re:::BuffyWantsWillow::re:Something New

["Pedder _" <pedder47@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Firstly, thanks for the feedback, and I'm glad you liked it. It's always 
hard to do an idea that someone's done before and do it a bit differently.

Kaz, you're perfectly welcome to archive it, why would I say no? More people 
suckered into reading my stuff...


> "Beer Bad" is generally regarded as one of the worst episodes of >Buffy, 
> yet it has inspired some of the more entertaining B/W >fanfic. "Inderludis 
> Neanderthalensis" by Pink Rabbit, "Not So Bad >Beer" by Janine, "Girl Smell 
> Nice" by Pat Kelly, "Janus Was Healed" by >Mad-Hamlet, even a scene from 
> "Stranger In My House" by Shyfox.

I've read some of these, and I have to agree with you. It's just that "Beer 
Bad" gives us such an easy way to get Buffy and Willow together. I don't 
think "Beer Bad" was all that bad (I'll leave my personal worst with "Where 
the Wild Things Are" *shudder*).

> And now we have "Something New" which also involves "Something Blue", 
> >another sub-standard episode(despite its having scored second place in 
> >FX's BtVS poll last year, DAMN YOU, BUFFY/SPIKE SHIPPERS!), and turns 
> >them into something interesting.

Personally, I thought "Something Blue" was kind of funny. Everyone's 
reactions to Buffy and Spike were good-

XANDER: "Can I be blind to?"

and the Buffy/Giles thing,
BUFFY: "What's wrong with Buffy?"
GILES: "Oh, such a good question."

although Buffy herself got kind of annoying with the whole continuous 
pouting and obsessing about the wedding thing (and that wasn't the worst of 
it). I liked the Willow/Ta'hoffren scene though.

> Splendid job all around, capturing both girls' insecurity. And since 
> >you've just started to explore their relationship, this story just 
> >screams "Sequel". How about showing how Willow's first encounter with 
> >Tara would be different if she was already involved with Buffy when >they 
> met? Besides, I'd love to see more fic inspired by "Hush".

I did think about continuing "Something New", but I have this problem where 
I can start stories, but I never know where to stop. I either end up 
stopping really abruptly, or I don't stop for 21 chapters. I'll think about 
it though, and see where it gets me.

Pedder



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