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| Broken Things by TalesofSpike |
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| Robyn | Chapter 6 | 07/29/2006 06:30 am |
| I really loved Joyce and her insistence that Buffy apologize to Spike. Thanks for the update, I really enjoyed it. |
Thanks, honey!
Having Joyce around was one of the reasons I set this earlier in S5 than I would have otherwise. |
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| vladt | Chapter 6 | 07/20/2006 11:28 pm |
| very good read, thank you. and thanks for joyce, buffy would screw everyhting up if she only had giles for guidance. |
Hee! buffy would screw everyhting up if she only had giles for guidance. as S6 proved all too well.
Thank you! |
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| jl1980 | Chapter 6 | 07/20/2006 07:28 am |
poor spike...at least buffy's being a bit more understanding now...i'm glad joyce made her apologize  lol great chapter |
Thanks, honey!
Not even Buffy could mistake Spike's misery for anything else. And, yeah, Joyce might give Buffy a little leeway on the slayer stuff, but once Spike had talked his way out of it, at least for the moment, then Joyce wasn't about to let her get away scot free with that sort of behaviour. |
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| kim | Chapter 6 | 07/20/2006 02:37 am |
You can't expect him to want her dead, but that doesn't mean he's going to join her in the old ways, either. He knows too well that he can't trust Dru, feelings for the Slayer not withstanding.
Love that Joyce made her apologize. Buffy definitely needed to learn that violence first isn't always the best, or right, action. |
Thanks, honey!
It's an awkward situation. Buffy has to think of all the possible angles, and from her POV, if it comes to her having to kill Dru... she knows Spike loves Dru, so it's hard to imagine him just standing by...
Joyce might let Buffy get on with the slayer stuff to some extent, but when she turns out to be in the wrong Joyce won't let her just pretend it didn't happen. |
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| Sharon | Chapter 6 | 07/20/2006 01:39 am |
| You are so good at mixing sexual tension, humor and angst. A very enjoyable chapter. Thank you. |
Thank you, honey!
I'm really glad you're enjoying it. |
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| Karyn | Chapter 5 | 07/11/2006 07:49 pm |
| ECCKK!!! convince her spike convince her!!! lol, great update! |
Thanks, honey!
Dru has really crappy timing and an awful lot to answer for. |
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| Robyn | Chapter 5 | 06/30/2006 12:13 am |
I love that Buffy realizes that she wants Spike to be telling the truth and that she wants him to have her back. Thanks for the update, I really enjoyed it.  |
| Thank you, honey! That really is a huge shift in attitude for Buffy at this point compared with canon and I'm glad that it comes across. |
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| vladt | Chapter 5 | 06/28/2006 07:15 pm |
| very good read, thanks. buffy could have been less dramatic at the end of the chapter. she wants to believe in him, so she attacks. joyce is probably going to be more pissed at the attack, than the favorite mug. thanks again for the fine read. |
Thanks, honey!
She does want to believe in him, but if she's wrong, she needs to make sure he isn't a threat.
You're probably right about Joyce, though she wouldn't necessarily intervene. |
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| Bridget | Chapter 5 | 06/28/2006 12:29 pm |
| Buffy's behavior is so tiring. She never uses her brain. Just when would Spike have had the opportunity to slaughter all those people on the train. Please hurry and fix Buffy's stupidity. |
Thanks!
If you refer to the replies I made to earlier comments you'll find that IMO Buffy is far from being stupid, and if you take another look at the chapter you'll find that once she knew when the train arrived, she never suggested that Spike was directly involved. There's nothing to fix. |
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| Harry 4Eyes | Chapter 5 | 06/28/2006 08:11 am |
Wow for some people 2+2 does equal 5. Let's get this straight, Spike, knew his chip wasn't working. and didn't have to tell Joyce, but not only did he make sure the guy was human and then tell Joyce. He was there with the gang when it happened, So because he has an alibi he's guilty? That makes as much sense as Buffy dating Riley.
