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Reviewer: Jessie88 Anonymous Liked [Report This]
Date: 08/09/2007 - 09:14 am Title: Chapter Thirty-Nine

I struggle so much within myself, as I can't wait for Buffy and Spike to be reunited in this time, but at the same time, I'm loving all the back history. This is one of the most brilliant stories I've ever read, and certainly the most complete account of Spike's history that has been done in fiction to my knowledge.

So, while I look forward to the reunion of our heroes, I'm in no way eager for the history to end.

Great chapter!

Author's Response: It's wonderful to hear that you're enjoying this part of the story so much. I've been told by so many people that they're bored and just skimming, that it's starting to become a little depressing. But it's for readers like you that I continue to forge ahead. Thank you. :)

Reviewer: sue Anonymous Liked [Report This]
Date: 08/09/2007 - 04:19 am Title: Chapter Thirty-Nine

A chilling last sentence to this chapter that highlight's Spike's obseessive nature, his demon's need to challenge, fight, overpower and ....... kill. To slay the Slayer. The ultimate. Numero uno. Something William never experienced in his life, as he remained either a figure of fun or invisible to his social circle - until Buffy. She saw him. Really saw beyond all his self-perceived inadequacies and loved him. Wanted him. She had accepted him for always. But now was his always, the eternal life of a vampire and Buffy was gone. So yes, he would take the only alternative pleasure to the power of being loved by Buffy - and that would be the power to control his destiny. To be able to best the human equivalent of best, the Slayer.

Not so much purged, Spike, as submerged; pushed down, down into the murkiest depths of a sea of blood.

But William is still there. And so is Buffy.

Again, a great chapter.

Author's Response: What a beautiful way to put it, and very accurate. No wonder I look forward to your reviews. Thank you. :)

Reviewer: Sam Anonymous Liked [Report This]
Date: 08/09/2007 - 03:11 am Title: Chapter Thirty-Nine

Please ignore anyone who says you should speed this up it is an amazing story and one that should be savoured. You'll get there in your own good time and I am enjoying the journey so much. Thank you for writing this.

Author's Response: I'm so glad you're enjoying this part of the story. Thanks so much for letting me know! :)

Reviewer: sarah g Anonymous Liked [Report This]
Date: 08/09/2007 - 02:37 am Title: Chapter Thirty-Nine

EWW I NOW THAT THIS WAS ALL MEANT TO HAPPEN FOR BUFFY AND HIM TO BE TOGETHER AGAIN, BUT I DONT LIKE IT AT ALL!!! i love this story and am so happy that u updated. i know that for the most part u are following that story line of the show and including his history, but i really dont like this side of him, he had buffy he shoud have changed somehow becuz of her, in the show he was rejected and had noone, he had her he should have been different. anyways i really hope that he continues to live and that he meets up with her soon. also i hope that things work out well and that they end up otgether and happy, PLEASE update as soon as u can, i cant wait to read more. THANX

Reviewer: sarah g Anonymous Liked [Report This]
Date: 08/09/2007 - 02:37 am Title: Chapter Thirty-Nine

EWW I NOW THAT THIS WAS ALL MEANT TO HAPPEN FOR BUFFY AND HIM TO BE TOGETHER AGAIN, BUT I DONT LIKE IT AT ALL!!! i love this story and am so happy that u updated. i know that for the most part u are following that story line of the show and including his history, but i really dont like this side of him, he had buffy he shoud have changed somehow becuz of her, in the show he was rejected and had noone, he had her he should have been different. anyways i really hope that he continues to live and that he meets up with her soon. also i hope that things work out well and that they end up otgether and happy, PLEASE update as soon as u can, i cant wait to read more. THANX

Author's Response: Is it the Drusilla-Spike interaction you don't like, or Spike's behavior in general? I know that in the last scene he seems a bit hardened (and he is), but that doesn't mean there is no hope for him. And his meeting Buffy as William did not change him, because she left him in the same predicament that Cecily did--heartbroken and alone. Actually, Buffy left him in a worse one. He had been truly in love with her, not just infatuated, as with Cecily. And on the night Drusilla found him, he was also under the influence of a serious sedative. As for his behavior as a vampire ... he has no reason to resist the darker urges of his demon. In fact, he has every reason to want to embrace them. He's angry at a world that took away his love, his dreams, and his life. He finds his pleasure where he can ... and at the moment, he's finding it in violence. I'm sorry it's hard for you to read, but I feel confident you won't be disappointed in the end. Thanks for your review. :)

Reviewer: Serenity Anonymous Liked [Report This]
Date: 08/09/2007 - 12:50 am Title: Chapter Thirty-Nine

Great chapter as always! Love the way you write, the descriptiveness and attention to details that a lot of people, including me, often leave out. Bloody brilliant, it is! Sitting on pins and needles until Spike finds out that Buffy is a Slayer. Eek!

