BTVS fic thoughts

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I was thinking about post-Chosen fanfics, and it occurred to me, "You know, it's not really fair that everyone assumes Spike is going to be ressurrected, and not Anya. I mean, they were both evil and they both chose to be good, and they both died saving others and fighting the good fight. Why should Spike automatically get picked? Because Buffy loves him and so do we? Well, Anya has someone out there who loved her, too. She should get a chance at new life."

So, here's a wandering thought:

Anya is offered by the Powers That Be Powerful a chance to be brought back from the dead. At first, she is glad for it-- Anya's loves gifts and quite liked living on planet Earth, in whatever form. However, she starts to question it... she wonders why her, and not Spike--- the man the Power's Chosen, Buffy, loves? She feels that maybe Spike was more important than her, that maybe he was a better soulled person because she chose to be demon twice, and he didn't have anyone die to pay for his soul. Also, she liked Spike, and she doesn't think it's fair practice to pick just one person out of many good people who died worthy deaths. So she argues with them.

They tell her, "Fine, if he wants to be back, we'll bring him back too. But he'll be your responsibility." Anya says, "What the fuck do you mean, my responsibility?" And they say that she's got to reintroduce him to the human world, and got to help him find a purpose with the new life, because he's an exception to the rules now so he's got to pay for his ressurection with something important, and he'll need help surviving. What that payment is is unknown... memories, love, soul, sanity? They'll have to find out as it happens; it's a gamble.

So they are both brought back to life. Only Spike's in a bad way, and Anya is stuck not only helping him, but also teaching him how to deal with being human again (something she has experience with.) Thus starts a buddy story, as the two try to sort out their new shot at life, find a purpose of direction, and for the sake of "true love nonsense" track down Buffy Summers and Xander Harris...as much because Anya wants to the dump the responsibility of Human!Spike onto Buffy's shoulders and make it her problem and get on with the Anya+Xander!life as anything else.

What do you think? A good idea? A bad idea?

Comments

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

playing is good.

I know what you mean though... Anya was one of my favorite characters and I always expected her to live and Xander to die by the end. Though her death was noble indeed. Still, everyone deserves a happy ending, right?

[juliet-demarcus.livejournal.com]

Exactly. :)

I was watching BtVS reruns last week and I was just suddenly struck by how much I would miss Anya. I love her character and her death, as you said, was noble and beautiful...but I hate that she and Xander didn't get a better resolution and she didn't get much time to find out who she really was after "Selfless."

Both she and Spike need second chances!

So, are you going to start writing this soon?

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

I'm the slowest laziest most unreliable writer ever. Honest to god. You can't trust me. Just keep me on your friends list for the next year or so and you probably will catch is.