Nice moment...tainted, though, by wondering just how long it will last. Even normal Buffy is super-changeable on a whim, so adding in the psycho-Slayer...she could still reverse her whole position, and mean it.

Can't wait for Joyce.

ok so now joyce is comion back, wonder how all this is gonna turn out..... love the update! waiting for more!

i always loved dawnie!! buffy is still not on my favorite list of people right now. she's destroying any chance of getting help. i mean, i think i understand why she doesn't want their help. she doesn't want the claim broken right?? but she acts like she's more ashamed of spike than of the possibility that the claim could be broken. anyway, i love this fic so much and i can't wait for the next post. please continue. loved it.

Finally, a chapter with Buffy somewhat in control. This story is dragging out to the point that I'm really tiring of the Buffy bashfest. It has been established that something is wrong with Buffy and that is the reason for her awful behavior, yet hatred for her prevails over concern for her. She is obviously beyond the point of helping herself and I think that warrants someone stepping the hell in (I realize Anya has tried, but she obviously isn't the right person for the job, having been unsuccessful). If it is Dawn and Joyce to help this time, so be it, but please have Dawn park the Death to Buffy Train at the station. Through this entire thing we have seen Spike (or so it seems to me) an unwilling participant in the claim. Could that be the reason Buffy is acting the way she is? Because of Spike's rejection? The only time he's wanted to be with her was when she forces the sensation through the mark. This doesn't seem to be heading in a Spuffy direction (the pleasurable kind anyway). The couplings are all forced. I don't think for one minute that Spike wouldn't be forcing Buffy if he had been the one to make the claim, so this mystical rape isn't really a concern of mine. My main concern is the dragging out of Spike's victim status (wimp - and when he does try to stand up he's stupid about it), and the reluctant or lack of sympathy for Buffy and what she is going through (now that Dawn knows, hopefully she can get Buffy the help she needs - Mommies usually make everything better. Here's hoping).

ohhh. can't wait for mama joyce to get home. more soon please. awsome story

Go, Dawnie!

Go, Dawn!! Smart girl...very smart, calling Joyce. Now, he will have his two most loyal allies back.

At this point, I'd love for Dru to come rescue her boy. She could challenge Buffy, and win, and then he would be free of psycho bitch.

Uh-huh.. look there what Joyce said: What you need is a girl like my Buffy. And there is a story behind it.. Spike was visiting Joyce and Dawn very often and then stopped. ~ I wonder what Buffy will say to Dawn's question now.

Great back-story for Spike and the Slayer's family. I wonder how Dawn is going to fix things, or if her mystical glowy-key power can help Buffy with her primeval anger issues. Keep up the great work!

oh....i....wow...THIS IS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE!!! dawn will be the perfect person to help spike. i'm not sure how or when though. it doesn't matter. just let me bask in my happiness. lol. buffy's still a bitch in this but hopefully time and a lot of payback from spike will get her on the right track. i hate that she's doing this to him but i know that you wouldn't be makin' us readers suffer if it wasn't for the greater good for the story as a whole. continue with the great work. please post soon. loved it.

Oh my.. Primal!Buffy has taken over again and is questioning Spike. And when she (Primal!Buffy) indeed stays longer every time.. then maybe at one point it will be difficult to bring 'normal' Buffy back. Dawn did it? Brought Buffy back for now (and maybe will be able to help Spike later? Good :)

The way you are writing Buffy when she is "out of control" reminds me of how abusive husbands treat their wives. They isolate them and make them feel like it is their fault that they are pushing them to abuse them. I am sure that you have this all planned out, but I will be glad when they figure out what is causing Buffy's episode's. It is very hard to read all the cruelty being heaped on Spike and also to know how deeply ashamed and afraid Buffy is at the same time.

interesting putting the key in like that. cant' wait for more. soon please