Reviews for Good_

I guess by now most of you know the drill, but I just want to reiterate how much difference it makes when people take the time to let you know that they appreciate what you're doing. Without encouragement I really would have stopped writing long ago. Thank you!

Smoke and Mirrors


Brunettepet	21 Dec 2005
This was a great read from beginning to end. Dawn's proprietary laundry gathering and Spike goading set the light tone this story kept throughout. I loved how this worked in canon, referring to the 'bot's expensive wardrobe and a stand in Dracula having fooled the gang. Dawn's snooping revealing a Lemmy keepsake made me laugh out loud, as did Spike's outrage at not knowing about Giles and the Dracubabes. This entire piece was beautifully orchestrated and very entertaining.

pfeifferpack	16 Dec 2005
Yes I loved Smoke and Mirrors very much indeed.

lillianmorgan	15 Dec 2005
Sorry I'm late with my comments, but hee this was a lot of fun! Loved the final twist at the end, very, very clever! And the little details you did with each character - Dawn's humour, the Bot's doggedness, Spike's long-sufferingness, Giles' resignation, all very nice. And hee! Lemmy! :) Some really nice detail in this and you chose a really interesting 'evil' character from AtS. That, however, required cold hard cash, and between the time he spent with Dawn and the time he spent in a bottle, he wasn't getting the time he needed to circulate around the various bars and clubs where he normally hustled pool. Awww and heee! Spike's becoming all domesticated. Angelus and Darla would cut and run at the first sign of trouble. If there was a lynch mob and two horses, you can bet your life he'd be on one and she'd be on the other and devil take the hindmost. LOL! That is so true. Heh. Great fic and well done on working in those challenges.

Pink! Dormouse	5 Dec 2005
That was fun. Especially Lemmy's plectrum. Gina

selene2	3 Dec 2005
Two fics! Hugs you like crazy You are so amazing! I really loved this story. You really threw me with where this story was going. I loved that Xander was thralled by a poser!Drac! Such a great twist on this challenge. Fantastic work! hugshugshugshugshugs

slaymesoftly	2 Dec 2005
Too funny! Love the idea of fake Drac-and the little hint of what Willow is planning - and a little touch of angst when the bot talks to Spike...wonderful!

Josephine	1 Dec 2005
Loved it. (Naturally.)

confused_muse	1 Dec 2005
Wonderfully amusing, with some truly fantastic uniquely british cultural references weg A very cleverly thought out, humourous fic :)

Jane	1 Dec 2005
I guess he must have lost his Welsh accent, then?" !:D Very much enjoyed the backstory. Always love Spike with Dawn.

oracleholly	1 Dec 2005
Very humorous!! And WELL done. I'm quite fond of writing fics set in that time period as well. So much one can do. And I loved that the Butler faked them all!!! The thing with the nine fingers -- FINALLY using Anya's knowledge (squee). Really, really enjoyed this.

jen_nsync_landl	1 Dec 2005
This is excellent! I love all of the shout-outs both to the past and to the future, particularly the fact that the Scoobies were obviously having a "Let's resurrect Buffy!" club meeting and that Spike's "magic has consequences" comments would have justified to Willow and Co. that Spike wasn't to be let in on the plan to bring Buffy back. A very nifty piece of work, this. And darn fine fun, too.

Carolyn	1 Dec 2005
Very enjoyable - I loved it all. Great look at the summer without Buffy, that rang really true. Shame Spike didn't get to see Shrek, but loved the Bagpuss and Lemmy refs, and his reaction to the Bot. Wonderfully funny ending too.

curiouswombat	1 Dec 2005
It's Bagpuss! Hurrah for Bagpuss! I am imagining Dru watching Bagpuss - would she have identified with Emily - or had dreams of turning her? Miss Edith and Madelaine - twins seperated at birth? It's a brilliant story as well!

Tamara	1 Dec 2005
The Butler did it! snicker

Sirc	1 Dec 2005
This is great :)

Speaker-to-Customers	1 Dec 2005
Lovely story!

Barbara	1 Dec 2005
Loved this story! I really enjoyed poor Spike and his laundry; your Spike is such a guy. "Like there are real people who can fit into 26" waist jeans?" Hee! Nice Summer without Buffy story. And I love all the blanks you fill in here; this really is very much how I picture that summer. Well done! Nice to see James and Elizabeth too-- I always thought they were interesting. Enjoyed all the allusions, too. Very clever. That was Bagpuss on the video cassette, right? I only know here from curiouswombat 's stories, but it amused me.

mefiant_aus	1 Dec 2005
That was great sweets, I love that Xander was turned into a Dracula wannabe's butt monkey. lol

alwaysjbj	1 Dec 2005
Hee hee... you KNOW I love this! And seriously this mind-linky thing we've got going... scary! giggles insanely at Xander having been thralled by the would-be-Dracula bug-eating butler!

