WOw, that's a gorgeous dark Giles fic. And it builds nicely on his core ruthlessness
Doesn't it, though? I could sort of see the ending coming from a key scene in the middle of the tale but that only made it better because it increased my anxiety (the way knowing Tara was going to die sometime in S6 made me flip out when she fell down the stairs in Normal Again. Sometimes suspecting what's coming is worse than being blindsided because I find myself hoping against hope it won't happen.)
I think it's part of the Buffy-verse magic; pretty much every character has a darkness that can be drawn out and expanded on. So much more satisfying than bashing!
EXACTLY. That's why I love each one of them, even Xander (ok not Riley or Angel. I have my limits). There were actually so many ways all of their stories could have gone, which is what makes so much fanfiction possible.
And bashing makes me cry and kills fairies. Bashing is not of the good.
Selfless is one of my favorite episodes in the whole series.
When they cut from Anya's singing to her pinned against the wall with Buffy's sword, a single tear running down her cheek, I completely LOST it. That was the last time the series made me cry. (I don't recall if I cried during Chosen, and if I did it was more a "well now it's done" sort of thing rather than the deep well of sadness that Selfless tapped into.) Speaking of that ep, lostboy left a comment on my "Dopplegangers (Xander)" meta and Selfless came up quite a bit in my response to him, though mostly in terms of Xander's arc (and The Lie) rather than Anya. And babbled on much longer than necessary, as always. I'd love to explore that ep a bit more at some point. Have you written meta or fic about it? http://red-satin-doll.livejournal.com/5173.html?thread=161333#t161333
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Date: 2013-02-06 11:56 pm (UTC)Doesn't it, though? I could sort of see the ending coming from a key scene in the middle of the tale but that only made it better because it increased my anxiety (the way knowing Tara was going to die sometime in S6 made me flip out when she fell down the stairs in Normal Again. Sometimes suspecting what's coming is worse than being blindsided because I find myself hoping against hope it won't happen.)
I actually got turned on to desoto's fics via a rec from Barb on her LJ, for "Death's Second Self" which is definitely dark and tragic.
http://desoto-hia873.livejournal.com/272438.html
And I'm just starting her post-NFA Spuffy fic (another kink of mine), "Wish You Were Here"
http://desoto-hia873.livejournal.com/279117.html
I think it's part of the Buffy-verse magic; pretty much every character has a darkness that can be drawn out and expanded on. So much more satisfying than bashing!
EXACTLY. That's why I love each one of them, even Xander (ok not Riley or Angel. I have my limits). There were actually so many ways all of their stories could have gone, which is what makes so much fanfiction possible.
And bashing makes me cry and kills fairies. Bashing is not of the good.
Selfless is one of my favorite episodes in the whole series.
When they cut from Anya's singing to her pinned against the wall with Buffy's sword, a single tear running down her cheek, I completely LOST it. That was the last time the series made me cry. (I don't recall if I cried during Chosen, and if I did it was more a "well now it's done" sort of thing rather than the deep well of sadness that Selfless tapped into.) Speaking of that ep,
http://red-satin-doll.livejournal.com/5173.html?thread=161333#t161333