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Date Posted: 11:03:17 09/20/02 Fri
Author: Ozmandayus
Author Host/IP: cache-mtc-ac10.proxy.aol.com / 64.12.96.79
Subject: Re: DISCUSSION: Akoshta by Kaylorin
In reply to: Katlurkin 's message, "DISCUSSION: Akoshta by Kaylorin" on 22:51:51 09/17/02 Tue

As you can probably imagine this was not the easiest story for me to begin with, but I wanted to do B/S right out the gate.

Kaylorin broke the rules.

See, I think all fanfic readers have a sort of mental checklist in terms of what they expect from reading fics outside their own ship. Usually you expect a certain character to act one way, another to be put down, and yet another to be background furniture all story long.

As I said before, Kaylorin broke the rules.

The story is very romantic and feels still in-character, something you don't always see in shipper fics. With the exception of Buffy's *solo* fun which I really didn't find necessary *I know, that coming from the king of smut, lol* This story is very well written, executed, and romantic.

But what ruels did Kaylorin break? Well I personally have always felt, and I know this does not count for all B/S fics, but for me I have always felt that the characters of Xander and Angel get trashed to hell while Spike is made to look like the best thing since sliced bread. They also seem, IMHO, to discount the B/A relationship as being irrelevant as well as the Xander/Buffy friendship as being unimportant to Buffy.

Kaylorin broke all those rules.

First off, the author wrote Xander and Angel with such respect and care to their characters and history. She made enither a bad guy, no matter their beliefs. She did not change Angel or Xander one single bit from the show, and showed them the utmost respect. Neither characters were put down one single time. Angel was not written as a brooding, boring man, nor was Xander written and unintelligent or useless. Kay did a marvelous job there and I commend her for changing my views on how I percieved a B/S fic to be.

It was nice to see Buffy not brood over how she feltr about Spike, but simply embrace it and tell her friends. Kay let the woman in the Slayer shine by having her deal with how she loved Spike fairly quickly. There was not a lot of angst about her love for him. Her angst came in how her friends would react, especially Xander.

In a fair amount of B/S fics I have read Buffy seems to views Xande's friendship as no big deal. Furthermore, those authors seemd to discount anything of real importance he has given to her journey both as the Slayer and a good friend. Kay showed us a Buffy who truly worried about how Xander would react. She loves him and values his friendship. The writer also clearly wanted the reader to know how what Xander had done for Buffy over the years and how he stood by her. This aspect of the story was so well done.

The plot was very interesting and the backhistory of the other older Slayer, as well as the scene in which she meets Buffy meld together so very well and you can just see the care the author took in crafting this novel.

I highly recommend this fic. I give it a score of 89

Ozmandayus

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[> Re: DISCUSSION: Akoshta by Kaylorin -- Doe, 20:58:30 09/20/02 Fri (proxys.sj4.marketscore.com/216.148.246.134)

I found this a very well written story. Everyone was in character. I agree with Ozmandayus about the portrayal of Angel and Xander in this story. A big plus was that the author didn't do a self-insertion to lecture Buffy on how she should feel about Spike instead let the character come to terms with her feelings on her own.

My score: 90

Doe


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