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Reviewer: Elizaveta Anonymous Liked [Report This]
Date: 09/13/2007 - 08:09 am Title: Chapter Forty-Five

Hi!

I really, really, really love this fic! I just read all 45 chapters in a little over a week, so now I'm having some serious withdrawal! I need to know what happens, like does Spike still have the engagement ring? And is Buffy pregnant? because that would be interesting. OK, I guess I will just have to wait (impatiently) to find out what happens.

Author's Response: I can't answer your questions about the ring and whether Buffy is pregnant, but I do want to say that I hope you stick around to find out. Thank you very much for the nice review. :-)

Reviewer: BuffyRat Anonymous Liked [Report This]
Date: 09/13/2007 - 05:20 am Title: Chapter Forty-Five

Amazing chapter, to bring Angel in on their little secret and to finally allow Buffy and Spike to hash out a bit of their experience. Girl is extremely deluded about the differences between Spike and William. I suppose that is what time is for. I love how things can simultaneously unravel and come together at the same time, with the same words. Always looking forward to more. Please, update soon.

Author's Response: Thank you so much! :-) You're right. Buffy is deluded right now, but most of that is probably because it's a lot easier for her to separate the man from the vampire than to admit that the man *became* a vampire and slaughtered thousands of people. Unfortunately, she hasn't been privvy to all the hints of humanity he has shown over the years, as we have. Of course, she can't remain in the dark forever ...

Reviewer: Guy of Gisborne Anonymous Liked [Report This]
Date: 09/13/2007 - 05:05 am Title: Chapter Forty-Five

I need this story made into a movie cause I need to watch it over and over again.

Author's Response: Wow! If I could help you in that department, and make it into a movie, I totally would. In fact, I'm breaking into a really nice fantasy about JM speaking the lines and acting the scenes I wrote right now. Thanks for the review! :-)

Reviewer: Mrs_JQuest Anonymous Liked [Report This]
Date: 09/12/2007 - 10:12 pm Title: Chapter Forty-Five

OMG, I absolutely LOOOVE this story! You write it so well and I've gotten addicted to it! The story is genious and so heartbreaking! I can really feel everything they're feeling when I read this and it's great! :D

Will Buffy and Spike get together??? Pleeease, they are so awesome together! And HOT!!!

Your story is really awesome and I hope you will post soon again because I'm going crazy without it!

Author's Response: Thank you so much! I'm glad you're enjoying the story. :-D

Reviewer: doRaExPlorDer Anonymous Liked [Report This]
Date: 09/12/2007 - 06:24 pm Title: Chapter Forty-Five

I am getting bad I am sneaking into SpuffyRealm on my breaks now just to read this again. More soon if you can

Author's Response: lol. That's great to hear; it means I've got you hooked. I'm writing on the next chapter now. Hopefully, it won't be too long. Thanks for the review. :-D

Reviewer: mselfie Anonymous Liked [Report This]
Date: 09/12/2007 - 05:52 pm Title: Chapter Forty-Five

Shattered is the word for it cause everybody all got hit with some kinda pain or jab from one another. I hope and think Buffy will find that she does love him if shes so open to forgiveness with Angel I would like to think she could do the same with Spike.
The one thing I never got anout in turning is that supposedly a demon takes over the memories of the human but what it doesn't have the memories of it's demon life before? Kinda doesn't make sense in a way.
Come on Buff see past the pain a little and see William.

Author's Response: Thanks so much for the review! :-D

Reviewer: Aurorah Borealis Anonymous Liked [Report This]
Date: 09/12/2007 - 05:47 pm Title: Chapter Forty-Five

He drew a shuddering breath and said slowly, “No…he didn’t hurt me.”

so not rrue everyone hurt him in one form or another I feel so bad for him I want something to get better for him and it not just be Dawn. I liked Angel finding out it was Buffy who William could never get over back all those years ago and that Buffy loved him. I wonder now if Angel will let her go.


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

Reviewer: Edwiges Anonymous Liked [Report This]
Date: 09/12/2007 - 05:32 pm Title: Chapter Forty-Five

Heartwrenching and so so so good please let next week get here fast I need more!

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

Reviewer: Ula Anonymous Liked [Report This]
Date: 09/12/2007 - 03:52 pm Title: Chapter Forty-Five

Everyone was written so dead on it was like watching the show again. Very intense in how you did this part it was authentic and perfect.
Please more soon

Author's Response: Thank you so much! It's wonderful to know that you think so highly of it. :-)

Reviewer: Jahled Anonymous Liked [Report This]
Date: 09/12/2007 - 03:41 pm Title: Chapter Forty-Five

See even Dawn knows without being told they hve a connection in the past. I think for a first time face off things went well for B and S cause you knew it was gonna go like this some signs of their past love and sgns of all the hurt facing it. I am sooooo loving this it gets better and better with each turn of the page.