You get the feeling both Giles and Buffy are projecting? Giles extracting revenge for what Angelus did and Buffy because Angelus couldn't love and change without the curse?
Well it will be interesting to see how Spike disproves an accusation that has little or no ground, except curtamstantial(sp?). Though I think Buffy needs to convince Spike it was him responsible for the massacre, afterall, Spike usually is the one in the middle of the action not leave it to the minions.
well loving it
Update soon
Harry |
Thanks, honey!
Everything you have to say is valid, BUT bear in mind that these are his actions over a period of only days and even if they don't know how, from Buffy and Giles' POV, Spike may be manipulating them as part of a larger scheme. It's days of apparently doing good weighed against years of actively doing bad and making it clear to everyone that as soon as the chip was out he'd gladly kill them all.
Out of My Mind is not so far back in time, and this 'verse is not all that far removed from canon where Spike would very, very shortly be using the girl Dru killed for him as a drinking fountain... Events have changed slightly, but Spike's personality hasn't. Buffy and Giles have very good reason for concern.
The miracles are that Buffy (though she might not be able to allow her doubts to show right this second) is actually keeping an open mind and does actually want to believe Spike, even though the timing of the deaths is pretty damning evidence against him, albeit circumstantial. She wants to be convinced.
This isn't S6, Spike has not proven his loyalty. He hasn't stuck around after Buffy died. He hasn't been tortured by Glory and remained true. Having Buffy and/or Giles believe him without question and without knowing anything about his feelings for Buffy would be completely OOC for this time frame. IMHO |
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| Lou | Chapter 5 | 06/28/2006 06:01 am |
| Jeez, what's up with these people? Paralysis of the logical thinking process? |
Thanks, honey, but I have to disagree.
You mean they're so deluded that they don't realise that this Spike is only a very small step away from the one that drained the girl Dru killed for him in Crush in canon. Events have shifted, but only very slightly and that difference is the fact that Buffy has treated him better this time around.
They have a LOT more reason not to trust him than they do to trust him and, yet, Buffy still wants to do just that... |
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| Dirktavian | Chapter 5 | 06/28/2006 03:45 am |
| I don't know if I've reviewed this story or not, but it's great! I've been catching up on my reading, and I really like the way you capture the friendship between Spike and Joyce-- how he can let out the inner poet around her. I also like the way you make Spike a Buffy a little more vulnerable and open to one another in Season 5. Great work-- keep it up! |
Thank you!
I'm so glad you see things that way. I've tried to make Buffy's change in attitude believable. And Spike & Joyce are always fun to do.
The muse isn't playing at the moment, but when it does I'll get right back to this after I've done another chapter of my other WIP. |
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| kim | Chapter 5 | 06/28/2006 02:18 am |
Bitch...
Spike made the decision all on his own to tell you that the chip was out, and gave you the decision of what to do with him after that. He willingly put his unlife in your hands, so this plan? So not his doing.
Geeze, do none of these people actually go on logic rather than jumping to conclusions? |
Thanks, honey!
Well, actually, he told her if she tried to stake him he'd kick the shit out of her. (You and I may suspect he wasn't being truthful but that's what he told her.)
You have to remember that apart from the incident where he found out the chip wasn't working (and where there has to be the distinct possibility that with time to process that fact, so far as Buffy is concerned, he might have acted differently), his 'good deeds' peak at not licking the survivors of Olaf's rampage. We aren't talking S6 Spike here. This is the same Spike who under very slightly different circumstances drank from the girl that Dru killed for him. Buffy has every right to have doubts. |
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| jl1980 | Chapter 5 | 06/27/2006 10:05 pm |
i love your writing style...this is a great chapter, very well done...i thoroughly enjoyed every word...wish buffy'd give him a real chance though, poor spike  she'll feel bad once she knows the truth... great job |
Thanks, honey!
