The A/S is a small part of the fic. Or okay, was going to be a very small part, but ended up looking like it's going to be longer. But it still is relatively small.
I could so see A/S is a "Reprise" (duh, not "Reprisal") type situation--I would've loved to have seen that from you! But yeah, I think it'd need more than 100 words to explain.
I'd be careful, though, not to make Spike into too much of a spurned lover.
Even if Spike's feelings weren't hurt, I think he'd delight in digging at Angel. Spike never really had any ammunition against Angelus before, the way I see it--the few things Angelus cared about, Angelus had. Angelus, on the other hand, could more easily make Spike feel a few inches shorter through Dru, through withholding his own approval, and probably various other things Spike was sentimental enough to care about.
But what I'm trying to write is Angel falling apart, and turning to Spike, basically handing Spike weapons to tear him apart further: stuff that's happening with Buffy and Angel's own belief that he can't rise above the monster in him. And Spike gleefully takes those weapons up: 1. because he's bored, 2. because he just found out about his chip and doesn't have any other way to destroy things, 3. because he always wanted to take things away from Angelus the way Angelus took from him, 4. because Angel's treating him a lot like Angelus would have and now's his chance, and 5. because at this point, Spike is a little shit that way. And I love that, because as evil as Spike is, he has the eyes and mind and heart to see more clearly than most exactly where Angel's hurts are, and how to pick at them. But yeah, that's what I'm going for.
Thanks for the offer. Did I mention this fic is long? I'd be embarrassed for you to have to read the whole thing. Seriously, parts are drenched in B/A schmoop. I'm getting Chrislee to take a look whenever I finish, which may be next year, who knows, but I'll send the A/S parts to you if we get bogged down. Thanks again.
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I could so see A/S is a "Reprise" (duh, not "Reprisal") type situation--I would've loved to have seen that from you! But yeah, I think it'd need more than 100 words to explain.
I'd be careful, though, not to make Spike into too much of a spurned lover.
Even if Spike's feelings weren't hurt, I think he'd delight in digging at Angel. Spike never really had any ammunition against Angelus before, the way I see it--the few things Angelus cared about, Angelus had. Angelus, on the other hand, could more easily make Spike feel a few inches shorter through Dru, through withholding his own approval, and probably various other things Spike was sentimental enough to care about.
But what I'm trying to write is Angel falling apart, and turning to Spike, basically handing Spike weapons to tear him apart further: stuff that's happening with Buffy and Angel's own belief that he can't rise above the monster in him. And Spike gleefully takes those weapons up: 1. because he's bored, 2. because he just found out about his chip and doesn't have any other way to destroy things, 3. because he always wanted to take things away from Angelus the way Angelus took from him, 4. because Angel's treating him a lot like Angelus would have and now's his chance, and 5. because at this point, Spike is a little shit that way. And I love that, because as evil as Spike is, he has the eyes and mind and heart to see more clearly than most exactly where Angel's hurts are, and how to pick at them. But yeah, that's what I'm going for.
Thanks for the offer. Did I mention this fic is long? I'd be embarrassed for you to have to read the whole thing. Seriously, parts are drenched in B/A schmoop. I'm getting Chrislee to take a look whenever I finish, which may be next year, who knows, but I'll send the A/S parts to you if we get bogged down. Thanks again.