A heartfelt recommendation

[winter]

Some of you may have noticed that there are 260 comments on my last post. 240 of these are me and fyrie talking about a single story. She fed it to me by spoonfuls, killing me softly just as I was trying to work, or sleep, or just get the vampires out of my head by any means possible.

What Remains - Jossverse and Tanz der Vampire. After LA goes boom, Spike comes back to the last two vampires he knows who might take him in.

If I had to put a label on this, it'd probably be Hurt/Comfort. After the Angel finale, Spike is broken to pieces, and it's up to von Krolock, with Herbert's help, to put him back together. But gods, this is so sweet and heart-breaking, and there's one scene (which I won't spoil) that killed me dead.

Even if all you know about Tanz is that I blather about it a lot, go read it - all you need to know is that von Krolock is Herbert's dad, and that he's a sorcerer and occasional seer. All else speaks for itself.

(She's not finished with the first chronological fic in this series, but it will explain a lot if you read the two she posted previously - Until the Moon is Abed, slash and het Herbert/Spike, von Krolock/Dru, and then Unwritten Words, where pre-Buffy Season 2 Spike asks for advice on helping Dru.)

Comments

[winter]

Oooh.

Have you got another excerpt?

(Also, I just got a tentative job offer and reserved EXCELLENT Tanz tickets for 5 shows. Today is a very good day.)

[fyrie.livejournal.com]

Am working on it as we speak :D Will toss you some as soon as I have more (am officially technically trying to do homework. Have research so that counts for something ;D)

(yay for Tanz tickets! :D Give VK a big grin from Scotland ;))

[fyrie.livejournal.com]

(also yay on the job! EEH! What is it?)

[winter]

Same team I'm interning on - but a permanent post with twice the pay, quite a bit of advancement opportunity (I know people who made it to partner after 15 years or so), and most of all very, very valuable experience. Plus, all the nice co-workers, including J, who's snarky in all the ways I like :)

[fyrie.livejournal.com]

Woo! That's great :D And definitely a good place to go rather than having to start somewhere new and intimidating in all kinds of different ways. plus, its always nice to work with someone you know :)

[winter]

With the seats I have, I'll be able to give him a bloody hug. As he walks to the stage for Gott Ist Tot and later off the stage, he walks in the audience in the aisle in front of row seven. Guess who's sitting in the centre of row seven FOUR TIMES in one month?

(Note to self: look up restraining order regulations in Poland...)

[fyrie.livejournal.com]

OMG YAY! Here's a word of advice - take a long piece of rope and tie yourself to the seat, just to be sure you don't do anything silly ;)

[winter]

Have to mind my legs most of all. Wouldn't do for him to trip over my long legs and land in my lap, after all ;)

[fyrie.livejournal.com]

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Not that you've been putting too much thought into it ;)

[winter]

I've already had a seventh row centre seat once. That was when Dziedzic first noticed me, mostly because that's the place he stares at during most of Gott Ist Tot, and I was doing the gaspy starry-eyed holding-my-chest thing rather obviously ;)

[fyrie.livejournal.com]

BAHAH! You know, I would love to see this show with you just so I could sit and watch your reactions :D (as they creep backstage and say "the crazy staring girl is back again...")

[winter]

Mother says I'm better than a cabaret in that regard. During the first show, when Herbert first emerged and threw his cloak back revealing the ruffly shirt and whatnot, I went "squee" out loud. I also regularly freak out the Ewigkeit ensemble by grinning widely instead of cowering in fear ;)

You should have seen Dziedzic at Wocial's recital, though. He threw me these little looks from time to time, like "I know that hair, but where did I meet her? O_o"

[fyrie.livejournal.com]

*grins* Apparently, I'm the same :D I think it's one of the reasons my family refuse to go anywhere with me, because when I start bouncing with glee and making happy squeaky noises I think it embarrasses them :D Admittedly, I try and restrain myself more now, usually by biting on my knuckles and vibrating on my seat to refrain from excess bouncing.

*grins* if he didn't remember before, I'm pretty sure he will after this run :D

[winter]

Well, I'm not usually like this. Tanz is special. Very special :D

As long as he doesn't run from me on sight, I'm happy ;) I still have the back up of "come on, you can't throw me out, I know the theatre director for Lucifer's sake..."

[fyrie.livejournal.com]

*g* I can readily admit I've been a musicals geek to the extreme since I was 10. Admittedly, the main one that had me tipping sideways with glee was Phantom, but there's nothing like a live overture for anything, no matter how much the show sucks, for making me hyper :) I love the atmosphere, the sound of the first chords, the lights dimming.

Kinda glad I avoided working in theatre now, because tipping over with glee at every show would have been bad :D

[winter]

Mother recently insisted I should sign up for a postgrad course on culture management and use my old connections to get the theatre to hire me for a management post, but I used the same excuse. Can't be harsh during salary negotiations when all the lead artist has to do is throw me a soulful look and I melt in my chair...

[fyrie.livejournal.com]

*grins* Every time they had a problem, they would send the pretty in and you would be entirely screwed :D