I may have mentioned this before - I do have the tendency to repeat myself! - but when I'm going back through the chapter to pull out the lines I loved, it's so hard to narrow it down. Not only are there funny and sexy moments, and thoughtful and poignant ones, but there's also wonderful descriptive details that provide subtle insight into the character, like this: Xander nodded, looking at the ground and frowning when he noticed a spot were the grass was taller than the rest. Such a lovely moment.
The story shifts nicely to the humour of Xander discovering Spike has cleaned. I love Xander's amused reaction and Spike's totally defensive one: Spike slammed the book shut. “Don’t,” he growled, his voice low and deadly, his fingers clenching on the spine of the book. “Look, I picked up your garbage, yeah, fine. I didn’t answer the bloody phone – didn’t ring anyway, you were with anyone who might want to call you, ya stupid wanker. I didn’t touch your precious cds, the comics under your bed are still in their little plastic coats and I only smoked twice.” He shook his head, tossing the book aside. “I did find your porn, though, and I was right – sad lot, that.” heee to the porn insulting!
I adore Xander worrying about lying to Spike: I’m going to lie to Spike, well, not lie, but not tell and, okay, a week ago, so not big on my list of things that make but gut clench, but now... I really like how it suggests the potential for feelings towards Spike without being totally overt.
And the mix of humour and serious continues to work so well. Oh, I was totally laughing at the "new fangled" line (I love that sort of humour)!! And this whole part is so very funny: “So you don’t just do it,” Xander said thoughtfully, “you have to make yourself do it. So you were making yourself huff my boxers?”
I love the turn it takes at the end of this part: “And it should be the person with the least to offer to the big summit,” Spike said, giving him a pointed look. Lovely way of demonstrating that Spike is insecure about things by having him lash out - and he always knows people's weaknesses.
It's interesting how Xander's clearly putting on a role with Willow and Tara (ie. the forcing of the grin and the very jovial talk), to cover up what he's going through. Love his so Xander-ish humour: “That booth over there. I think it has our names on it. I think they bronzed it.” hee!
And the chapter ends with such a great revelation! I love that you're exploring these canony things and we get to find out about this part of the decision about resurrecting Buffy!!!
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Date: 2006-06-12 08:55 am (UTC)From:Xander nodded, looking at the ground and frowning when he noticed a spot were the grass was taller than the rest. Such a lovely moment.
The story shifts nicely to the humour of Xander discovering Spike has cleaned. I love Xander's amused reaction and Spike's totally defensive one:
Spike slammed the book shut. “Don’t,” he growled, his voice low and deadly, his fingers clenching on the spine of the book. “Look, I picked up your garbage, yeah, fine. I didn’t answer the bloody phone – didn’t ring anyway, you were with anyone who might want to call you, ya stupid wanker. I didn’t touch your precious cds, the comics under your bed are still in their little plastic coats and I only smoked twice.” He shook his head, tossing the book aside. “I did find your porn, though, and I was right – sad lot, that.” heee to the porn insulting!
I adore Xander worrying about lying to Spike:
I’m going to lie to Spike, well, not lie, but not tell and, okay, a week ago, so not big on my list of things that make but gut clench, but now... I really like how it suggests the potential for feelings towards Spike without being totally overt.
And the mix of humour and serious continues to work so well. Oh, I was totally laughing at the "new fangled" line (I love that sort of humour)!! And this whole part is so very funny:
“So you don’t just do it,” Xander said thoughtfully, “you have to make yourself do it. So you were making yourself huff my boxers?”
I love the turn it takes at the end of this part:
“And it should be the person with the least to offer to the big summit,” Spike said, giving him a pointed look. Lovely way of demonstrating that Spike is insecure about things by having him lash out - and he always knows people's weaknesses.
It's interesting how Xander's clearly putting on a role with Willow and Tara (ie. the forcing of the grin and the very jovial talk), to cover up what he's going through. Love his so Xander-ish humour: “That booth over there. I think it has our names on it. I think they bronzed it.” hee!
And the chapter ends with such a great revelation! I love that you're exploring these canony things and we get to find out about this part of the decision about resurrecting Buffy!!!