Nice as it might have been for Buffy to believe him straight off, at this particular point in time, I think it would have been OOC for her to give him so much trust on the limited evidence available, especially without understanding his motivation.
As for when she finds out, I'll leave that for next chapter. |
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| Karyn | Chapter 4 | 07/11/2006 07:40 pm |
| eck!! wow, way to spell it out for them spike...rofl *runs quickly to next chapter* |
Thanks, honey!
Well, as Dawn so rightly worked out... No way he could give Buffy the same explanation he gave her mom. |
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| Robyn | Chapter 4 | 06/20/2006 07:15 am |
| I like that Spike finally told Buffy about the chip not working and that he was so smart about the way he did it. Telling Giles at the same time, not having the Scoobies (Xander) there, and pointing out their options so concisely. Thanks for the update. |
Thanks, honey!
I think having Giles there was just a bonus, the way the storyline meshed with canon, but telling Buffy when Joyce is there is bound to help a little. |
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| Emilee | Chapter 4 | 06/19/2006 08:46 pm |
| Nice cliffhanger. Can't wait to see what happens next. I thought his "options" were very well delivered. You got Spike's character nailed. |
| Thanks! Spike was really left with very limited options. He had to tell her about the chip, but there weren't many ways to do that and avoid telling her how he felt at the same time... |
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| vladt | Chapter 4 | 06/19/2006 03:28 pm |
| very good read. spike directness is not going to set well with the idiot watcher, but buffy, maybe. thanks for the fine read. |
| Thanks! I have a plan... I just don't remember what it is. |
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| Bridget | Chapter 4 | 06/19/2006 09:38 am |
| Nicely done. |
| Thank you! |
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| jl1980 | Chapter 4 | 06/19/2006 07:36 am |
| wow...way to go spike, very direct and forceful and confident...now to see how buffy takes it...hope giles isn't a jerk about it...but he probably will be *sigh*. |
Thanks, honey!
Yep. There was only one way to go if Spike didn't want to have to explain his feelings to Buffy... and yes, Giles has been a watcher far too long to fall into line easily. |
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| Pin1 | Chapter 4 | 06/19/2006 06:46 am |
| Nice reworking of the ep. I love Spike's proposal - great chapter. Can't wait to see the explosion that's coming. |
| Thank you, honey! I hope you won't be disappointed when the time comes. |
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| kim | Chapter 4 | 06/19/2006 02:47 am |
Took the bull by the horns, there.
Oh, dear...Dru's in town. |
| Thanks, honey. Yep Dru is back as was pretty much inevitable |
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| Karyn | Chapter 3 | 07/11/2006 07:19 pm |
| Great Chapter!! *sigh* I would have thought Joyce would have figured it out, but Dawnie's a smart cookie! lol |
| Joyce is a smart cookie, but judging by how long she was oblivious to the fact that Buffy was the slayer, I decided to not go with her figuring it out. Dawn on the other hand was damn close to figuring it out by this point in canon. |
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| vladt | Chapter 3 | 06/19/2006 03:16 pm |
| good update. dawn has it figured out. joyce is only a hint away. the slayer is glad he is hanging with her mum. now the easiest way for spike to screw this up, is not to tell buffy soon. thanks for the fun read. |
| Thanks! I'm glad you're enjoying it. |
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| Robyn | Chapter 3 | 06/16/2006 03:00 am |
| I like Buffy's thought that she felt more at ease because Spike was with her mom, I'm just hoping that some of the sentiment that made her feel that way remains when she finds out about the chip. I really enjoyed Dawn and in particular her thoughts when Spike left and that she realized that he was talking about Buffy. Thanks for the update. |
| Thanks, honey. I'm glad you're enjoying it. I'm just about getting to where Spike tells her in the writing stages, and while I have an idea of how she might react, I guess I'll have to wait and see if the muse decides to conform to that or if the characters take over. By this point in canon, Dawn had very nearly got Spike's feelings for Buffy sussed, so it seemed reasonable for her to work it out. Hopefully, more soon. |
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| Lou | Chapter 3 | 06/15/2006 05:55 pm |
| Our Spike's in a bit of a pickle, isn't he? |
| Thank you! And, yeah, he's pretty much right royally screwed... but he'll work it out. |
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| letitia | Chapter 3 | 06/15/2006 05:44 pm |
| spike better come clean and come clean quick... I would hate for Buffy to find out any other way. I am just glad that he told Joyce first that the chip does not work. |
Thanks, honey!