Author's Response: I'm glad you enjoyed the chapter. Thank you for the review. :)

Reviewer: Anna Anonymous Liked [Report This]
Date: 08/09/2007 - 12:25 am Title: Chapter Thirty-Nine

Thank you for the new chapter! Each update always makes me very happy :)

Author's Response: I'm so glad it does. Thank you for the review. :)

Reviewer: buffy25122003 Signed Liked [Report This]
Date: 08/09/2007 - 12:00 am Title: Chapter Thirty-Nine

love the update, cant wait for the next chap

Author's Response: I'm glad you enjoyed it. Thank you! :)

Reviewer: paty Anonymous Liked [Report This]
Date: 08/08/2007 - 11:48 pm Title: Chapter Thirty-Nine

I really do love your story. I've been reading it for a very long time. Just wondering... when will buffy return?

Author's Response: She will return at the close of Part II. That's all I can say without giving away the plot. I'm glad you're still reading the story, and I hope you continue to do so. Thank you for the review. :)

Reviewer: unknownsoul Anonymous Liked [Report This]
Date: 08/07/2007 - 02:05 pm Title: Chapter Thirty-Eight

Nice chapter, but when will Buffy come back into this? I love the detail and all, but it's getting a little.... dry, I guess. I don't want to say boring, but half the tme I just skim through the chapters because I'm not an Angelus fan, nor a Darla and Drusilla fan. Anyways, great update.

Author's Response: Well ... as sorry as I am to hear that you find this part of the story dry, I am not planning to veer off my intended plotline. Buffy will reappear in Part III and not until then ... and her return will not necessarily herald an immediate happily-ever-after Spuffiness. If you want that kind of instant gratification, I'm very sorry, but I think you picked the wrong fic. Thank you for your review.

Reviewer: sue Anonymous Liked [Report This]
Date: 08/07/2007 - 08:15 am Title: Chapter Thirty-Eight

It's the complete dichotomy of Spike's character in these early years as a vampire that prepare us for the Spike that bursts upon Sunnydale at the end of the twentieth century. He lies on the floor of a forest and thinks of Buffy; warm, fuzzy thoughts of sexual pleasure - giving - of her light and beauty and all he wants to do is please her ("It was lovely") - and then he quite deliberately murders a family so that Angelus will not have his soul revoked. There is no meeting of the two halves at this point, for his softness, his reminiscence of his love for a girl called Buffy are kept hidden from his Drusilla, and even kept hidden from his diay-to-day consciousness and bloody actions. It is only later that Spike's vestige of humanity is revealed and ultimately made stronger when he meets up with the Slayer known as Buffy.

The exchange between the soulful Angel and the now dominant, vengeful Spike, is wicked and compelling.

Great chapter.

Author's Response: Thank you so much. I'm glad you continue to enjoy it. :)

Reviewer: Maddy Anonymous Liked [Report This]
Date: 08/06/2007 - 10:50 pm Title: Chapter Thirty-Eight

This is so freaking powerful!

Please continue?

:)

Author's Response: Thank you! I'm so glad you're enjoying it. :)

Reviewer: bel_amour Anonymous Liked [Report This]
Date: 08/06/2007 - 09:18 pm Title: Chapter Thirty-Eight

it was very good, and when will buffy be back in the picture?

Author's Response: Buffy will be back in Part III ... which, incidentally, is only a couple of chapters away.

Reviewer: faithfan Anonymous Liked [Report This]
Date: 08/06/2007 - 08:31 pm Title: Chapter Thirty-Eight

no offense, but i really hope that buffy comes into play sometime soon. i'm a little tired of the scourages of europe, maybe now that angelus has his soul we can speed things up just a little bit?

Author's Response: As I wrote in the author's note at the beginning of Part II ... I will not veer off of my intended plotline. I don't believe in "speeding things up" at the expense of the plot, just so that people can get their spuffy fix more quickly. Buffy will reappear in Part III and not before then. It isn't too much longer a wait, since we only have a couple of more chapters in this part ... Although I have to admit, hearing people constantly telling me to skip ahead because they're bored is really becoming depressing.

Reviewer: gdo Anonymous Liked [Report This]
Date: 08/06/2007 - 07:49 pm Title: Chapter Thirty-Eight

wow, brutal.

