Needlework by Holly
 
~*~Tasha~*~The Long And Winding Road05/02/2006 04:23 am
{claps and cheers} Excellent way to end this story. Bravo!! I loved this story from start to finish.
 
btvsfreakThe Long And Winding Road01/12/2006 03:05 am
Awesome story! Can't get enough bitey/claimy/matey fic! And you're the best at it!
 
GisellaThe Long And Winding Road10/11/2005 05:22 pm
Wonderful. I stayed up all to night to read it.
 
~*~Tasha~*~Our Star Will Shine05/02/2006 04:17 am
Excellent reclaiming and reaffirmation of the claim.
 
~*~Tasha~*~Bathed In Moonshade05/02/2006 04:11 am
leave it to Angel to push and push and push until he takes it too far. He definitely didn't get the answer that he wanted out of it. Excellent claiming. I know that some would love the ritualistic type way (which I know you touch on in the next chapter), but this kind of a claiming to start with was a way to show Angel and all demons how serious she was. That she wasn't going to let anyone stand in the way of having the one she loved. It was the necessary link to get through to Angel that she was no longer his.
 
~*~Tasha~*~Time Cannot Erase My Passage Through This Sacred Place05/02/2006 04:03 am
What a way to walk in on everything. Spoil sports. Definitely a way to lose a hard on if you open your eyes to see those three staring at you while you are having sex with the woman/demon you love.
 
~*~Tasha~*~A Softer Place To Land05/02/2006 03:53 am
Buffy is still so much like Buffy. I loved her inner monologue about Piglet, Mr. Gordo and Wilbur. LOL. That was precious. The primal dance between Spike and Buffy at the end was excellently written.
 
~*~Tasha~*~A Moving Target05/02/2006 03:22 am
It is amusing to see Xander being more logical and less stake spike like. I like how you made him Xander, but you also found ways to change him in a natural way. {grins}
 
~*~Tasha~*~I'm Longing To Linger Till Dawn05/02/2006 03:12 am
Spike and Buffy are working through everything so well. They are both on an even keel. I like how Spike is able to calm her and help her get through everything. Even though he doesn't realize what he is doing to be helpful, he's being helpful just by being there without being judgmental. Bravo.
 
~*~Tasha~*~Tear At The Darkness All Around Me05/02/2006 03:03 am
Beautiful. Marvelous. Stupendous.
 
~*~Tasha~*~Take Me To A Place So Holy05/02/2006 02:54 am
{repeatedly quivers} AWESOME chapter. Hot ending to the chapter too.
 
~*~Tasha~*~The Farther One Travels05/01/2006 04:33 am
{quivers} Very hot and arousing chapter. You still have the underlying tensions, emotions, etc that we get to see in their thoughts and third person details. This is one of my favorite chapters. Time for bed though. I'll read the other 9 again tomorrow ... Course I'll have to start with this one again to get me in the right frame of mind. {winks}
 
~*~Tasha~*~Sure To Fall05/01/2006 04:22 am
{claps} Wonderful progress for our couple in this chapter! Loved it!
 
~*~Tasha~*~The Wild And Windy Night05/01/2006 04:13 am
It so broke my heart when Spike came back to the crypt. Excellent argument with Giles and Spike. Buffy forgetting about the daylight ... nice touch. Like I said, it broke my heart in a cry worthy way because your descriptions were so good that I could picture it all in my head. I could see her on the crypt floor by the door.
 
~*~Tasha~*~There Will Be An Answer05/01/2006 04:04 am
You have touched on Spike's snarkiness and tenderness perfectly. He was such a mixture of human and vampire. I know some people were upset in Season 7 because Spike wasn't hugely changed with the soul. I always took that as a compliment ... it showed that Spike had more humanity in him without a soul than Angel did with one. You write those aspects of Spike well in this Season 5 fic.
 
~*~Tasha~*~The Soft Glow Of Morning05/01/2006 03:49 am
Such a tentative start. You wrote this really well. Things moved along with the intimacy, but you deal with all of the issues still that Buffy is facing, her uncertainty. Her and Spike are both so "cute" in this.
 
~*~Tasha~*~Sound And Fury05/01/2006 03:39 am
Beautiful. This chapter really had a poetic ending. The thoughts Buffy was having were very poetic, especially that last line.
 
~*~Tasha~*~The Skies Are Falling05/01/2006 03:31 am
I'm still amazed at the wonderful characterizations that you had for everyone in this story. I really felt that you nailed Buffy and Spike in an ever changing lifestyle, personality, etc as they went through this process very well.
 
~*~Tasha~*~Return To Me Salvation05/01/2006 03:22 am
I don't watch the West Wing much (only a couple episodes here and there when Martin Sheen was on it), but I did like how you ended this chapter. It was a little cliffie, but it was also a bit of foreshadow. It gave me something to look forward to in the next chapter without making me growl at the ending of the current chapter.
 
~*~Tasha~*~To Conquer Death05/01/2006 03:12 am
Sometimes Dracula reminds me of a sleazy car salesman. {Chuckles} As Luke Skywalker once said "Your over confidence is your weakness". {Smirks} I know, wrong genre ... but it fit here.
 
~*~Tasha~*~The Garden of Good And Evil05/01/2006 03:07 am
I love a vamped Buffy, but if Riley had just listened to Spike instead of being his usual ass self ... this never would have happened. Stupid Riley. Excellent conversation with Spike and Giles. I always thought those two could have a good comraderie if they got past the whole Vamp/Watcher thing.
 
~*~Tasha~*~Once Upon A Midnight Dreary05/01/2006 02:13 am
You took this challenge, and you made it your own as much as Scheh did her version of things. I loved this fic, and I still love reading it. You expanded the whole Dracula thing for the show, and you gave it a real depth that the show did not truly touch upon.
 
Death_DealerOnce Upon A Midnight Dreary02/03/2006 12:06 am
Oooohhh, I love your writing style. It's very smooth and it kinda reminds me of some of Poe's stuff. I really like it. It's beautiful.