Like you say, Buffy finding out another way would be bad, but you can't blame Spike for needing a bit of time to work out how to tell her and build up courage. |
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| cheryl | Chapter 3 | 06/15/2006 12:47 pm |
This is a fabulous story!! I really liked this chapter - can't wait for next update.
Thanks! |
| Thanks, honey! I'm glad you're enjoying it. The next chapter, hopefully, will be along soon enough. |
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| DeanSamWinchesterfan | Chapter 3 | 06/15/2006 07:46 am |
| Good story so far.Poor Spike freaking out.Update soon. |
Thank you!
And, yeah, poor Spike is in a bit of a mess. Updates when the muse allows. |
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| jl1980 | Chapter 3 | 06/15/2006 07:30 am |
| well that's a good sign, maybe her reaction wont be so bad...he just needs to be very careful about how he talks to her about it...can't wait for an update, this was another excellent chapter |
Thank you!
It seems reasonable that once the whole heroic defender scenario had time to sink in that she would be glad to have him there to keep an eye on her mum and Dawn when she couldn't be there.
Muse willing, I should be getting back to work on this one today, but it's the muse willing part that's often the problem. |
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| katakata | Chapter 3 | 06/15/2006 07:24 am |
| Well done thus far. With some dialogue taken straight from the show you've rooted the piece firmly in the established Buffyverse but there's sufficient exploration of new ground to make it all feel somehow fresh. Your original dialogue rings true with the show and characters we got to know and love too - more soon. Please. |
Thank you!
It's been a fun balancing act, trying to "forget" S6 (which I've been writing for so long) and get the character attitudes to ring true to where they were back in S5.
With luck, I should be making a start on the next chapter today. After that it's up to the muse. |
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| spikes slayer2 | Chapter 3 | 06/15/2006 05:48 am |
| Great, i think this is excellent! |
| Thank you! I'm really glad you're enjoying it! |
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| kim | Chapter 3 | 06/15/2006 02:17 am |
| Poor Spikey... |
| Thanks, honey, and at least on the plus side he's got rid of Harmony. That has to be a bonus. |
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| Karyn | Chapter 2 | 07/11/2006 07:08 pm |
| awesome chapter!! poor spike so conflicted *sigh* |
Thanks, honey!
Yep, definitely a case of careful what you ask for. |
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| missus_grace | Chapter 2 | 06/08/2006 09:04 pm |
| I'm loving this story! I can't wait to see how Spike is going to handle his de-chipped state. |
Thank you, sweetie!
I'm afraid at the moment I'm still working on the next chapter of Unfinished Business (I'm doing alternating updates) but as soon as I finish that, I'll be back to work on this one. |
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| vladt | Chapter 2 | 06/07/2006 12:27 pm |
| excellent chapter. spike has already made hi decision ("...not tonight.") he just has to sell himself the decision. very enjoyable read, thanks |
Hee! I hadn't looked at it that way, but I guess the fact that he didn't go straight out on a killing spree might well mean that deep down he knows which way it will eventually go.
Thanks, as always for making the effort to comment.
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| Dirktavian | Chapter 2 | 06/07/2006 03:25 am |
| Great story idea-- Looking forward to how things progress between him & Buffy. Also, hoping for hilarious hijinx as he dumps Harm. |
Thank you!