Author's Response: Um ... thanks?

Reviewer: cordykitten Signed Liked [Report This]
Date: 08/06/2007 - 04:40 pm Title: Chapter Thirty-Eight

Oh time jump. ~ So Spike memory of Buffy is fading. I wonder if that will lead to not recognizing Buffy when she sees her again. Well another step is done, Angelus has his soul now. But still some years between. More slayers to hunt again? We'll see.

Author's Response: Thanks for reading and reviewing. :)

Reviewer: Sam Anonymous Liked [Report This]
Date: 08/06/2007 - 04:10 pm Title: Chapter Thirty-Eight

I was so excited when I saw you had updated that I've read it twice and this is descriptive storytelling at its best. I assume that Spike killed the bearded man's family so that Darla couldn't bargain them for Angel(us)'s soul and I loved the fact that Spike knows (and tells Angel(us)) that they ultimately have a choice about killing. When he is thinking of Elizabeth he knows he doesn't want to kill her, he would choose not to. On a slightly lighter note, the line "he had already eaten a woodcutter...." made me laugh out loud. I love this story.

Author's Response: lol. I think you're the first person to mention the woodcutter line, Sam. I'm glad you got a laugh out of it. :) Thank you so much for the review!

Reviewer: ELLIE Anonymous Liked [Report This]
Date: 08/06/2007 - 03:12 pm Title: Chapter Thirty-Eight

AMAZING! I can't get enough of this story. It is def the most brillant story I have read so far : ) I can't wait for when Spike and Buffy finally meet again!

Author's Response: Well, without giving away too much ... the end of Part II draws nigh ... Thanks for the review! ;)

Reviewer: Kim Anonymous Liked [Report This]
Date: 08/06/2007 - 10:36 am Title: Chapter Thirty-Eight

Not sure how I missed so many updates ... I am also sorry that I have not reviewed in awhile.

The making of Spike ... love your story ... absolutely love it ! Spike was always so much more ... so much more "everything" than Angelus and Angel and you really showed this here. He holds himself accountable for all that he has done and he embraces all that he is.

Author's Response: Bad you for missing updates! ;) Well, it's great to see you back now. And thanks so much for taking the time to review. I'm glad you liked the chapter. :)

Reviewer: secretguest Anonymous Liked [Report This]
Date: 08/06/2007 - 10:27 am Title: Chapter Thirty-Eight

Wow...does that mean he's gonna stake Angelus? Does that mean he won't meet Buffy later though? It's too bad he's forgetting what she looks like though. I can't wait to find out!!!

Author's Response: I'm glad you liked it. Thanks for the review. :)

Reviewer: Toni Anonymous Liked [Report This]
Date: 08/06/2007 - 09:47 am Title: Chapter Thirty-Eight

So happy to see this update! My my, Spike sure has to suffer a lot before we get to see him how he was when we first met him... Great job.

Author's Response: Thank you. :)

Reviewer: Kalahara Anonymous Liked [Report This]
Date: 08/06/2007 - 09:34 am Title: Chapter Thirty-Eight

Oh wow! It seems I am very behind on this story with summer being here I was like 4 chapters behind. So much to say but still this story is my favorite and I loved the conversation of Spike and Angel and him trying to blame his actions on bloodlust or anything else but himself and Spike not letting him do that. He made him see himself for what he really is.

Wonderful as always!!!



Author's Response: lol. I was wondering where you'd gone to! I'm glad you've caught up with the story now. Hopefully, I can keep you entertained in the future. Thanks for the review! :)

Reviewer: Jessie88 Anonymous Liked [Report This]
Date: 08/06/2007 - 08:48 am Title: Chapter Thirty-Eight

Please continue with this! You are such an amazingly gifted writer, and it is a pleasure to read your work.

I was so glad to see a new chapter up!! Your vision for this story is perfect!

Author's Response: Your nice review has just made my day. Thank you! :)

Reviewer: smlcspike Signed Liked [Report This]
Date: 08/06/2007 - 06:24 am Title: Chapter Thirty-Eight

OH what did Spike do to Angelus in the end, more please.

Author's Response: Soon, I hope. :)

Reviewer: pixiecorn Signed Liked [Report This]
Date: 08/06/2007 - 05:26 am Title: Chapter Thirty-Eight

interesting update:) i'm liking it....cant wait for the next update,....hopefully it wont be to long untill he meets buffy again...if he meets her again lol


Author's Response: Oh, he will most certainly meet her again, don't worry. ;)

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