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Date: 04/14/2012 - 01:10 pm Title: Tale as Old as Time

So lovely!

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Date: 01/07/2007 - 03:15 am Title: Tale as Old as Time

WHOWWWW.... i dont really read pg stories but this was beautiful...you should sent this to Joss and tell him to make this the ending ^_^ WOOWW i love this .. AHH!! its so amazing i cant think of any words to describe except WOW thank you sooo much =]

Reviewer: Sam Anonymous Liked [Report This]
Date: 11/08/2006 - 11:53 am Title: Tale as Old as Time

EXCELLENT. I loved it and I was laughing out load at Spike's description of Angel and I like Angel! You write the most fantastic stories.

Reviewer: gypsy_jin Signed Liked [Report This]
Date: 10/27/2006 - 11:26 pm Title: Tale as Old as Time

Oh my GOD! This now my favorite one shot! So sweet and just amazing! Loved it. =D

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Date: 09/28/2006 - 02:07 am Title: Tale as Old as Time

Sweet! :)

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Date: 08/31/2006 - 08:05 am Title: Tale as Old as Time

I thought it was great! I agree with Spike, a bit less Disney and a lot more Brothers Grimm. Anne's one smart little cookie. I can just picture this mini-Buffy pouting fiercely and arguing with Spike over the bedtime story. Those Summers girls do have a stubborn streak. LOL

Now, I'm off to read When the Day Breaks. Finally.

Reviewer: sc Anonymous Liked [Report This]
Date: 08/26/2006 - 06:29 am Title: Tale as Old as Time

i thought it was sweet and totally awesome!

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Date: 08/21/2006 - 05:34 pm Title: Tale as Old as Time

Loved it!!! Anne was adorable!!!

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Date: 08/21/2006 - 02:38 am Title: Tale as Old as Time

Excellent story. Loved it!

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Date: 08/20/2006 - 08:58 pm Title: Tale as Old as Time

Every time I read one of your stories, I cry. Good tears because your stories are always so beautiful and touching and moving and ........I love your stories.

Reviewer: O.B. Joyful Anonymous Liked [Report This]
Date: 08/19/2006 - 01:12 pm Title: Tale as Old as Time

I thought it was wonderful. Thank you. Just how i like my fairy tales, more Brothers Grimm than Disney.

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Date: 08/19/2006 - 03:54 am Title: Tale as Old as Time

How cute! I loved Anne's remarks and Buffy's contradictory thoughts.

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Date: 08/19/2006 - 03:54 am Title: Tale as Old as Time

How cute! I loved Anne's remarks and Buffy's contradictory thoughts.

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Date: 08/18/2006 - 10:32 pm Title: Tale as Old as Time

I loved this story.

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Date: 08/18/2006 - 10:15 pm Title: Tale as Old as Time

I loved this story.

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Date: 08/18/2006 - 03:04 pm Title: Tale as Old as Time

Now that was just too cute from beginning to end. I am just glad that Buffy was able to see that Spike still had guilt and she is trying to help eliviate some of that. And little Ms. Annie was just the cutest.

Reviewer: Lilly Anonymous Liked [Report This]
Date: 08/18/2006 - 11:45 am Title: Tale as Old as Time

Once more I feel like I'm lacking language skills, so that I can't truly express what I think about this one...Well, I'll give it a try.

Firstly, Beauty and the Beast, in my eyes, fits perfectly as eqivalent to Buffy's and Spike's history. I can't think of a fairy tale that would fit any better. You made a good choice. Secondly, there's one thing I find really amazing - even if we know a story in every detail, like the one of Buffy and Spike, you are able to tell it as if it was the very first time; with all its tense and excitement. These stories never lose their quality, and I sat in front of my monitor and relived their stages once again without a second being bored.
Awesome.

About the story itself... Characterization as usual realistic and far from off-character. Buffy and Spike with their little daughter gave me such a warm feeling, I really liked it. I was glad when Buffy went into the room to finish the story correctly, and I had to laugh about their little discussions. These details as well as the well-written dialogues are things I like mostly about a story.

Last but not least, again you came with a conclusion that explained everything a bit more. I like these epiphanies as well.
Spike may have needed a soul to feel true guilt or to understand self-loathing, but he'd never needed a soul to love. .... :)

I tried to find something worth to be critized negatively, but I was glad not being able to find anything. This ficlet gave an insight to Buffy's and Spike's life as a family, which I'm thankful for. Really good work - again. Thanks for sharing it with us!



Reviewer: buffymon Anonymous Liked [Report This]
Date: 08/18/2006 - 07:28 am Title: Tale as Old as Time

well-written and a very good idea. I loved it when Buffy joined the storytelling and their little bantering.
However, I´ve always had a hard time with stories that include Buffy appolagizing to Spike and making it sound (however I don´t know if this was your intention or not) like Buffy was partly to blame for the attempted rape. I don´t think there are any excuses for what he tried to do. However I don´t think it´s impossible for them to move on.

Author's Response: I don't think there's necessarily an "excuse," but I think it's something that should be viewed in context. Also, in Dead Things, she beat him to a pulp and left him there, not knowing if he'd even be able to get out of that alley before sunrise. Yet is she ever expected to apologize for this? My point in this story was not that the attempted rape wasn't a bad thing, but that they both hurt each other, so the blame for the overall badness--not the AR itself--belongs to both of them.

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Date: 08/18/2006 - 04:18 am Title: Tale as Old as Time

Loved it. So very sweet and touching.

Reviewer: teasha Anonymous Liked [Report This]
Date: 08/18/2006 - 04:10 am Title: Tale as Old as Time

lovely............................You put it ithe way I believe every spuffy shipper felt. That is why we wanted them together because the love was so obvious and the path to that love was so filled with unnecessary pain. I think alot of people think that Spike's character hit an all time low with the so-called attempted rape but noone cared really about what happened to him up to that point or what the others did up to that point. I always love how you are able to point that out without appearing preachy . I knew you were great but this shows just how wonderful writing can be when you understand the characters...............Thanks it made my terrible week much brighter......................................

Reviewer: j Anonymous Liked [Report This]
Date: 08/18/2006 - 01:01 am Title: Tale as Old as Time

i think this is one of the sweetest storys ever written,and exzctly how i feel about
spikeand buffy's relationship,to bad whedon and company were'nt as smart as yu

Reviewer: nichbuket Anonymous Liked [Report This]
Date: 08/17/2006 - 11:27 pm Title: Tale as Old as Time

Finally got around to reading it. It was so sweet. I love the innocence in Anne's thought process.

Reviewer: Madame Signed Liked [Report This]
Date: 08/17/2006 - 10:41 pm Title: Tale as Old as Time

I really like the dig about the difference between Angel and Spike, I really like Angel as a character but he's got nothing on Spike! Spike could be sweet even when he didn't have a soul.

Reviewer: Kimber Anonymous Liked [Report This]
Date: 08/17/2006 - 09:09 pm Title: Tale as Old as Time

wow,

I loved every word....and Annie....she is fantiastic....you caught the interaction between father adn daughter perfectly....I could see Spike actually having this conversation with Annie......Great Job

Kimber

Reviewer: cordykitten Anonymous Liked [Report This]
Date: 08/17/2006 - 08:47 pm Title: Tale as Old as Time

I said it before: I really, really loved it...
I skipped the new chapter of BHTMY; have to read it properly and write my comment down. I have the first draft ready :)

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