Fic Rec: "Settling In" by Shadowlass

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New BTVS fic rec for you all! It's only two chapters so far, but it's a good start.

Title: Settling In
Author: shadowlass
Summary: looks at Spike's first night at the Hyperion as everyone struggles to adjust to the unexpected visitor. Each chapter's from a different POV.
Rating: PG-13
Spoilers: non beyond Spike's casting on AtS

Favorite quote:

"But she chose Spike. He was her champion, and he wore the sign of her favor into battle."

Hey shadowlass, babe, honey, dearest authoress-- can I make that into a Spuffy icon? Warning, silence always means yes on my livejournal. ;)

Comments

[shadowlass.livejournal.com]

Feel free, sweetie. :)

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

You're sweet, much unlike your icon, who has an evil person with evil hair (but a cool cane).

[kitanotjames.livejournal.com]

That whole "she chose him" thing just confuses me. She chose him to *die*, dude. I don't think I'd wanna be happy about that. Seriously, not being a smart ass. I don't get it. She didn't choose anyone, she went to bake or some shit. Which is cool, cause next season is a slashers wet dream. No bad there....A/S 4evatheirloveissotrendy. ;}

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

She chose him to *die*, dude.

Being a boyfriend of Buffy Summers does tend to have that unhappy side effect. Neither Angel or Spike seemed to mind. But in all fairness to Buffy and her feelings, she didn't know that Spike would die-- she picked the strongest/most trusted of her warriors to carry it. Faith might have been able to wear it also, but she trusted Spike more.

[kitanotjames.livejournal.com]

Yea, no shit. Never date Buffy, it doesn't end well for you. Clearly that's the moral. I don't agree with your assessment, but that's a duh. *G* I dunno if Faith coulda worn it...if she could have why didn't BUFFY just wear it? Did you hear the original script supposedly had Dawn stealing it and putting it on? Spike fought her and took it back. Now THAT woulda rocked.

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

if she could have why didn't BUFFY just wear it?

In defense of canon, I assumed that Buffy and Faith were going to be busy with the scythe and passing on the Slayer mojo, and couldn't do that and the pendant mojo. Mixing mojo mid- mosh pit fight could be bad when you're inside the hellmouth itself.

Did you hear the original script supposedly had Dawn stealing it and putting it on? Spike fought her and took it back.

I'd read that fic. You writing it?

[kitanotjames.livejournal.com]

Yea, in my spare time I write Dawn fic. *G* Is it a fic? Hm. Rumors and the internet. Go learn.

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

I love how you say "theirloveissotrendy" instead of "theirloveissopure."

[kitanotjames.livejournal.com]

There was supposedly a keruffle over slash and esp. S/A being trendy. Since I've been shipping them since fucking SCHOOL HARD I found it amusing. :}

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

I thought Spike/Xander was the current trendy trend fad thing in ficcers? Man, walk away from your friend's list for a measly two weeks and the world changes on you.

[kitanotjames.livejournal.com]

Love that icon. And I know. The RPG that swallowed my brain and my freind's list is so huge I don't even know what's trendy anymore! Oh, the humanity.

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

Is this the same RPG that is confusing the heck out of me, and making me think you're probably kita0610 but I'm too lazy to ask so I'm just going on assumptions and vague guesses about who I'm talking to at any given time lately?

As I said in this post, I'm findign this whole thing kinda confusing. I've mostly decided to ignore it until it blows over or, alternately, someone explains it to me, the way you would a child in nice simple language.

behindblue_eyes made the icon; it was part of a bunch of her crossover icons for PotC and Buffy. It cracks me up.

[kitanotjames.livejournal.com]

Yea, I'm Kita. Even if I'm on this name, it's still me. Unless I'm playing in the RPSRPG with it, in which case, I'm your boy. Yes, I'm aware of the irony.

There is also another current RPG which is purely for the parody and metawanking fun of it, where people play not only celebs and famous others (ie Pres Bush, etc.) but also other LJ people. Someone is me. She's funny. If she wasn't, I'd have to invent another sockpuppet and kill her. ;}

Don't try to keep up. Just either ignore it, or dive in to the crack pile. I've clearly chosen the latter.

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

That wasn't simple enough for my peanut brain, I'm afraid. I guess I'll have to ignore it.