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Post by William the Bloody on Nov 13, 2004 10:27:31 GMT -5
Tell her about it/ tell her everything you feel/ Give her every reason/ To accept that junk for real.
- B. Joel
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Post by Patti - S'cubie Cutie on Nov 13, 2004 14:18:22 GMT -5
Spring I enjoyed this little gem so much! You made me laugh out loud more than once, and I LOVED the ending...
I also loved the trouble you went to with the graphic - it is just perfect. YOu really made it look like a newspaper article, and I'm guessing you printed it, tore it, taped it and scanned it? Is that how you did it?
Just a really cool little story - thank you for giving it to us!
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Post by SpringSummers on Nov 13, 2004 22:00:45 GMT -5
Spring I enjoyed this little gem so much! You made me laugh out loud more than once, and I LOVED the ending... I also loved the trouble you went to with the graphic - it is just perfect. YOu really made it look like a newspaper article, and I'm guessing you printed it, tore it, taped it and scanned it? Is that how you did it? Just a really cool little story - thank you for giving it to us! Thanks, Patti. No - I don't have a scanner and didn't scan anything. I have this new program on my laptop called Jasco Photoshop. You can choose a "aged newspaper" effect, so that's how I got the newspaper look. The words I did by using the ability to "caption" a picture. The "rough edges" I did using the ability to "frame" a picture using several diff styles. The tear I just put in by hand. The tape was tricky . . . the program has this "frame" you can pick that makes it look like your pic is taped on all four corners to a black background. I did that . . . only I switched the black color to the other newspaper color, and then I "moved" the tape. Well - that's probably a lot more than you wanted to know . . . and it sounds harder than it was. It was fun to do. |
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Post by Karen on Nov 14, 2004 11:24:01 GMT -5
Beautiful little ficlet, Spring. Like Patti, I thought the wedding announcement was worth the price of admission.  I loved all your little details. Like the newspaper headline that told of a 'mysterious death' that was 'unrelated to anything Hellmouthy', to Buffy carefully putting the torn announcement into her pocket. I LOL'd at "is employed as The Chosen one (aka, The Vampire Slayer):. And including Spike's obituary in the wedding announcement was a nice touch, too. Thank you for this early Christmas present.  |
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Post by SpringSummers on Nov 14, 2004 14:11:55 GMT -5
Beautiful little ficlet, Spring. Like Patti, I thought the wedding announcement was worth the price of admission. I loved all your little details. Like the newspaper headline that told of a 'mysterious death' that was 'unrelated to anything Hellmouthy', to Buffy carefully putting the torn announcement into her pocket. I LOL'd at "is employed as The Chosen one (aka, The Vampire Slayer):. And including Spike's obituary in the wedding announcement was a nice touch, too. Thank you for this early Christmas present. You're welcome. Thanks for the feedback, as always. I had fun making the announcement and then writing the story. I didn't write this in the story, because I thought it was more fun to just leave it up to the reader - but I imagined Buffy finding the two pieces in her jacket some time later - months later. She starts to throw them away, but they're the last trace of her "engagement," and she can't quite make herself throw them away. So she quickly tapes them together and hides the taped annoucement in a book or something. I pictured her doing it very quickly, responding to an impulse - barely letting herself know she's doing it, and certainly not pausing to think about why. |
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Post by Nickim on Nov 14, 2004 14:44:11 GMT -5
I love this story, very cute. Although, I can't imagine Buffy NOT punching Spike "ass over tea kettle." The engagment announcement was perfect. And, I love your "epilouge" in the post above.
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Post by Karen on Nov 14, 2004 15:23:42 GMT -5
You're welcome. Thanks for the feedback, as always. I had fun making the announcement and then writing the story. I didn't write this in the story, because I thought it was more fun to just leave it up to the reader - but I imagined Buffy finding the two pieces in her jacket some time later - months later. She starts to throw them away, but they're the last trace of her "engagement," and she can't quite make herself throw them away. So she quickly tapes them together and hides the taped annoucement in a book or something. I pictured her doing it very quickly, responding to an impulse - barely letting herself know she's doing it, and certainly not pausing to think about why. I imagined Spike finding the announcement one day while looking for a lighter or matches in Buffy's jacket, and carefully taping it together. I can see your scenario, too. |
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Post by SpringSummers on Nov 14, 2004 16:56:59 GMT -5
I love this story, very cute. Although, I can't imagine Buffy NOT punching Spike "ass over tea kettle." The engagment announcement was perfect. And, I love your "epilouge" in the post above. Thanks for letting me know you enjoyed it Nicki. Yes - Buffy often gave in to the impulse to punch Spike, but there were also many times when he smarted off to her, and she resisted - especially if other people were around. And besides, she might have broken Giles' teakettle, sending Spike's ass over it.  I actually deliberately chose to have her push him instead - putting both her hands flat against his chest, and all. More surface-to-surface contact. She resists doing something as destructive as sending him flying, but she doesn't totally resist her impulses - she puts her hands on him and shoves him. I thought it was fun to just put the pic there and let people imagine how in the world it ended up taped up, but that "epilogue" was my thought on it. |
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Post by SpringSummers on Nov 14, 2004 16:59:42 GMT -5