A Reckoning


redwulf50	16 Dec 2005
LMAO, Drac sure is a poncy bugger :P

Amy	8 Dec 2005
That was awesome! LOL. Very well written. Angel was funny, Spike was brilliant and I loved your Lilah. Excellent Fic.

mefiant_aus	2 Dec 2005
Ok I wanna know if you actually did that calculation. I love it sweets great job.

lillianmorgan	23 Nov 2005
I'm not familiar with your 'verse but that was heeeee! Very good. Liked especially how you worked the bits of canon (the in/famous 11 pounds) and the challenges in. Would be just the thing to have a spot of poker on All Hallows' Eve ;) Poor Connor though! ;) "Darla? With him?" Angel asked aghast. Awww Angel, bless. And great job on Lilah too.

Barry	19 Nov 2005
Delightful. One of those pieces where, although at some point you exactly know what's going to happen, it doesn't matter a bit, because the characters are so right, the mood is perfect, and you can hardly wait for one of your favorites to snap shut a trap on the pompous and smart-mouthed.

Elizabeth	18 Nov 2005
I know I keep saying this, your characterizations are just so well done. Would have loved to see this played out on screen. Liked the Dr. Banner reference. Thanks for sharing!

oracleholly	17 Nov 2005
So good! So funny! I've not read the series, and I'm glad I didn't have to in order to understand what was going on. I'm so behind on my reading -- but I'll put this series on my list. Cheers to a great work.

enigmaticblues	12 Nov 2005
LOL! That was brilliant!

curiouswombat	12 Nov 2005
Excellent. As for Wes and Clem's relationship - I have a friend who was widowed early, and when she remarried some years later her second husband always refers to her first husband's mother as his 'mother-in-law-in-law'. That would make Wes Clem's brother-in-law-in-law - which I know is totally not correct, but is a wonderful phrase, and a friendly way of defining the relationship!

Sirc	12 Nov 2005
breathless ROFL!!!!!!!! ... deep breath ... Now how did I know that the eleven pounds were coming into play somehow? :D This was absolutely marvelous. I loved it!!!!

Carolyn	12 Nov 2005
Yay for encouraging plot bunnies - even when I don't know I'm doing it. "Dracula?" Angel whispered at Spike's ear. "The Dracula?" "Forgive me or not, I couldn't give a monkey's and, yes, Angel, the Dracula." "You never told me you knew Dracula," Angel accused. I love when you do amusing clueless Angel. And Spike so cool and unconcerned, just dealing with Drac as a minor inconvenience. Lovely image of Misty!Drac being blown around the room.

zanthinegirl	12 Nov 2005
Hee Hee! Great solution to that problem! And I love Wes and Spike trying to explain how Wes would be Clem's brother-in-law!

just_sue	12 Nov 2005
Lovely. That eleven pound debt always comes in handy in a fix. Thanks, Sandy. Be well.

Josephine	12 Nov 2005
Smiling now. It always makes me happy to see Spike overcoming officialdom in some way, and this was pretty spectacular. Lovely.

pfeifferpack	12 Nov 2005
Lovely. I have to read the verse this is part of now! Kathleen

slaymesoftly	12 Nov 2005
ROFL This was wonderful. I loved it!

selene2	12 Nov 2005
I am so thrilled that you were able to post for this challenge! Major happiness! I loved how you described Lilah so cool and composed and Wolfram & Hart trying to control things over at the Hellmouth with whatever tool they can use. (and when I say tool... I mean Drac... lol) I really loved this story! Thank you so much for contributing! runs off to play in PS

alwaysjbj	12 Nov 2005
I love this... I know I already told you but I am telling you again. lol. I love how it could so easily slot right into your 'verse'. Angel is just perfect, as usual he is so completely clueless. Spike... well what can I say.. I always LOVE your Spike... and he certainly didn't dissapoint in this, putting Vlad and Lilah in their place with his usual style! Lovely inventive use of the chess piece! Well done and thank you so much for submitting a challenge response! We are doing well so far with two fabulous responses!!!