Author's Response: I'm glad you see it that way. :-) I would have loved for their first meeting to consist of kisses and mutual declarations of love, but I just couldn't see that happening in the context of the story. Buffy is such a stubborn character, and she's been clinging to the same ideas about vampires for years. She learned at the feet of Giles (and, later, Angelus). So, it isn't going to be easy for her to turn her back on those beliefs now. Especially since doing so would force her to admit that William, far from remaining an untainted and gentle soul, became a killer. It's great that, for the most part, readers are understanding where I'm coming from on that. Thank you so much. :-)

Reviewer: tananore Anonymous Liked [Report This]
Date: 09/12/2007 - 03:34 pm Title: Chapter Forty-Five

I am so glad you sent Dawn to Spike he needs someone to comfort him right now and someone to break down with maybe if he can open up to Dawn a little she can then work on Buffy.
This was just fantastic all the way thru.

Author's Response: Thank you so much. I'm glad you enjoyed it, especially the Dawn scenes, since those were my favorites to write. :-)

Reviewer: Sunshine Blind Anonymous Liked [Report This]
Date: 09/12/2007 - 03:32 pm Title: Chapter Forty-Five

A lot of pain and such good writing I loved how every part had a punch to the gut with it. It left everyone leaving with something to think about. This is a 10 out of 10 in stories I cant wait to see more.

Author's Response: Thank you so very much! I'm flattered you feel that way. :-)

Reviewer: Popcorn Papoose Anonymous Liked [Report This]
Date: 09/12/2007 - 03:30 pm Title: Chapter Forty-Five

Everyone seems to be playing kick the Spike and just writing him off. Honestly Buffy does not know what all went down in his turning nor does she seem to care at all. I just think she'd be curious is all in what happened to her William after she left him I'm hoping she does. Please more soon it is my fav fic on the realm.



Author's Response: Ah, see that's the thing. She *doesn't* know what went down at or after his turning. If she starts to explore that deeper, she will also have to start considering that her gentle, sweet, Victorian lover became a murderer (and, yes, to some extent even a torturer). We all know how far Buffy will go to avoid unpleasant truths, lol. I'm glad you liked the chapter and thanks so much for reviewing. :-)

Reviewer: time of change Anonymous Liked [Report This]
Date: 09/12/2007 - 02:53 pm Title: Chapter Forty-Five

You've destroyed me with this chapter. Your writing, already excellent, has reached new heights here.

Author's Response: What an incredibly kind thing to say. I'm flattered. Thank you! :-D

Reviewer: vampid cupcake Anonymous Liked [Report This]
Date: 09/12/2007 - 02:40 pm Title: Chapter Forty-Five

I think I'm crying too! This story owes me new mascara and more to read cause I am doomed for the rest of the week till there is more to read.
Loved it please more!

Author's Response: Aw, sorry to make you cry! Alternately, I'm happy to make you feel so strongly for the characters. Spike, especially, is a very emotive character, so when I was writing his scenes, I choked up a bit too. But as I said to another reviewer, "the darkest hour is just before dawn". Eventually, they will have no choice but to meet each other on equal footing and hash it all out. I hope you'll still be reading and reviewing when they do. Thanks so much for the review. :-)

Reviewer: SnowyOwl Anonymous Liked [Report This]
Date: 09/12/2007 - 02:38 pm Title: Chapter Forty-Five

So much pain if only they could turn to one another and fix this gaping wound gosh I just love reading this it gets me right in the Spike -n- Buffy heart every time.

Author's Response: Thank you so much! It's great to hear that you're still loving the story despite the angst. :-D

Reviewer: sue Anonymous Liked [Report This]
Date: 09/12/2007 - 06:59 am Title: Chapter Forty-Five

A heart-wrenching episode from all angles, really - even for Angel, and that was an admission so very hard to type!

The past catching up, etc., may be a cliche but here it is catching up and hitting the main characters with the force of a freight train. At the moment, it is hard to see how Buffy can reconcile the facts with the feelings and likewise Spike; once again a helpless assaults him as it has so ofter occurred throughout his life and unlife. As a human he was prey to his sensitive feelings and the cruelty of his 'peers' and as a vampire he was the chew toy of Angelus. He spent decades becoming the feared version of himself but still, tucked away and free from the force of his demon there still lay William.

And now this. She's not a lookalike. She is Elizabeth. And for Buffy? Just days ago she was engaged to William and loved a gentler, fine soul; now he stands before her bloody, soulless and demon.

It's a mess, for all of them. But that one glimmer of hope is that if there wasn't so much love at the heart or unbeating heart of all of this, then the emotions would not be so high octane, so perilous with the tear just about to fall and the sob being held back with the iron will of both Slayer and vampire.

And the sweetest, or maybe bitter of ironies is that one young, innocent girl sees past Spike's aggressive veneer and more than a century of bloody shielding is shattered. The undead, soulless Spike becomes William, again. And cries.

Riveting, fantastic ........ more, please!

Author's Response: What a lovely, well thought out review. Thank you! :-) I'm so happy you said that about Angel. I was trying very hard not to write him in an unrealistic or wholly unsympathetic way. Even in the context of this story, soulled Angel is *not* evil. He's selfish and he's hurtful (to Spike, that is), but he isn't evil. And, honestly, given their past relationship, I think Spike would have behaved the same toward him if the roles were reversed. These guys don't bring out the best in one another, lol.

