Wow, I've every episode like a billion time but especially the one where she dies and the ones after. Most fics don't get me to cry but the end of this chapter was BRILLIANT and had me balling. Such good description, how true it all is about grief. Great job!!!

How can Willow be so blind? So sure only she knows what is best. It was like that in the show and you have just cristalised it. Good going.

You know it is okay to rant. Especially as you are most definetly not alone in your opinion. There is a review coming as well by the way.
You know I kinda drifted away from Buffy for a while and then when I heard she was going to die - because who didn't - I thought right just for nostalgia I'll watch that. And I was just sucked in and I went back and watched all the episodes of that season adn was gobsmacked, the whole thing, but especially how Spike changes.
And then season six came around and while I think it has some great episodes, like the musical and possibly Tabula Rasa, it just didn't tug at me the same way. And I just got sick and tired with how they insisted on treating Spike, all of them. The moment that killed it for methough, was when Buffy is sobbing to Tara about letting an evil thing touch her and Tara never says a word in his defense. TARA who was saved from her parents by this guy, who watched him take care of Dawn, get tortured for Dawn and Buffy, never said a word. And that's when it died. So I am glad I found this because it is as the show should have been. And I am secure in the knowledge that Willow is going to get an asswhupping and Spike will get - well is getting - the gratitude he deserves. Thank you.

OH MY GOD. I can't believe I never thought of that. If Dawn had been a true clone she would have looked much more similar. Blue eyes, huh? Who'd ha thunk.
And can I just say, that Willow is a complete git but and I cant stress this enough not OOC.
Well done

I don't know if this is worse or not. In the show we never see the process Willow goes through when deciding about bringing Buffy back. It's just like one day she just turns around and kills a little roedeer.
But this. Checking and knowing Buffy is not in the dimension she might have fallen into, but still deciding to go on with what she knows, implicitely, is dark and wrong magic. Enlisting Xander because she knows he'll never tell Spike. Playing both of them, the one for protection the other for her own purposes. Takes nefarious to whole other levels.

hi i really loved your story i mean really i love getting back from work an reading when i get in, thats a really big cliff hanger but i have to love it , well i dont know if you've started posting the sequl yet but im gonna have a look i really loved your story zoxx

Mmm the story popped up again *scratches head* I think I read and reviewed the last chapter too but I don't see it. Well anyway. I love the series that start with Origin :) Good work indeed!

‘maybe we should get S. . spike.” Fix that one.

Spike looked over at him, one eyebrow raised. “Must make you warm all over to have to come to me.”
Spacing is off.

But one of those vamps had given him a bit of a tumble Could fix this one too.

So, he thought, Buffy had told him about their last conversation. Didn't you say you were italicizing thoughts?

Nice emotion there are the end.

And are you really sure you want me doing this?

Author's Response: Yeah, yeah, and if I remember correctly, I'm the one that had to help you with English when we were both fighting the nuns. . . . anyway, I asked you to do this didn't I? So no worries there.

Maybe it wasn’t so bad having Spike to come home to.

Isn't that the truth? Nice chapter, liked the Dawn thoughts, not so happy about Willow. What is up with that girl?

oh boy, Willow's gonna do it alone? Nice twist there.

wow deep beginning, very deep. I wonder what's going to happen here. . .

I started this tonight and haven't been able to stop. A fabulous trip. with brilliant characterisation, everyone rang true. An absolute blast!

I don't know if you ever come back to these; but I needed to say this is one of the most beautiful, moving scenes I've read in a fic. Thank you so much.

Author's Response: It was one of my favorite scenes to write. This chpater was particularly emotional for me, and it was one of the things I wanted to do differently from the show. Buffy's confession of where she'd been shouldn't have come as a surprise to anyone. . . . most especially Spike. I always come back to these reviews, because each one is important, and I'm always happy to see someone appreciate my efforts.