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Beth Winter ([personal profile] winter) wrote2006-03-16 09:09 pm
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A heartfelt recommendation

Some of you may have noticed that there are 260 comments on my last post. 240 of these are me and [livejournal.com profile] 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.)

[identity profile] fyrie.livejournal.com 2006-03-17 02:38 am (UTC)(link)
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 ;))

[identity profile] fyrie.livejournal.com 2006-03-17 02:42 am (UTC)(link)
(also yay on the job! EEH! What is it?)

[identity profile] fyrie.livejournal.com 2006-03-17 02:50 am (UTC)(link)
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 :)

[identity profile] fyrie.livejournal.com 2006-03-17 02:47 am (UTC)(link)
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 ;)

[identity profile] fyrie.livejournal.com 2006-03-17 02:51 am (UTC)(link)
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Not that you've been putting too much thought into it ;)

[identity profile] fyrie.livejournal.com 2006-03-17 02:54 am (UTC)(link)
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...")

[identity profile] fyrie.livejournal.com 2006-03-17 03:01 am (UTC)(link)
*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

[identity profile] fyrie.livejournal.com 2006-03-17 03:13 am (UTC)(link)
*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

[identity profile] fyrie.livejournal.com 2006-03-17 03:44 am (UTC)(link)
*grins* Every time they had a problem, they would send the pretty in and you would be entirely screwed :D