Reviewer: ochit duzon Anonymous Liked [Report This]
Date: 09/12/2007 - 04:41 am Title: Chapter Forty-Five

WHAT A BITCH!!!! Dusting Spike would be merciful rather than screaming those hateful words at him. I hated Buffy in BTVS and i hated her here much more! At least there she wasnt given a chance of knowing William and falling in love with him but here i just couldnt accept the bloody acusations that she hurled at Spike! How could she be so unfeeling? How could she accept Angel and not Spike?

The tears are still pouring down on my face as i am writing this review! I couldnt stand him get hurt and so broken like that! I wish i were Dawn. She's the mer ciful angel that saved the day for Spike. What happens now? Angel is right. He should just forget about her. It is William she wants not Spike.

Author's Response: I'm so sorry that the chapter made you cry! I mean, I'm glad that you're emotionally invested in the story, since it means that I'm writing it in a realistic way. But I hate that it upset you. I know it was a difficult chapter to read, but I promise you that things will not always be this rough for our hero. Remember: the darkest hour is just before dawn. Chin up. And thanks so much for the review.

Reviewer: pixiecorn Signed Liked [Report This]
Date: 09/12/2007 - 04:22 am Title: Chapter Forty-Five

awww....i loved it:) i can't wait till you update again soon:):) hehe awesome stuff

Author's Response: Thank you so much! That's very nice of you to say. :-D

Reviewer: sarah g Anonymous Liked [Report This]
Date: 09/12/2007 - 04:22 am Title: Chapter Forty-Five

AWWW HOW SAD!!!!! THAT BITCH!!! I CANT BELIEVE SHE DID THAT TO HIM AND IM JUST GLAD THAT HE HAS DAWN ON HIS SIDE!!! also i could NOT believe wat angel said to spike, that bastard, hes just jealous of wat they had. i LOVE this story and am so happy that u updated. i cant believe buffy said all of those cruel things to him and that she thinks him and william are different. he was right in a way wen he said she was the one to make him like that, if it had not been for her leaving he never would have ended up like he did. i REALLY hope that she comes to see that he is william and at least admit to herself that she loves spike. also i hope that everything works out, he and buffy end up together and that angel gets the hell out of sunnydale. PLEASE update as soon as u can, i CANT wait to read more. THANX SOOO MUCH, U KICK SOOO MUCH ASS!!!

Author's Response: Without Dawn, I think Spike would be hard put to pick himself back up and go on. But our boy is strong, so don't count him out just yet. Remember, as Shakespeare once wrote: "The course of true love never did run smooth". Things look bleak now, but that doesn't mean there isn't hope. Thanks so much for the review! :-)

Reviewer: Sandy Anonymous Liked [Report This]
Date: 09/12/2007 - 03:10 am Title: Chapter Forty-Five

Buffy!!! I just want to smack her. Smack, smack, smack her. I hope that Dawn will be able to get through to her, even if it's just a little bit.
Looking forward to more soon.

Author's Response: I'm glad you are. Thank you! :-D

Reviewer: Jordy Anonymous Liked [Report This]
Date: 09/12/2007 - 02:49 am Title: Chapter Forty-Five

You made me want to cry. Spike is so true to what he would be on the show. I love how Dawn is in the situation. They could have done this with her on the show but didn't. I want to smack Angel and Buffy. Can't wait for more.

Author's Response: I'm glad you're enjoying it. Thank you so much for taking the time to tell me so. :-D

Reviewer: Krystal Anonymous Liked [Report This]
Date: 09/12/2007 - 02:31 am Title: Chapter Forty-Five

MORE, MORE, MORE, MORE, MORE!!!!! Pretty, pretty please!! And I beg of you to make it soon!! Like, before Thursday morning. Wensday night, if not sooner!! PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!

And yes, all my begging means it's good & I love it!!!!!!!!!!

Author's Response: I'm sorry I missed the deadline. But I'm writing to get the new chapter out as soon as possible, so just keep checking back. Thanks so much for the review! :-D

Reviewer: Quetzacoatl Anonymous Liked [Report This]
Date: 09/12/2007 - 01:57 am Title: Chapter Forty-Five

Ouch everyone went for the gut wrenching stab to hurt the other the worst in what they said to one another. You have a great way of making me see everyone side in this its a very cool thing you make me feel for everyone.

Author's Response: Thank you. That's so great to hear. I didn't want to portray anyone as a villain in this chapter, although I understand why some readers became upset with Buffy for her behavior. I'm glad you could see it from all perspectives, though. That's exactly what I was hoping to achieve. :-)

Reviewer: Blue Bell Knoll Anonymous Liked [Report This]
Date: 09/12/2007 - 01:53 am Title: Chapter Forty-Five

My heart broke for both of them when she asked about Anne.

Perfect story!

Author's Response: Thank you! :-D

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