Re: Fic: All's Fair 4/4 Vampire Stories B/W/X NC17

[Lesser Hope <gothicchick915@xxxxxxxxx>]

does anyone have 1-3 of this fanfic? all's fair, i think....if you do, please send them to me.

-pixie

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Mike McD <cdreramius@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I was only reading the first part of Vampire Stories
> on the weekend and was wondering if we'd ever see this
> series continue.
>
> First off I'd like say this is great work (as usual).
> I love how you've made the Scoobies react differently
> to their new unlife. They are clearly vampires but
> they are also clearly different from other vampires
> (kind of like how Spike was different to other
> vampires in seasons 2 and 3 before Joss screwed up.)
>
> I also liked how their unresolved issues have carried
> over from their previous lives. Should make for some
> interesting (and for me, painful) reading as the
> Scoobies confront how they fitted into each others
> lives when they were living, and what changes will
> happen between them as they try to adjust to their
> unlives together.
>
> *-*-*-*-*-*
> Xander laughed behind them.  "Whatever."&
> nbsp; He
>  settled
> back in the seat and watched out the window, content
> to simply follow them now.  He felt calmer, but still
> ached to be out in the night, hunting.  It wasn't
> hunger now, he had his fill.  There was still the
> call, muted some compared to the night before, that
> urged him to come help destroy the world.  They were
> right though, he belong with them.  The bond they
> shared after the trials of all those years could not
> be broken by any demon or calling. 
> *-*-*-*-*-*
>
> Of all of them, Xander seems to be closer to the
> typical vampire than either Buffy or Willow, which
> makes sense as Xander was the closest to being a
> normal human being of the three of them (note
> 'closest' ie. not actually normal, but 'closest to
> being' normal).
>
> ***
> And even if I have to let you drain me 30 times,
> you're not gonna be one, either.  You're gonna evolve,
> damn-it.  There's gonna be some Darwin happe
> ning,
>  even
> if it kills you."
>
> "So, I'm not like you."  Xander closed his eye in
> defeat.  "I'm still not like either of you."
> ***
>
> Even in unlife Xander is still the outsider.
>
> In life Xander had a deep seated rage burning
> underneath which you've shown glimpses of coming to
> the surface now the he is undead. I can see that rage
> and desire to get revenge on the world that had
> screwed him over in life as a potential problem.
>
> 'He belonged with them'. As a Scooby shipper I say 'No
> shit Sherlock'. Buffy, Willow, and Xander belong with
> each other.
>
> However...
>
> The question is: will Xander continue to think he
> belongs WITH them, or will he start to feel like he
> belongs TO them?
>
> The phrase 'he belonged with them' implies a measure
> of equality between all of them. In life the power
> difference between him and the girls was huge. He
> wasn't their equal (power wise anyway) and that caused
> friction
>  between
>  them occasionally when he felt like
> he wasn't being treated as an equal (eg The Yoko
> Factor). In their unlife he still isn't quite as
> powerful as Buffy or Xander but the power difference
> is much smaller than it was when they were living.
>
> ***
> "So, you're just following along with this now, this
> big plan.  Will really is the boss of us.  I remember
> how well that worked out last time."
> ***
>
> If Xander's rage and destructive impulses becomes a
> problem to Buffy and Willow and they try to control
> it, he may grow to feel that he belongs TO them, ie
> he's now 'Minion Xander' which would piss Xander off
> to no end, thus making him 'Asshole Xander' and thus
> pissing me off to no end (one thing I absolutely HATE
> is stories that make Xander (or one of the other
> Scoobies) an asshole as a method of bringing one of
> the other Scoobies -usually Buffy- closer to whoever
> they want her to end up with -usually Spike, or Angel
> ,
> or
>  Willow-.)
>
> *-*-*-*-*-*
> "I'm good with that."  He shrugged.  He had cast his
> lot in with them earlier in the night and saw no
> reason to second guess his decision now.  'Or ever',
> he honestly admitted to himself.
> *-*-*-*-*-*
>
> Keep thinking that Xander, for the love of god, please
> keep thinking that.
>
> Another thing I liked was the fact that as vampires
> they have no in built boundaries, but they still have
> memories of boundaries (ie. Buffy's heterosexuality,
> Willow 'killing her own kind', Xander thinking it's
> wrong 'to get an appetizer too').
>
> Maybe, just maybe, the Scoobies can find the peace in
> themselves to be able to settle down together
> somewhere and enjoy their their just reward.
>
> Each other.
>
> Mike McD
>
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>
> Willow: "It's a good fight, Buffy,
>  and I
>  want in."
> Buffy:  "I kinda love you."
>                       —'Choices'
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