I imagined Spike finding the announcement one day while looking for a lighter or matches in Buffy's jacket, and carefully taping it together. I can see your scenario, too. Oh - yep - I like it - that works too. Thanks for sharing that alternate thought on it. Fun. |
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Post by Lola m on Nov 15, 2004 16:31:44 GMT -5
Dearest Spring: I would like to RSVP and accept your lovely invitation to the Summers-Bloody wedding. Thank you so much for thinking of me. Do you know if they are registered somewhere? Seriously, this was just a delightful story. Loved the way both parties are so vehemently saying how much they hate this reminder of their brief engagement, all the while arguing over the finer points of who did what and which is the more flattering photo. Loved the little glimpses of hurt we get from Spike and the slightly ominous hints of possible retribution. And poor Willow still trying to be the peacemaker and downplay the whole thing. And oh, look. Someone taped the pieces back together. Gosh, now who could that be? Hmmmm. So many possibilities . . . . . . Lola |
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Post by SpringSummers on Nov 15, 2004 21:44:10 GMT -5
Dearest Spring: I would like to RSVP and accept your lovely invitation to the Summers-Bloody wedding. Thank you so much for thinking of me. Do you know if they are registered somewhere? Yes - Fredrick's of Sunnydale.Also, will you be coming alone, or bring a guest? Bride's side for seating, or groom's? I am the wedding planner - I'll be selecting the decor and taste-testing the groom the food prior to the event. Glad you enjoyed it and let me know that you did! But it just encourages me, you know. Willow, of course, wasn't around to see Spike & Buffy and all the smoochies, and how that all went down. So I tried to give her reactions an air of that - that she's finding out for the first time just how truly cozy these two got during their "special day." I loved the idea that the article ended up taped back together . . . and I thought it was fun to just leave the details of how that happened to the reader's imagination. |
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Post by Rob on Nov 16, 2004 23:57:23 GMT -5
This story is just adorable from beginning to end. I love how you managed to capture the seething passion beneath their facades: on a base sexual level, these two want each other seriously badly.
Plus, I laughed several times. Picturing Buffy threatening paper boys all over Sunnydale was just terrific. Plus, the actual wedding announcement at the end is simply priceless.
Maybe if you ever finish the series of episode analyses you could try to write a long-form fic. Clearly you know how to write an interesting and fun scenario, and your ability to capture the Buffy/Spike dynamic is flawless. I've never read a false note between them in any of your work.
Really nice job, Spring. This is easily my favorite ficlet of yours.
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Post by SpringSummers on Nov 17, 2004 7:34:53 GMT -5
This story is just adorable from beginning to end. I love how you managed to capture the seething passion beneath their facades: on a base sexual level, these two want each other seriously badly. Plus, I laughed several times. Picturing Buffy threatening paper boys all over Sunnydale was just terrific. Plus, the actual wedding announcement at the end is simply priceless. Maybe if you ever finish the series of episode analyses you could try to write a long-form fic. Clearly you know how to write an interesting and fun scenario, and your ability to capture the Buffy/Spike dynamic is flawless. I've never read a false note between them in any of your work. Really nice job, Spring. This is easily my favorite ficlet of yours. Thanks so much, Rob. Glad you noticed the "threatening paper carriers" line. It make me laugh to imagine Buffy doing that, with Willow in tow. "Alternate" fan-fic can be fun and well done, but my own MO is to try hard to be faithful to the canon. To me, nothing can top what Joss & Co gave us, so I have the most fun with, and interest in, complimenting canon, not changing it. I enjoyed doing the Buffy/Spike dynamic, but also I really enjoyed throwing Willow in there. As a third party, she's seeing that dynamic in a way that neither Buffy nor Spike can see. |
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Post by tatiana on Feb 19, 2006 16:42:19 GMT -5
Hi Spring Summers! I'm becoming one of your fans! I love this fanfic. And, as Rob has said, you've captured perfectly Buffy/Spike dynamic. ;D I like a lot the scene in which Buffy and Willow arrive at Giles', and the way Buffy and Spike interact when the two girls come in the house. Bite me!!! (LOL) The dialog Buffy/Spike is incredibly enjoyable, and you really can feel the passion between them. Spike splitting in two the announce and giving it to Buffy is an amazing scene. I love how each one got a rise out of the other!!! It reminds me a lot to "Something Blue". The last scene!!! (ainsss poor Spike!!!) And of course, the newspaper announce. A great job!! ;D ;D ;D please!! Go on writing, please. Tat |
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Post by SpringSummers on Feb 20, 2006 8:07:51 GMT -5
Hi Spring Summers! I'm becoming one of your fans! I love this fanfic. And, as Rob has said, you've captured perfectly Buffy/Spike dynamic. ;D I like a lot the scene in which Buffy and Willow arrive at Giles', and the way Buffy and Spike interact when the two girls come in the house. Bite me!!! (LOL) The dialog Buffy/Spike is incredibly enjoyable, and you really can feel the passion between them. Spike splitting in two the announce and giving it to Buffy is an amazing scene. I love how each one got a rise out of the other!!! It reminds me a lot to "Something Blue". The last scene!!! (ainsss poor Spike!!!) And of course, the newspaper announce. A great job!! ;D ;D ;D please!! Go on writing, please. Tat Thanks, Tat. I really enjoyed writing this one, and I like the way you put it "getting a rise out of each other." That's just what I was trying to convey - the unquenchable spark between Buffy & Spike, no matter how much either of them is expressing revulsion. I have been trying to write another fictlet - I appreciate the encouragement. |
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