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Elsa posted on
Jul 13, 2009 | just-drifting-6.livejournal.com |
So, I know I'm six years too late, but I've been re-watching season 7 of Buffy and have been craving some fanfiction, especially Buffy/Spike. So I came here, and look what I've found! This is amazing. Truly amazing. It's so heartwrenching and detailed and beautiful. I love the imagery and your take on everything that happened during that scene. It's just... breathtaking.
Anyway, I hope I'm not too annoying, leaving a review so long after you've written, but I wanted to leave some of my thoughts and my gratitude to you for creating such a beautiful fic. So, thanks.
~Elsa
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Christina posted on
May 13, 2005 I don't know if you'll get this review but I just read your fic and it blew me away...that was the best 'Chosen' fic I have ever read...omg...I was in tears...u captured that moment between buffy and spike so perfectly...and that quote from whistler? brilliant! i loved your fic!
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me posted on
Mar 4, 2004 very nice
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spikealicious posted on
Nov 4, 2003 | www.spikealicious.com |
That's one of the most eloquent reads on the take of the last seen of Chosen that I've ever read. And I've analyzed and written that part myself, too. You captured it so beautifully! Really nice!
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Sharvie posted on
Oct 19, 2003 WOW! I will never tire of reading interpretations of this heartbreaking moment of their relationship. This was exceptional, beautifully written in its imagery and emotional resonance. Thank you for a new perspective on a scene which broke my heart.
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cousinjean posted on
Oct 6, 2003 Oh, that made me cry. That was absolutely beautiful.
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Andrea posted on
Jul 14, 2003 Like Deborah Cohen, I especially liked the way this story handled Buffy's rationale for NOT arguing when Spike insisted that she didn't love him. It gives me comfort to think that there IS a plausible reason, other than agreement, why she let this remark slide by.
I would love to see a companion piece on the same scene from Spike's perspective. Any chance you'll write one?
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mhairiayn posted on
Jul 5, 2003 This is the most breathtaking Chosen ending I have read. So much so that I read it three times exceptionly well written. Waiting for sequel. Do it soon impatiently waiting.
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katherine posted on
Jun 8, 2003 I thought that this was an excellent piece of writing. It was touching, as well as romantic.
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Deborah Cohen posted on
Jun 7, 2003 | http://www.geocities.com/scubiefan/index2.htm |
Besides being beautifully written the reason this story touched me so much is because it explores Buffy's immediate reaction to Spike's denial of her declaration of love and her reasons for NOT protesting or arguing with him. And I needed that because that moment in "Chosen", when she finally *tells him she does* and he tells her that *no she doesn't* was for me the most devastating.
In "Chosen" the silence with which Buffy greeted Spike's denial of her long awaited declaration of love appeared to me to imply her acceptance and tacit agreement with his conclusion. If Spike's well established talent for insight into the hearts and minds of those around him and Buffy in particular wasn't enough to convince me of the cruel truth of his words then Buffy's failure to protest his conclusion killed any hope that he might be mistaken. So I owe a big thanks to Merryweather for giving me a broader perspective with which to view Buffy's reaction. This stoty brought me some welcome comfort. I have recommended it on the Fanfiction Thread of the the posting board I frequent (Soulful Spike Society) and a number of people have posted back that that they read it and loved it as well.
Thank you Merryweather, for making me feel better about Buffy's and Spike's last moments together and for beginning to restore my faith in her love for him (albeit too little, too late).
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lisa posted on
Jun 6, 2003 heartbreakingly beautiful
this was the first post-chosen fic i've let myself read
wow
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Isabella posted on
Jun 5, 2003 These 'chosen' fics are going to be the death of me. Why are they SO good? Answer me this! These 'chosen' fics are the best fics written every time. Maybe because all of us Spuffy lovers feel so passionately about it. At any rate, when you put it the way you did, it's almost like Whistler was foreshadowing Spike's death all those seasons ago, and it had sod all to do with Angel. And as a final thought, I LOVE the way you brought to light why exactly Spike called his soul a "spark" when he was ill of mind. It was a spark indeed. Perhaps he knew before any of us. Excellent. Done now...:)
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Kari posted on
Jun 5, 2003 WOW THAT WAS GREAT!
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Viola posted on
Jun 4, 2003 oh, lovely - so lovely. Thanks!!!
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Mona posted on
Jun 4, 2003 | www.livejournal.com/~monanotlisa |
Thanks, merry. This was the perfect piece to complement and underline these last moments of Buffy and Spike.
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Blondel posted on
Jun 4, 2003 Hauntingly beautiful. You do their final, poignant moment together full justice.
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Mouse posted on
Jun 4, 2003 beautiful!
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Kate posted on
Jun 4, 2003 Fantastic!! I love you usage of Whistler's words from "Becoming." Fit so perfectly with this piece you crafted. And your wording is amazing...some of the most evocative descriptions I've ever read. Just beautiful.
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Diya posted on
Jun 4, 2003 Wow. That was one of the best post-Chosen fics I have read. Thank You.
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dionysus posted on
Jun 4, 2003 amazing little piece, really. you captured everything about that scene that needed to be captured. too many people seem to think of that scene as "spike dying without knowing he was loved", and you have beautifully shown that it was so much more than that. thankyou.
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BuffyX posted on
Jun 4, 2003 | http://www.livejournal.com/users/buffyx |
Loved this. It was beautiful.
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ascian posted on
Jun 4, 2003 Wow - I really liked this. Thank you.
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Karaph posted on
Jun 4, 2003 | That was beautiful. I wish you could have been the one to write the novelization of the season. You really gave that scene the treatment it deserved.
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