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Date Posted: 23:47:18 04/06/03 Sun
Author: PJzallday
Author Host/IP: px1so.cg.shawcable.net / 24.71.223.140
Subject: Re: Review of "Purgatory" by Michael T.
In reply to: Gwynevere1 's message, "Review of "Purgatory" by Michael T." on 14:33:14 04/01/03 Tue

I thought this was a reasonably good post-season 3 fic.

The existing characters seemed fairly close to their TV personae and the plot was plausible. I did find Buffy's storyline more interesting than that of the rest of the gang though.

Although the story does lean a bit toward the "Anne" idea, I think the author made enough changes to give the story a different feel. Buffy's situation seemed more dire, more dark and she seemed much less interested in getting help/helping others than in the actual TV story. (I was a bit disappointed by the "higher power"-type intervention that gave Buffy a "push in the right direction", but I guess something had to???)


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[> Re: Review of "Purgatory" by Michael T. -- Molloch, 23:22:56 04/07/03 Mon (NoHost/203.55.173.3)

Okay, well like the other reviewers I felt that this fic was very close to "Anne" and therefore I found it too similar to what I have seen.
The piece is very recognizable, too recognizable for my liking. It just didn't seem different enough for me. With fic I want it to be similar to the show but with twists or surprises that don't follow what actually happened. The writer certainly has a strong knowledge of characters. Especially Snyder. He seemed spot on. But Oz seemed to have alot to say in this piece. This seemed slightly off in my view. And Cooper seemed so similar to that guy in "ANne" that I expected him to be evil. And while he wasn't it just didn't sit right with the fact that the rest of the piece was so similar to the show.

It is a good story but not original enough. I didn't hate it but there is not enough there for me to recomend it to anyone.

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