writing. I love the idea of a Joyce and Spike friendship so I kinda need her alive for that! As for the questions at the end...Why were none of these questions or any others written by other spuffy authors not asked in the show? I mean we all picked up on them, but the characters are oblivious? The show writers owe our community big time apologies! Thanks for taking the time to review and there will be more coming, I promise
Reviewer: Passion4Spike Signed
Date: 03/28/2013 - 10:40 pm
Title: Chapter 1
First, Love Spike defeating Wormtail ... or Doc, I guess. That whole thing seemed lame in canon, Spike being so easily defeated. Secondly, love Dawn standing up for Spike! Finally, her brattiness put to good use! Can't wait to see where you go with it.
Re: beta reader - I emailed you directly.
Author's Response: Thanks P4S, That always bugged me too, spike was good fighter, obviously, and yet he just got brushed aside when he needed to be! in my opinion..Crap. As for Dawn...Never underestimate the power of brattiness, especially when put against Xander's powers of being a c**k! Thanks again for the review and the kind offer to beta for me. x
Reviewer: kelticmoon Signed
Date: 03/28/2013 - 06:28 pm
Title: Chapter 2
Very interested in this hope your muse comes back full force..
Author's Response: Thanks very much, I've pretty much finished chapter three and i'm moving on so don't worry, I'm not giving in.
Reviewer: magnus374 Signed
Date: 03/28/2013 - 02:14 pm
Title: Chapter 2
A nice story so far, but I think it should take more time for Buffy to think so well of Spike.
Author's Response: I can totally see what you mean and where your coming from, but Buffy's not there yet, she still doesn't know how she feels as she says to Tara and Willow. She's not thinking all that well of Spike, more like less well about herself and Angel, if that makes sense?
Reviewer: Jane
Anonymous
Date: 03/28/2013 - 02:02 pm
Title: Chapter 2
You can always depend on Joyce to talk sense. Great update.
Author's Response: Thanks Jane and yes, I couldn't agree more, love Joyce, great character and I think Joss missed a very good opportunity by killing her instead of maybe developing the relationship between her and Spike, so I'm gonna right that wrong dammit! Thanks again for the review.
Reviewer: TheOriginal Signed
Date: 03/28/2013 - 09:35 am
Title: Chapter 1
Love it! Love when dawn comes to bat for spike. Can't wait to see see where you take this one. Update soon!
Author's Response: Thank you Original, I like when Dawn sticks up for spike too, you can't really argue the point with her, its brilliant! my muse is kinda taking the p*** so after chapter 2 things might slow down but I'm trying dammit. Thanks again for the review.
Reviewer: PaganBaby Signed
Date: 03/28/2013 - 02:11 am
Title: Chapter 1
Omg, how much do I love Dawn in this story! Defending Spike, telling everyone they're jerks for not being at least civil to him, and - best of all - hitting Xander for dissing Spike *dances* Hooray for Dawn! heehee
Oh, poor Spikey *cuddles him* Spike being hurt really tugs at my heartstrings. But I like that there's the possibility of Buffy being nice and nursing him back to health :D You describe carnage and gore very well, by the way lol
Great start to the story! Can't wait to see what comes next :)
Author's Response: Well what can I say that hasn't been said already, PB! Its kinda scary putting this out here for everyone to see but at the same time kinda exciting and I've had some really nice comments so Yay! I wish Dawn had showed a bit more backbone at certain points in the show regarding Spike, and hitting Xander? Who honestly hasn't wanted to do that at least once? Yes Spike will be nursed back to health, just don't know how long it's going to take. I'm not sure if I should be pleased or not at having a talent for gore and carnage but hey, I'll take what I can get : ) Thanks again PB, Means a lot x-x-x-x
Reviewer: ginar369 Signed
Date: 03/27/2013 - 09:25 pm
Title: Chapter 1
I liked the story. I love Dawn and any story that has her and Spike friends works for me. The only suggestion is check your formatting. You could use more space between paragraphs.
Author's Response: Thanks Ginar, I'm with you on that, I liked the dynamic the two of them had up to a point on the show and that, of course, gives people a place to go when writing them. Thanks for the suggestion, I did go back and kind spread certain bits out but i'm still learning the system so my apologies regarding chapter 1 and hopefully chapter 2 is laid out in a more readable fashion. Thanks again for the review and suggestion. x
Reviewer: xXEMProductionsXx Signed
Date: 03/27/2013 - 09:18 pm
Title: Chapter 1
Awwww poor Spike it made me cringe at the ideas of his injures that he obtained because of the fall, can't wait to read what happens next great starting chapter xxx
Much Love
Xx Lilly xx
Author's Response: Thanks Lily, sorry to hurt spike so much but, you got to think, yeah spike's tough but he's essentially in a human body. Throw a human body off something tall and have it land on concrete and see what happens! But like Buffy said, as long as he's not dust, he'll be fine, eventually. thanks again for the review. x
Reviewer: Jane
Anonymous
Date: 03/27/2013 - 04:14 pm
Title: Chapter 1
Grreat start, nice to see Dawn sticking up for Spike. Went off her a bit in s7when she just dropped him. She's making up for it here.
Author's Response: Thanks for the review Jane, i'm with you on that, I liked the idea of Dawn and Spike being friends, especially after the summer when Buffy was gone. To have her just turn her back felt like a bit of a slap to the face. (something every spuffy fan has had from Joss or the writers at some point!!) Thanks again. x