And, yeah, the Harm thing should be fun. Somehow, with a skin full of bourbon, I doubt it'll come out quite the way he and Joyce planned... |
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| Robyn | Chapter 2 | 06/06/2006 07:25 pm |
| I really enjoyed that Buffy was able to observe Spike with her mom and sister, and that she saw, even if she didn't fully comprehend, how much he was accepted and a part of their lives. Thank you for the update. |
Thank you!
Hee! Hopefully Buffy will catch up with the rest of her family but knowing how stubborn she is it might take a few more chapters... |
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| jl1980 | Chapter 2 | 06/06/2006 05:29 pm |
| come on spike...i know you can make the right decision here...excellent update, i can so feel his uncertainty, his dilemma excellent job |
| Thank you sooo much! I have a feeling that most of you can take a pretty good guess at how this decision is going to go - unless I want to give myself a LOT more fic to write - but I really didn't think it should look easy. |
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| maryperk | Chapter 2 | 06/06/2006 12:50 pm |
| Good chapter. |
| Thank you! Glad you're enjoying it. |
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| pfeifferpack | Chapter 2 | 06/06/2006 12:38 pm |
Ooooo whatever will he do? Excellent update, I'm looking forward to more (greedy minx that I am for good well written fic).
Kathleen |
Thank you, honey!
I'm glad you're enjoying this, and I'll do my best to make sure I don't keep you waiting too long, though Unfinished Business is next on the to do list. |
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| kim | Chapter 2 | 06/06/2006 12:14 pm |
Well, it's not his fault Glory fried the chip for him. It's just up to Spike to decide what to do, now it's done. He could have freedom, but be completely alone, or stay in hopes of continuing acceptance, and not feed on anything that doesn't come out of a bag.
Buffy's such a dumbass. She limits herself so much by never expanding her thoughts. |
Thanks, honey!
You're right on the money. Freedom's not worth a hell of a lot if it comes at the expense of losing what you love.
As for Buffy, there may be hope for her yet, but the challenge was to start out from the attitude that she had at that point in canon. |
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| sara | Chapter 2 | 06/06/2006 11:31 am |
| i really hope he doesn't turn evil again. he will definitely not get buffy that way. i'm worried about what will come next. |
Thanks for commenting, sweetie!
i'm worried about what will come next.
All I can say about that is wait and see, but bear in mind there's not much he could do that's worse than chaining Buffy up, and having a sexbot made to look like her. |
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| Pin | Chapter 2 | 06/06/2006 10:40 am |
| Great chapter. Interesting progression in Spike's thinking. Looking forward to more. Thanks! |
Thanks for commenting. It's much appreciated.
From being in a position where his options have been severely limited, a whole world of possibilities is suddenly opening up around Spike. He'll work it all out, and he might even have a little help. |
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| Karyn | Chapter 1 | 07/11/2006 06:41 pm |
eeck!!! *hides eyes*
awesome chapter!! i always love joyce and spike scenes! |
Re-reading this myself in preparation for starting on the next chapter at the same time as I answer you (just in case you're wondering why it's taking so long for each reply). It helps. Now I know why you're hiding your eyes. Definitely understandable.
I have to admit I rather like Spike & Joyce together myself. |
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| vladt | Chapter 1 | 05/30/2006 10:43 pm |
| kill him spike, sort it out later. probably not the brightest move, but do it. just personal choice. love the story, thanks for the great read. |
Honestly, there's part of me really want him to... As long as the knight's alive he's a threat to Dawn's safety, even if he can't do the harm himself. So far, I haven't been able to make up my mind, but I have to finish the next chapter of Unfinished Business before I can go back to this one in any case.
Thank you! |
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| kim | Chapter 1 | 05/30/2006 02:57 am |
That hard knock he took broke the chip...as tempting as it is, though, Buffy would stake him in a heartbeat if he killed this guy. And then, he wouldn't be able to protect Joyce and Dawn.
Time to make a choice. |
Buffy might be persuaded if Spike made a good enough case for the knight being a danger to Dawn. In canon she'd be killing knights soon enough, and this one death could save all the others by keeping the knights in ignorance.
