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Date Posted: 15:04:38 03/19/03 Wed
Author: SaraKat
Author Host/IP: lsanca1-ar4-254-042.biz.dsl.gtei.net / 4.33.254.42
Subject: Re: Can we start General Review and Discussion of B/X "Through Different Eyes"?
In reply to: Gwynevere1 's message, "Can we start General Review and Discussion of B/X "Through Different Eyes"?" on 21:31:57 03/17/03 Mon

Okay, here's my review of "Through Different Eyes"

Overall, I enjoyed this fic very much. I enjoyed it when Bri first posted it and I enjoyed it again reading it for the club. I enjoyed seeing what could/should(that's the BXer in me talking! ;) ) have happened post-The Pack. I could see how the Hyena-Xander was attractive to Buffy and opened her eyes to the possibility of there being more to Xander than just him just being her "Xander-shaped-friend". Buffy had already proved that dark mysterious men were attractive to her ie. Angel. I also greatly enjoyed seeing bright, happy, funny Season 1 Buffy. Too many of the fics I read these days feature a dark Buffy that I don't recognize. Overall, this is one of my favorite BX fics because of this. It's light, it's fluffy, and it's leaves me with a smile on my face.

I do have some complaints though, that upon further inspection of the fic, made me change what my inital, gut-reaction rating would have been. The Xander in this story does seem a bit too mature or too much like the Xander of Season 6. And although I did, for the most part, like the interaction between Willow and Xander, Willow bugged me. She's always come off, IMHO, as being manipulative in the first two seasons and that comes through very clearly in this fic.

Other than that, I enjoyed this fic. Like I said before, it's light, it's fluffy, and it leaves me with a smile on my face....a sure sign of enjoyment. And isn't that what fanfics about?

My rating: 88/100

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[> Re: Can we start General Review and Discussion of B/X "Through Different Eyes"? -- Molloch, 07:55:19 03/20/03 Thu (NoHost/203.55.173.3)

Well I have to say I liked this fic. It made me remember the Scooby gang back in the old days and I always hoped way back then that Buffy and Xander would get together.
The story did not seem to have any bad spelling mistakes nor grammatical errors. It was an enjoyable read and like SaraKat it left me with a smile on my face.

I did have an issue with there not being a part at the start of the piece to explain where abouts it sat in terms of the story we know. I spent the first few paragraphs a bit confused as to when this was all supposed to have happened. Buffy and Xander also seemed slightly off. I do agree with others that Xander seemed to be a bit too old for the piece as it was written. I also would have liked the way Willow met Oz to have been fairly similar to the show as I liked the fact that they shared a high intelligence. There didn't seem to be a lot of background to them meeting.

But I did like this fic and thought it was well written.
I'm giving it a 81/100


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