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Five Things Spike Does With Angel's Ashes by

lyrstzha and written for MOI!!! It's no secret that I think Lyr is an absolutely brilliant writer, but this piece showcases her talent so well. (The woman should always write by request; every prompt I've ever given her has resulted in a gem like this one) Rather than being five separate vignettes, this short piece outlines the five things Spike does with Angel's ashes in chronological order after Angel's death. It's hurty, and oh so fitting, and there's Dru! *bounce*

Fic translated from French! With Angel and Wesley

fractal_bat has been practicing her French for class by writing drabbles and then translating them into English for us. The results are hi-larious.

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I think I'm going to start posting prompts, free for the taking for anyone who wants them (and how cool would it be if several different people wrote variations on the same prompt) because I'm not going to be writing fanfic for awhile and I can at least feel all inspirey.

The Great Prompting of Aught Six, Prompt One:

I already gave this prompt to

hermionesviolin, but I think it's a good one, so I'll share. Choose a character you don't like in one of your fandoms and write a fic (drabble, ficlet, epic length novel) exploring why you don't like that character--just what it is about that character that squicks you, gets on your nerves, pisses you off, or makes you uncomfortable. I don't mean a character bashing fic; I mean one in which you really thoughtfully examine the elements of the character you don't like. Obviously, this prompt may go unclaimed, but if anyone does write a fic based on it, I'd love to know so I can read.

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OK, I'm cheating...this is a quote from a fic I already wrote ("The Bank Holiday", the sequel to "Cracked Mirror"): one character I don't like reflecting on another character I don't like.

As for Jayne, Blake wouldn’t have him as a gift, and he didn’t trust him any further than he could throw a shuttle. Blake, and many of his former comrades, had seen faces like that. Often, the last thing they ever saw was the face of a man who, depending on employment conditions, might spend his work shift shoving loaves of pumpernickel into ovens. Or people. And he’d be just as happy working for the new regime as the one it replaced. In fact, one of the things that made Blake worry about the ambiguities of victory would be the need to put Jayne and his ilk on the payroll.

You know Exec, it always amazes me that you don't like Blake (and not because I love him especially, but just because he's the main character. In the show title and everything LOL). It makes your darker-than-many take on Mal make a lot of sense.

What about "Laura" then? I mean, everybody spends most of the movie thinking that Laura is dead. Or "Rebecca"--she really IS dead!!!

BTW check out

vilakins ongoing discussion about Avon, although some of it is about seasons you haven't seen yet.

How can anybody *not* see Mal as a dark character tho?
I've seen good times, I've seen bad times
I've seen my share of hard times too.
But I lost my faith in this world,
Honey, when I lost you (Or, in Mal's case, You.)

I bet he had some options that didn't involve not only constantly getting shot at but constantly having to kill other people, but that's the one he chose.

No, no. I agree that Mal is a dark character, especially in Serenity. But I think that most fanficcers choose to highlight Mal's lighter moments, or not at least take him to the scary-dark-place you know his character could go.

Mal is...like the Mel Gibson character in the first Lethal Weapon--somebody who's, like, one step away from eating his gun. And also, with a black partner who has the stable domestic life that he lacks.

Is why I love you so.

*beams* Awww, thanks, sweetie! You say such lovely, wonderful things! My head's going to get all swelled now.

I'm so glad you liked the fic. It was a really cool prompt to play with, so it was easy to find someplace fun to take it.

You look good with a swollen head. :)

trying to crawl out of lurkdom here. I'm feeling particularly dense as I dan't see how I could write a fic exploring why I don't like a character without feeling all 'mary sue' about it.

Of course it is a very very bad thing that i'm even trying to make my brain figure it out - its not like i don't already have three monster BtVS bunnies (yes, i added one to the list), a zillion SG-1 wips & bunnies and that lonely NCIS one. Oh and pesky real world stuff.

So with a - Huh? - I wave a hello and goodbye and shall endeavour to actually write you an email before another month goes by.

(Hugs!)

It's good to hear from you. I look foward to your email; I want to know all about the move and how classes are going and everything. :)

In response to that other post (http://lunabee34.livejournal.com/85816.html), I've taken you up on this in re: the Xander Story. I just don't have any inspiration, or a plot, or any words, or much of anything yet, and certainly didn't let you know that I had taken you up on it (less pressure that way). But your prompt got me thinking about Xander — who is the Ron of Buffy, but while I adore Ron and (would) write about him all the time, I'm not a particular fan of Xander-in-fanfic, even though I'm fond of Xander-in-canon. So at some point (hopefully once the Faith-Willow epic is nearing completion or is in revisions), I'll sit down and think about Xander. And then write about him.

Yay! I know that's a story I'll enjoy reading.

And it's good to talk to you. I haven't talked to so many people in quite some time because of my non eljaying of late. Anything new?

I'm unemployed.

I'm homeless (living with my parents).

And today, my stuff finally arrived from the east coast, and all my books got caught in the rain so they're all warped out of shape. That really sucked.

But other than that, said Mrs. Lincoln, the play was great.

[The good news is, I'm actually, really, actually, done. And thank you once again; I literally couldn't have done it without you.]

Oh no. Warpy books. That would kill me.

And congrats Ms. Dr. I'm very very proud of you.

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