It's definitely not as simple as killing the human=evil=>stake Spike, but, yeah, it's time to make a decision.
Thank you so much for taking the time to comment. I'm glad you're enjoying it so far. |
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| Robyn | Chapter 1 | 05/30/2006 01:36 am |
| Oh wow Spike’s chip stopped working, hopefully this will allow him to prove to Buffy that he has really changed and that it is not just the chip holding him back. I really love his and Joyce’s relationship and I really like how their scene together showcased this. I’m really looking forward to this story. |
Thank you, honey!
Here's hoping things work out how you want in the end. Of course, since it's Spike (and since Buffy has all her prejudices still intact) we can pretty much guarantee that it won't all be smooth sailing, but at least he has Joyce there to help point him in the right direction this time around. |
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| pfeifferpack | Chapter 1 | 05/29/2006 06:42 pm |
ooooo I am hooked! More please. I'm thinking the chip stopped working when Glory knocked Spike across the room....um....Buffy won't be pleased with that bit of news.
Kathleen |
Well, there are some other options which Spike might need to rule out, but you may well be right. As for Buffy's reaction, it may take him a lttle while to tell her.
Thanks so much for taking the time to comment. I'm glad you're enjoying it. |
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| jl1980 | Chapter 1 | 05/29/2006 06:05 pm |
| wow! so glory's blow disabled his chip!! wow! awesome!!hope he doesn't kill the guy, though, for the sake of his relationship with buffy and her family...loving this story so far..awesome job ;) |
Time will tell. There are actually pretty strong arguments either way, since he represents a very real threat to Dawn's safety, not just in terms of him personally, but the fact he could set the knights as a whole onto her... All of which means I haven't definitively made up my mind, yet.
Thanks again for taking the time to comment. It's appreciated. |
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| DizzyB | Chapter 1 | 05/29/2006 02:48 pm |
| Ooh. Can't wait to see what happens next. Enjoying this story immensely. |
| Thank you! I hope the rest of it lives up to expectations. |
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| maryperk | Chapter 1 | 05/29/2006 02:21 pm |
| Cool prologue, and first chappy. Hope spike doesn't do anything stupid. |
| Thanks! I'm glad you're enjoying it so far. Spike? Do something stupid? As if! |
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| Karyn | Prologue | 07/11/2006 06:10 pm |
| awesome beginning...trying to catch up on my reading...lol, on to the next chapter! |
| Thanks, honey! The prologue is almost entirely canon, but I'm glad you liked my interpretation. BTW Is this Karyn a.k.a. kargrif? If it is you might discover that you didn't quite get entirely caught up. I always give readers on LJ or my own site at least a day's head start on any archives where I post, so you'll find a new chapter of Unfinished Business has been posted since you did your reading here... |
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| vladt | Prologue | 05/30/2006 10:44 pm |
| fun read, thanks. should be an enjoyable read, with such a good starting point. |
| Oops! Looks like this one came through twice, but thanks for being doubly encouraging. |
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| vladt | Prologue | 05/30/2006 10:31 pm |
| fun read, thanks. should be an enjoyable read, with such a good starting point. |
| I'll do my best to make certain that it is. Thank you! And congrats on being reviewer of the week. |
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| Robyn | Prologue | 05/30/2006 01:33 am |
| I like that you went through and reviewed some of what when on in that episode. Some of the episodes I haven’t seen for so long that I forget details. |
I figured that if I was having to re-watch the episode to try to get a sense of context then others might be in the same position.
Thanks for your input. I'm glad it helped. Hopefully, when the next chapter moves away from canon, you'll enjoy it too. |
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| jl1980 | Prologue | 05/29/2006 06:00 pm |
| poor spikey!! what did she do to him?? reading on to find out |
Well, it seems by now that you've already found out, or at least got a pretty good idea.
Thanks so much for taking the rime to comment. It's greatly appreciated. |
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